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19/10/2024

A community Forest Bathing (Shinrin-yoku) guided Nature Walk with Cowiche Canyon Conservancy .

24/09/2024

Free for Library Patrons this Friday! 🙂

05/09/2024

03/08/2024

flower making in a beautiful Seattle location overlooking the Puget Sound + Ikebana style arranging…spread the word, it’s going to be wonderful 😌☺️
Scan the code or go to www.givepaperflora.com to purchase a ticket - two times available.

15/07/2024

Erythronium montanum mountain magic
(Avalanche Lily)

stay tuned…new poppies & Tahoma flora making adventures await ☺️🌲😌

05/07/2024

hOpE it’s been a good OnE! 🎇☺️
nEW fLoWeRs are forming & will drop soon 🌸

25/06/2024

West Seattle Nature Art Workshop + Forest Bathing Walk this Friday & Sunday 🌱🌲😌🫶🏼
(Plus, see last pic for a Queen Anne option next month)

🌲West Seattle • $50 per person
Schmitz Preserve Park (see pic)
This Friday, June 28 • 5:30pm -7
or this Sun June 30 • 10am-11:40

See pictures for:
🌱details & ticket purchase code (please confirm with your info via email to [email protected]
🌱or go to www.givepaperflora.com (link in bio):
• click “flora shoppe”
• click “florilluminate workshops…”

24/06/2024

“Everybody needs beauty as well as bread, places to play in and pray in, where nature may heal and give strength to body and soul.”

John Muir

Cornus unalaschkensis shadow painting

20/06/2024

hApPy SuMmEr s☀️LsTiCe!

‘Hope you can get out there & enjoy the wildflowers, local & mountain trails, and drink in the peace & healing of time spent in nature ☺️🌱🌳🌲🫶🏼😌.

17/06/2024

Hope it’s been a Happy Father’s Day for those who’ve celebrated! Our celebration is ongoing 😀. Here are a few things I’ve learned from my Dad:

🌱 faith and life are inseparable
🌱 laughter & general silliness…lots of laughter and silliness ☺️
🌱 we are stronger than we can ever imagine
🌱 generosity pouring from what we are passionate about is a beautiful thing
🌱 there is strength in nurturing & encouraging creativity through all of life’s changes
🌱 connections we create together during time outside are one of life’s greatest gifts
🌱 dreams & hard work are a pretty magical combination
🌱 love & forgiveness are powerful

Happy Dad Day! ❤️

15/06/2024

woodland wonder…

Polaroid, wearable art, handmade paper & Pacific Northwest lichen • taken at Ohanapecosh-Tahoma (Mt. Ranier National Park) 2021. Dancer:

14/06/2024

late night meditative creative time
(if you know, you know ☺️)

sneak 👀 and the new piece…it’s been the loveliest, quiet night…think I’ll peek at the stars, then rest very well 😌🌱.

“I’m more interested in transcendence than trauma. More fascinated with wonder than woundedness. More enthralled with discovery than destruction. My faith never rested in humanity’s capacity to get it right. Keep loving the mystery and keep making art.”
- Stephen Roach



I love my art + faith group. Wish I could be with you all in person but we are together in spirit from all over the US & the world. You’re amazing folks…this one’s for y’all 🫶🏼🌱.

The painting is lighter than what’s pictured here…looking forward to hanging it soon ☺️

☺️

09/06/2024

slow moments & a full life 😌🌱

Sometimes it’s the little things…slow Sunday mornings, the hot pot bubbling away, creating from nature so others can do the same, freshly juiced goodness before friends wander next to a river to gather stones…life’s narrative is beautiful. We are beyond blessed to have the luxury of all of these things & the ability to give from these experiences.

A retrospective group of art pieces will appear soon…hopefully toward the end of this week. Choosing them reminds me of metamorphosis. Ten years of work + a few new nature inspired pieces (like those you see here) you can create with me this summer and fall during micro-workshops. Stay tuned…more news to come…

Juice: carrot, ginger, orange, lemon, turmeric with a dash of date sugar.

07/06/2024

A story of connection from the conference

Introducing Preneka. We are preparing to embark on a series of online guided-creative-shinrin-yoku to help her navigate chronic illness. She has given permission to document & share about this experience so others can benefit from what we learn from Nature As Healer. Preneka is a new friend, practitioner & advocate for healing, equitable & accessible nature connection, especially for children & families.

Her testimonial:
“Life is a beautiful mystery where you are both the creator and the creation. As such, I manifested the wonderful crossing of paths with the amazing artist and conduit for healing, called Mary Carpenter. Our energetic frequencies have aligned in divine timing as I am guided through the journey of healing in partnership with nature. I am so very honored to be in this space to receive guidance and support from Mary, and I am excited for the transformation to come.”

We met after I shared a bit of my story during the workshop. She approached me and asked if I could share thoughts on applying creative nature healing to her life experience. We immediately sensed a ‘kindred spirit’ & have had many conversations since.

Last night we began to map out the beginning of her journey.
I’m not a doctor or a therapist. I’m a creative and art is a catalyst of engagement which can connect us with healing. It is my role as a nature-healing-based artist & forest bathing guide to share tools Preneka can utilize to experientially and visually re-story the portion of her life which includes chronic illness. (& other parts of life which can be transformed)

Forest Bathing holds scientifically proven benefits. Time in nature which is ongoing, focused, intentional, slow, meaningful & playful can reduce stress, cortisol levels, blood pressure, improve heart variability & more.
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Ps: If you’ve read to the end of the post here’s an added bonus 😉-Preneka just added me to a group chat entitled “sh*tnanigans”. It can only go well from here 😆.

31/05/2024

Madison Forest Bathing Walks
tomorrow at Nature Everywhere Day!
9:30am, 11 & 12:30
FREE 😀 and for all ages!
🌱 Create leaf prints
🌱b r e a t h e
🌱 somatic movement
🌱experience nature with all@of your senses

21/05/2024

bringing nature into our everyday lives

Create your own Window to Wonder…
This online class (video, Zoom or in person with groups of 5 or more) can help bring you into the present moment as you observe & touch the natural objects you’ve created with and continue to observe and touch each day thereafter.
See more on link in bio www.givepaperflora.com (go to “flora shoppe” & look at the “florilluminate” category). 🌱The first 10 folks to purchase a class will receive a Shinrin-yoku/Forest Bathing Journal 😀🌱

We’ll be making these together & learning about Shinrin-yoku, nature healing and more. conference during our Window to Wonder presentation. Looking forward to seeing all y’all conference folks there. ☺️🌱😌