20 Days to Christmas 2015

20 Days till Christmas 2015
WOW! It's going to be a fast month that's for sure
When Thanksgiving rolls around it always seems like I have about 10 days to get ready. Between the energies of December this year which brought about migraine headaches and that "dazed and confused" feeling the first 4 days of the month, I feel like I am way behind.
Even though I'm usually working way too many hours this time of year being off has not been a pleasurable experience I'm sorry to report. Not having a job this time of year is really disheartening. It's not like I am collecting unemployment or anything so I guess my stress levels are a bit high and being away from the place I have called home for the last 27 years is way off 2.5 hours down the road.
I have a wedding to go to back home on the 12th of the month which really interrupts my holiday artistry season but I really have to attend this one and I'm feeling very heavy about the time away as I know I'll have to hurry home to get everything to the post office on Monday morning, adding stress to what should be an enjoyable time with friends and family since I won't be able to get back for the holiday. This will be the first Christmas in my granddaughters life that I will not be there to greet her on this miracle filled holiday so I'm not really looking forward to it this year as most.
So I'll pull up my big girl panties and go on with the day as I must save face and look like I am enjoying myself without her.
Adding to all that it's my 61st birthday on Christmas morning
So I know how to fix this, "Alexa! Play Christmas Music from Prime!" Ahh! That's better already, It's Beginning to Look alot Like Christmas, is such a old favorite of mine and makes me smile, funny how when you smile all your cares leave your space and things start to look so much better after all.

So if your feeling unhappy, stressed or lonely just turn on some old time Christmas Music and enjoy the memories of Christmas' past, relax with a cup of hot coco and a fuzzy blanket and just remember you are loved, thought about by others and enjoy the peace and quiet for a change
Hope your days are filled with lots of Christmas' Season Joy
Many blessings
till next time. . .

Yule Tide Blessings

Ahhh, it's almost that time again. . . break out the Yule log, light your candles, put up the tree and get ready to sit in the gathering room with friends and family.
Pretty soon the snow will start to fall and blanket the earth to protect nature from the harshness of winter. And as we hunker down for the winter solstice we'll have time to reflect on all those holidays gone by that held all the magic of the season.
The Santa Moon's are ready to roll and the candles are nearly all poured. For me Christmas is a time to be spent getting ready until the time runs out. That's when I'll sit back and enjoy the present. In the moment, as the magic of the day unfolds like a well written script, I'll play my role and cherish the time as the new memories are manifested and become reality. Everything I have worked for will come full circle as does the circle of the year and I'll enjoy every single smidgen of it. Enjoying the love, the laughter and healing.

Speaking of healing. . .I have become obsessed with making the chakra pyramid candle series again this year.
This Root Chakra candle is not complete yet but this is the base product of what it will look like. It will be topped with a snow cap for the season and tucked inside this candle is a Tibetan Crystal, which after the candle has burned down, the buyer will have the blessed crystal to carry and use as grounding energy.
 Chakra Pyramid candles are a 7 candle series which include Chakra Meditations and a full color booklet, which explains each of the seven chakras, where they are located, what energy they rule and all the pertinent properties of each chakra.
Since winter is long, we have plenty of time to meditate to clear our chakras and heal our selves.

For now, enjoy the holiday season. . .I should get back to work, many Santa's to finish and candles to pour.

many blessings. . .

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December is closing fast. . .

December is here and the selling season for Ebay is nearly at it's seasonal end.
The Yule tree has been decorated for the celebration, as the wheel of the year turns and the solstice will soon begin.

This month always brings me to the shutting down of my creative persecutes with anticipation of the "New Year, New Start" mentality as it seems. And as I sit back with a book in my comfy chair, tending the fire that burns in the fireplace, watching flames dance, as if in their own sort of celebration, across the logs, I dream of the many things I drew out in my tablet but never had time to either finish or start to create, I am always reminded of how time flies past when you are forced to sell yourself for an hourly wage to keep above the fast moving waters that rush our lives along.

