Monday, March 10, 2014

Spring Scented Posts


“Spring is the time of plans and projects.”
~ Leo Tolstoy


"The sun just touched the morning; 
The morning, happy thing, 
Supposed that he had come to dwell, 
And life would be all spring.” 
~ Emily Dickinson 

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Friday, March 7, 2014

Peter Rabbit's Room Spray ~ Bedtime Blend ~ For the Nursery


"I am sorry to say that Peter was not very well during the evening.
His mother put him to bed, and made some camomile tea;
and she gave a dose of it to Peter!
'One table-spoonful to be taken at bed-time.'"
~ The Tale of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter


If your little rabbit is overtired and needs some rest, here is an aromatic bedtime spray to give him or her some in-scentive to sleep. A few drops of chamomile essential oil is just the dose prescribed by Peter's mother! 


To prepare:

In a clean (travel sized) spray bottle, add the following ingredients in the order they appear:
  • 1/4 tsp. vodka, optional (cheap kind is fine) ~ It helps to disperse the oils, acts as a preservative and is also a disinfectant and antibacterial. Some people use rubbing alcohol but it is not as natural a choice as vodka. However, if you have a weakness to alcohol, then I encourage you to skip this ingredient altogether. Being this is only a 1/3-cup recipe, it will keep (meaning the essential oils will not lose their potency) for the time period it takes to use the spray up.
  • Approx. 1/3 cup of water (distilled is best but I use tap water) ~ Add to spray bottle after the ingredients mentioned above. 
The chamomile essential oil will be soothing and calming, lavender will further relax the atmosphere while the orange essential oil adds a pleasant citrus touch to keep the aroma fresh.


How to use:

Shake before each use. Spray the nursery before bed or nap-time. You may even mist the bedding for some aromatherapy benefits. This acts as a nice room deodorizer as well.

Printables:


Here is our homemade label for your use. A printable recipe for your herbal is found HERE. Simply follow the link, download and print :)

Notes:

I like to use travel size bottles for our room sprays. Glass is a superior choice when working with essential oils as it doesn't leach but feel free to use what you have. I often use plastic in a pinch. 


"He was so tired that he flopped down upon the nice soft sand
on the floor of the rabbit-hole and shut his eyes."

~ The Tale of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter


                     

This "bedtime blend" would also make a sweet baby shower gift if packaged with The Tale of Peter Rabbit, the Complete Collection of Beatrix Potter Tales or even the coloring book! If you enjoy the illustrations of Beatrix Potter, then you may be interested in "Gardening with Peter Rabbit" as a way of playing with and teaching your little one at the same time.


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Wednesday, March 5, 2014

The Kitchen Table ~ A Mother's Pulpit

The Children's Tea by Helen Allingham



“Many wise and true sermons are preached us everyday by unconscious ministers in street, school, office, or home; even a fair table may become a pulpit, if it can offer the good and helpful words which are never out of season.”
~ Louisa May Alcott, Little Women
"You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might. And these words that I command you today shall be on your heart. You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise..."
~ Deuteronomy 6:7-9 


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Monday, March 3, 2014

Beatrix Potter Projects ~ "Baskets" of Fun for the Homemaker

"Old Mrs. Rabbit was a widow; she earned her living by knitting rabbit-wool mittens and muffatees (I once bought a pair at a bazaar). She also sold herbs, and rosemary tea, and rabbit-tobacco (which is what we call lavender)."
~ Beatrix Potter, The Tale of Benjamin Bunny

I suppose that as one blogs, layers of skin are slowly removed and people get to see how weird you are! Truth be known, I am weird. To be in my (early!) 40's and still enjoy playing in the world of Beatrix Potter! Perhaps it is because there is so much disturbing things going on today and it can be therapeutic to ponder and dwell on the "good things". Every spring, my heart falls in love (all over again) with the innocent world of rabbits, ducks and geese that Beatrix Potter created. Being a very theme-oriented person, I find it fun to prepare little projects of my own based on her books.


It seems Mrs. Rabbit had her hand in much industry and we never know what she is going to share with us! But this I do know, it will be "baskets" of fun! Herbal remedies, printables, children's activities, homemaking DIY's and so forth will be posted every Friday during spring (if our schedule allows). We will deem it "Fun Friday" in this little web-world of ours.

This is what has been shared thus far:

 What about you, are you still delighted by the sweet stories of childhood?
“The place is changed now, and many familiar faces are gone, but the greatest change is myself. I was a child then, I had no idea what the world would be like. I wished to trust myself on the waters and the sea. Everything was romantic in my imagination. The woods were peopled by the mysterious good folk. The Lords and Ladies of the last century walked with me along the overgrown paths, and picked the old fashioned flowers among the box and rose hedges of the garden.”
~ Beatrix Potter


                                                     


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