Handmade Indigo + Turmeric Dyed Beeswax Wraps

If you’re like me and love a good craft project, especially one that saves waste and prevents the use of plastic, then you’ve come to the right place. I teamed up with my friends at Parks Project for a recent trip out to Joshua Tree and brought along some of these hand-dyed wraps as part of my essential desert road trip musts. A great way to keep your food fresh and lookin’ cute.

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Shibori Indigo Dyeing for Beginners

I grew up tie - dyeing. As a child of the 80’s + 90’s I spent my weekends selling my tie-dyed goods at farmers markets and craft fairs - yep, I was THAT girl. So it is in no way shocking that one of my favorite things to do now as an adult is just that. As I have grown, I have experimented with many natural dye’s and have found what I like and what I don’t. I am still a student of the craft and every time learn something new, so this guide is simply an intro to this world.

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A Classic Christmas Cocktail Party : Six Things to Drink this Holiday Season

Welcome to my holiday cocktail party — a night of nostalgia with my favorite cocktails and easy to drink beverages that are in NO WAY fancy, but in every way fun! These 6 drinks will make any day festive, especially when styled with all these throwback gems and colors.

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Desert Abstract Holiday Wrapping with Free Gift Tag Downloads

Every Holiday season I take from the year and conceptualize a new creative wrapping style. This has been going on now for over 10 years and it has become one of my favorite parts of the holidays. I have always believed that the wrapping of a gift is half the present - half the fun.

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Eternal Child X Parks Project - A Trip to Zion National Park: Part Two

Our Second morning came with clear skys. The air was crisp and cold, but the warmth of the campground was invigorating as the chimney tops puffed away at Under Canvas. Our kettle was boiling before the sun breached the canyon top and we spent the better part of the morning enjoying the slowness in the canvas filled village.

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Eternal Child X Parks Project- A Trip to Zion: Part One

We packed up the car and headed back out on the road, a few weeks back, on an assignment for Parks Project. You know I love any excuse to jump into the wild and experience the fabulous National Parks System. I can’t tell you how long I have wanted to see the canyons of Zion National Park and so I quickly jumped on the opportunity to make the drive to Utah.

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Winter Seasonal Living Workshop + Farm Meal | January 26th 2019

This winter workshop + farm meal was the second in our seasonal living series, and it turned out to be everything I could have hoped for. For this one we decided we’d keep it a bit smaller and more intimate as a reflection of the season, as we were expecting typical Oregon winter rainy weather. However, just like our fall workshop, we had an unseasonably beautiful, clear day.

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Autumnal Chia Seed Pudding with Spiced Granola

Tis’ the season to eat eat eat. I will say, I do love the seasonal spreads we get this time of year, but I usually always tend to walk away with a bloated belly and feeling of distaste. I teamed up with Arie Free and talked about some healthy ways to start a fall day, and not loose the spice of the season.

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WONDER. WANDER. WAITING. A Desert Pop up Dinner in LA for Forks + Vinyl

To create from scratch is something very special. I sometimes forget as a professional creative human, that my ability to take something that once lived secretly in my mind and watch it develop and become real before my eyes, is pretty magical. It is something we all have to remind ourselves in times of stress and when we are feeling overwhelming pressure.

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