Introducing Earthy Herbals and Earthy Traders

Back in 2008 we welcomed our first daughter Bryten.  Our world changed dramatically.  I decided to stay home on the fly 2 weeks before I was scheduled to return to work teaching, from the summer break.  This was largely due to my husband getting a great new job the week before Bryten was born and him doing his orientation online from the hospital.   I have been working and going to school my whole adult life, and when I was done going to school I was still paying for school by teaching during the day and waitressing at night.  We enjoyed going out, having drinks, taking off when we pleased.  I loved crafting and hanging out gossiping (and drinking) with my girlfriends.  We had our little life, and I liked it, but boy did it change.  It took a few weeks to register; it's not like I was being unhealthy but more like OH my god I am pregnant style!! !! It was not just me anymore, the pleasure seeking, crazy, imaginative, semi unhealthy (although vegetarian) did I mention a touch crazy, neurotic, delusional, needy, liked partying on the weekends like ALOT, musician in a band having husband you get the picture ;)...  When it all did register I had to stop what I was doing because I was about to be ruining (sorry digital underground drop).  And do some serious soul searching.   Like therapy style on the DL....  I needed to know why I was who I was and who I wanted to be.  It was go time in my mind, it was lets do this Mel, who do you want this little baby to meet and want to be like.  That is a whole other story but a few things I did want was to be healthy and live a long life to watch a small little being be grown in an embrace of my love, honesty, and everything that I feel all children deserve!   Deciding to stay home was a treat for a month.  Literally by month 4 I was so stir crazy I was going to die, so on top of the scrap-booking and gardening and diving into becoming the cook I am now (because before I could cook but didn't enjoy it half as much) I started sewing again.  I started a small business, licensed and all, selling my eco-friendly clothing for mommies and babies as well as some toys.  I went to craft fairs, and second Saturdays and sold enough to make a small profit and to keep my sanity.  Well when I found out that I was pregnant with numero 2 before my numero 1 was even 2 years old things shifted.  I was tired, and instead of free time sewing I was reading and crocheting and doing things more easy going.  Which led to my obsession with natural birthing and lactation which made me determined to have a homebirth and a easier nursing relationship with the second (why I became a doula, and am a LLL leader).


After Daphne came I still would sew here and there but it was not as fun because my sewing machine was getting older by then and I had 2 children to be mindful of instead of 1.  So I kept journeying on the urban homesteading path to keep my vivid imagination alert and fed.  I started this blog and went bonkers greening our home and cutting back all the unnecessary things.  I dove in more to cooking (why I have so many silly recipes)  and now 5 years into being a stay at home mom (who works outside of the home occasionally when it is convenient for my family) I manage 2 blogs, my new flourishing doula business, wrote a cookbook, work in my garden, tend to our animals, teach our children, (don't exercise enough but I will get on that next), chicken-keeper, and now a beekeeper, Breastfeeding advocate and support provider, and becoming a certified herbalist.   And one day I will become a certified yoga instructor.  The reason for all this, I was bored....  Sometimes am still bored, and before having my daughter had a life in my mind, and now after having her I figured out that I needed to live that life I always wanted v.s. imagine it ;)  Ya dig!

That is that back story of me and why again I will be opening up shop via Etsy.  I am creating again, be it by hand, or in the kitchen, or herbal remedies for your body.  I am making stuff again, and my husband has found a knack for it as well in the last 6 years of being married to a silly broad!  ;)  Our shop is Earthy Traders, and we make most of the items by hand or the items are outsourced and still adhere to our ethical views.  All items either are organic, fair trade, cruelty free, upcycled, homemade, home-cooked or vintage. 

Things you can find in our shop: our homemade herbal remedies for new mommies or anyone seeking a natural way to heal the body and mind, and skin care, candles, childrens toys, kitchen goods, foods, wood goods, teas, herbs, art, clothing, shopping bags, and much more....

The Earthy Trading way

www.earthytraders.etsy.com

The Earthy way started with my blog I write weekly and it grew to a flourishing Doula and natural birthing, placenta encapsulation practice, Earthy Birthings, as well as an Herbal practitioner practice Earthy Herbals and now we have an etsy shop! A space where my clients may buy my items when needed! As well as service all those health and wellness seekers in the world. We are procurers of all things Earthy. We are a urban homesteading family that is excited about selling and trading our homemade goods and creations. It is our hope for the world and our customers that you may reach optimal health and happiness in an earth friendly way. All herbal tinctures, tonics, and capsules are comprised of all organic fair trade herbs. Some even grown in my backyard. All items for the home and body are cruelty free, fair trade, and earth friendly.

All honey products are made with honey from our backyard bee hosting adventures. You can read about it at my blog www.earthyconsumer.blogspot.com. We take very little from our bees and make a few things here and there to share!

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Thanks for reading about us and hope you visit our shop,
Tread lightly!