I'm dreaming of a wood Christmas...AND li'l rag curl tutorial

Perhaps it should be more accurately said, "I'm dreaming of a green Christmas..", and by green I don't mean snowless...(although we weren't far from that in our Canadian prairie city this year)!  Green - ecofriendly - sustainible - LESS PLASTIC! 

HOORAY! It's happening!  3 children in 5 years can equal ALOT of plastic in gifts and hand-me-downs.  I hope I'm not sounding ungrateful - I am VERY grateful for my family blessing our children, and it is definately NOT expected.  This year I can say honestly that I am truly thankful for family's thoughtfulness.  Some new wood toys and rag dolls grace the floors and corners of my home!  I found some used Ryan's Room on ebay that were in great shape - and I was happy to give them a new home.

In other news Thank-you to Rural Mama for the lovely swap!  I sent her a hardcoverd book on plant dyes, some healthy chocolate and mama magazines, she sent me some loveliness from her home to mine, some handmade soap, beautiful sewn cards and holiday copper earings that I adore!  Thank-you!

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I am haveing a healthy chocolate giveaway on the facebook group, Chocolate Revelation.  Have a look!  In the process of  building a healthy chocolate blog, I'm hoping to chart my adventure there!

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Thank-you to Garden Mama for asking about our rag curls!  My mother curled our hair in rags before special occasions and her mother curled her hair in a rags and so the story carries on for who knows how many generations!  My hair is not very curl-friendly...I remember my mother trying to do a home perm on me in the early 80's - I think it was called a Tony?  Well it stuck for ABOUT a day - that is how straight my hair is!  My oldest daughter however was blessed with my husband's gene's in this area!  BUT, as I do not have much experience with curls - it easily becomes frizzy and flatish a day or so after wash day.   So we've started a little ritual of rag curls once or twice a week, and that seems to really keep it in some ringlettes, less frizz, and less tangles (YAY).

As my mother did, we rip a rag into some strips and curl a section around the strip, until the hair-wound-rag is close to the head, then we tie it - just once, OTHERWISE you may be cutting it out of the hair after.  We put these in after hair has been washed and wet and detangled.

 Have a wonderful New Year's celebration!  We'll be heading over to my parents 30th New Year's Crepe breakfast....Hope your day is just how you like it!