My Garden Update...Nothing But Pictures..

Dill Flowering

Watermelon doubled in size..

Live Your Life...Growing Consciousness

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Having Peace and Happiness in one’s life does not mean that there aren't other challenges, and just because one may have to face those other challenges, does not mean you are not happy. 

Live your life... do good, and cause no harm.

The Blacker the Berry...Plant Based Diet

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In an interview Mike Tyson said he wishes was born a vegan.

 Not until I decided to change my eating habits and that of my family. That I truly appreciate and understand that statement.

Choosing a plant based diet is one of the best things I could have done for me and my family. 

What I am learning about this chapter in my life is that, it forcing me to read labels, and prepare meals differently.

It’s a challenge that I think many of us, are afraid to do. 

And many are not making enough time

In preparing our family meals, we would rather have it already chopped, cut up and seasoned.

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In the past few years,

 I’ve notice in the produce department, chopped onions, precut celery and other foods that takes not more than 5 minutes to do.

And why are there fat poor people, and why are prisoners that are doing hard time 

I.E. death row inmates or long termers, more than 20 years, are dying from the same diseases found on the outside:

 Among prisoner deaths from 2001 to 2010, cancer and heart disease together accounted for about half of all illness-related deaths…

We are spending a lot of time sitting and not moving…

we sit behind computers, we are sitting in our cars commuting back and forward to work,

school, and activities…

Most of the walking most people are doing is from the parking lot to their car. Our life style does not match the food intact most people consume and that is why so many are unhealthy, and  dying.

But I digress....

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Purple Potatoes...

"The blacker the berry the sweeter the juice."

That's a statement I've heard more than once in my life.

And there is a lot of truth to it!

Through my research I've discovered that

most of the darker plants are filled with the most 

anti-everything...

Here are some interesting  facts about Purple Potatoes:

Blue or purple varieties have an additional benefit in that they contain more and higher levels of flavonoids. 

Flavonoids are compounds which are found in the color pigments of fruits and vegetables. They provide us with antioxidant protection against chronic disease.

 In one study the University of Oslo in Norway found blue potatoes to have more than double the level of antioxidant rich flavonoids than either white fleshed or sweet potatoes. One of the many flavonoids found in blue or purple colored potatoes are anthocyanins. The interest and research into anthocyanins has been growing in recent years. They are anti-inflammatory, antimicrobial and anti-cancer. They also help neutralize damaging free radicals and may reduce the risk of heart disease.

 Although blue potatoes are a good source of anthocyanins, the most abundant source of anthocyanins in the western diet is strawberries, blueberries, grapes and red wine.

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Purple Carrots

Purple Carrots

Purple carrots are even higher in antioxidants than orange carrots, and they also possess anti-inflammatory properties. This could make them very useful in the treatment of arthritis. They have been found to be antiviral, antiseptic and antimicrobial, and they also contain anticarcinogens and betacarotenes. They also contain phytochemicals including carotenoids, polyacetylenes, isocoumarins, phenolics and sesquiterpenes. Phytochemicals have antioxidant, anti-bacterial, and other disease preventative and health enhancing properties...

In one study the University of Oslo in Norway found blue potatoes to have more than double the level of antioxidant rich flavonoids than either white fleshed or sweet potatoes. One of the many flavonoids found in blue or purple colored potatoes are anthocyanins. The interest and research into anthocyanins has been growing in recent years. They are anti-inflammatory, antimicrobial and anti-cancer. They also help neutralize damaging free radicals and may reduce the risk of heart disease. 

Hopi Corn

The Hopi People

This corn I plan on growing this season.

I've already found a place to purchase Heirloom Seeds Online...

Rareseeds.com

What's New in the Shop @ Eclectic Creations

Good Evening

Today, I decided to make some really cute earrings for the shop. My goal is to have at least  300 items in the store and so far I have 255.
I have 44 more to go, so make sure you head over and see what I've been up too.

I am also working on another mannequin; she is already covered in the brown paper and ready to decorated.

What’s really great about this piece is that I can incorporate some of my sewing lessons.

So, from full filling orders, to creating more pieces,

I ‘m one busy lady…and I thank you.

If you have not heard there are some great deals going on at Eclectic Creations.

Click here for more info…
Below are the goodies I did today…

Thanks for coming by…

Zipper Pouch Tutorial from a beginner

I mentioned in a previous blog that I took sewing classes in middle school and even though

I didn't like the class; learning how to thread a sewing machine was probably the best things I have learned from that class. I recently purchased a Brothers Sewing Machine and it really was like riding a bike. I knew exactly how to thread it. The bobbin and everything, one of my recent orders a client purchased a couple of beautiful rings and I needed a way of shipping them without having to order boxes.

