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A Less Toxic Home

A Less Toxic Home

Helping you create a less toxic home + lifestyle one swap, or one ingredient, at a time.

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If you are a brand wanting to partner or share about your less toxic product with me, please reach out via email to: ALessToxicHome@gmail.com.

If you are an individual with questions, Please do not email. I unfortunately can not personally respond to all individual questions. I do my best to respond to all messages on Instagram. Before messaging on Instagram: please check my Instagram highlights, all of my Q&A’s, my instagram feed, and the content on this webpage to help answer your questions. I unfortunately can no longer answer individual product questions. Example: Is ______ a safe swap? For this question, use the Switch Natural App (It is a $20 one time purchase, and worth it) to vet your own products, or my ingredients post (really helpful post with ingredients lists for products & food). For food, the Trash Panda app is helpful (free), or my different food related swaps posts can help as well.

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I’m not ready to say goodbye. But dad is ready. I’m not ready to say goodbye. But dad is ready. Our dear Heavenly Father has given him a peace that surpasses all understanding. Dad says it’s time to get off the ventilation soon, and say goodbye for now. I just keep crying, praying, and crying some more. He’s my best friend, my protector, my human version of Google, my kid’s papa, Lilly’s dad for half of her childhood, the best gardener & chicken breeder, Mr. Fix it all, and my safe space to land. 

I know our God still does miracles. And I’m clinging to Jesus and still praying for that miracle this side of heaven. Could you please join us in prayer? Prayer for a physical healing miracle, for wisdom for all involved, direction, and for peace and comfort through it all. Thank you ❤️.
Hi friends 🤎! I’ve been off Instagram for 1.5 Hi friends 🤎! I’ve been off Instagram for 1.5+ years, but I’m back — slowly, in between caregiving and raising kiddos.

I love low tox living, but I’m shifting a bit — away from swaps and ingredients as the main focus and into sharing home decorating with lower tox materials, modest + clean family fashion, healthier food, life on our land, and more of our day-to-day, biblically rooted lifestyle 🤎.

This past year has been a lot, but we’ve seen so much of God’s goodness and grace in the midst of everything: health challenges, my dad being diagnosed with ALS, moving my parents in, learning to caregive, and home issues. We walked through a water damage event, mold remediation and rebuilds, accessibility updates, and just a month ago had to redo parts of our HVAC + attic, and a whole home particulate clean.

We’re finally settling back into the home (girls and I moved out during HVAC remediation), and I’m ready to have this space as a creative outlet again. If you’re still here—thank you 🤎

**Had these pics taken two years ago for a project I have not finished 🤎.
We recently celebrated our youngest daughter’s b We recently celebrated our youngest daughter’s birthday 🤎. She adores stuffed animals and Maileg mice. We mixed the two and came up with something precious. It was a fun outlet for me to do something creative in this more difficult season of life. Her sweet party was filled with gingham, dusty muted colors, cotton & linen accents throughout (pieces we can keep and use over and over again + a little less plastic), and cute stuffed animal accents (from her collection + a few new as gifts). The cake and macarons were artificial dye and GF free from a sweet local bakery (if local I can send you the info). 

Comment PARTY if you want the links for items throughout her party. 

We kept food simple by grabbing a fresh pre-made guac from Whole Foods (my brother used to be a chef and kept saying how good it was), siete chips, fruit, and a delicious fruit dip (we just did equal parts organic cream cheese & organic marshmallow cream blended up). Drinks were Lakewood organic grape juice + sparkling water mixed, and water with mint leaves + cucumber. 

The girls (sisters & cousin) made cute travel Maileg bunny / mice houses.
It’s been almost a year since I’ve posted to m It’s been almost a year since I’ve posted to my feed, but felt led to get on and share this today + ask for prayers. ❤️ I pray you had a Merry Christmas. 

If you are walking through a difficult and grief filled year; I pray you are able to find the joy through the pain, and the blessings through the storm. That’s definitely been our journey this year. 

My mom and I took my dad into the ER this morning. He’s admitted into the hospital now, and battling another round of aspiration pneumonia. 

If you didn’t see my stories last month, my dad was diagnosed with Bulbar onset ALS in March (with a genetic mutation version). I shared more and saved it to an ‘Updates’ highlight if you want to read a bit more. We have leaned on our faith and the Lord’s mercies through it all. My parents moved in with us a few months ago for additional support, and a lot more has gone on this last several months. Counting our blessings through it all and continuing to pray for, and believe in, a physical healing miracle. Prayers deeply appreciated. 

If you do not fully grasp the blessing of Jesus’ birth. An understanding of His birth, death on a cross for our sins, and resurrection are what we truly need this side of heaven (the book of John in the Bible can be a great place to start). If you have not asked Jesus to be your savior, I pray you know you have that available to you. No matter what you have done. You do not have to clean up your life first. Come as you are and let Jesus help you do the rest. Don’t believe He’s real? Ask Him to help you with that too ❤️, He can handle your doubts and confusion. Life with the Holy Spirit living in you is a beautiful blessing. The promise of eternity in heaven makes the grief and pain on earth more bearable.

This song has been on repeat for me this year. It’s my prayer: spirit lead me, not my ways Lord, but yours.
Here are some better ingredient and artificial dye Here are some better ingredient and artificial dye free Christmas treat swaps ❤️. I also added in a fun popcorn swaps slide + some ingredient examples.

Red 3 is currently under review by the FDA to be removed from food and drinks. Red 3 has been banned from cosmetics and topical drugs since 1990 after lab studies showed it could cause cancer in lab rats at higher doses. It’s also banned from food in Europe. Red 3 is no longer in too many food like items in the US, but it is still in some “fun” foods geared toward kids, like these Wilton sprinkles. 

One part that frustrates me the most about artificial petroleum based dyes; these companies are aware of the potential negative effects the dyes in their products can cause. They remove, limit, or add warning labels to their packages in some other countries to meet regulations for artificial dyes, but do not do the same in the US. Not because they aren’t aware, but because they do not legally have to (yet). 

I know many better ingredient swaps can often be pricier. One way to save on cost with several treat items can be homemade. I also know we should not stress over perfection ❤️. 

Merry Christmas IG Friends ✝️
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