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
A Super Easy Solar System Diorama
On this particular morning Nixie woke up and wanted to do a project about the solar system so we decided to make our own DIY solar system diorama. It's funny how a topic that hasn't been mentioned really in months can all of a sudden come back with such a vengeance!
Easy LED Constellation Art Project
Last week we started learning about constellations and decided to make some artwork with a few of them. I really wanted to do something with LED lights and use them to light up the stars of the constellation and I couldn't have been more happy with the result!!
Easy Yarn Rainbows & Macrame Feathers & Leaves
We love rainbows in this house and this was such a sweet little project that was easy for little hands to do and it didn't take very long either so it was almost instant gratification! It is also the same technique we used to make the Macrame feathers.
Vegan Pine Needle Shortbread Cookies
We have been wanting to try to make something using pine needles and finally got around to it during our winter solstice celebrations. We spent solstice Eve outside in the forest with one of our special trees, a Scot's pine we named Solveig. And we loved the idea that we were making something with pine needles foraged from her.
Gorse Cordial
This is our first cordial of the year and Gorse cordial is by far our favourite! We are very lucky to have this growing all around us in the New Forest and we love that it is something we are able to forage and make in the midst of winter.
Super Simple DIY Birdfeeder
We love to make our own birdfeeders! We wanted to try something new and this 2 ingredient bird feeder worked really well and was also super simple. We did this as part of our Winter Solstice celebration which is just one of our family traditions.