April Beauties
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Cornelia and Skye are ready to go to a garden party!
And the The Committee is looking pretty spring spiffy too!
Vegetabowls
- At March 29, 2013
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We can’t stop smiling every time we walk past our new Vegetabowls display. They inspire daydreams of picnics, fruit salad and summer afternoons.
Melanie and Justin McKenney make Vegetabowls in Tonawanda, NY. Each ceramic bowl is slip-cast from molds of actual fruits and vegetables, and is hand-painted with non-toxic, food-safe glazes.
Stainless Straws
- At March 28, 2013
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We’ve heard your many requests, and they’re finally here – re-usable stainless steel straws!
We have straight straws, bent straws and spoon straws. All pretty spiffy and very fun!
Spring Flash Sale
- At March 22, 2013
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We have so many beautiful spring clothes!
So we’re having a Spring Flash Sale!
Today, March 22, through Sunday March 24, mention the website to get 20% off on all spring clothing.
Discount applies to full-price items only.
Includes underwear; doesn’t include socks, shoes or accessories.
May not be combined with other offers or used retroactively.
Kate Quinn Cuties
- At March 19, 2013
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It always makes our day when a new shipment of baby clothes arrives from Kate Quinn Organics. The quality of their organic cotton fabric is the finest available, and their attention to detail is second to none.
They magically combine a classic aesthetic with fresh colors and prints. The clothes are timeless and charming. We think you and the little people in your life will love them!
Cheerful Garden Stakes
- At March 16, 2013
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When we ordered Christmas ornaments from them last fall, we noticed Glassworks Northwest’s captivating garden stakes and decided on the spot to make them a part of our spring offerings.
Kristi Thorndike-Kent makes her whimsical creations in Bellingham, WA. She makes each plant stake herself in her home studio – designing them, cutting the glass to size, assembling & decorating it, and firing it in one of her three kilns.
The plant stakes are intended to spend their days outside, but should be brought in during extreme cold or wind.
Which is your favorite? We might be partial to the Slugs. Surely their presence would deter the lettuce-eating varieties!
Bogs for Spring
- At March 15, 2013
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A wonderful new kind of shoe has arrived at Nest – Bogs!
With several gardeners on staff, these shoes and boots caught our eye and made us swoon. Not only are they waterproof and sturdy, they’re marvelously comfortable. And not only are they waterproof, sturdy and comfortable, they come in fun colors and designs! They’re great for gardening, yard work, hiking, and generally tromping through life.
Like all the shoes at Nest, Bogs are vegan. Available in whole sizes, we’re finding that most folks who normally take a half size go up to the next whole size.
Here’s a short video about the Rue, Bogs’ short gardening shoe.
Chilly Lunchbags
- At February 24, 2013
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We’re pleased to be offering Packit’s freezable personal coolers. It’s a brilliant design – instead of putting frozen cold packs into a large container, Packit bags allow you to freeze the whole lunchbag. They fold up nice and flat to go in the freezer, then open up to a spacious size for your midday feast, keeping things cool for up to ten hours. Great for little people and their grown-ups.
PACT Trunk Show & Cupcake Happy Hour
- At January 26, 2013
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We’re so excited about this event!
On Thursday, January 31st, from 4-7pm, our friend Renee from PACT will be here for a trunk show to present their complete spring line of socks, undies, leggings and camisoles.
If you’re not already familiar with PACT clothing, check out our enthusiastic post from November. This season PACT’s impact project is to help start 100 urban gardens in 2013. Working with the gardening theme, this season’s prints are based on bandanas, blossoms and a workshirt plaid.
Our first spring order has already arrived at Nest, but represents only a portion of PACT’s spring offerings. Renee will have samples of ~everything~ and we will be taking special orders for items not in stock.
When you buy any PACT item that night, we’ll give you a voucher good for Cupcake Happy Hour at Great Sage – a thematically paired cupcake and cocktail! Recent flavor themes have been raspberry & lemon, mocha, and cinnamon… we can’t wait to find out what they have planned for the 31st!
Additionally, if you pre-register at info@nestnaturalhome.com, we’ll give you 10% off all your PACT purchases that night.
Fun undies and yummy cupcakes! We hope you’ll grab a girlfriend and stop by!
Reasonable Resolutions
- At January 05, 2013
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Here we are once again in January, the season of new beginnings, fresh promises, sensible eating, and abundant exercising. Kinda sorta.
I have come to really embrace the human construct that is January = Fresh Start. I tend to re-read Clear Your Clutter With Feng Shui, cull my closets and kitchen drawers, host a clothes swap, and create a shiny new list of good attitudes and intentions for the gym and life in general.
But I also embrace the notion that it’s a good idea to flex with the seasonal rhythms and live a little differently this time of year. It’s January – too cold and too dark to be very noble or stoic about anything. My body is still asking for generous food and extra sleep. A fresh start in the dead of winter? Sounds herculean or quixotic at best.
Yet somehow there’s enough optimism infused in a new year to pin reasonable hopes on.
Sometimes what makes the difference is knowing what feels easily do-able to me. A new vow to do an hour of yoga every morning? I’m not likely to really get behind that with any enthusiasm or commitment. A bedtime promise to myself that in the morning I’ll stumble over to the space by the window, spread my yoga mat and at least do some stretches? Not only am I extremely likely to fulfill that little promise, I’m also likely to take fifteen minutes and do a round of sun salutation and some pigeon pose. In my mind, those fifteen minutes count for a lot more than that imaginary hour.
Some resolutions dance the line between being a major reach and being do-able. They will be a bit of a stretch, but I will be so glad if I do them. Two winters ago I was spending regular time with The Life Organizer, journaling responses to her prompts and questions… in colorful markers, in a big notepad instead of a journal. I loved it. Last winter I was reading a little bit of The Way of the Happy Woman every morning. I incorporated bits of her yoga teachings and exercises into my days… and loved it. This winter… I’m inhaling novel after novel. They are delicious, but they don’t feed me like the others did. And I miss my colorful markers. So the stretch is to find a place in my week for thoughtful reading, and then actually sit down and do it. I know I’ll be so glad when I do.
That’s the heart of it, isn’t it? Achieving any resolution, any healthy habit, any goal… requires believing deeply enough that you’ll be glad afterwards that you overcome the inertia or lethargy or fear or whatever and do it. And that’s tough when the bed is warm, the thermometer says 23, and you promised yourself you’d go running in the morning. For me it took years before I finally deeply learned that I am always glad that I went running. Always. Will it take 365 days of sitting quietly spread over three years before I really learn that taking time for meaningful reading and journaling is a wise investment? Probably.
I’ve learned to hold my resolutions loosely as I heap compassion on myself (also a learned behavior). The Resolution Police aren’t coming around in March to check up on everyone. It’s more about believing that I will look back two or three years from now and realize that the shape of me and my life are different than they were in December 2012. Good job, she will say. Nice effort. Gold star on that stumbling to the yoga mat thing!
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