Earthy Decor Finds & Wholehearted Quotes is part inspiration, part encouragement, part self-compassion, part humorfest (here’s a few more!), and part daydream. Hopefully this finds you calmed and optimistic, but should you be in another state (unhinged? unsettled? uninspired?), an escape or fresh perspective may be in the mix.
Wholehearted Quotes & Earthy Decor Finds
Transcendent Tablescapes
Oh this book!
From a well-known interior designer who knows her way around a tablescape and exotic places, THE WORLD AT YOUR TABLE blooms with tabletop treasures and inspiration to elevate even everyday meals.
The author, Stephanie Stokes, addresses the design principles such as color story and indigenous materials undergirding her tabletop designs.
Even if you aren’t entertaining or traveling as much these days, I bet you will be inspired by the beauty of collected treasures mindfully gathered to create a backdrop for a meal to be remembered.
Aren’t the color stories here evocative and mouthwatering?
Isn’t the idea of being imaginatively transported (if only for a few hours!) and enjoying collected treasures and past memories a wonderful approach to tabletop design?
A Feel Good Glow Never Hurt
More glowy skin at THIS age with THESE autoimmune issues and assorted health concerns? Yes, child, yes! Certified organic, all natural, and made in the USA? Let’s glow, mama.
Feel Better ‘Bout Yer Meal Prepping
Another feel good title is from lifestyle journalist Ronda Carman, with lovely photography by Matthew Mead.
When earth shut down in 2020, Carman realized the importance of making good use of pantry staples.
A well-stocked pantry allowed her to easily create delicious dishes, and she shares all the fruits of her labors in this delicious volume.
Ricotta pancakes this beautiful and enticing, anyone?
Tomato soup has me longing for summer tomatoes! (If only I did not gobble all of them up so there would be enough to enjoy in winter!).
Personal & Spiritual Growth
I don’t subscribe to fake it til you make it to feel good, but plenty of messages in the culture suggest it as a wise strategy.
Maybe it’s my age and the energy it takes to fake.
What I know for sure is that moods come and go. Acknowledging them as weather, letting them pass through, and not over-identifying with them is the challenge.
I am learning that unprocessed emotion often lands in the body. And don’t our bodies already do enough for us? Let’s help ’em out!
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My own body is always attacking itself like nobody’s business. There’s so much mystery involved, and I am grateful for the resources and grace available.
Self-Compassion & Self-Awareness in the Everyday
Daily practices are important so needs, desires, emotions, and beliefs can be held and nurtured.
Mornings are my time for quietude, meditation, devotions, and prayer, but maybe afternoon walks, exercise, or a pocket of stillness before bed is yours.
Or is your meditative time gardening?
Springtime Growth!
I have learned to yield to the wisdom of nature all around me. If we truly want to grow, why not study the masters? Do you come alive gardening or caring for houseplants?
Grow Fruit & Vegetables in Pots…From Aaron Bertelsen of the acclaimed English garden at Great Dixter, is beautifully illustrated and offers clear, practical information to grow fruit and vegetables in containers.
Bertelsen guides you through what to grow, which pots to use, and which varieties to choose alongside advice for cultivation and care. 50 delicious recipes make it simple to enjoy the fruits (and vegetables!) of your labor.
Aged Terracotta Pots
The thing is, processing feelings and the journey of letting go can leave us feeling untethered and longing for an anchor. Connecting with nature and others helps us re-member and return to our senses where all the fruit is. Just looking at these earth-fired pots calms me.
Hand-crafted for one-of-a-kind appeal, each Earth Fired pot + saucer set is made from clay with a highly variable mineral content, which can cause color variation from pot to pot.
During a unique aging process, natural moss develops on the surface of each pot for an antique appearance. Who says aging is not patina perfect and textured with NEW interest?
Watering Can
Is this the secret to keeping houseplants alive? What is it about everyday essentials that are beautifully made that lift the spirit so?
It’s the little things.
Soulful Lessons from Teak Root
Because the roots of teak trees (grown in South and Southeast Asia) are resistant to rot, they are removed from the ground to make room on the land to plant more. But they are not discarded; they bring new purpose.
When I consider this cycle of growth, excavation, and repurposing, I can’t help but reflect on my soul. What has taken root that would be better served brought into the light and offered to a greater good?
As we devote thought and energy to transformation, it is impossible not to see lessons and examples bloom everywhere!
Are these the cutest or what?
Teak and teak root can be expensive. This little assemblage of wood mushrooms is easier on the pocketbook and makes me smile:
Wouldn’t they be perfect in a woodland-themed kids room?
Teak Root Serving Platter
These also make me feel good to see and imagine what goodness they could hold in months to come.
Market Tote
I know it’s still winter, but as the cold winds blow, I am uplifted by thoughts of what is to come.
One of my favorite parts of summer is discovering fresh vegetables and the unexpected at the farmers market. I haven’t met a market tote I didn’t love, and I have always had a crush on those totes provided at Anthropologie for shopping.
My favorite source for French homewares is still Vivi et Margot.
Do you follow Charlotte who made a fresh start in Provence?
This struck me as rather genius for those who love their market totes but also love having their hands free…
So great for bike rides too if that’s your jam.
Clementine Cheer
I love the fragrance of oranges and clementines! Escape to 2017 and try eating one in the shower (circa 2017 TikTok, doncha know.)
Eating oranges anywhere is always a good idea if you ask me.
Lantern Bracket
Forgot about these!
Please PIN this so the message may spread through the land and healing may begin in hearts and bodies and minds…
Seagrass With Stripes
Did you know the leaves of seagrass often protect baby animals as they hide from predators? And that seagrass is not so much a food source when it is growing and alive but after it dies and decays?
If these seagrass pieces don’t shout WARM WEATHER, I don’t know what does.
Holy moly, what if we could all do this immediately…
Allergy Season Mask
Both my husband and I have migraines this allergy season. Everybody has an opinion about how to cope, and here’s another to add to the list.
Handmade in their Austin, Texas studio, this soothing mask filled with lentils is as beautiful as it is practical. Try it for headaches (use it warm) and tired, puffy eyes (use it cold).
How to Use: For heat therapy, place the mask in the microwave. Heat in 30-second increments until desired warmth is achieved (no longer than 1.5 minutes). Always test the temperature of your wrap before applying to your skin. For cold therapy, store in the freezer until ready to use.
Here is another one of those messages that seems so important to PIN and share as we live through an era of addiction…
Coconut + Vanilla
What a killer combo.
Feel Good Loungewear
I am ALWAYS feelin’ loungewear! And when they are made from organic cotton from India?
Thank you for taking a part of your day to spend here. I am sealing this with love, wishes, and wonder (a great big, keeping the stars apart, electric wonder flowing spiral-like from deeper-truer-pure wholehearted LOVE).
Peace to you right where you are.
-michele
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