Tattoo Time !

I love tattoos, so much. My pinterest is filled with fancy and lovely tattoos, and pretty hair and homes. Anyways, here are some lovely tattoos I've been gushing over!

Cheers!
Rowan

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Natural Living: Is it worth it?

The past couple weeks I've been spending a lot of time thinking about making a big move. A huge move. A life-changing move that might be a pain in the butt. Going from pizza eating - cheese loving - chemical wearing - hair bleaching gal to a vegan, all natural and organic gal. Will it be worth it? Yes. Can I do it? I hope so.

Things I plan on changing to:
-mostly vegan and organic diet
-no more hair dying.

-natural AND homemade by me shampoo/soap/cleaning supplies/makeup. (Except nail polish, until I can find a natural version I will continue to wear chemical/store bought nail polish)

-less energy consumption around the loft.

I don't know if I left anything out, but I'm sure you get the idea. 

Reasons why I am doing this:

-it's better for the environment

-it's  better for my body
-it's better for my healthy

-it's better for my wallet.

-it's better for animals.

I don't know about you, but those seem like good reasons. The past two months I have been a wreck - headaches that last all days, sluggishness around 2, wanting to fall asleep at like 8 pm and just a general ugh feeling. And, the reason was obvious. I ate. A lot. All the time. One would think I was  pregnant at the stuff and amount I was eating. This lifestyle change will fix all those up in a giffy!

Thanks to Wellness Mama for much need inspiration to finally put me from liking the idea of natural living to actually making homemade shampoo and cleaning supplies.

Cheers!
Rowan

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Etsy Round up: Notebooks

I am a huge fan of notebooks, I have about two dozen notebooks, some have two pages written on, some are empty, some are filled with the same stuff repeat, but I still buy more!

Etsy has the greatest collection of notebooks, 

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |

Peace.
Rowan.

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Vegetables that can regrow themselves.

Yes, you read the title correctly. There are indeed thirteen vegetables that can regrow themselves, and pretty much all of them are from a piece or the stem...meaning you can eat most of it and then regrow it again! whaaat! I know, I know, I'll let that sink in. Infinite food supply? possibly. Probable? No. Magical? Most definatly. It's probably much easier to go to the grocery store, and you will probably die if you depend on the regrowth on eating...but it's fun to watch! And it's a fun family activity for kids!

                                    I couldn't help but add this adorable etsy print
Here are the magical vegetables, click each name to go to instructions on growing  care:

1. Ginger Root
2. Scallions
3. Garlic
4. Sweet Potato
5. Lettuce
6. Bok Choy
7. Carrots
8. Onions
9. Pineapple
10. Basil
11. Lemongrass
12. Avocado 
13. Celery
Some of these take much longer to do...as in ten years longer...but a year you can easily do in your kitchen. I have green onions growing in a beer pint on top of my stove. It grows like a weed!

I'm a sucker for stuff like this.


Peace.

Rowan

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20 Things to do in life

This isn't a bucket list, if it were it probably be 200 things as opposed to 20. This is 20 major goals/things I want to do by the time I'm thirty, so that gives me about ten years to do them all. Some are goals, others are things that I want to continually do and work on.

1. Get a Bachelor's Degree.
2. Live an environmentally friendly lifestyle.
3. Grow Traveler's Tree
4. Create more.
5. Spend less, give more, save more.
6. Eat only vegan and mostly organic
7. Publish a poetry book.
8. Travel the world often.
9. Grow a garden.
10. Sell my jewelry in brick and mortar shops
11. Learn to crochet.

12. Publish an e-book.
13. Sew my own clothes.
14. Live a minimalist life.
15. Write often.
16. Buy a house.
17. Live stress free
18. Use more handmade.
19.  Start a family.
20. Be happy.

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An easy recipe: Vegan Peanut Butter

I love making homemade peanut butter, it's one of my favourite things. It's much cheaper and always much more delicious!

(I know it looks like shredded brown coconut, but its actually creamy and delicious!)

I've tried all sorts of different ways to make peanut butter - not that they differ all too much. But this is my favourite way. 

Ingrediants:
1. 16 ounces of dry roasted peanuts
2. 1 tablespoon olive oil
3. 1 tablespoon honey (this is optional, and for those of you that are not vegan)

You will also need an oven and blender/food processor. Food processors are better. But I don't have one and haven't really have a problem using my $30 Walmart blender.

First, you'll want to set your oven to about  350 F.



Then take all your peanuts and spread them out on a cooking sheet.


Like this!

Once the oven has preheated stick your sheet into the stove and set the timer for 7 minutes. 

Make sure to give the pan a shake every couple minutes.

My oven doesn't have a timer so I used my microwaves!

When they come out they'll look greasy, but that's good! Just the peanut oils coming out.

Then, stick them in the food processor/blender and blend ! Once the peanuts are crumbly add the olive oil (and honey!) and continue to mix, you might have to give it a bit of a mix with a fork every couple minutes, the peanut/oil ratio likes to stay under the blades, for those of you with a blender!

Mmmmmmm.  Peanut butter.
Stick it in a mason jar or any container you have lying around. For top results stick it in the fridge for a week or two before putting in the pantry.
And just like all natural peanut butters the oil and spread will separate, but that's natural! Just give it a mix, or what I do is keep my jar upside down.

Now don't forget, as this is basically just pure peanut butter - not like store bought pb where there's like half a tube o'butter in each jar - so it's going to be very strong and raw tasting. Now I love that! But a lot of people still prefer good ol' store bought pb, which is still okay, but not as tasty in my opinion - or fun.

There are all sorts of ways to make peanut butter, you can even try replacing the peanuts for hazelnuts and make hazelnut spread! I know I am going to!

Rowan

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The perfect Alkaline food chart

Let's all just take a moment and thing about how absolutely perfect this chart is! If you're every wondering what's healthier and what to not eat every day, this is for you! I think everyone should print this off and hang it on their fridge with confetti around it.

Via Alkaline Sisters

So wonderful! I fell off the healthy bandwagon but I'm trying to get back on! And by the end of this year I will be a FULL VEGAN LIFESTYLE!  *throws confetti*

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A very berry (and very simple) vegan smoothie!

This isn't a fancy recipe, most people can probably come up with this on their own! But it's also my favourite morning snack (especially with a handful of spinach! You can't even taste it, I swear!)

I recently bought a new blender so I've been trying to make meals that I can use it! Potato soup anyone?

So good! I gobbled it up before I could take better pictures! I couldn't help myself.

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