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consentisnotsilence: Me and my son, Eli.

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 22:07:52 -0400

Me and my son, Eli.

New cloth diaper prints up!

Sun, 17 Feb 2013 23:29:00 -0500

I have a few new prints up at http://littlefawnorganics.etsy.com

I will be getting back into the studio this week to sew up some more inventory. Check them out and like us on Facebook here to get discount codes and updates!

We also have a new website! http://www.littlefawnorganics.com, go check out our blog!

Bears in Babeland: My friend is filling up her Etsy shop again after taking a break and I...

Sun, 17 Feb 2013 19:23:27 -0500

Bears in Babeland: My friend is filling up her Etsy shop again after taking a break and I...:

My friend wrote a wonderful post about my cloth diapers! Hooray! Thank you, mama! <3

bearsinbabeland:

My friend is filling up her Etsy shop again after taking a break and I just ordered these two beauties:

Great, no?

Jessica is so good at choosing fabrics and says that she’s getting a great fabric shipment soon, so I can’t wait to see what else she makes in the coming months. I’m…

g-e-0-g-r-a-p-h-y: but this is wonderful!

Sat, 08 Sep 2012 15:24:32 -0400

g-e-0-g-r-a-p-h-y:

but this is wonderful!

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asvprocky: FOLLOW FOR MORE VERTICAL...

Sat, 08 Sep 2012 15:14:23 -0400

asvprocky:

FOLLOW FOR MORE VERTICAL POST http://parallelswagg.tumblr.com

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Sun, 26 Aug 2012 00:52:10 -0400

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Check out Campsite5 for some awesome handmade tents!

can we be friends again? sam.

Thu, 23 Aug 2012 10:24:47 -0400

I don’t know. Maybe?

You can buy this coat on Etsy at...

Thu, 23 Aug 2012 10:23:39 -0400

You can buy this coat on Etsy at https://www.etsy.com/listing/107496440/60s-gold-olive-white-velour-swing-coat. So gorgeous!

Guidance Green: Meet The Dervaes

Sun, 29 Jul 2012 16:04:19 -0400

Guidance Green: Meet The Dervaes:

guidancegreen:

I have lived in Southern California all my life with the exception of a few years spent in NorCal in the latter half of the 80s and in London in the early 90s. Yet I had never heard of The Dervaes, whom – since the mid-80s – have been doing something quite amazing, right in the heart of L.A….

dome.: Companion Planting

Tue, 19 Jun 2012 15:44:48 -0400

dome.: Companion Planting:

fawnanddome:

Everyone should have a garden. It doesn’t matter where you live: farm, house, apartment, condo. You can grow food if you have a window or a patio. I didn’t realize how important companion planting was until I started actually trying to produce my own food.

Companion planting improves the use of…

dome.: Home Sweet Non-Dome

Tue, 19 Jun 2012 11:45:52 -0400

dome.: Home Sweet Non-Dome:

fawnanddome:

We no longer live in the dome. Code enforcement was inevitably going to shut us down, so instead of waiting it out for that to happen, we were proactive and moved to a condo.

The condo is great, even though it’s not a dome. My son has his own room, and we have a patio that we can grow food…

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octoraptor: joellesoswell: fennecdesign: This is probably my...

Wed, 13 Jun 2012 17:45:05 -0400

octoraptor:

joellesoswell:

fennecdesign:

This is probably my most used home brewing recipe, and the simplest. It’s an easy soda, refreshing on it’s own or tasty mixed with gin or vodka. I love to make a large batch before parties, everyone loves it and it costs less than even the cheapest generic sodas. The major plus here is once you have the basic recipe down it’s not too hard to make tweaks and changes to suite your personal preferences. This ginger ale is entirely different from most American brands (i.e. Vernors, Canada Dry), in that it’s flavor comes directly from fresh ginger root which is spicy and refreshing. The carbonation comes from a minor act of fermentation by bakers yeast as it ‘eats’ the sugar in the drink, creating carbon dioxide (fizz!). This is the same reaction used to make alcoholic drinks, just on a shorter and smaller scale (in this case the amount of alcoholic content is negligible, around half a percent).

To make a 2 liter bottle of Ginger Ale you will need:

A cleaned out 2 liter plastic soda bottle with screw-on cap.

A fine grater or zester.

A funnel.

A 1 cup measuring cup.

A 1/4 cup measuring cup.

A 1 tbsp. measuring spoon.

A 1/4 tsp. measuring spoon.

1 cup sugar (raw or cane is fine)

A chunk of fresh ginger root.

Bottled lemon juice or 1 medium lemon.

Active baker’s yeast.

Water.

To make the ale first combine the dry ingredients inside the 2 liter using the funnel; 1 cup sugar and 1/4 tsp. yeast. Next grate the ginger until you have at least 2 tbsp., depending on how flavorful and spicy you want your drink to be, you could use up to 4 tbsp. Pour the ginger and then the lemon juice (1/4 cup of the bottle stuff or the juice of 1 fresh lemon) into the bottle as well. Then fill the bottle the rest of the way up with lukewarm water within one inch of the top, using the water to rinse any remaining ingredients from the sides of the funnel into the bottle. Cap and shake gently until all of the sugar is dissolved. Find a warm place to stash the bottle, I think the top of kitchen cabinet is a good place and let the bottle sit for 1-2 full days checking periodically to see how firm the bottle feels. Once the bottle no longer gives at all when you squeeze it’s ready! Move the bottle to the fridge (this will stop the fermentation process) and wait until the ale is chilled to serve. If you don’t like chunks of ginger in your drink wrap a piece of cheesecloth over the neck of your bottle when you pour. The chunks will mostly settle to the bottom of the drink anyways.

Further options:

I love adding extra flavoring to my ginger ale by making my soda with an herbal tea instead of water. My favorite flavors are hibiscus, lavender, or peppermint but there are many other options as well (pretty much any edible herb you’d like!) I make the tea ahead of time, using boiling water and dried herbs to taste making sure it’s cool to touch before add it to my other soda ingredients (if it’s too hot it will kill the yeast!) The hibiscus is especially nice because it gives the soda a striking magenta color. Consider making a number of smaller bottles of ginger ales with different flavorings, experiment with different colorful and medicinal herbs.

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sarah is bringing me a ginger root and im gonna make this today

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