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Halloween is here and that means it's pumpkin carving and seed roasting time! We took a shot at roasting pumpkin seeds two ways. First we mixed them with the delicious Sel Magique Classic Blend for a savory and nutritious snack, then we tossed them with the ever popular Gypsy Spice for those of us with a sweet tooth. Give it a try for your next zinc boost!

Preheat your oven to 300°F. Cut open your pumpkin and remove the seeds, separating the seeds from the flesh and strings. Rinse under cold water and spread on to a tea towel to dry.

Sel Magique Savory Seeds:

Ingredients:

Seeds from 2 Large Pumpkins

2 Tablespoons Olive Oil

4 Teaspoons Sel Magique Classic Blend

Add your dried pumpkin seeds to a roasting pan and drizzle with olive oil. Mix well and sprinkle with four teaspoons of Sel Magique Classic Blend. Toss around once more and place in the oven. If like us you are making another flavor, then set these savory seeds aside.

Sweet Gypsy Spice Seeds:

Ingredients:

Seeds from 2 Large Pumpkins

2 Tablespoons Butter

1 Tablespoon  Gypsy Spice

3 Tablespoons Sugar

Place your seeds in a roasting pan, we used the trusty Falcon enamelware. Melt butter and mix the Gypsy Spice with the sugar. Drizzle the melted butter evenly over your seeds and mix well. Finally sprinkle with your sugar spice blend and toss well.

Make sure your seeds are evenly spread on a single layer in your roasting pan and place in the oven. Roast until the seeds turn golden brown, about 20-25 minutes. Remove from the oven to cool and either serve immediately or pop them into an air tight container and offer as a delicious gift.

Enjoy! - Pigment

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Passionate About Pots

Whether you're planting a miniature succulent garden, or housing a giant fiddle leaf fig, we've got the planter of your dreams! Visit our plant lab online and choose the perfect pot for you. Shop Now

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A trip to get away. The "weekend getaway." For those that live in Northern California, Lake Tahoe is one of them. Jenny, our Online Store Manager, happens to reside in San Francisco, so has every opportunity to take in the vast array of landscapes and varying weather that fluctuates throughout the Northern portion of California. Lake Tahoe is a little over a 3 hour drive from San Francisco and is really a "getaway" from the noise and constant commotion of the city. So let's get away this weekend, wherever it may be. And let this little post by Jenny inspire you to plan a trip.......and get away.

South Lake Tahoe is the destination. In between Winter and Summer, Tahoe is pretty baren as it is the "dead season." But this makes for great prices on rooms and activities, including skiing and snowboarding, if you get there early enough in the Spring Season, lake activities and plenty of hiking. But we went for some R&R, and to hopefully win some $$$ (money). Since Tahoe sits literally on the border of California and Nevada, another perk is across the road access to a row of casinos....take your pick.

We stayed at Base Camp Hotel, which is a newly remodeled old motel turned into a modern, eco-friendly and reasonably priced hotel in South Lake Tahoe. They even had their very own bar!

The hotel lobby was neatly decorated with accoutrements that made it feel like home....well, a really cool home.

The Bed

Plus, Base Camp had tons of outdoor lounging areas with fire pits to roast marshmallows on those cold winter evenings (hot tub too!) that were ever so gracefully adorned with our very favorite Fermob Bistro Chairs.

So after lounging around our very cool hotel and taking a dip in the jacuzzi, we were ready to hit the streets.

Casino floor - pretty floral patterns.

And, to our surprise, a great band on their way back from Coachella happen to be playing in town, Local Natives.

Here's a little vid with their single "Wide Eyes" from their debut album.

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We love any excuse to get together with family and friends, and what better way to do it then with a day of feasting, celebrating and giving thanks! With all the amazing cookbooks lining the shop shelves, we know you guys have the main course covered, so we thought we would take care of the mid-game snack, go Hawks! Combined with some fresh fruits and hearty bread, this goat cheese is the perfect amuse-bouche and will seriously impress your guests.

The kit includes: cheese making supplies, citric acid, cheese salt, french chevre molds, firm goat cheese recipe, glass dairy thermometer and cotton cheesecloth. All you need to do is grab two quarts of pasteurized goats milk and you are ready to mix, stir and shape. Let's get started...

Heat your milk to 190°F on a medium setting, stir often to avoid boiling and adjust heat if needed. For firm goat cheese, mix one tsp. and a pinch of citric acid into half a cup of water, stir and set aside.

Turn the heat to low and quickly stir in your citric acid mix and stop stirring once mixed. Without stirring, hold at 190°F for two minutes, you should see some subtle curdling. Do not allow the temperature to go over 195°F or the milk will boil over.

Remove the pot from the heat, cover and leave to settle for ten minutes. Gently pour the curds and whey into a cloth-lined colander and let it drain until it looks like oatmeal. Mix in your salt and herbs and stir the curds gently until they look like dry mashed potatoes. Taste and adjust seasoning if needed. Check out the booklet included in the kit for full instructions and top tips.

Time to shape and press or eat as is! If you are shaping your cheese, spoon your curd evenly into both molds. Place the molds on a plate to allow any extra whey to drain. Allow the cheese to cool for ten minutes then gently unmold by holding them upside down on a plate and firmly tapping. Serve on a cheese board with the usual trimmings and enjoy. Goat cheese in less than an hour, it's that easy!

If you loved this as much as we did, or if goat cheese isn't your thing, check out the Mozzarella and Ricotta kit. It's great for gifting, home made pizza nights or just a fun thing to do with the lil' ones.

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Hey Friends! It's Monday, but we're not mad at it. Ray at Night happened this past Saturday (if you haven't had a chance to check it out yet, do it! Every second Saturday of each month from 6-10 p.m on Ray street in North Park, San Diego),  and so did the very first "Inside the Artist Studio" tours, put on by North Park for the Arts and sponsored by North Park Main Street.  We got to be a part of it - Pigment owner and artist Amy Paul's studio was on the map. Aside from having a rad store, she also has a really awesome studio!

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One of Pigment's newer additions to the team, Miss Shelby Collins, had her opening reception for her Senior Exhibition Monday night at Point Loma Nazarene University. She's been working really hard on this all year, so we were sure to be there and show our love and support.

"The whole is comprised of two parts: the interior and the exterior, the center and the circumference. They are distinct and separate, yet their condition of being depends on the radius between them."

Privy to her show's statement, Shelby created these pieces to represent the relationship between Center and Circumference.

Pigment Family Love.

Framed pieces that express shadows, lines, shapes and figures - stunning!!

Shelby joined the Pigment family last summer after meeting Pigment owner, Amy Paul, in a  color theory class at Point Loma Nazarene taught by Amy. Inspired by Amy and Pigment's carefully curated concepts, Shelby jumped at the opportunity to work with us and we're so happy to have her.

We couldn't be more proud of her on this day. Congratulations Shelby! If you get a chance, swing by the store and say HI! --- She's really, super nice.