the pretty poems poetry & book reviews
From my small collection of gardening books is this informative text, the Rodale's Organic Gardening book for Herbs. Years ago when I discovered how healing and transformative gardening was, when I first learned the word "permaculture", I began my own research at a garden with essential oils and healthy nutrients that could cure depressing thoughts.... Continue Reading →
Books have a way of taking you back to the place you got it from and to the person you were at the time you started reading it. I've always felt like books find me, rather then me finding them. Hayfork California was a smooth paved road vanishing into the Emerald National Forest. Herbs &... Continue Reading →
The Botanical Beauty wish list was inspired by Amazon babes and earth elements. Raw edges, natural materials, scents that bring you to the forest. For this list I chose outfits that had that primitive feel and vegan products. Browns, greens, and snake skin print. Handmade. The designers use free form techniques - there isn't a... Continue Reading →
I first fell in love with a room spray with an Edgar Allen Poe quote on it. Co Op of Creations is a mystical shop, and a healing one. It was a kit I needed: a candle to cut ties with, a candle to start a fire within, a candle to set boundaries, and voluptuous... Continue Reading →
Pretty Gang I realized that I started a blog in 2009 and I've been blogging ever since. Health and wellness started as a major theme for me in my early 20s when I wanted to be a pharmacy tech. I browsed the bright isles of beauty products as I stocked, reading ingredient labels. Now I'm... Continue Reading →
I was dyeing to dye. I did a lot of research online and discovered Rebecca Desantos. I followed her DIY using this eBook Botanical Color At Your Fingertips. The soothing process of hand dyes from plants showed me how harmful synthetic dyes were to the environment. The chemicals used on our clothes can be absorbed... Continue Reading →
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