Feathers in Our Nest

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New Kids Essential Oils Rollers

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I will be posting a full review of these soon, but I wanted to let you know that today Rocky Mountain Oils has launched a brand new line of essential oils roller bottles for kids!

These are designed to use for kids ages two and up, and they are already pre-diluted (2% dilution).

Some of the new rollers include: Breathe, Bug Away, Ouchie, Muscle Soothe, Immunity, and MORE!

I’m so excited about these, and I thought you would want to check them out too!

Click here to see the new line (and the launch day sale)!

Watch for my full review next week.

Perfect Cold Brew Iced Coffee

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Perfect Cold Brew Coffee at Home! Easy DIY recipe using a French Press | Feathers in Our NestLately Tad and I have been experimenting with making cold brew iced coffee at home (ever since we bought a bottle of cold brew concentrate at TJ’s that was awesome), and we’ve figured out the perfect recipe!

You’ll need a French press coffee pot (ours is from here, but here’s a similar one) and some coffee beans.

Grind your coffee beans to a medium/coarse  grind.  Pour 3/4 cup coffee grounds in the bottom of the French press.

Perfect Cold Brew Coffee at Home! Easy DIY recipe using a French Press | Feathers in Our Nest

Add 2 1/2 cups filtered water and stir gently with a wooden spoon.  Place the lid on the French press but don’t push the plunger down.

Perfect Cold Brew Coffee at Home! Easy DIY recipe using a French Press | Feathers in Our Nest

Chill in the fridge for 12-24 hours (I like 18 hours), then plunge the filter down.

Perfect Cold Brew Coffee at Home! Easy DIY recipe using a French Press | Feathers in Our Nest

Pour the cold brew coffee concentrate into a jar or bottle for storage in the fridge.

Perfect Cold Brew Coffee at Home! Easy DIY recipe using a French Press | Feathers in Our Nest

Now the fun part!  Make your iced coffee by combining ice, cold brew concentrate, a bit of sweetener (if desired), and milk or water.

Perfect Cold Brew Coffee at Home! Easy DIY recipe using a French Press | Feathers in Our Nest

I don’t measure, but my guess is that I use 1 cup ice, 1/2 cup cold brew concentrate, 1 cup milk, and 1 tsp. maple syrup.  Liquid sweetener works best since you’re adding it to cold coffee.  If you don’t want to use maple syrup, you could make your own simple syrup to use.

Perfect Cold Brew Coffee at Home! Easy DIY recipe using a French Press | Feathers in Our Nest

Perfect Cold Brew Iced Coffee
 
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Recipe type: Beverages
Ingredients
  • ¾ cup ground coffee
  • 2¼ cups filtered water
  • milk
  • maple syrup
Instructions
  1. Grind your coffee beans to a medium/coarse grind. Pour ¾ cup coffee grounds in the bottom of the French press.
  2. Add 2¼ cups filtered water and stir gently with a wooden spoon. Place the lid on the French press but do not plunge.
  3. Chill in the fridge for 12-24 hours (I do 18), then plunge the filter down.
  4. Pour cold brew concentrate into a jar or bottle for storage in the fridge.
  5. To make the iced coffee, combine ice, cold brew concentrate, sweetener (if desired), and water or milk to taste.
  6. (I usually do 1 cup ice, ½ cup cold brew concentrate, 1 cup milk, and 1 tsp. maple syrup.)

Enjoy!

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Be a Back-to-School Blessing

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Be a Back-to-School Blessing: Help provide feminine supplies for middle school girls in North Carolina

I read a blog written by a church planter’s wife/urban missionary in a community not far from me.  Her name is Lori Harris, and her blog is wonderful.  This past week she shared about an incredible opportunity to partner in helping local middle school girls, and I wanted to share that opportunity with you!

I very rarely post about “causes” here on the blog, but maybe I should do this more.  I know how easy it is to feel overwhelmed by all the needs around you, wondering how you can possibly help everyone.  If that’s you, start here.  Today.  Keep reading this post and see if this small thing is something you can do!

Lori is mobilizing an effort to collect feminine supplies for middle school girls in her community.  There are many girls (6th-8th graders) who do not have adequate feminine supplies each month.  They go to the nurse’s office at school and can get three pads (that’s all) which are paid for by the school nurse herself (bless her).

Think back for a minute to middle school.  Think about what it was like having your period and having to go to school during that time of the month.  Now imagine that same season without a support network and without the proper supplies you needed.

These girls need some very practical help right now, and this is such a simple thing to say “yes” to.  What a tangible way to live out the Gospel!  We can be the hands and feet of Jesus to these girls.

Lori has shared the address on her blog where you can send a box or two of maxi pads.  Here are two ways to do it:

  1. Use your Amazon Prime account to ship a box straight there.  OR, if you’re a Target red card holder, use that.  Either way, shipping would be free.
  2. Maybe you have an extra box or two in your closet (or can swing by the store this week) and want to ship it to Lori yourself.  That’s fine too. The address is here.

For most of us, buying one extra box of pads this month isn’t a big deal.  For others of us, we can do much more than that.

Maybe you’re not in a position right now to do that (I get that), but you could help by sharing about this on social media.  The more the word spreads, the more girls we can bless.

Lori is calling this Pad-A-Palooza.  How fun is that??

Thanks so much for considering being a blessing to some middle school girls this year!

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