winter solstice gift goes to. . .

Blue !!!

yes Gillian from Blue's tranquility base will receive a yule-tide gift from down here where the winter solstice is coming up!

It will be sent off tomorrow ~ blessed B xo

damn mercury & the hippy swap

is Mercury still in retrograde? cause I am having one hell of a time trying to get emails ~ out and in..... some are going through but hotmail & yahoo seem to be having 'moments' - if anyone out there has sent me an email in the past week or so - and I haven't replied... it is not because I am ignoring you, it is because the email is probably floating out there in the ether, never to be seen again.....

so to the hippy girls - there is not much more I can do to get partners through - if you don't receive your partners details - I will put a little something in the mail in the next month.... sorry but it is out of my control......

the journey of a soul ~ a challenge: a swap with a difference

it is time for me to get going on this journal that I have been thinking about and I need your help..... I have had some wonderful advice and comments over the past year - and I really treasure each of them and I am going to gather some and put them into my journal...

And I am asking any one, who would like to do a one on one swap with a difference.....I ask that you send to me, something that will help me create my journal - whether it be an ATC, a quiltie, a picture, a piece of art, a piece of fabric or paper, ephemera - anything that you think captures me & my soul....that I can place into my journal.... it can be no bigger than 5ins x 7 ins.

and what do you get in return? something from me - it maybe art, it maybe something I find on my walks or it maybe something I buy with you in mind.... but I promise it will be specially for you xo

I know it is not 'proper' to ask for things but you have been such a big part of my soul journey that I really want to include you in my journal.

you can email me through my profile if you want to journey with me .....

a hippy swap ~ are you a flower child? CLOSED

sorry the swap is closed

I am closing this swap on Wednesday... so if you are still wanting to join please let me know. see below for details....the photo above is what I bought at the Sacred Lotus for the giveaway... once you have sent your parcel, I will put your name into some kind of vessel and draw it out... if you win, I will send this to you.. a thankyou for joining my swap...

remember the 60's ?

all that peace & love. incense & psychedelic t-shirts. make love not war. Patchouli oil. the Doors, Jimi Hendrix & Janis Joplin. flower power.

the years of my youth.

When I stepped back in time in the little shop called the Sacred Lotus, I had a flash of an idea.

A swap - I know they say that if you remember those years, then you weren't really there.... but I am sure most of you can remember something about them.

you can include something handmade if you wish as well as incense, oils, bangles, bags. oh the list is endless! run with it. No marry-joo-wahna (as my mum calls it) - what fun! you could even 'burn' a cd of all your favourite songs, hmmm is that legal?

legal in the 60's? oh man! far out ! !

I am sure you get the idea, just a little collection of hippy stuff, so that when your partner opens her package, she is instantly transported back in time ~ is that a good thing? . . .

* if you want to play, email me with your postal details. Sign-ups are open til the end of February. This is an INTERNATIONAL swap, as it is easier for me to organize.

get it on!!!!

but wait there's more! for those of you who do 'play' ~ I will have a giveaway ~ after signup closes ~ I will draw one name out and that lucky person will receive a box of hippy stuff from me......

groovy

faery friday. . .

Fairies dance all night long and, in the morning, rings of mushrooms may be seen. They are the boundaries of the dancing circle. Be careful not to step inside the circle, as you may enter the Fairy Realm. If you are near a ring when the fairies are dancing, you'll be drawn to it. If you enter, you will dance with the fairies, unable to stop. It may feel like only minutes, but it is, in reality, years, around 7. The only way to get out is if someone comes after you and pulls you out, while keeping their foot outside of the circle.

I didn't go to art class yesterday. I stayed home in my 'art studio' and created.... I played with my collage piece and made a woodland sprite for a one on one swap with artsy mama..... a little woodland mushroom ~ I like her. I was going to add wings but I don't think she needs them. She will be on her way on Monday

I really love creating dolls ~ I love giving them away too..... I love to make them for someone - they take on a life of their own as I begin and I really don't know where they will end up. I am sometimes suprised how they turn out.

heart, flower & chocolate ~ swap ~ last chance

I remember reading awhile back on Kai's blog about sending someone a heart & I tucked it away in my memory - thinking that oneday, I would send someone a heart from me.

"Send each other a hug, a kind word, some luvvvvvvvv.. Make a heart from a colourful magazine or a Dove from white paper. Write something wonderful on it
and send it to any glitter sister " . . .so said Kai

And what better time than for valentines? a little swap - a HANDMADE heart (any medium) , a flower (vintage fabric, picture from a magazine, poem - endless ideas) and one perfectly delish chocolate. that's all.

email me your postal details if you are interested - closes Wednesday 24th Jan, I will send the partners out by Friday & the parcel must be there by Valentines day.