CraftGossip Fork and Talk is back in Little Rock, Arkansas. Apply Now!

It is back!

Last October, we hosted a CraftGossip Fork and Talk Night (actually afternoon) in Little Rock, Arkansas. And boy, did the 24 of us have fun!

Check out the photos on the Flickr account. Or read our official report here. Or read some enthusiastic reports from the people who attended, here, here, here and here.

The event was sponsored by EK Success and was held at Trio’s in Little Rock.

Because the event was such a big success, we are bringing it back to the Trio’s restaurant at Little Rock on the 21st of April, 2012.

There will be free lunch and drinks, lots of crafting, and lots of items crammed into the EK Success sponsored goodie bags to take home. You will also meet all our four editors who attended last time. (Denise from Needlework, Stacie from Jewelry Making, Scarlett from Quilting and Anne from Sewing).

All we ask is that you have a blog, and that you write about the event afterwards (within 7 days).

You must be able to come to the event yourself. Bloggers from nearby cities are more than welcome as long as they can drive themselves to the event on the 21st of April (Memphis? Jackson? Fort Smith? Shreveport? Even Dallas? Remember, it is a fun filled day and there is free food and drinks!).

So, if you are ready to attend a fun filled afternoon crafting, meeting other fellow bloggers and crafters, while being wined and dined, then apply below. We will contact the successful bloggers by the 1st of April for confirmation.

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One of the best things about the return of warmer weather is getting to plant new flowers and starting the vegetable garden if you have one. Off to the Nursery by Alice Oehr is subtitled “a celebration of gardening, plants and seasons,” and it’s also a celebration of diversity (because gardening is for everyone) and caring for the earth.

The book starts with the work of getting the garden ready for spring, pulling out the old plants and spreading compost made from kitchen scraps. They grab tomatoes and peppers, learn about zucchini and eggplant and explore the tasty world of herbs.

They also look through the seeds, succulents, berries and fruit trees, flowers and aquatic plants, talking about the benefits of different plants and how fun they are to grow. Maybe you can relate to the family buying what seems like way too many plants?

The book was originally published in Australia, so some of the flowers mentioned might not be familiar to your or your kids, but that’s kind of fun, too. You can also use this as an opportunity to talk about which plants in the book can grow where you live and that just like animals, plants have preferred habitats, too.

Illustrations are colorful and the book combines a standard font and a hand written font to make it feel more like a journal about the garden. The illustrations include fun facts and growing tips such as always planting mint in a pot or germinating seeds on a wet paper towel before planting.

If you want to introduce kids to gardening or just talk about what kind of plants can be grown at home where you live (yes to tomatoes, probably no to the kumquat tree), this cute book is a great addition to your spring reading list.

About the book: 30 pages, hardcover. Published 2025 by Scribble US. Suggested retail price $18.95.

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