Warming Foods For Cold Seasons

Did you know that the foods you eat this season could help you stay warm and fit no matter how cold it gets outside? Many foods and herbs are known for their ability to help raise core body temperatures just enough to help you stay cozy all season - and this raise in temperature could also help your body continue to handle fats in the right way even when you aren't as active. These foods make great additions to many seasonal recipes, so try them all!

Oats

Oatmeal is a treasures seasonal breakfast food for a good reason! It keeps you full and can help warm the body for hours. Oatmeal is a great breakfast option for people who find they crave sugar early on in the day, or for those who want to try and snack less between breakfast and lunch. Oatmeal is satisfying, warming, and comforting - and oats are even good for soothing the nerves!

Honey

Using honey as a tea, sweets, and coffee sweetener during cold months can help keep you warm and healthy all season! Honey is known to be a great illness defender, and it's included in countless home remedies for coughs and colds. Get ahead of the game by using more honey as the cold weather rolls in!

Nuts

Nuts like cashews, walnuts, and almonds are high in nutrients and can help keep your body warm and nourished all day long. Nuts are also a great healthy snack for those without allergies, and they can help keep you feeling full and satiated between meals in a low-cal way.

Quinoa

If you've never experienced quinoa you're really missing out! This amazing superfood grain is nutty in flavor, light in texture, as easy to cook as rice, and really good for you! Quinoa helps the body stay warm and nourished all day long.

Tea

Herbal teas come in a variety of flavors and make a great treat to sip during the day. Warm herbal tea helps the body stay warm from the inside out, and most herbs have medicinal qualities that your body can benefit from! For truly warming teas, try anise, cinnamon, ginger, clove, or fennel!

Stay Warm & Stylish This Season

I am so excited to share the newest release on the Tabelina site with you! My fold beanie hats have just gone online and are available for purchase, and I am so excited to share them with you! I designed these hats to help keep you warm, comfortable, and stylish all season long and I think they do the job perfectly!

Each beanie is a high-quality material with a fold up edge. This makes it easy for you to customize how tall the beanie is so that you get a snug, clean fit no matter what size your head is or how your hair is done.

In order to bring the look and energy of each hat up, I've designed these pieces to feature an embroidered Tabelina Dragonfly logo.

Each hat is made from 100% long lasting acrylic right here in the USA. They can be machine washed and have been created to be a long-lasting and easy-wearing addition to your cold weather accessories collection. Many of today's hottest celebrities are wearing beanies since they allow you to get outside without a lot of fuss.

The Tabelina hat collection comes in a variety of colors so that you can choose a hat that perfectly fits your cold weather wardrobe.

To see them all, CLICK HERE!

A Month Of Thanks

Tomorrow marks the first day of November! Can you believe how fast 2013 has been moving? While many of us think of November as the month of the Thanksgiving holiday, many people choose to celebrate thanks and gratitude all month long which is what I'd like to do this year. November is gratitude month, and I'd like to share a few ideas with you about how you can turn this fall season month into one of great thanks, joy, and healing!

The Power Of Gratitude

The more we express gratitude for the small and big things in life, the more of them we get. Taking time to say thank you to others and to be in awe and gratitude at life itself heals and opens our hearts and keeps us in a positive state of mind. Our hearts are light and our smiles are big as we walk though life noticing all of the amazing things that happen at every moment.

Gratitude has the ability to flush us of negativity, remove blockages, uplift our spirits, and bring us great luck. The more we cultivate it, the more we'll end up having to be grateful for each day!

How To Celebrate Gratitude Month

There are endless possibilities for how you can make this a month of healing and joy, but here are a few of my personal favorites...

• Take time at the end of each day as you fall asleep to recall your whole day and express gratitude for the big and small things that happened.
• Make sure to say 'thank you' to the people in your life who deserve to hear it.
• Work on a list all month long on your smart phone or on a piece of paper for things that you're grateful for. See how many entries you can get before the end of the month!
• Use social media like Facebook and Twitter to share something you're grateful for each day. You can even get really creative and snap a photo each day that reflects what you're most thankful for.
• Write thank you notes to people who you may have been overlooking for a while.
• Every time you look in a mirror take a moment to thank yourself and express gratitude for the amazing person you are!

Pretty simple, right?

November can become a month of deep healing and great empowerment if we infuse it with the energy and intention of gratitude. I hope you'll join me in making this a magical month to remember!

Happy Halloween!

Halloween is just a couple of days away and I am so excited! I love this time of year - the changing season, the holidays, the kids trick-or-treating, and all the decorations and festivities. In celebration of the spooky season, I'd like to share a few last minute things you can do to transform your Halloween celebration and make this a year to remember!

Decor

Today is the perfect day to pick up pumpkins for carving! If you create your pumpkin masterpiece today it will still look fresh and vibrant on Halloween night.

Mock spiderwebs that get put up too early often get tangled and matted as the winds and water happen. Today would be a great day to put them out and have them looking perfectly for trick-or-treaters.

Food

There are so many amazing foods that make this season what it is!

Try some of these amazing treats for the rest of the week...

