| We all love color and we surround ourselves with our | | | | getting a dose of the toxic heavy metals albeit a much |
| favorite colors, in our clothes, our homes, our cars, and | | | | less amount.The only real solution is to use organic |
| our offices. Colors can be soothing to our spirits, make | | | | cotton cloth that has not been dyed or chemically |
| us feel happy or sad, or give us energy. We can send | | | | treated in any way. The bad news is we will miss our |
| silent messages to the people around us just by the | | | | colors. But the good news is we will be healthy! And |
| colors we choose for ourselves.But, there is a problem | | | | organic cotton can be raised that is naturally brown, or |
| with dye because it contains toxic heavy metals such | | | | green. am a person that is concerned with our |
| as chrome, copper and zinc. Yes, I know these metals | | | | environment and our health. Chemicals are in |
| are all natural but that doesn't make them any less | | | | everything, even common every day products in our |
| toxic! Sometimes, dyes also contain known or | | | | homes, and they are killing us. We are gradually |
| suspected carcinogens. Dyes run soaking into our | | | | exhausting our earth! I want to promote awareness |
| bodies even if they are said to be colorfast! So all | | | | both of ourselves as individuals and of our homes.It is |
| those toxic heavy metals end up wreaking havoc in | | | | important to me to think outside the box or the matrix |
| our bodies, by building up.Natural dyes would be a good | | | | if you will! I do not believe and accept everything I see, |
| alternative but they are not colorfast and so a | | | | read, or hear. Some things I have found to be truths |
| mordant must be used to make them colorfast. The | | | | for my own life and those things I pass on to you. My |
| mordant has the same toxic heavy metals!Low impact | | | | maxims are "think for yourself" and "listen to your |
| dyes are being used more and more because of the | | | | whole self, body, mind and soul!" I have found that if I |
| ability of the material to soak up almost all of the dye | | | | do those two things I am always happy! The goal of |
| which greatly reduces the run off of the dye. The key | | | | my web site is to supply those of you that have made |
| words here are, "almost all," So, our bodies are still | | | | the choice to go natural with quality products! |