Cozy Sigh DIY

06/07/2023

Example of the type of fabric geek learning I love. The last comment is from me; I often go by Flower. Have spent many an hour geekily learning about fabric though I don't yet sew very often. These comments were on a great video about which fabrics (snd other clothes features) look more polished than frumpy. Or as she put it, polished casual vs. unpolished casual.

06/07/2023

Spent over an hour yesterday creating this recipe based on learning from other recipes! Also bay leaves, Himalayan salt, peppercorns, basil. This included checking daily recommended amounts and raw vs cooked and other stuff about how best to use the flax seeds, h**p seeds, and pumpkin seeds. Decided to gring and cook flax but them let roasted pumpkin seeds and raw h**p seeds be final garnish. Learned a lot about why and what to do when dried beans, even when soaked, just will not soften!! P.S. So eager to get an Instant Pot!!! The more I learn about them the more impressed I am!!!

06/04/2023

About to make a pretty epic soup here! Multiple broth types. Or whatever recipe(s) end up coming from this. Playing it by ear.

06/04/2023

Cozy Sigh DIY is always evolving and finding its brand and mission more - but seems primarily about the art of finding/making/revising/upcycling items (fabric, paint, coatings...) for spaces or wearing.

In ways which aim for low-toxicity, sustainability, nature/outdoors inspiration, movement/activity-inspired, authentic personal aesthetic/preference expression, body positivity, and intentional minimalism.

And practical features such as durability, weatherproofing, lightweight or ultra-lightweight, body-supportive, comfortable, mold-resistant, pest-resistant, comfortable temperature, etc.

I'm (I as in me, the one woman behind this currently one-woman business/project) constantly researching and experimenting and learning more nuances about all that...

Oh, and makes sense to me to share glimpses of other hands-on ways of being health-conscious about what goes in our spaces and bodies. So growing and cooking healthy food for one!🫐🍒🥕🥔🥑🍄🫘

05/24/2023

🚲🚲🚲Began learning about the layers of discrimination bikes have historically moved through for women, the poor, people of color, and immigrants and wow!🚲🚲🚲 I'm seeing bikes now as a symbol of liberation, rights, access, independence, courage. Oh and exercise, nature, transportation, and fun.🚲🚲🚲 (Image from online of a mural referencing early women's rights related to bicycles. They've been connected to women finding courage to fight for right to vote, etc.)🚲🚲🚲

05/20/2023

Before of a big floor project currently doing, my biggest floor learning curve yet!🌿 Removing carpet, carpet padding, tack strips is first.🌿Baseboard gap filler (in a way unwelcoming of mold, flooding, drafts, mice, cause all have been issues there), shoe molding, caulking, cleaning, stripping, patching, etching, priming, painting, sealing...all been being carefully planned out for weeks with low-toxic and effective being the two key goals. Got good protective gear.🌿My first time working with cement!🌿Also spackled and began priming the walls. Been carefully picking the non-toxic wall paint.🌿

05/20/2023

💚Adventures in deepening minimalism even more lately. Minimalism to me is not just about subtracting, but also: assessing, appreciating, consolidating, reorganizing, rethinking, upcycling, replacing, adding...and yes, releasing.💚 Setting up belongings (food, clothes, decor, papers, vehicles, spaces, gear...) within what is reasonably accessible...to support intentional chosen lifestyle (current + goals moving towards).💚It's all at once an act of self-care, creativity, skill-building, health, autonomy. The relationship we have with our "stuff" is personal and reflects certain things about our core values.💚

