slow living: holiday wish list 2019
last year i wrote up a holiday wish list and i’ve decided to do it again this year, mostly because i like sharing the holiday joy and promoting other small businesses that i love. so here we go!
body
northlore was on last year’s list and this year they’re back on it thanks to their new effervescent bath cubes. hello, solo knitting in the tub time!
making
i’ve started playing with embroidery again this past year, and i’ve got my eye on naturally dyed embroidery threads for future projects. while it’s lower on the priority list than scouring kijiji for a new sewing machine, i keep drooling over tamara klassen’s forage threads and my friend andrea’s sashiko threads.
consumable
ruby west is the new restaurant on the block and i’m so excited to go try them out. they’ve done a beautiful job with renovations on an old favourite, the neighbourhood cafe & bookstore, and their menu is yummy while being well-priced. it’s the perfect option for date night in the city without breaking the bank.
home
a gift card to a local plant nursery would be ideal this year because the plan is to get the front yard fenced in and build up some raised garden beds all along the borders come spring. i especially love prairie originals because they focus on native plants and grasses, which overlaps with a lot of my favourite natural dye plants and medicinal plants.
read
pleasure activism has been on my to-read list for a little while now, and i think i need to bump it up the list. my goal for 2020 is to read one book a month, which primarily just requires me to prioritize reading, and while 2/3 of the books on my list are related to fibreshed work and/or natural dyeing, i want to keep the final third with books that feed my theoretical brain and also get me ticking around how i can possibly be shaping the world around me.
i leave you with my personal favourite motto with how to approach holiday gift-giving with kiddos, which can be super overwhelming and stupidly expensive (from what i have seen from the outside):
something they want / something they need / something to wear / something to read