Welcome to forage|create|love
Welcome! I’m Ann, a home-educating mama who lives in the New Forest with my husband Kevin, our 9 year old daughter Phoenix, our 6 year old son Forrest, our cat Muad'Dib & our Great Dane, Toad.
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
Super Quick Hand Print Parrot Craft!
We've been reading and learning about the rainforest so Nixie wanted to make a parrot and I came across this incredibly easy and super quick little paper craft project. It took no more than 10 min, the only part that was time consuming was cutting out her hand prints.
Vegan Cupcakes with Lilac Frosting
Lilac trees are one of my absolute favourites, the smell takes me back to my childhood in Sweden, I remember seeing them in bloom everywhere and I remember always finding some to bring home to put into a vase so I couldn't be more pleased to have some growing right next to us.
Make A Super Pretty Pressed Flower Mobile!
I had been wanting to make this for a while and now that it is Spring and the flowers are blooming everywhere I turn I decided it was finally time to make it. This was really such a fun project for all of us, Forrest & Nixie loved picking them and pressing them when we got home. And what I love especially about this little creation is that it will always remind me of this time in our lives.
Make Your Own Pine Needle Lip Balm!
So we finally got around to using our infused pine needles (we had forgotten about them) to make some pine needle lip balm! They turned out really great, they make our lips feel so soft
Make Your Own Bobble-Head Family!
Cardboard I couldn't love our little bobble head family more, these were so fun to make! It happened to be me and Kevin's 16 year anniversary and what better way to celebrate than spending our day working on a family art project!
Edible Flower Lollipops!
We have become obsessed with making things with edible flowers and in this post I'll share how we made peppermint (the prettiest ones) and some chocolate ones. I think these peppermint lollipops are one of our new favourite ways to use them. They are so easy to make, taste delicious and look so pretty!
Three Recipes: Dandelion Bread (one sweet & one savoury) & Dandelion Honey
I am so excited it is finally Dandelion season! I have been quite impatiently waiting for them to start to be in bloom and to be in abundance! There are so many things we are planning to make with them this year and for now here's three recipes for you to try.
Coconut Balls with Violas & Pansies
After we made our Chocolate Bark it spurred a very strong desire to see what else we could make with edible flowers specifically what I could make with Violas & Pansies.