Baby Grows Green

Pinterested? Yes, please! We’re joining inspired masses and trying this out. Come along! Pin It

Shhhh…listen. Sniff, sniff…smell. Breathe…love.

Written for children, but inspiring to all is author Kathy Parra’s Love is the Color of a Rainbow. The book takes us on a delightful and sensory-filled journey with Willow and her Mama that connects readers to these two characters and the joy they discover in nature.

Willow is a special young girl who cannot see with her eyes, but instead sees through her other senses. She teaches readers about how much we can experience if we take the time and open ourselves to our world, nature and a helping hand.

My children we’re happy to join Willow in her dance through the rain with Mama. We find that Nature speaks to Mama who has the ears to hear it and we learn about how colors can make us feel emotions. Green is gentle, Red gives us energy, and Indigo is joyous.

Parra has written a charming and thoughtful book for every age made visual by beautiful illustrations by Candace Keach. Readers will find solice and happiness in this sweet book, sure to become a well-worn family favorite.

Happy reading!

Easter and the royal wedding are a few weeks off. Time to get ready!

This Easter consider using all natural dyes made from spices from the pantry, fruits and veggies. It’s a no-fuss, no-cash proposition that will keep egg hunting and eating chemical free. Here’s how!

Pick a color and corresponding spice and pop it in some boiling water until you have the color you like. As you’ll find when using Paas or other conventional egg dye, the color in the pot will be darker than the acutal dyed egg. Account for that for depth of color.

When you like the color, take off heat, strain the color into a glass bowl and add 1 Tablespoon of white vinegar (or whatever you have on hand). Let the dye cool and drop in your eggs. Let eggs soak until you have the color you want.

Here are the spices and produce for the colors. Don’t forget to try fruit dye too! Frozen blueberries are tasty and fun!

Blue/Purple: blueberries, red cabbage

Yellow: turmeric, cumin

Orange: paprika

Red: red onion skins, raspberries, strawberries

Brown: chili powder, dill seeds, coffee grounds or coffee from the morning cuppa

Happy Easter!!

Can you identify your strengths? What about your weaknesses? This month, CRAVE wants to help you capitalize on what you do best with a valuable lesson learned by our founder, Melody Biringer, over many years and many businesses. An important part of staying at the top of your game is to ONLY do what you do best and to outsource your weaknesses to people who actually excel at them. Bookkeeping, web development, and graphic design are prime examples of tasks you’re betting off delegating to pros if you’re not one yourself. We know this is scary! Knowing where to go and who to trust can be difficult, but this chat strives to ease the fear and discomfort and get you pumped about focusing on your passion! Get ready to embrace your strengths and do more of what you CRAVE!

Satsuma Designs’ Jennifer Porter will moderate this important discussion on how to keep is simple and successful!