Seed to Sprout

Being in a state of survival I have lost so much of my creativity. That's when you know it's been bad. Not a spare thought or moment to give.
Last weekend, like a zombie, my body started grabbing things and moving and creating without even a plan. I let the motivation flow and realized I got a spark of something I can share to help nurture our hearts when we are at capacity. Something sweet and comforting like a hug.

And the beauty in this is that it brought me full circle back to mg vanilla beans that I needed for a project five years ago that when I realized the cost of vanilla beans led me to join a super nerdy, vanilla bean co-op online so that I could order in bulk. I went down a rabbit hole. I never knew even existed and I now have six different varieties extracting over the years. I have kept my spent beans and a mother jar just waiting for me to dehydrate them into something else magical.
I'm so glad that I tend to pick up the kind of projects that are forgiving for my roller coaster of attention and energy that comes and goes.

My vanilla beans were patiently waiting for me! There is a thick syrupy, goodness that I have never seen from store-bought vanilla, and now that they are on a trade de dehydrating in my kitchen my house smells amazing!!

These were only the beans from my mother jar, and there is a variety that is mixed into it so it will have a very rich flavor.

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