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Thank you Blogher and Creative Connection

September 19, 2011 by Valarie Leave a Comment

It’s been an incredible weekend in St. Paul. I promise some more details tomorrow, but for the moment I hope this slideshow suffices. Many thanks to everyone who put on this event. It was so well done and I felt so very welcome.

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Blogher Handmade: The Creative Connection

September 15, 2011 by Valarie Leave a Comment

Greetings everyone, I’m in St. Paul Minnesota for the rest of the week and weekend enjoying my time at The Creative Connection put on by Blogher. I’m looking so forward to meeting so many of the bloggers I’ve come to know over the last four years. Along with our love of blogging we will be crafting, eating, and getting down to business with other creative entrepreneurs. I promise to have

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Brooks Benjaminauthor of My Seventh Grade Life in Tights
Gorgeous descriptions of New Orleans paired with a brilliant take on vampire lore, all written with a truly authentic teen voice add up to one thing: Hannah Rials’s writing is breathing new life into the paranormal YA world.
Mia Wenjenwww.pragmaticmom.com
I always suspected that certain picture books give dragons an undeserved bad rap. This delightful picture book clears up dangerous and misleading misconceptions about dragons. Dragons, as it turns out, are gentle creatives that love sweets, hoard books, and, most certainly, are real! I'm getting the word out to my kids!
Renee CormierMother-Daughter Book Club
Visually, this book is GORGEOUS! A Year in the Secret Garden is a treasure trove of activities, crafts, games, recipes and information all related to the classic children’s book, The Secret Garden, bringing to life this wonderful book to a new generation of readers. I cannot recommend this beautifully illustrated and detailed, information-packed book highly enough to parents, homeschoolers, teachers, and librarians. Ages 5+
Linda DawkinsNatural Suburbia
What a beautiful book! The Waldorf Homeschool Handbook has given me much food for thought by reading it. I love it and even though we have already been homeschooling for almost 8 years now with children in highschool, it has been wonderfully refreshing and has encouraged me to relook at how we go about our homeschooling journey.
Bella AndreNew York Times & USA Today bestselling author
The Ultimate Guide to Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is the most beautiful children’s book I’ve Ever Seen!
Eileen StraitonLittle Acorn Learning
The Fox Diaries is a beautiful collection that brings nature and beauty to life with each turning of the page. I highly recommend this lovely book for adults and children of all ages.