Nature Contained

Yesterday I met up with one of our favorite people, Alyn Carlson, to take photos for the website. Alyn is one of those magical women who just lives, creates and probably sweats beauty. Our primary goal for the day was to shoot the chocolate eggs we are carrying in the shop for Easter. The eggs have been one of those labor of love projects; something I have been fixated on for a while and am just so excited to be seeing through to completion. Eggs, fertility, chocolate and spring; it looks like I have my inner pagan on.

My mom Rosie and I have been carefully drilling, dyeing, blowing out and sterilizing the eggs, which is no small task. The dried eggs are packed up into the Subaru and brought to Northampton to Jen Bates of jennybakes; who carefully fills them with wonderful organic Venezuelan chocolates. Jen is a southern NE native, in fact, as a child she had her family portraits taken in the building which is now Nature Contained. Ken, my fabulous husband who is responsible for all things beautiful on naturecontained.com, met Jen while she was the resident baker at Kabeyun http://www.kabeyun.com, a summer camp for boys in Alton Bay, NH, where he works as the assistant director. Campers will be sad to go a summer without Jen’s delightful confections; she is throwing herself into her business and if you are ever in Northampton and are in need for some decadent brownies stop in to one of the following purveyors and give them a try.

http://www.jenny-bakes.com
Northampton Coffee: 269 Pleasant St. Northampton, MA 413.587.8987
Amherst Coffee: 28 Amity St. Amherst, MA 413.256.8987
The Lady Killigrew: 440 Greenfield Rd Montague, MA 413.367.9666

In addition to the chocolate eggs, eggs filled with herb seedlings and mini bouquets will be on sale at Nature Contained starting March 25th.