Nesting

Nesting.

I don’t know if that really means that delivery is coming soon but the feeling of nesting is right here. I want all to be ready,even things that aren’t that important, like my mind was so cluttered and I needed to clean all those feelings.

I wanted to make some #diy projects for baby2, and I finished almost all of them.

I sewed two matched bonnets (for both: first born and new born), a rabbit teether, and a baby bloomer.

You can download here the pattern

Those are all easy patterns, and the teether is specially easy and cute , I’ve never tried before and I hope baby2 will enjoy!

Just need to finish a few more “baby projects” and I will be (almost) satisfied.

Women’s day thoughts

Women’s day thoughts: Because many things have improved since 150 years ago, but there is still much to be done.
I don’t know what’s harder, raising empowered girls or raising boys who respect them in any situation: both jobs are a big responsibility.
I hope that one day, when they will grow up this will be just a day to celebrate womenhood, as it may be mother or father’s day, and that we’ll look back proud of the change accomplished.

Hope you liked these women’s day thoughts today.

#Happywomensday to all women, stay at home or working mom, or without kids, single or not, because it’s all about have the freedom of choice with same conditions: that’s what I want for my daughter.

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Women’s day

Because many things have improved since 150 years ago, but there is still much to be done.
I don’t know what’s harder: raising empowered girls or raising boys who respect them in any situation: both jobs are a big responsibility.
I hope that one day, when they will grow up this will be just a day to celebrate womenhood, as it may be mother or father’s day, and that we’ll look back proud of the change accomplished.

#Happywomensday to all women, stay at home or working mom,or without kids, single or not, because it’s all about have the freedom of choice with same conditions: that’s what I want for my daughter.

Handmade solid perfume recipe

Handmade solid perfume recipe: Spring is coming and already in this month of February I could start looking for my favorite flowers, violets.

My grandmother loved them and that’s why I think about her everytime I see them or smell them their scent.

And I love their perfume, that immediately bring me to childhood and warmer days.

Why you should use or make solid perfume?

First of all I decided to stop using perfumes because of my migraines and headaches. Then I started to read about it and found out that perfumes have lots of harmful ingredients, chemicals that aren’t good for your body.

They are actually the reason of headaches, asthma, allergies and sometimes they even contain endocrine disruptors.

You can read more about perfumes and parfum in this article: https://www.healthdirect.gov.au/blog/perfume-stinks-how-fragrances-can-affect-health

I just bought a bottle of natural violet fragrance, without harmful additives, and the smell is just perfect, I really love it. (I bought this one )

I use to put some drops on my neck or wrists, you don’t need more.

Then I found the way to easily make solid perfume, and I am going to share here the recipe.

It’s zero waste, and you can handy take your solid perfume with you to all your travels.

Ingredients:

1/2 tsbp beeswax beads
1 tsbp olive oil
1 tsbp coconut oil
20 drops of essential oils (I used fragrance of violets)
Vit E

How-to:

place the coconut oil and the beeswax beads in the top of a double boiler and warm them over medium heat until they melt.
remove from the heat and then
mix the rest of ingredients,
put it on a small glass bottle and wait to solidify.

It’s really easy and you’ll avoid all the toxic ingredients that are usually added on perfumes. Hope you like it!

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February essences

Spring is coming and already on February I could start looking for my favorite flowers, violets.

My grandmother loved them and that’s why I think about her everytime I see them or smell them.

And I love their essences, that immediately bring me to childhood and warmer days.

So when I decided to stop using perfumes I just bought a bottle of violet fragrance, without harmful additives, and the smell is just perfect, I really love it. (I bought this one )

I use to put some drops on my neck or wrists, you don’t need more.

Then I found the way to easily make solid perfume,and I am going to share here the recipe.

It’s zero waste, and you can handy take your solid perfume with you to all your travels.

You’ll just need 5 ingredients:

1/2 tsbp beeswax beads
1 tsbp olive oil
1 tsbp coconut oil
20 drops of essential oils (I used fragrance of violets)
Vit E

How-to:

place the coconut oil and the beeswax beads in the top of a double boiler and warm them over medium heat until they melt.
remove from the heat and then
mix the rest of ingredients,
put it on a small glass bottle and wait to solidify.

It’s really easy and you’ll avoid all the toxic ingredients that are usually added on perfumes. Hope you like it!

DIY Teepee tent

DIY teepee tent: a new upcycled project on the blog today!

It’s been a while since I don’t share any déco Idea, remember the #zerowaste dreamcatchers? Today I am going to share with you the recycled teepee tent, a DIY teepee with recycled materials!

Last year,when my daughter started to play “symbolic games” we decided to offer her a teepee, but obviously I wanted a #diy one and I found a way to only use recycled items.

Toddlers love to use their imagination, and if they have an intimate spot where they can hide with some toys or books you’ll help them to develop it, forming solid emotional health . Creative play has positive impact on he physical and cognitive development.

Plus it’s super fun and cute!

In order to find all the items to make it, I thought that it could be interesting to use those fabric cardboard tubes,this way you won’t need to buy on purpose wooden sticks or anything else.

All is recycled and reused! An old bed sheet and leftovers of fabric: 100% zero waste.

Because we want the best for our kids and also for the planet they’ll need to live on.

I went to our weekly market and asked to the fabric seller if he had these tubes,and if he would accept to give me some of them for my project. He had four of them, and was happy to gift them to me because otherwise they are not recycled.

