Welcome to forage|create|love
Welcome! I’m Ann, a home-educating mama who lives in the New Forest with my husband Kevin, our 5 year old daughter Phoenix, our two year old son Forrest and our cat Muad'Dib.
We are all about living a creative life closely connected to nature, following our hearts and minds in the moment and discovering all the beauty & joy that surrounds us... Read More
Crystallized Edible Spring Flowers & Vegan Cookies
Ever since last year when I first saw people doing things with edible flowers I really wanted to have a go and am so happy to have finally made some vegan crystallised flowers!
Yarrow, Plantain & Calendula Healing Salve, The Perfect Salve For Your DIY First-Aid Kit
I'm excited to have this salve on hand because it feels like a super salve with three incredibly healing plants and it is a great one to make for your own first aid kit.
Super Easy Salt Crystal experiment using Feathers or Pine Needles! (without Borax)
This is one of our favourite science experiments and it is so easy to do and all you need is salt! In the US most people seem to be using Borax but here in the UK Borax is banned and unavailable. We've always had success just using salt (sodium chloride) to create our crystallized objects.
Fun Polymer Clay project for Kids: Birds and Worms Tic Tac Toe Game
I'm so excited to share this little project of ours! Back when we were spending a bit of time learning about bees I came across the sweetest little tic tac toe game of bees and flowers and knew straight away that we needed to make one too but instead of bees and flowers I wanted to make one with birds and worms since Nixie absolutely loves birds.
Create Your Own Pressed Flower Candle!
Now with spring in the air and more and more flowers beginning to bloom this is the perfect little project to make with the beautiful blooms of spring. Although we used flowers that were given to us for Valentine's day and it was the perfect way to reuse them rather than just throwing them away!
Vegan Gorse Cake: remaking my swedish cream cake!
I am so incredibly proud of this creation! I am not a baker, not even remotely, I have a tendency to burn things or make things melt together when trying to make things vegan but ever since I saw vegan cream at the shops I just had to try to remake my all-time favourite strawberry cream cake. I am Swedish and when I was little this is the cake my mum would always bake for me on my birthday.
Make your own bird nest, the perfect spring activity!
Spring has finally sprung! The birds are singing and using all their energy to build their nests, it seems like everywhere I turn I see a little bird with nesting material in its beak so what better way to honour the beginning of spring than to create your own bird nest!
Weaving with plastic using a cardboard loom!
This is such an incredibly easy project because all you need is a bit of cardboard and some yarn (or plastic bags) and a stick (if you want to make a wall hanging).