Pretty soon I will endure, yet another birthday and I really have to wonder where this river of motion is taking me. I enjoy my life and the ability I have to not only be successful in my work but to create my primitive artistry which supplements my income, or at least pays for all the junk I purchase to afford to craft my days away. And then I have to wonder. . . What! Is the question? As I look back through my picture albums of the things spirit has guided me to create, I am filled with a child like wonder...it's one of gratitude and unconditional love for the forces that push me along this path, being ever so grateful for sooo many wonderful things in my life. I soulfully appreciate every healthy day I spend, mindlessly crafting, staying in the present and loving the gifts of this life.

So as I anticipate another year of learning, growing and expressing myself through my primitive artistry my heart swells with the excitement and wonder to see what gifts are laid before me in the year come. I'll look forward to it and start my planning with great pleasure as this will be one spectacular year indeed. 2012!!! WOW!!!

Thanksgiving is Almost Sold Out, Here comes Santa

I have to say it has been a most interesting journey of late. With the full moon and 11-11-11 transforming the energies of the planet and everyone on it.
Just when you thought you knew what was down the road, oops, one more flat tire. That's what my life has been like the past couple of weeks. No Wait, I'm not saying it's a bad thing as I am well versed in the fact that change is good and that everything happens for a reason. It's just when it all happens at once that you really must stop and take into account, "What have I been thinking?"  When you start to look around you and none of the faces of the people you have grown to love and trust, have all of a sudden changed and you start to see them in their true light. It's not a pretty picture when you find yourself surrounded by thieves and lairs, people who have done they're best to take advantage of you when you thought you had nothing left to take. It makes you start to believe in shape shifting.
I'm keeping my head up and moving forward and with each and every minuet I will find the love and happiness that I truly have spent my life earning. As I move away from the past that does not serve me into a heightened awareness of being I know that at the end of the day I will have learned at least 3 new things and even considered 7 Impossible things before breakfast. As I continue down this road, finding new things to learn, people to love and some wonderful art work that spirit has been hiding from me, I plan to create it all over again. I know better than that. I create from spirit and I'm always grateful for the beautiful gifts I receive (even if they do turn out to be a joke). 

Enough of the tangent. . .just know that thoughts do become things, so always think the very best ones. It will be your life in the next instant. Merry Holidays. . . a toast to the best year any primitive artist can have. Success to us all. . .blessed be!

The Holidays quickly approach us with Snow fall

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It's snowing like crazy in Wisconsin but that only increases the holiday spirit felt by the people here. As Christmas quickly approaches the hustle and bustle of the holiday season is not only in the air but all over the ground, it's the universe telling us that we need to slow down, so remember when your chasing to get the last of your shopping done, to take extra care in moving through the streets and parking lots. Allow spirit to guide you along and take some time to enjoy the beauty that surrounds you in your everyday life.
Happy Holidays and may our all loving God show us how to know that "We are all connected" and share in the ever lasting love that this holiday brings forth and to keep this love in our hearts throughout the year.
A poem for you ~

And Santa Whispered,
"Teach the Children the True meaning of Christmas"
Star ~ A heavenly sign of prophecy fulfilled long, long ago, The shinning hope of mankind
The Color Red ~ The first color of Christmas symbolizing the Saviors sacrifice for all
The Fir ~ Evergreen, the second color of Christmas shows everlasting life and lite as the needles point to the heavens
The Bell ~ Rings out to guide lost sheep back to the fold, signifying that all are precious in his eyes
The Candle ~ a mirror of starlight reflecting our thanks for the star of Bethlehem
A Gift Bow ~ tied as we should all be tied together in bonds of good will and faith forever
Candy Cane ~ represents the shepherd's crook, used to bring the lost lambs back to the fold
The Wreath ~ Is a symbol of the never ending, eternal value of love, having no end

Until next time, Merry Yule