Do you love plants like I do?

Instead of the typical books on plants that can be a sterile ‘how to’ or plant encyclopedia, I want to create an alternative botanical empowerment guide – a book that shares and captures the ‘feel-good’ qualities and beauty that houseplants bring us. 

I recently added the book Hi Cacti by Sabina Palermo to my book collection. I love plants so I always enjoy learning more, especially if it has anything to do with houseplants or succulents. I had fun flipping through the pages in this book and learning about houseplants I now want to add to my collection.

Here is what you will find in this FUN read:

• Care guides for 20 easy-to-love houseplants
• Self-care rituals and meditations centered around your plants
• Projects for botanical crafts, aromatherapy and skincare
• Botanical drinks and eats
• Learn how not to kill your cactus, how to ‘bloom where you’re planted’ and how to love yourself by loving your plants

You can purchase a copy of Hi Cacti on Amazon here: https://amzn.to/3BpfD9W

This might be a perfect gift for that person on your shopping list that loves plants! It is PERFECT for beginners and also a great read for the non beginners too!

Sabina Palermo is the founder of Hi Cacti, a botanical boutique in Brighton, UK. She runs a flourishing independent shop and online business (hicacti.com).

I have always been a fan the back to school days! Not only do I get to shop for new school supplies for the kids, I also usually buy myself some things for the new year too! This year we got some CUTE new supplies from Zak that I just LOVE!

If your child is taking a lunch to school, Zak has lots of products to make bringing lunch to school more exciting. I received a stainless steel water bottle, a stainless steel food container and a 24oz reusable tumbler that feature Disney’s Lilo and Stitch characters.

My daughter Hannah likes to make her own lunch and the Lilo and Stich Stainless Steel Food Container is PERFECT for bringing food to school in. She likes to get up in the morning before school, make noodles and pop them in the container to eat at school. Zak also has this handy food container in other designs like Paw Patrol, Moana, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Frozen, Mickey and Minnie Mouse and more.

At my house we can never have enough water bottles. The Lilo and Stitch 14oz Stainless Steel Water Bottle matches perfect with the food container. What makes this great for taking to school is that it is vacuum insulated, so cold drinks stay cold for longer and condensation won’t form on the outside of the bottle.

The last item I received was a BIG and ADORABLE Lilo and Stitch Tumbler that I am definitely claiming as mine! This is a tall tumbler that holds 25oz which is perfect because I like to drink a lot of water every day!

To find more fun back to school products from Zak visit: https://www.zak.com/category/back-to-school

I am a mom that likes plants and I LOVE succulents.  With that said I was excited to receive a review copy of A Family Guide To Terrariums For Kids to add to my bookshelf. This book is great for kids that love plants because it includes 15 unique, imagination-inspiring project plans that include full-color photographs. With this book, both kids and the grown-ups can discover just how easy terrariums are to plant and grow!

Here are just some of the things you will learn how to do in this book:

• Use multi-colored sand and succulents to craft a desert terrarium
• Plant, trim, and tend a terrarium bonsai tree
• Built a peat bog filled with carnivorous plants
• Make an aquatic terrarium, complete with a marimo moss ball “pet”
• Design a prehistoric garden of air plants
• Create a plant-filled habitat for a praying mantis
• Grow a Japanese garden with living rocks

To me, this book is 112 pages of fun stuff to read. It also includes 150 photos to learn and get ideas from too!

Grab a copy on Amazon for only $19.99

When I was born my mom spelled my name different. So growing up, I never had many things that had my name spelled on it because how it was spelled was not common. I remember my mom had a personalized ink stamp made with my name which I think I still have somewhere.

For those that have uncommon names, gifts with our names is exciting. I recently received some crayons from The Crayon House on Etsy with my name which made me SMILE.

Since these are especially made with my name, nobody will be using these crayons anytime soon. I do love how colorful these are and the packaging with my name was pretty neat.  I think these would make a great gift for anyone that likes to color with crayons!

In addition to these fun name crayons, you can also find other crayons, birthday and wedding favors like personalized mints that you might want to check out!

For more info or to order some of these cool crayons visit: namecrayons.com