If you have been following me for a while here on my blog or Instagram, you know I've ditched my candles and have started diffusing instead. This is just one area where we have made changes to have a healthier home. I have always been about creating a meaningful home for my family and essential oils play a big part in the journey. If you landed here because you want to learn more, that's ...
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A spring brunch table and menu
6 Bloggers Share their spring tables Today I'm joining Mary Ann and Cindy and a few friends to share our spring brunch tables and menus. When we started talking about this particular Project Design, none of us knew we would be in the middle of a health crisis. My spring brunch would have been on Easter and the table would have been set for seven or eight, rather than our family of four. Everyone ...
Make Lavender Room Spray
Don't we all need a little lavender in our lives right now? It is such a crazy time. I've been diffusing lavender and lemon and rolling on Stress Away. This last week I made 29 mini bottles of lavender room spray for a friend to send to her best customers. That got me thinking that I should make a few and drop them off (at a safe distance) to friends and neighbors. Amber bottles, bags, dried ...
A few of my favorite small businesses
In these uncertain times that we are all in, I wanted to continue showing my support for small businesses by maybe introducing you to a few that might otherwise not be on our radar. There's that quote that I'm sure you've seen... “When you buy from a small business, an actual person does a little happy dance.” If there were ever a time to support small businesses, this is it! Here ...
Best Ever Tomato Soup
Comfort Food in the way of tomato soup and grilled cheese How is everyone doing? Are we starting week three? Oh my gosh, how can that be? And even longer for people in some areas. Today I'm joining my dear friends Cindy and Mary Ann and we are all sharing our favorite one-dish recipes. Have you been surviving on comfort food and pantry dinners? Today we made a pot of the best ever tomato soup ...
A visit to Plain Goods in New Preston, CT
Field Trip A few weeks before we knew much of anything about the current health crisis, my friend Diane and I went on a little field trip to a lovely shop our friend Karen had shared on Instagram. We knew we were going to love Plain Goods. It's a shop that takes you back in time when life was a little simpler. It conjured up memories of reading books like Little House in the Big Woods when there ...
