Dyeing Fabric with Kitchen Stuff
Super satisfying project for making reusable gift wrap using plant-based dyes found in the kitchen.
Rose + Cardamom Laddoo-style Snacks
A ‘clean’ treat featuring the Rose for Valentin’s day and beyond… roses fuel your glow from within.
Making Magic Every Day
Use these four “spells” to stay present in your life and invite the energy you want around you.
Celebrating Solstice: Lavender Herb Bundle
Midsummer is the time to harvest the great power of plant healing and magic.
Slow Living isn't a 'Still-life'
Slow Living is way of life that cultivates balance between work time and not-work time - its not an IG filter.
Avocado Dying
An easy weekend project for the craft-curious and the experienced crafter too.
#millenialpink
Slow Stitching
Pre-industrial handwork for post-industrial world: slow sewing
Relaxing. Radical. Sustainable.
Knolling: pretty photos with everyday stuff
Creating pretty pictures with everyday objects using the insta-trend and design concept Knolling
Five Ways to Spot Greenwashing
What are some greenwashing red flags? Here are five, plus links to read more
Slow Living in the Real World
Soft living doesn’t just happen: The three quotes I find most helpful in editing my experiences and things. Soft living doesn’t just happen
Smiles are Magical & Contagious
There’s magic in your smile. The science behind ‘fake it til you make it’!
Plant Power: Sandalwood
We LOVE when modern science catches up the wisdom of the Old Wives. Sandalwood has been used as skincare and incense for AGES!
Travel: Inaugural trip to Morocco
Fresh, delicious food; superb hospitality, adventure and some of the worlds’ most divine bathing culture.
Plant Power: Lavender
Lavender is used to treat everything from sunburn to acne, keeps away moths in linens, and has a history of use in magic work. It was my ‘gateway’ essential oil.
Skin 101: Why Skin Needs Nourishing
Breakdowns in the acid mantle cause dry, sensitive, irritated, cracked skin which is susceptible to infections: How it works…
Busy Hands: Henna Dyed Yarn
Slowing down, creating with intention, and the pleasure of the progress is magic to me. I'm a huge fan of process and the beauty imbued in the making of something.
Invoking the Heart
At the conclusions of the meditation, Aparna offered us coconut water and Rose + Date Laddoos. Nourishing for the body and the spirit. Recipe inside.
The Lost Art of Touch
Touch is critical to our wellness. Touch soothes us, decreasing the markers of stress. Touch cultivates a feeling of safety and trust. Blogger Shante Fagans reflects on her revelation during a recent henna session.
Be Anointed: Ritualizing Habit
We created our anointing oils as lavishly scented personal incense: saffron + rose, amber and sacred hinoki cypress oils.