Botanical Beauty — Summer Wish List

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...

DIY: Natural Dyeing w/ Roses

  “Low-impact dyes.” I saw it often on organic handmade clothes.The ever-lasting store bought colors I discovered use toxic mordants harmful to the environment and a lot of water. Rose petals. Steam. A small pot. I chose some test fabric in cotton. It took me all day to make this small batch.  I used roses...

Shades of Pink// DIY Fabric Dyeing With Avocados

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...