So, I searched the net and found a really cool tutorial on how to make pouches. My son’s jeans are no longer fitting him, so I used his old jeans and old tee-shirt for the lining.

It worked perfectly…

I made no reference to the bag when I sent it…once she received her rings she sent me a personal note thanking me for the lovely pouch.

Receiving that email made me feel good, because it’s little details like that, making of the pouch that makes a person not just a customer but a long term client.

Well not to get off track but today I made this nice zipper pencil pocket.

 It has been over 20 years; since I made anything with a zipper, but I was determined that I was going to find a simple tutorial on installing a zippers, and I did here and here…

So I am sharing with you my sewing skills or lack thereof …

So be kind… “I am an artist and I am sensitive about my shit!”

Peace Love and Olive Oil Yaw’l

Tomingo

 What I used:

2  4.5X12.50 

1 Felt 9x12 

10" Zipper (nylon)

needles

sewing machine

music

 I like going to hobby lobby and picking up some fat quarters
measure out 2

 cut your felt in half

Sew straight down your fabrics

Then sew straight across the top

  Pen the other side to the top of the zipper sew across. Then down

Make sure seams of matches the zipper seam.

Sew down

Open your zipper a bit, so that you can turn the piece inside out

once you are done sewing.

Seams and Zipper Centered

Once all sewed up turn inside out...

Now you have this!!

Practice makes perfect.

 I will defiantly make a few more.

I have a baby shower to attend and I think this will be a nice gift for the mom to be.

Different colors and I will line it next time.

Do I hear another blog??

Thanks for stopping by.

Much to do About Nothing...

When I first created this blog it was named Mingz Natural Hair Journey…

And it was a place for me to post ideas, which I seen and later could come back to them and attempt

Many of these ideas, from natural hair to DIY projects, and some other things I found interesting.

Well, I've decided to get back to blogging and this time to do it on a regular. ~rolls eyes~

We shall see.

 And who, this blog will be much to do about nothing…and there will be plenty of those.

Hell it’s my blog and I can do what I want right??

Damn right.

Well with that in mind here are some warnings:

I have a crude sense of humor. I am sarcastic, I have curse jar and I use it often, I believe in conspiracies and I have two imaginary friends…

I enjoy my weirdness; I've seen normal people and they are NUTS! 

Well to wrap this up, this blog will be, as eclectic (like how I got that in there) as the world is.

Thanks for stopping by…

Tomingo

Enjoy.

An elderly man in Louisiana had owned a large farm for several years.

He had a large pond in the back. It was properly shaped for swimming, so he fixed

it up nice with picnic tables, horseshoe courts, and some apple and peach trees.

One evening the old farmer decided to go down to the pond, as he hadn't been there for a while, and look it over.

He grabbed a five-gallon bucket to bring back some fruit.

As he neared the pond, he heard voices shouting and laughing with glee.

As he came closer, he saw it was a bunch of young women skinny-dipping in his pond.

He made the women aware of his presence and they all went to the deep end.

One of the women shouted to him, 'we're not coming out until you leave!'

The old man frowned, 'I didn't come down here to watch you ladies swim naked or make you get out of the pond naked.'

Holding the bucket up he said,

'I'm here to feed the alligator...'

Buy 1 Get second half OFF details here

Black Friday and Cyber Monday was a huge success for me and I was so pleased with the results.

I really enjoyed Cyber Monday to which I offered buy one at regular price and get the second half off...

There will be a few special deals going down for next 3 weeks

From Dec 3^rd to 21^st 2012

~~~Mondays buy one jewelry item at regular price get the second half off**

~~~Tuesday if you make any jewelry purchase you will

Get a free pair of post/stud earrings…

~~~~Wednesday its back to Buy one jewelry item and

the get second jewelry item half off**…

~~~Thursdays any jewelry purchase

You will receive one wood bracelet of my choosing…

~~Friday you will get 20% OFF your entire order (jewelry ONLY). Use this code

“AWL2012”    

**Your money will be refunded within 24-48 hours once purchase is completed.

**lesser priced item qualifies for this offer.

**Only 1 Item will get half off.

I now have over 200 items in the shop and every day adding more unique and beautiful pieces.

Questions email me at tabishere22@yahoo.com