I love spending time outdoors in my gardens and crafting from nature, so when I was asked to review a copy of A Garden to Dye For by Chris McLaughlin, I was super excited. In Chris’ book, she shares how to take plantings from the garden and nature to dye fabrics, papers, and yarns. Through a variety of processes and techniques shared in the book, a myriad of wonderful creations emerge. The best part is that she makes things very easy to understand. I love that! I wanted to chose a project from her book to share with you all today. To no surprise, it wasn’t long until the kids got their hands on the book and it was decided; we were going to make natural play dough.
Living in New England, I knew exactly what we would use for our dye. Cape Cod is one of the largest producers of cranberries in the country.
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That chicken is SO cute!
We used to have chickens and my older son would sit outside on a bench and read to Aradice (yes an aracauna) who sat next to him, and she would cluck to him once in a while (at end of chapter). Was so fun to look out an see them.
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I really want to order the books you review, especially this unique one! But right now I’m supposed to be holding back on spending 😛 Oh but I did spend $50 on getting started with vegetable gardening. Every time I look at your blog I get inspired! Due to it being the beginning of spring I have a lot of choices! I’m growing beetroot, cucumber, peas, basil and the such. I even picked out some herbs and vegetables safe for the chickens. I’ll have to wire up the plants im keeping for myself.
Thank you for such a lovely comment. I am so glad that you are enjoy the blog and inspired to grow a beautiful garden.