Recently my three-year-old son, Camden, and I did a fun little project that you might enjoy doing with your young son or daughter. Not only did he love creating his I Spy Bottle, but it now sits on our kitchen table and we play with it after lunch and dinner. Playing I Spy helps with toddler attention span and sight skills. Using the funnel, measuring cup and rice helps with pouring, hand/eye coordination and patience. Since Easter is coming up,…
Skinny Love Carrot Cake
I’m blessed to have my 87-year-old Grandma Charlotte as a guest in our home for the next week. Every time she visits, or I travel back to see her in Michigan, I always pick up some baking tips (and a couple of extra pounds) because she is such a master baker. Since Easter is almost here and one of our family traditions is baking a to-die-for carrot cake, I wanted to share a healthier version we made together. This cake…
Count Me Healthy Valentine’s Day Gift Guide + Giveaway
Valentine’s Day is one of my favorite holidays: The colors, the paper-goods, the sweets! There is something airy and light about it. But I feel like the flowers and chocolates are being replaced by cool things you can actually wear and use. Gone are the days when I bought my 6th grade boyfriend a 4-piece mini-box of Russell Stover’s assorted chocolates and the single cassette tape of C&C Music Factory’s “Just a touch of love.” Don’t hate. I still love…
New Year, New You! Creating Your Success Map
Happy 2016! This is the third year of doing my New Year, New You series and I hope to offer up some useful bits you haven’t heard before. Nothing is worse than reading the same old tired sh*t like “take the stairs instead of the elevator or replace fruit for dessert.” Nope…not going to insult your intelligence and waste your time. As a mother, wife, daughter, business owner, etc the definition of New Year, New You extends beyond just healthy…
Made With Love: Essential Oil & Brown Sugar Scrub + DIY Gift Wrap by Natalie Jackson
I asked Natalie Jackson of the mindful lifestyle blog, My Green Son, to talk about her homemade scrub that if she produced on a mass scale would seriously put FRESH scrub out of business. My Green Son is a great addition to your blog repertoire if you are looking for whole food family recipes and organic beauty product DIYs. – CC What is better than a homemade, hand crafted gift. I love making this body scrub for my girls. I…
The Skinny Confidential & Count Me Healthy
So my Count Me Healthy journal bracelets were featured in a recent post on The Skinny Confidential. This was special for me as both a jewelry designer and blogger because Lauryn Evarts is probably one of my two favorite bloggers (Garance Dore, the other being you) and I’ve been reading her content for years. Aside from having one of the most successful lifestyle blogs, she is also best-selling author of the book The Skinny Confidential: A Babe’s Sexy, Sassy Fitness…
