ButterFly Blessings......

The caterpillar transforms into a magnificent butterfly and 
Love whispers~
    "This is a blessing."
Winter turns into spring, a seed blooms into a rose, rain ends,
the sun shines through and
Nature whispers~
    "Indeed, all will change."
Listen deeper,
    To the hope and faith and trust in what can be
If we believe.
We think miracles are rare and won't happen to us.
Listen deeper,
Spirit whispers~
    "Miracles and possibilities happen to us all every day."
In our caterpillar stage of crisis, fear, aloneness and sadness,
    we think we can't bear it, we won't survive.
Listen deeper,
The angels whisper~
    "Believe in the Butterfly Blessing,
    Believe in the Butterfly Blessing."

                                               By Terry Zick

Synchronicity.....

Today I decided to join in on a blog~a~thon for August which would require me to do a blog post each day of August. Then I get on FB and find the awesome Susannah Conway is hosting her August Break and I thought why not so now I have commited myself to a post a day and a picture a day. 

I have decided that in order to blog each day I needed to find something to post on that would call me back each day. Several years ago I ran across a journal that I worked through and I was thinking perhaps I/we (if any of you are so inclined) could work through it or at least be inspired by it. It is A Feminine Spiritual Journal of Transformation. In short it is more about the growth of the feminine in each of us. I hope you all enjoy this or at the very least allow it to be food for thought.

Then for the picture a day Susannah was thoughtful enough to provide a list of pictures we may use as a jumping off board if we just can not think of something on our own. 

I hope to get to know many of you a little better as I visit your blogs and hope that you will feel free to leave your comments here.

See you on August 1, 2013

Blog~A~Long with Effy August 2013

Ok, so I have decided to join Effy Wild in a Blog Along for August 2013, not sure how it will go but I'm open to the challenge.

I'm working on some beading projects as well as doing some quilting now that I have ALL my crafting stuff moved here to Texas from storage in Iowa so I'm going to be sharing what I'm doing in my creative world with you during the month of August and I'm hoping to make this a regular practice. Hope you will all enjoy visiting my world.

Angels In My Studio giveaway......

 

Galia Alena is have a fabulous giveaway for a spectacular course she will be teaching. If your an artist or would like to take a flying leap outside you box, you know the one labeled "Safety Zone" then leap on over and check this giveaway out.

This class is called Angels In My Studio and is starring several amazing teachers:

• Tamara LaPorte -- Healing mixed-media inner guardian angel
• Chris Zydel -- Something super magical is in the works, guaranteed.
• Havi Mandell -- Deeply meaningful Angel Book
• Cheryl Irwin -- High vibe Angel/Goddess Mandala and Intuitive Spirit painting
• Claudia Olivos -- Glorious angel painting on a large canvas
• Kristen Powers -- Brilliant Al fresco angel painting (and a carved rubber stamp mini-lesson)
• Liz Kettle -- Powerful protective talisman for you to carry/wear
• Melissa Muirhead -- Sweet, sweet angel pendant on a Scrabble tile!
• Rachel Payne -- Playful, free-form, intuitive Spirit Doll
• Justine Van De Weg -- Magical Fairy painting
• Galia Alena -- Profound, Sacred Art journaling

You can not bet a list like this so get playful and skip through this course with your dancing shoes on and your fingers dipped in all kinds of goodies.

Good luck on the giveaway.

Walking the Landscape of the Soul......

Walking the Landscape of the Soul.

Twists and Turns
I may never know
the twists and turns
you have taken
on your path

I may never know
the dark nights
of your soul
or the irritants
that sourced your pearls
I may never know
the turmoil
you have endured
or the bliss
you have embraced
to become who you are
but I do know
these unknown parts of you
twisted and turned
in the great wheel of life
allowed you to lead me now
to the gates of the garden

for through you
I have learned
to embrace the turmoil
to endure even the bliss
of my life
as I work the irritants
into pearls of my own
And you may never know
the gratitude I feel
for the gifts you have given
because it cannot be conveyed
in a hug
or contained
in a "thank You"
but it will go with me
on all the twists and turns
of my own path
and it will grow with me
through all the years to come
in the garden
of my becoming
-Nick Leforce

 

Of The Heart.....

So as I was saying I am finally healed from my broken shoulder journey and just in the nick of time I might add. Several months ago I signed up for an e-course with a really awesome young lady and soul sister, Galia Alena who is offering this course. 

This is a mixed media workshop, making a special book to gift, a love letter from the heart and soul and will touch on many different techniques.

It is also going to be a treasured keepsake with lots of writing prompts, poetry, and lots and lots of ideas about what to include.

So I have gotten lots of items collected and I'm ready to get started. Bet you can't guess what I'll be doing this weekend? Ok I'd digressing here, if you are a creative soul and this looks like something you'd be interested in check it out. I've not taken very many e-courses but this is one of the most thorough, informative classes I've ever taken. 

Keep checking back to see how this progresses as I'll be sharing here.

Have a great weekend. 

I'm back.....

Well I'm back, sorry I didn't get this all started back in Jan. but right after I started this I fell and broke my right shoulder, but it is finally healed enough to get down to it and be a bit more creative and in a space that is not filled to overflowing with pain. 
I'm not sure where I'll end up with this but I do know I'll be posting poems that are meaningful to me as well as pictures of what is going on in my creative world and of course what is going on in my inner space. 
Thanks for stopping by and please visit again real soon.

Aho