05/14/2023

Awesome Resources for Starting a Food Garden!😮💚🤝🥕🍅🍠🥒🥭🥝🍉🥑We haven't met in person and there'a deeper I wanna look into it but there are multiple ways I find activist Robin Greenfield's work inspiring.🌿 It's stuff I've gotten increasingly interested in and some of the types of similar intentions that led me to start Cozy Sigh DIY, even though my focuses are a bit different but the underlying intention is health of people, planet, animals. 🌿Robin has inspiring content on: building tiny homes, minimalism to be more present, wearing natural fabric, spending time outdoors, thinking about getting food to more people, exploring car-free living, positive community collaboration, community gardens, he may be into being barefoot (going barefoot is one of my key interests lately but that's for another post). 🌿But maybe his #1 passion and how I first learned of him is GROWING FOOD, which I agree is extremely powerful for multiple reasons.🌿 Check out Robin's beautiful project where it's free education on starting a food garden anywhere...and free seed packets for anyone!🌿Making an entire, abundant, organic food garden or food forest from scratch is one of my biggest dreams - and I've been lucky to spend some time helping at gardens, farms, farmer's markets, and places that feed the hungry - and working on food prep skills with high percentage whole foods - and other little steps towards my garden dream...one day! This sorta resource inspires me!! Have you grown any food?!😮💚🤝🥕🍅🍠🥒🥭🥝🍉🥑

How to grow food using the Free Seed Project Seed Pack. This article includes answers to all your basic gardening questions and more.

05/14/2023

So excited about my new P100 respirator mask for the furniture and especially home renovation projects!🌿 It took conversations, research, and multiple stores to find the right one and awhile to assemble and fit. This was an important gap in my project protective gear!🌿 Ironic cause a key intention behind my projects is making spaces more healthy. But I wasn't protecting my body enough doing so! My lungs definitely let me know when I wasn't cautious enough about my current floor renovation (old cement, etc.). Still healing up!🌿 Also added in shoe covers, new gloves, etc. Already had safety goggles. Don't currently need ear plugs. But will gear up better for each project according to what it needs. 🌿Even though the final products are so healthy, the old materials and steps along the way all effect the worker too. This applies to anyone in the world out there making products or doing services for us to enjoy the result. Worker health matters! 🌿This relates to the topic of Fair Trade and I'm gonna continue taking baby steps to support sweatshops less and fair worker treatment more. So many products out there are cheap, fast, convenient. It's not always possible to access only super ethical options. But I'm proud of my baby steps!🌿

05/12/2023

❤️🥰❤️I feel passion about reclaiming our right to enjoy healthy food, healthy fabric, healthy relationship with clothes, healthy buildings and shelters. All of which boils down to our right to healthy bodies and selves. Not to mention healthy relating with people, animals, and nature. Which is all connected to the other things I listed...

❤️I feel pride and joy seeing the many baby steps I (humbly, imperfectly for sure) take towards being even more in my integrity in right relationship with the world and myself in those ways, not to mention the huge, deep journey of mental and holistic health, not just physical. It rewards me in a bunch of ways...! WHAT a learning curve!!!😮❗️

05/11/2023

Art + fabric + renovation posts to come too but here's the latest DIY food project. So grateful for this food!🌿 Alaskan salmon + mixed greens, pistachios, sauerkraut, tomatoes, 3 types of beans, Bragg organic dressing, h**p seeds, sea salt, pepper, sprouts. Yummmmm! 🌿P.S. Since then a Gordon Ramsey video seriously upped my salmon prep game!!

04/30/2023

The latest little food art adventure and the beginnings of homemade soup (a few yummy roots🥕🥔 in great oil and herbs) are also roasting in the oven (miso will be involved). 🥬This salad packs a punch with sunflower seeds, tahini dressing, avocado, beet kraut, mixed greens, and for the first time in ages: jicama (it's easy to find South American and Mexican inspired foods as this is one of the most multicultural cities in the USA...got yuca while I was at it whoch will be a first for me but is a staple in some parts of the world).🥑 Gotta restock h**p seeds which I love on practically anything! 😋I'm always learning new stuff about food and something I learned today is how super full of four certain nutrients miso is! Can you guess what they are? Have you tried miso? Maybe that's why I always feel awesome when eating miso soup.🍯🐝Oh, the tea is "Cup of Calm" - heavy on the passionflower. Local raw honey.