Happy Almost 2012!

In the midst of much family drama here, so taking a blog break until next week to get my act together (I guess my countdown to...

.. you get on my wall RIGHT THIS MINUTE ....

First, I'm alive - my limbs still move ... sort of ... my brain still works ... occasionally - I am almost caught up with my...

tastes like chicken ....

gotta make stuff - back in a few days - have a nice week everyonedon't forget to enter zJayne's giveaway HERE - which has been extended...

nickeled and dimed or why an abundance mindset can't support scarcity actions

Hubs and I are both self-employed, so health insurance is a big expense for us (more than our mortgage actually). We have had the...

GIVEAWAY - zJayne 6 First Aid Recycled Wristlet Pouches! CLOSED

And the winner is - chosen by random.org True Random Number Generator Min: 1 Max:142 Result: 81 = Rain! Congrats Rain...

Oh Yes, It's FREE - there's no parking at the mall, so keep your butt parked in your barcalounger this weekend

Oh Yes, She Did ...  1st in my Uncorked shop get a FREE Cork Snowflake Necklace with ANY purchase AND in my Polarity Shop...

Happy Thanksgiving - wishing everyone a grateful heart and a full belly today!

* cooking is love made visible - print by say it sweet...

Recycled Tutorial - Wire Hanger Countdown to Christmas Advent Calendar

It's almost time to begin the countdown that ends with Merry Christmas! And you can make an amazing little upcycled advent calendar...

GIVEAWAY - The Candy Thief - Gorgeous Handmade Headband - CLOSED

WINNER WILL BE ANNOUNCED THIS WEEK! I bought one of Casey Dwyer's gorgeous headbands last year and I love it and I know you will,...

New Rings in My Polarity Shop - All Available in Both Sizes!

Finally was able to get some pictures taken of my new rings in my Polarity shop. ...

live it or leave it

I was in an office yesterday with a framed (and dusty) mission statement on the wall. It was HUGE. It rambled on about how important...

Upcycled Holiday Gift Ideas - Week # 7

This week 3 easy, peasy upcycles. You may not have the goods on hand to create exactly these pieces, but they may get you thinking...

olive rants .....

Drove up to the ATM. Rolled down my window. Put in my card. Got $100. Magic. Me likey. But, I got my card back even though I...

thanking our vets today

Have a nice weekend everyone....

New Artist Collaboration Lockets Will be In My Polarity Locket Shop Soon!

1. HamjArt NURTURE (Mother) Set 2. LavennzOsy ENCHANT Set 3. LittleSonrisa MAGIC Set 4. ShayneoftheDead CRYPTIC Set 5. LavennzOsy...

why it's ok to be wrong .... and not in an "i'm ok, you're ok" stuart smalley kind of way either

It is easier to be amazing when we give up the fear of being wrong.

(maybe it's the only way to be amazing actually)

And this should be easy because life is not a contest and no one wins and no one gets famous (for more than a second) and no one is ... well, no one is ... right actually, but somehow (like most of the really important stuff) it isn't easy.

Sometimes trying to be right feels like the smart thing to do, the less risky thing, the safer thing ... but maybe it's not really any of those things.

And maybe eliminating the criteria of what is "right" and making the only criteria what brings us joy - what we love to do or what we have never done before - can keep us in the present moment - the only place we are ever in the presence of something greater than ourselves.

The place the magic happens.

Being wrong is a risk - we could look stupid, we could lose something, we could ... well we could really blow it, maybe big time.

(although when we get real with ourselves what we have to lose most of the time is more about ego and less about any real loss)

And being always right or being smugly right or doing work that is right or righter than someone else's work -

maybe work that is different is more impactful than work that is better - we would probably never say someone was the best potter or seamstress or metalworker because what would that mean anyway?

but we would remember the potter or seamstress or metalworker that showed us something different or made us feel something different and I am not talking regretsy kind of different, but if that's where we need to start to get to amazing then wth let's go with that

or making right in any way a criteria for our creative work is fear based.

It is also that inward polarity that takes our focus from the outside world and puts our attention (and intention) on ourselves and what we are going to get - attention, applause, money, etc, rather than what we are going to give - which is our amazingness, passion, enthusiasm and talent to the world!

(which will inevitably lead to attention and applause and money and most importantly happiness and I offer a complete money back guarantee on all of this - as I do with all my posts actually, of course, I pay out in milkbones - which are like dog money - this is a dog blog after all)

Being right is sometimes about looking backwards to prove where we've been, to prove that we know better - the risk of being wrong isn't about where we've been or about where we're going ... it's just about the now.

The place we have to be as makers.

(and this is not a post about the lessons learned from failure - the real value in failure is that it builds the stength in us to take more risks!)

Yup, it's a process. Yup, it's work. Yup, no one can tell you where taking a risk will land you and yup, it may be on your ass (that's why most of us have extra padding there), but not to risk being wrong when there is even the tiniest chance of being amazing is maybe the only real risk anyway.

* everything will be ok print by PrintedInc

Holiday Upcycled Gift Countdown Week # 7 - STEAMPUNK - Faucet Necklaces

This week's handmade gift ideas are total awesomeness for those lovers of clunky and recycled jewelry on your gift list! These beauties...

GIVEAWAY - Charlotte's Web Book and GreenCycleDesigns Book Paper Flowers! CLOSED

WINNER WILL BE DRAWN THIS WEEK! This week's giveaway is a special one! We have one of my all-time favorite books (hint - that's...

some pics and purchases from last month's asheville trip - aren't olive and her best friend ruby the cutest sweater wearing boggles evah!

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