Nerdy Fairy Blog
End of the School Year Herbal Support for Students
For many students spring means that the end of the school year is at hand. Springtime often finds my kids’ lives filled to brimming. All of this in addition to the normal daily life activities can easily lead to overwhelm, overload, and stress! Happily there are wonderful herbal allies to turn to during life moments such as these. Herbs with useful nervine properties are perfect to invite into these busy times to ease the worries of the day and ultimately invite a restful, restorative sleep.
Tea Tasting & DIY Herbal Blends for Kids
Tasty teas and kids go right along together like two peas in a pod. Join us for a fun herbal tea tasting party at preschool!
The Simplicity of Lavender
Born on spikes of beautiful purple flowers, the fragrance of lavender is soothing yet stimulating all at once. The fragrant essential oil is commonly used in aromatherapy. Essential oils are a component of aromatic plants and some believe are the very essence of plants. Lavender essential oil is the most versatile and useful of all plant essences.
Violet Honey Recipe: Sweet Floral Infusion
My absolute favorite way to enjoy this lovely plant is to infuse violet flowers in honey. The flavor of the flowers and of the honey harmonize together magically. It really is incredibly tasty and makes me think that this must be the perfect fairy food. Violet honey is wonderful on toast, biscuits, in tea or by the spoonful, and it is easy to make. Read on for information to make your own!
Violets in Fiction
This beautiful name and it’s variations reference a lovely, powerful little herb much loved by herbalists. It is used often in fiction for characters who are equally strong and beautiful in their own right. Explore this lovely namesake with us!
Bath Magic! An Instructive For 5 DIY Herbal Baths
Bathing in water infused with the goodness of herbs, essential oils and other healthful ingredients is a lovely, healing way to care for yourself or another.
Honey Bee Chamomile Lotion Bars
Flecked with bits of chamomile, these lotion bars are extremely moisturizing, super soothing and quick to absorb.
Essential Oils for Use In Bathing
Here is a quick little guide to some commonly used essential oils for bathing and body care. There are so very many to choose from!
Inside a Flower
"Whoa! Ms. Angela, what is that?" All heads were bent peering closely as were investigated our tulip.
Sweet Violet Benefits: a Materia Medica
Violet materia medica: Learn about the herbal uses and properties of sweet violet, including its traditional applications for respiratory, skin ailments, children, and more!
The Art Of Bathing
I love baths. I love water and how it has the power to wash away everything, absolutely everything. Stress, dirt, illness, concerns and on and on...
DIY Monster Spray for Kids
Is your child afraid of monsters at bedtime? Or do they just need a little something extra to ease them off to sleep? …. Yes?
Make Your Own Aromatherapy Spritzer: A Simple Guide
Create custom aromatherapy spritzers with our easy guide! Learn about the benefits of lavender, lemon, rosemary, and other essential oils for relaxation, mood boosting, and skincare. Perfect for home and personal use.
How To Make A Hydrosol
Hydrosols are the delicious aromatic waters that are created during steam distillation of essential oils.
Arcane Inspired Herbal Shimmer Tea
Delicious and beautiful, this herbal variation on shimmer from Arcane: League of Legends is like magic in a cup. And unlike the shimmer in the show, the recipe here for Arcane herbal shimmer is meant to be nourishing not toxic.
Elder: A Superb Herbal Friend
Learn about the benefits and uses of elderberry and flower for winter and everyday health.
How to Use Herbal Preparations Wisely
Would you like to discover how to use herbs and herbal preparations wisely? As with anything, there are benefits and risks to using herbs. Yet there are simple guidelines that can help us to approach and use herbs safely! Find resources below to help set you on the path to enjoying herbs with surety.
Spiced Elder Berry Syrup
This syrup is deliciously lip-smacking! Filled with juicy berry flavor and a nice ginger spice, it will help keep you and your family healthily strong during cold and flu season.
Adorable Herb Stuffed Sock Snow Pals
These little snow pals are fashioned from socks and rice with a plump filling of fragrant herbs to turn your reading time into a sensory escape. They are the perfect companion for exploring the snowy woods (or wherever your current book is taking you!). AND they couldn’t be easier or more fun to make especially when they are all stuffed with aromatic dried herbs! Squishy and adorable, sock snow pals will give off a wonderful fragrance when squeezed and loved.
Find instructions in this post and visit our Instagram or Tiktok pages for a instruction video to help you make your own sock snow pals!
Sunrise Lemon Herbal Bath
Today, being up with the sun, I had the chance to take a lovely sunrise lemon bath. Smells great? Yes! Invigorating? Yes, yes!