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Your Home Is a Frequency Field: Fill It Like You Mean It
Conscious Living, Craft and Culture Alice Fognani Conscious Living, Craft and Culture Alice Fognani

Your Home Is a Frequency Field: Fill It Like You Mean It

We curate playlists, sip herbal teas and practice rituals to feel well, yet the place we spend the most time, our home, is often overlooked. Feng Shui reminds us that a house is more than walls; it is a frequency field that either nourishes or depletes us. Every object, from the cup we drink our tea from to the blanket we pull over our shoulders, carries energy that influences how we feel. This article explores how intention, artisan craft and the principles of Feng Shui can transform our spaces into sanctuaries that support creativity, balance and joy.

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When the Cup Feels Empty

When the Cup Feels Empty

There are days when the spark doesn’t come and the well of creativity feels dry. You sit down to make, but nothing feels alive. This piece is for those moments, when silence feels endless, when your lack of creativity makes you doubt yourself and need to remember that the spark does return, especially when we don’t walk the path alone.

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The Most Enduring Beauty Is Woven Slowly

The Most Enduring Beauty Is Woven Slowly

At Su Trobasciu in Sardinia, women weave as their mothers and grandmothers once did.
Each rug and tapestry carries patience, memory and resilience, reminding us that the strongest beauty is never rushed.
It is woven slowly, in cloth, in love, and in life.

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THE ART OF CARE: Plants and Ancient Wisdom, Modern Makers
Craft and Culture, Conscious Living Alice Fognani Craft and Culture, Conscious Living Alice Fognani

THE ART OF CARE: Plants and Ancient Wisdom, Modern Makers

The Art of Care: Why Plant Remedies Matter for Women’s Health and Transformation

Across generations, women have turned to plants not just for healing but for resilience, beauty, and connection. From chamomile to sage, roses to resins, these remedies have always been more than alternatives. They are part of a feminine lineage of care that shaped daily life and transformation.
In today’s fast-paced world, where health is often reduced to quick fixes and beauty to surface, a return to plant remedies feels both radical and necessary.
Made By Her believes that plants are not only allies in physical wellbeing but also companions in personal growth, helping us remember wholeness and reconnect with the rhythms of nature. Supporting women artisans who create with plants means honoring sustainability, tradition, resilience and keeping alive the art of care as an essential part of our future.

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Your Home Is a Frequency Field
Conscious Living, Craft and Culture Alice Fognani Conscious Living, Craft and Culture Alice Fognani

Your Home Is a Frequency Field

Your home is not just a backdrop. It’s alive. It remembers. It mirrors you. In this powerful reflection on Feng Shui, craft, and energy, we explore how the objects you choose, especially handmade ones, don’t just decorate your space, they shape your life.
Because when women create with presence, their work becomes medicine for the home and portals for transformation.

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