• Apple Cider
• S'mores
• Pumpkin Pie
• Homemade Chili
• Homemade Candy
• Herbal Tea

This is a great time of year to try cooking something new in your own kitchen!

Celebrations

When the spooky trick-or-treaters come knocking on your door this Thursday, have something special in store for them! Try answering your door in costume or with simple face paint, turn on colored lights or haunted house background music, or decorate your doorway to really set the mood.

Candy is a favorite treat among all the haunts, but you can give out other treats if you want to get creative. Dried fruit bags, small toys, crayons, sidewalk chalk, or even fruit leather make great candy alternatives!

Happy Halloween!

Fall Essential Oils

One of the best parts of the autumn season is the many smells that come up at this time of year. As the weather cools down, many people find themselves baking more which leads to houses filled with delicious fragrances. There's also a lot happening outside with the changes in nature, and many amazing seasonal scents fill the air.

I'm a huge fan of scent, so today I thought it would be fun to explore some of the essential oils that can bring warm, joyful energy to your home all season long. Essential oils are great to work with because they are all natural, contain no harsh chemicals, and can even have health benefits!

Adding essential oils to a diffuser or dish with water can help fill your home with amazing fragrances that are perfect for the season... and there are many great diffusers to choose from now days that make it easy to work with all types of oils and oil blends.

While essential oils are natural, keep in mind that some of them can be quite strong. Use sparingly until you know their strength, and always dilute properly before using them on your body.

Sweet Orange

This is a classic fall scent! It blends the sweet, tangy fragrance of orange with that rich scent of the fall season. Orange works well on its own or combined with spicy scents like anise or cinnamon.

Sage

Sage is a clean, cooling, and uplifting scent that brings a light spicy note to the season. It works well on its own or added to floral blends as a balancer.

Clove

This is the best of the best for the holiday season! Clove brings fresh baked goods and warm nights by the fire to mind, and it's also very cleansing for the home and air!

Cinnamon

Cinnamon essential oil is a sweet and spicy balance that brings joy and comfort to the home. It blends well with many other spices, and it helps us feel warm and comfy when we smell it.

Juniper Berry

As we get closer to the wintertime, adding juniper berry to your favorite essential oil aromatherapy blend is a great way to herald the season. It's a combination of sweet and evergreen, and it instantly recalls fresh cut pine trees.


Try some of these essential oils in your own home in a diffuser or potpourri blend!

A Fabulous Bag For Fall Style

Fall is here and it's time to get out in the crisp autumn air and enjoy the changing season. In many places the leaves are turning colors and falling to the ground, while in other locations the air is getting chilly in preparation for winter. Fall brings the start of the holiday season - the perfect time to get out and go celebrate with friends and family. To make this a stylish and simple season for all of us, I designed the AMANDA yellow tote! The color is the perfect match for the season and the over sized space inside makes it perfect to always have just what you need wherever you may go. This is a great bag to keep a jacket and scarf tucked away just in case, or to bring along your contributions to this year's holiday party.

The golden yellow hue of the AMANDA bag is the perfect compliment to the fall season. It's at once grounded and earthy while also being full of joy and energy. The exterior is made from a high-end dyed leather that is soft, smooth, and extremely durable. You'll also notice a golden Tabelina dragonfly which adds extra color and texture to the piece.

The interior of this bag is made from a tough twill in a luxurious royal blue color. It has an interior pocket that's perfect for securing a phone or wallet, and a larger compartment for all of life's essentials.

The double handles make this bag super easy to carry - and it looks great on your side!

See more here.

3 Herbal Teas For Fall Sipping

Herbal tea is a wonderful and healthy drink to enjoy during the fall time. It's warm, comforting, and aromatic - and it can help the body adjust to the changing season so that illness and discomfort can be avoided! Today I'd like to share just 3 amazing herbal teas you can sip this autumn season to warm your body and your heart!

Chamomile

This perennial favorite is a wonderful fall-time drink. Chamomile has an earthy yet sweet flavor, aroma, and color that works really well with the season. The name Chamomile is based on the Greek 'Ground Apple' because this flower smells so much like a fresh fall apple!

Chamomile herbal tea can be enjoyed by itself or mixed with milk and honey. Steep for just 6 minutes in hot water to avoid any floral bitter tastes.

Anise

Star anise is a superstar in many fall recipes - but did you know it makes an amazing herbal tea as well? This beautiful seed pod combines sweet and spicy together while also delivering lots of great cold-season healing benefits.

Anise herbal tea can help soothe a sore throat and warm chilled bones, and the scent alone is perfect for this time of year!

Dandelion Root

This earthy, coffee-like herbal tea is a champion among herbalists. It helps detoxify the body, cleanse the blood, purify the organs, and put a smile on anyone's face. Many herbal tea enthusiasts blend roasted dandelion root with chicory to create a comforting and warming herbal tea that replaces coffee.

Dandelion Root comes from the very same 'weed' that grows in most lawns. but it's important to make sure the root you use comes from the right species of plant that is fully organic.

When you experience dandelion root tea you'll be amazed at the unique and rooted flavor it offers!

I hope you'll enjoy some healing herbal tea this season!


Images used with permission from Living Herbal Tea