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This is my spot to share all my favorite links and items I love. I only recommend products that I personally use and have found helpful, or if I can’t find the exact item I try to find as close as possible to substitute. Below you’ll find some favorite brands that I work with and some special codes just for you!

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Azure Standard

2 slices of 100% whole wheat sourdough sandwich bread on a plate
100% whole wheat sourdough made with Azure Organic Hard Red Wheat Berries

Azure standard has been a favorite of mine for many years, and it is where I get all our grain for making bread, as well as sprouting seeds, honey, coconut oil, polenta, coconut sugar, and many more items we use regularly. Simply make an account, find the closest pickup location to your house, place an order, and wait until pickup day to go get your items. I’m a little spoiled because my pickup location is at the park around the corner!

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My Favorites for our Home Medicine Cabinet

Sprigs Life

We’ve loved Sprigs Life for many years! I first heard about them before I had kids through a favorite wellness book. They make high quality herbal tinctures and supplements. One of the first products I tried from them was their Deep Tissue Healing Oil, which is still a staple in our cabinet and the first thing I reach for when I get achy. Then we tried their Dental Health Formula when my eldest was 3 and a dentist told me that I needed to have 2 cavities filled in his mouth. I went home and ordered Dental Health as I had read about the benefits of Black Walnut Hulls, and we dropped a bit in the molars in question each night for a few months. After 6 months I took him back to the dentist and they couldn’t find any cavities!

Some of our staples from them are Sustain protein powder and Lil’ Ones Super Greens.

Use the code SARAB10 to save 10% off anything at Sprigs Life.

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Mama Wellness

Get Mom Strong

I love this workout program! As a busy mama, I can do this from home. Ashley at Get Mom Strong is an amazing coach for postpartum, pregnancy, or long after baby. I felt amazing doing her Bridge Program postpartum with my 4th baby, then I moved on to her SLAM30 and later to SLAM45. I can’t recommend it enough! I feel so good when I exercise consistently, and amazingly it gives me more energy. Her program has been well worth it.

Use code SARAB for a 3-week free trial.

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Hi! I'm Sara, Mama to 5, home educator, seamstress, and lover of all things creative. This is where I share my from-scratch recipes that I love to feed my family, sewing skills and inspiration to make a handmade wardrobe, homeschooling resources and encouragment, and tips for living frugally and thriving in motherhood.

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Chocolate Mint Protein Bars (GoMacro Copycat)

Chocolate Mint Protein Bars (GoMacro Copycat)

These homemade chocolate mint protein bars are full of healthy ingredients for an easy energy boost

Sourdough Hamburger Buns with Fresh Milled Flour

Sourdough Hamburger Buns with Fresh Milled Flour

These light, airy, 100% whole wheat sourdough hamburger buns are made with fresh-milled flour. They make the perfect healthy base for any meal! Get ready to try the best, healthiest hamburger buns you’ve ever had! So soft with those beautiful…

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Mama of 5 practicing diligent creativity at home. •Sourdough • Slow Fashion • Home Cooking • Wild and Free Homeschooling • Sewing Skills

Homemade Chocolate Mint Protein Bars, inspired by Homemade Chocolate Mint Protein Bars, inspired by my favorite GoMacro flavor. We’ve been making these on repeat! Recipe link in bio ✨

#healthyproteinbars 
#proteinsnack 
#chocolatemint 
#healthysnacks 
#workoutsnack
I wasn’t lonely and depressed, I just needed to (l I wasn’t lonely and depressed, I just needed to (literally) frolic in a field of daisies. 

After being down with laryngitis and a double ear infection, it felt so amazing to get out in the sunshine! I hadn’t left my house in 9 days! I don’t think I’ve ever felt so desperate for sunshine. ☀️ 🌼 🌱 

Motherhood can be lonely, especially the first few months after a new baby, and especially during times a sickness! My mind was starting to play tricks on me telling me I have no friends, and reminding me that I have no family nearby. 

I’m grateful to God for some encouragement to my heart today, grateful for a phone call that cheered me up, and grateful for the friends who dropped off soup and oranges. And such a timely and sweet package from my sis with her homemade tinctures, sore throat tea, and elderberry syrup kit!

I don’t think daisies have ever looked so beautiful to me as they did today. 

#postpartum 
#motherhood 
#homeschoolmom
It’s been a sweet, hard season. I was getting pret It’s been a sweet, hard season. I was getting pretty burnt out on homeschooling right before the holiday break, possibly the most burnt out I’ve ever felt with it. But we came back to it this week feeling a little more refreshed and with better systems in place, and it has gone really well. I can be pretty hard on myself, and am still trying to operate like I have 3 kids, when in reality I probably need to talk to some bigger homeschool families and reassess my expectations. I feel like we crossed a line into “big family homeschooling”, and it’s definitely different than how I grew up with 3 kids close in age. But we’re hanging in there, and this last semester really did go quite well. We accomplished a lot and the boys made great progress in many areas. 
 Has anyone else been at this point with homeschooling, and what did you adjust? 

#homeschooling
#homeschoolmom 
#4monthspostpartum 
#homeschoolingwithtoddlers
Our 4th trimester is coming to a close. Almost 1 f Our 4th trimester is coming to a close. Almost 1 full year of nourishing this life with everything in me. 💛 Eliana means “God has answered”. Both of my girls’ names were my favorite since I was a teenager. Those answered prayers go way back. 🥹
A little evening sewing finishing up some UFOs (un A little evening sewing finishing up some UFOs (unfinished objects). I always have multiple things in progress because squirrel brain (anyone else do that? 😩) so it feels good to finish a few. 

Lane pants by @hisydgraham in @iseefabric 
Cozy footies by @lowlandkids 
#sewingproject 
#sewinglinen 
#lanepants 
#lkcozyfooties 
#sewingforbaby
I blinked and she’s 3. 🥹 Making a special birthday I blinked and she’s 3. 🥹
Making a special birthday dress was a must.
I used a pattern by @ohmeohmysewing and beautiful double gauze from Tiny Fabric Company on Etsy. 

#sewingforkids 
#sewingpatterns 
#sewing 
#handmadewardrobe 
#handmadedresses
✨ Welcome sweet Eliana ✨ We’re all ridiculously ✨ Welcome sweet Eliana ✨ 

We’re all ridiculously in love with this little girl and so grateful to God for placing her in our family.
Ready any day now for this sweet babe. 39 weeks t Ready any day now for this sweet babe. 
39 weeks tomorrow. ☀️

#5thbaby 
#pregnancy 
#duedatemonth
Enjoying the last of summer with my kiddos before Enjoying the last of summer with my kiddos before we go back to homeschool. We made it to one of my favorite places, #ferncanyon. 
I’m glad I could do it at 34 weeks pregnant, as I’m definitely not feeling very athletic at the moment. We didn’t go in quite as deep, and I was grateful to have some help getting my toddler over logs. 
We had such a great visit with family and longtime friends!
Now back to the reality that the school year is fast approaching. Summer is always such a needed break for me as a homeschool mom. More time for rest and creativity. 

#ferncanyontrail 
#redwoodnationalpark 
#wildandfreehomeschool 
#hikingwithkids
Favorite homeschool field trip to date!! Sailing o Favorite homeschool field trip to date!!
Sailing on the SF bay is something I’ve wanted to do for years. @callofthesea made it so fun for everyone. The kids studied marine mammals, took turns steering the boat, helped set the sails, took a water sample and studied plankton under a microscope, and practiced tying knots. Sailing right by the Golden Gate was such a treat! 

#sailing 
#sfbay 
#goldengatebridge 
#wildandfreehomeschool
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