Friday, May 27, 2016

Our week in review:

pools.....picnics.....pictures....lily pads

lots and lots of lily pads! 

oh, and we may have squeezed in a beach visit, just to try something different :D





 

 



Wednesday, May 25, 2016

New Gorgeous Gem tree and owl set now listed in the shop!


So this was just listed in my shop! Gorgeous 9" gem tree with an onyx carved Owl! $35 plus $8 for shipping for the pair/U.S. Reiki infused 

https://www.etsy.com/listing/295197225/tree-of-life-crystal-healing-gem-tree




Tuesday, May 24, 2016

so I created this new website and blog...

I'm kind of excited about where this is headed!  I created this in honor of my backyard forest...how cool is that! 

http://www.woodlandwindchimes.com/ 

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Here's the blurb:

 Welcome to the Woodland Windchimes Retreat, beautiful soul. Here you will experience nourishment and encouragement to steep in the magic of the moment; embody what your soul seeks to express; honor your sacred temple; and move in enlightened expansion. The Woodland Windchimes Retreat is a powerful invitation to you to choose to show up for you and embrace your Soul's Yes, all from the comfort of your own sacred space.

Visit the Woodland Windchimes Retreat blog where we will journey together, weaving in blissful nutrition and inspirations to embrace the moment.

Browse the Woodland Windchimes Boutique (coming soon) and Etsy shop (link in the button below) where you will find Inspirational treasures, hand crafted or hand selected in Awareness......Offerings with Love to speak to your soul!

I am so very honored and grateful for our blessed connection. It is my hope that the Woodland Windchimes Retreat becomes an empowering and peaceful getaway for you: where you feel the peace and harmony and magic of the moment; the perfection of your beautiful journey 🌻🌞🌻  



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Thursday, May 19, 2016

Sacred Treasure Box

https://www.etsy.com/listing/248562237/sacred-treasure-box-infused-with-love

$25 plus $8 for shipping/ U.S. Only
I lovingly assembled this Sacred Treasure Box for you, filling it with a gorgeous array of stones, a beautiful stretch bracelet, and a sweet mini windchime ~ dream catcher! The box itself is wood, topped with an agate slice, measuring 3 inches across, 1 inch, top to bottom. Your Sacred Trasure box was pieced together with love and focused intention to inspire you on your journey! This would make a very beautiful gift for anybody, any age, and it travels very well!

Earth Goddess

https://www.etsy.com/listing/250589260/earth-goddess-five-wrap-memory-wire

$30 plus $6 for shipping/U.S. Orders only

"Our task must be to free ourselves by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature and its beauty."
Albert Einstein

This piece celebrates the sacredness of the goddess within, and honors our beautiful Mother Earth!


TBT

little girls and sweet, precious moments....seems like yesterday ... we were here...and then we had a major geographical relocation...spent the next few years busy getting settled in our amazing new lives....and somewhere along the way, my sweet babies morphed into beautiful preteens 🌺🌼🌻🌸🌷🌹 

Wednesday, May 18, 2016

on this day, six years ago:



In January of 2010, after years of talking about relocating from the Midwest to the Carolinas, I had had enough. In January, we contemplated forcing the move, but we soon realized that would have been much more costly, challenging, and would have landed us in the wrong location. Very quickly after that...I began consciously doing some VERY powerful visualization/manifestation techniques....I never read about them (in fact, Mike Dooley had not written those particular books yet;)....but by golly, what I did is exactly as he later described! 1. I visualized as if it's already happened. That became really easy as the girls and I visited my parents in their FL home for three weeks:)....it made it really easy to feel like we were already living in the southeast, during winter;). 2. Take some small action step towards your desire: while in FL, I purchased a set of wind chimes and envisioned them in My Carolina backyard forest (got the forest too!) 3. Let it go and trust the process: this is the hard part, not obsessing over it, but this was a good time to hold faith, trust, and patience. Well, by the end of our three week trip, my hubby flew back down to drive back with us, and said he had received a call for a phone interview in Beaufort, SC....(literally his first interview offer in the Carolinas, in the three years he had Been applying). The drive was out of the way, but he said it was near Savannah and asked if we should go see the area. Of course I jumped on that and said yes...and suggested since his phone interview was that day, to change it to an in person. (And yes I loved the area;).....fast forward, one month, four more phone interviews, one more in-person interview, and one crazed mom who was struggling with the patience thing. On this day six years ago, I took the girls to a nearby garden, taking a gazillion photos; took them to our favorite ice cream shop at a farm near our house...just knowing these were our "goodbye WI" photos.....and we received the call we had been very eagerly anticipating, that evening! p.s. The Powers to Be landed us exactly where our hearts belong...grateful beyond grateful 💚💙

Tuesday, May 17, 2016

Grounded Wisdom

https://www.etsy.com/listing/273108398/grounded-wisdom-three-wrap-beaded-memory

$20 plus $6 for s/h

“Nature always wears the colors of the spirit."
― Ralph Waldo Emerson

Look to Nature; she's the most, wise, patient, and beautiful of teachers......spend quality time with Gaia, and steep in her nutrition, soak in her love, embrace her Wisdom.

Grounded Wisdom beautifully represents the very Sacred Four Elements with the symbols in the charms, and the colors in the piece.


our weekend in pictoral review:


Had a fun night with the family...just exploring our beautiful little coastal town. We've been here almost six years and there is still so much to discover and explore! Tonight we discovered a five story tree house with aerial views over the river....and since there's a boat dock there, it would be an amazing picnic spot (or just a great quiet spot to read a book while the girls play in the tree house.). We then drove to see our town's newest boat landing...we will be using it! Hubby wanted a beer, so we stopped at a local favorite and enjoyed a guitar and tenor sax duo; and we are capping the night off with a moonlight swim.
 
I'm genuinely so beyond grateful for each and every day; but there are just some days when my heart just bursts with Bliss and Gratitude 💙💜💛 Today we packed a picnic on our bikes, and rode down to the May River (18 miles round trip). We then arrived home, and the girls and I drove down to Shelter Cove to meet Grandma and Grandpa for ice cream (they treated 😀); and finally, my parents drove the girls home so I could have some quality solitary mama time at the beach