From the Meadow: Natural Healing Products

My favourite thing to do on a saturday is to visit the Western Fair Farmer's Market. We usually just pick up our produce for the week and grab a beverage at Fire Roasted Coffee Company. However, today we decided to stop into the From the Meadow booth. They make natural healing products, and most of the herbs used in their products are produced on their farm in Belmont, Ontario.

Steve and I both have a growing interest in body products that are produced without chemicals or petroleum products. We went in to pick up some deodorant and found Meadow Guard "Nature's Defense". You can find out more information on this product here.

The girls at the booth were super informative and friendly. They recognized Steve from his radio gig, and were nice enough to send us away with soap samples and a container of Breathalizer, one of their healing creams. They told us this will be a great product to rub on our baby's chest when she is sick with a cold.

We are looking forward to trying out the products we got today and can't wait to purchase some more in the future. They have a Mango Body Butter that smells amazing and will be great for baby's skin!

You can find this great vendor every Saturday at the Western Fair Farmer's Market, on their website, or on Facebook.

Mellow Yellow Nursery

The Nursery is almost complete and I wanted to share a few pictures.

In my original post, The Nursery, I had said I was going with a brighter yellow for the walls. I ended up selecting BEHR "Bicycle Yellow". 
 

I installed these inexpensive shelves on either side of the window to display books.You can purchase these shelves at JYSK for $5.99.

I purchased this Rocker/Glider off Kijiji and am getting a new cover made for the cushion. I ordered a really pretty grey and white Chevron fabric off Etsy. I am still waiting for the fabric to arrive. In the meantime, I have put a handmade quilt over the rocker to cover up the hideous cushion!

These Ikea shelves are installed above the change table, and will house diapers, lotions, creams, soothers, etc.

This cube shelving unit was given to me and it fits perfectly inside the closet. The canvas organizers are from Dollarama ($2 each) and I am using these to store clothing. Each bin is sorted by clothing type (sleepers, outfits, etc.) and by size.

My favourite part of the room is the art I made! I had some unused frames kicking around the house, so I decided to re-purpose them into fun art for the nursery.

I purchased two different patterns of scrapbook paper from Michael's, and I downloaded the animal templates from the Martha Stewart website. Since I  only had to buy the paper, this project only cost me about $4 for a set of 3 pictures. (The regular price of each sheet of scrapbook paper is $0.99 at Michael's).

London Bump, Baby & Toddler Expo

Today I attended the London Bump, Baby & Toddler Expo at the Western Fair District. It wasn't very busy, and my friend and her mother-in-law that I went with thought most things were pretty over priced. I didn't purchase anything, but I did get some good information that could lead to future purchases.

 

Exhibitors of Interest

Funky Fluff & Stuff Inc.
Funkly Fluff is a cloth diaper company based in Toronto. I like this company because they have a 3-in-1 cloth diaper that is one size (adjusts as the baby grows). The diapers come in a bunch of fun colours, and are also more inexpensive than bumGenius 4.0 One-Size Clother Diaper which is a similar product. The girl at the booth was really helpful!

Petal Babies General Store Inc.
Petal Babies is a consignment store in London for locally made accessories. They have clothing, toys, bath products, and much more. I got a 10% off coupon at the booth, and will be visiting their store this week to pick up some Batty's Bath products for my baby. 

Sweet Babees
Baby Skin Care Products, 100% Natural, Canadian Company


Some vendors seemed a little out of place at this show. A man at the Edward Jones booth gave me a chocolate in hopes that I would fill out a draw to win some baby prizes. Aka he wanted my information so that he could call me later about his insurance services. No thanks!