Sunday, September 27, 2015

I LOVE LOVE LOVE the anticipation and arrival of fall harvest season!

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There's just something special about the daylight hours getting shorter, the extra darkness blanketing us with peace, comfort, and hearth. Just hearing the word Autumn elicits visions of the crispness of the leaves, pumpkin farms, hayrides, fresh apples, hot cocoa, soup simmering on the stove top all day, pumpkin spice candles, camp fires, cozy sweater weather; and of course Halloween!

I created these pieces and sets (and more!) to celebrate and honor this festive season! 










Tuesday, September 22, 2015

Happy Happy 10th Birthday to my baby girl!


wow time flies...not too long after her fourth bday (which is one day past being three😉), we started preparing for our big relocation to SC....we arrived here when she was four....and then, in the midst of getting settled into our new and wonderful lives, my four year old is suddenly 10! 


We shopped; we dined, we bowled, we celebrated.....we had FUN!


No, we did not purchase Anna and Elsa...in case you were concerned

one is 10 and the other is 11




it's a SHOPPING CAKE (was supposed to be a beach cake, but it evolved:)...made with love by gramma J and Little Angel


wrapping paper is WAY too tempting for fur babies to resist
 
I love this girl! 



Sunday, September 20, 2015

Carved Heart and Stone Sets:

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The heart is the universal symbol of love, charity, joy, and compassion. Wear a heart, close to your heart as a reminder to experience love in everything you do.

I lovingly created these heart necklaces and stone sets to help facilitate very focused intention: the Wisdom of Your Heart---LOVE. . Love...Love is the Key.......Love IS! Your Heart has deep Wisdom, Knowing, Healing; listen! Wear this Sacred adornment and amplify the Love in your Heart!

Your carved heart necklace and gemstone set will receive the royal treatment! Including: a relaxing Sage Smudge Bath, an Elemental Blessing, Kundalini Reiki, and the Love and Magic of my backyard forest! ....All this, before they arrive to their loving forever home!




Saturday, September 19, 2015

belated birthday celebration for my mom



Ditched the hot Italian Heritage Fest for seats and breezes and Leinenkugels



Here's how beautifully Little Angel smiles when she has NO idea I'm photographing her:)

And Fairy girl agreed to the photo....last pool photo as a single digit 9 girl...holy moly, where have the last 10 years gone?  I swear half of them were spent getting settled in after relocating from WI to SC....we left she was barely past toddler hood...and now, here we are:)


just because I still can't get over where we live:)


Friday, September 18, 2015

Your Journey is Sacred

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Embrace each moment of your beautiful journey! Your life is YOUR beautiful creation....each moment a sacred step; even in the darker moments...for it is in the moments of darkness when Light will shine the brightest. This sacred adornment was created to remind you that each moment is a gift!



Wednesday, September 16, 2015

I'm so very grateful for my little "accidental" business

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For those who don't know how it started, back in early 2012, I discovered a very cool bracelet look that I loved. I wanted to buy one, but given that our soul income family's provider was on "vacation" from employment (and we all enjoyed his time off for 10 months, and I do mean we took full advantage of of that time!), I didn't want to spend the $200 on the bracelet I saw. I had never made a piece of jewelry in my life! But, I thought, how hard can this be. So I grabbed some supplies, took full advantage of my love of color and words, and created the piece below for myself. Not thinking anything of it, I posted my bracelet on FB...and the next thing you know, several of my friends instantly asked me to create them bracelets, and another with a business bought several to sell in her shop and gave me amazing tips on what I need for a craft business (I seriously did not intend to start a business here;); and then I started receiving orders from people I didn't know, and even bulk orders from their contacts, etc. One month I even brought in $1500, my first year! That funded a vacation for us, during our year of no income;). This has been the ultimate experiment in manifestation for me....I use Dragonfly Inspirations Creations to play with my manifestation skills;). I'm still so amazed how the orders just keep coming!
 

This creative business has also
provided wonderful opportunities for me to give back, by creating pieces to assist with several different benefit auctions (doggies, cancer benefits, medical care of a child, surprises in the mail when people need a pick me up, Down's Syndrome, and more.)
Each year I try to do a little something special and meaningful with at least some of my creative earnings.
2012: funded our family camping vacation to Niagara Falls, The Adirondacks, and Vermont.
2013: we purchased a new to us boat, and this contributed towards some of the extras we put into the boat
2014: I bought my beloved Bachetta Giro 20 recumbent!
2015: tonight I will be buying my alto sax, which will enable me to play in a local jazz band!


I'm so very grateful for my little business, for the continued support and ideas from you, and for all of you putting up with my daily posts;).....and mostly, for this beautiful opportunity to bring Love and healing in such a creative way....I receive countless private messages from my customers detailing their personal stories, to help me capture what their piece really means to them....and that is why I continue to do what I do... I'm so very grateful for the opportunity to lift someone's spirit💚
I'm so very grateful for all of you


Tuesday, September 15, 2015

Newest and sweetest of offerings!

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 A Beautiful Healing Crystal Sphere AND Elephant Medicine...your gorgeous and soothing display is a powerhouse medicine combination!
Spheres radiate healing energy in all directions!
Elephant Medicine:
Elephants’ medicine is of: strength, royalty, connection to ancient wisdom, removal of obstacles and barriers, confidence, patience, using education opportunities, commitment, gentleness, communicating in relationships, discernment, intelligence, and compassion. Elephants can teach us that gentleness, commitment, and communication in relationships is very powerful and necessary to keep relationships alive, trusting and loving, whether it be friends, family or partner. Deeply committed to all creatures with whom they have relationships, elephants are tough when protecting others and gentle when nurturing themselves. The matriarch leads in a way that is both gentle and inclusive. Elephants are able to communicate telepathically, thus teaching us how to truly listen.
Onyx
Onyx is a protective stone. It is beneficial for making wise decisions, self-confidence, centering, stamina, grief, balancing yin and yang. It’s also a stone that helps to surrender that which no longer serves. 



 


Happy Birthday to my Mommy:)

Weekend in Cleveland:

We hit the road after a few months of not hitting the road.   It's always strange to me to drive, after not doing any driving except around town.  I don't feel this huge need to travel, because it still feels like a vacation here:)  However, it's always good to travel and visit family and take a trip here and there; even if I have to learn to drive on the interstate
 
 and "gasp" in "big cities" again:)

We had a wonderful long weekend with our Cleveland family:

always good to keep life in balance:)  
Like father like son. They're even snoring in sinc 


From shorts and tanks and boating two days ago...to jeans and fall ponchos....LOVE fall fashion! (aka: my SC winter "coat;" 



and the real reason for the trip...Celebrating 93 years young 🎉🎈🎂🎉!!! 



 
 but alas, it was time to hit the road again

 

Headed home!


...check out the foot hills, haha;)Oh, and ALWAYS make sure you know that the last step on a stairway, is *really* the last step, especially when it's dark, unfamiliar, and you're carrying a bunch of luggage. :O 



Drove straight from Cleveland to Urgent Care near our house...sprain and twisted ligaments, no fracture ...once again, I will live (but will miss biking for awhile longer;)

All's well, that ends well:)