Mary Helen McNally

Formerly a wild woman and raging teenage derelict, I am now enjoying the quiet, more domestic thrills life has to offer. This includes the sensual hum of a sewing machine, the intoxicating aroma of my spice cabinet, or the feeling of moist potting soil between my fingers. I am a professionally trained cook with dreams of food writing.

I'm also a natural and DIY skin care and soap making expert who writes under the pen name, Emmy Gabriel for The Natural Beauty Workshop. I'm an experienced instructor, product designer, and social media coordinator for From Nature With Love and Natural Sourcing, LLC.

I am unabashedly obsessed with the following things, in no particular order:

* Noodles
* Photography
* Changing my hair
* Ice cream cones
* Tomato plants
* Tom Waits
* Small plastic dinosaurs
* Kewpie Dolls
* Kung Fu Movies
* Onigiri
* Avocado
* Videos of Cats on YouTube