life and death

yes yes yes to life.

though my dreams at night have been surrounded by death and death/dying themed for some reason, my daily life has been a resounding YES! perhaps it has something to do with creating more, working with colorful beads, the sun, eating more fresh raw veggies....either way, i need it.

so there has been lots of "celebrity" deaths this past week....why is everyone so shocked??? it happens to everyone. why not folks in the public eye? WHY is it such a shock?? it baffles me. i honestly don't get the disbelief some folks have. anyway. we move on from this life....where? i'm not sure...i am curious though to find out at some point, whether its sooner or later doesn't matter.

i am on a mission to learn how to play music. my soul SCREAMS for it. if i can't sing, i'll play. i'm pricing instruments right now. i have a keyboard, harmonica, guitar..but i am thinking banjo is right up my alley.

i'm off to create more and list clearance earrings in etsy shop

BEING SILLY

it's been awhile, nearly a month, since i blogged. wasn't i supposed to be writing in this everyday? oh well. times have been busy.

i don't mind working...but my life requires an EXTREME amount of silliness in it to function in a healthy manner. fortunately i have folks in my life who partake in this with me. and it's even better when it's mixed with business.

Skeleton Keys

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Originally uploaded by The Artists' Sandbox

my friend Justin makes skeleton key wind chimes......you should all go take a look. he also plays music! you should all go take a listen.

How Does Your Garden Grow?

PLAY

Button Ring in new Etsy shop

I believe in the power of play. of fun. of embracing what you love and not what everyone thinks you should enjoy.

i believe we should try everything we want to. experiment. get creative. get dirty. start projects and don't finish them if you don't want to.

i don't believe in rules. or restrictions. or limits. explore. don't be scared to try something different. push forward and do it anyway.

i don't believe we should EVER stop learning, or growing. i don't believe in 'it's too late'. it's never too late.

a project is in the works....just getting started, but i will share more of it soon.

CLEARANCE EARRINGS

WEDDINGS AND BABIES

i keep wanting to write something in here, but no ideas are really springing forth. the past two months have been insanely eventful.....constantly something happening or going on.....i've barely had time to catch my breath. showers, weddings, funerals, people getting sick, events, birthdays, babies, etc etc etc. i usually like to take a breather during highly social times, but i have yet to be able to. i need time to recharge, and get on an even keel in order to function as a normal healthy human being. it's not that i don't like being around people...i just find it hard to maintain calmness and a steady outlook if i'm not able to get some time alone.

anyway, on a positive note, i have been able to take lots of photos, which i've been wanting to do for quite some time. i've been able to dance, laugh, cut up with new and old friends.

on the other hand....with all these weddings and having babies, moving on......it makes you question just a tad where you stand in your own life. do i want what everyone else seems to want? is that right for me? etc etc.

I went to shelly and will's wedding this past weekend. the above picture is where they got married. stunning, right? even though it was a social event, the rustic natural beauty of this place swept me away....i felt at home and completely at ease. we danced in a barn with a tin roof while the rain poured down. flowers were EVERYWHERE! if you've never been to Neverland Farms in Cleveland Georgia, i would suggest you go...especially right now when everything is green and in bloom.

THINGS TO DO

I started keeping a visual journal/dream life of sorts about 10 years ago. I glued in pictures of things I loved....anything from places, to bedsheets, to colors, to craft projects, to outfits, to quotes, to anything at all that sparked some sort of inspiration inside of me. I've continued to do this throughout the years. It has enabled me to really hone in on what I love and what I'm drawn to. For those of us that have ever wandered through life feeling lost, purposeless, directionless, I think this is a perfect project for finding out what you value.......what stirs you. You might find yourself surprised....especially if you keep it up awhile. Every now and then I would go through this notebook and look at each picture. If it didn't stir anything in me anymore, i would take it out...or cover it up with something new. I began to see a pattern.....so i started incorporating what i could from these pictures into my life. i began using mason jars to drink out of and for vases, i planted sunflowers and zinnias, i painted my kitchen red....you get the point. i tried to figure out what it was about each photo that i loved.....and then as a whole , i tried to understand what the theme was .....why i was drawn to each one and how they related.

anyway, my point is, is that in order to figure out what brings us joy, we have a 'things to do' list first. we owe it to ourselves to live a full, real, genuine, true-to-ourselves life.

simple pleasures. i can't even begin to put into words what an image of a lone tree does for me. It stirs my soul and sets me free! :)