I look some tutorials on Pinterest to know how to tie them with rope and adjust the old bedsheet.

With fabric scraps I decorated and then I added fairy lights for a cozy ambiance.

Its one of our favorite spots to play!

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Teepee style

It’s been a while since I don’t share any déco Idea, remember the #zerowaste dreamcatchers?

Last year,when my daughter started to play “symbolic games” we decided to offer her a teepee, but I wanted of course a #diy one and I found a way to only use recycled items.

Toddlers love at that stage use their imagination, and if they have an intimate spot where they can hide with some toys or books you’ll help them to develop it, forming solid emotional health . Creative play has positive impact on he physical and cognitive development.

Plus it’s super fun and cute!

In order to find all the items to make it, I thought that it could be interesting to use those fabric cardboard tubes,this way you won’t need to buy on purpose wooden sticks or anything else.

All is recycled and reused!an old bed sheet and leftovers of fabric: 100% zero waste.

Because we want the best for our kids and also for the planet they’ll need to live on.

Rice milk recipe

Rice milk recipe: Have you ever heard or read the word “carrageenan”? If you look at your food’s ingredients list you may have seen it before, even if you buy ecological or natural products! This additive appears in lots of products, and that’s the reason why I started to make my own plant milk.

We can find lots of harmful additives on our groceries, even if we are careful with our nutrition lifestyle, they can be literally almost everywhere.

At first (and that was already a few years ago) I felt overwhelmed about that, I thought that all these additives were forbidden, but you can still find them! And as I said, even on ecological products. That’s why for me is more important to buy local, natural and additive-free products than only ecological products (and always check labels).

Anyway, those carrageenan give a response on our body, alerting our immune systems and creating an inflammation response, and they are specially dangerous for kids or pregnant woman since they create a slowdown in body development.

There is a lot of controversial with the topic of animal milks and how animals are treated to have their milk so if there is no medical contraindication vegetable milk is an alternative that we should study.

And one day my dear “instafriend” Mariam (https://mariamfrehley.com/) posted the almond milk recipe, I never thought that it was so easy! ? Link her almond milk recipe here .

I started trying plants milks recipes and they are simple, healthy and super yummy.

I love rice milk so is this one that I am going to share,but they have all the same steps so you’ll choose your favorite cereal to make them.

Ingredients:

For 1 liter of rice milk:

– one cup of rice.

– 4cups of water.

– (optional) “extras” like cinnamon or vanilla.

– (optional) a sweetener like honey or dates.

You’ll just need to let the rice on the 4 cups of water for the night and the next day blend it with another cup of water. Then add the optional ingredients if you want it.

Strain the rice in a cloth filter and :

That’s it, ready to drink!??

So tell me, have you tried rice milk recipes before?

Plant milk

Have you ever heard or read the word “carrageenan”? If you look at your food’s ingredients list you may have seen it before, even if you buy ecological or natural products we can find this additive in lots of products, and it’s the reason why i started to make my own plant milk.

We can find lots of harmful additives on our groceries,even if you are careful with your nutrition style life, they can be literally almost everywhere.

At first (and that was already a few years ago) I felt overwhelmed about that, I thought that all those additives were forbidden, but you can still find them,and as I said, even on ecological products. That’s why for me is more important to buy local,natural and additive-free products than only ecological products.

And one day my dear “instafriend” Mariam (https://mariamfrehley.com/) posted the almond milk recipe, I never thought that it was so easy! ? Link her almond milk recipe here )

I started trying those plants milks recipes and they are simple, healthy and super yummy.

I love rice milk so is this one that I am going to share,but they have all the same steps so you’ll choose your favorite cereal to make them.

For 1 liter of rice milk:

– one cup of rice

– 4cups of water

– (optional) “extras” like cinamon or vanilla

– (optional) a sweetener like honey or dates.

You’ll just need to let the rice on the 4 cups of water for the night and the next day blend it with another cup of water. Then add the optional ingredients if you want it.

Strain the rice in a cloth filter and :

That’s it, ready to drink!??

DIY beewax wraps

DIY beeswax wraps: Lately I am posting quick recipes, these are so simple that I just want to write them down and quick add them to this online journal.

I’m not even posting them with elaborate pictures, just shoot while I am making the recipe and post in on the blog ASAP. That makes me feel productive, I can “check” more points of my to-do list and the blog still update.

You know “better done than perfect”, right?

I also realized that posting frequently and sharing on Pinterest and Instagram it’s the best way to improve on those apps ( I just raised the 10k views/month on Pinterest and that’s a good begining). So as I have lots of ideas that I can document, I’ll keep trying to writing about them!

Long history short, this one was a super easy #diy, less than an hour and it’s done!

You’ll just need scraps of fabric and beeswax beads.

How-to:

First if all, choose the dimensions of your wraps, cut the fabric (if you sew the edges that’ll be much better).

Put them on the baking tray and distribute the wax beads all over the surface of the fabric (more or less one pearl per cm2).

And heat 5 or 8 minutes on the oven ( 50°c) or just watch for the wax to melt.

Why you need those beeswax wraps?

In order to avoid the plastic in the kitchen, you’ll be protecting your leftovers of meals and our planet with less plastic. A sandwich on the go? Just take your stylish wrap and you’ll have #zerowaste to throw away.

And using ecological beeswax you are protecting the bees too, so that’s a big win for all of us. But you can also use soja or rice wax!

Hope you enjoyed this and will consider other alternatives to plastic on your kitchen! ?