One of the things we have done, this week, on the Manifesting with the Fairies! journey is share what we Love about ourselves.  In honour of Celebrating How Wonderful we all are, each Fellow Traveller shared something about themselves …

~  I am wonderful because I bring humour and honesty to the world

~  I am an excellent cook

~  I excel at helping my friends and family to feel good

~  I am loving

~  I am amazing

~  I am passionate about my own personal growth and healing

~  I am wonderful because I bring into this world care, thoughtfulness and generosity

~  I am wonderful because of the way I care about other people

~  I am wonderful because I see the positive in all situations and all people

~  I have soooo much love inside me to give

~  I am a wonderful, loving, caring person, who is passionate about her family, work and friends

~  I am kind

~  I am compassionate

~  I am wonderful and today I have taken more positive steps to celebrating this

~  I love to bring people together and find common ground

~  I am a very kind and thoughtful woman

~  I accept and love people as they are, and see beauty in everyone 

~  I am Magnificent ME

~  I am wonderful in the way I strive everyday in everyway to be the best person I can be

What I love is that all of these people are Celebrating their Magnificence with ME!  What a JOY!

Manifesting is about bringing in more of the things I want in life, focusing on the things which make me Happy; I have ‘requested’ more like-minded people who are happy to Share their JOY in my life.  And, So It Is.

Today is the day for life to be POSITIVE. 

Only POSITIVE experiences and thoughts will occur, today.

YAY!

Today’s message is from the Magical Mermaids and Dolphins Oracle Card Deck and it’s all about surrounding yourself with POSITIVE Energy.  Such an easy thing to do when I’m at Angel Latte, for the morning, indulging in fabulous company, and gorgeous food at the Green Sage Cafe!

Some of my Fellow Travellers, this week, have begun the decluttering process which involves getting rid of the ‘old’ to make way for the ‘new’ ~ after all, that’s what Manifesting is all about.  Thanks for the motivation, Friends!

Already, I am inspired to get rid of the pile of ‘stuff’ under my stairs, donating it to charity, and to organise the family’s meals for the rest of the week.  I am going to be Very Mindful of my Mind Chatter and the words I use, keeping a POSITIVE tone at all times.

I am Manifesting workshop participants and new Gathering opportunities ~ maybe an evening session?! ~ and enJOYing meeting LOTS of new people at YaYa’s.

I am committed to Learning New Things … POSITIVE attitudes are being practiced … Creating My BEST Reality is a work in progress, which I am LOVING!

All in all, a day indulging in a “Negative-Free” diet is just Perfect!

Manifesting with the Fairies! Day 2 … today it was the Dragonfae who wanted to ‘play’.  Yippee!  The JOY of having LOTS of Oracle Card Decks is that there are always several similarly-themed decks to choose from.  I seem to have lots of decks connected to the elemental kingdom!  Even more exciting than that is when a ‘flying’ card comes out ~ one of those cards which naturally ‘flies out’ when I shuffle.  I think the Lady Alfreda really, really wanted to impart a message to us, today.  Thank You, Lady Alfreda!

Yesterday, we share what we were Grateful for … I am Always Amazed, actually Blown Away, by the things people share with me during this process.  I am Very Grateful for the trust they have in me.  Thank You.

Today, Lady Alfreda’s message is about Justice and Acting in Integrity.  These are two things which are very important to me.  I really like being Given Permission to Be Honest and to be able to Expect the same from others.

But, I know that not everyone finds it easy to Be Honest.  Today’s ‘homework’ for those of us Travelling the Path, this week, is to FORGIVE …

I forgive those drivers who insisted on cutting my Learner Driver son off in the city, yesterday.

I forgive those people who forget to say Thank You.

I forgive myself for feeling the need to Feel Guilty whenever I don’t want to do something I think I ‘should’ be doing.

I forgive myself for not removing the word “should” from my vocabulary!

Can you imagine what our inner landscape and outer reality are going to look like after a week of working through this process?  We’ll have experienced Gratitude and Forgiveness and begun Manifesting … all with the intention of Creating a New Reality.  Woo Hoo!

Today is the first day of a Week of Oracle Card Readings.  YAY!  Seven days of Motivational Messages from the Elementals, and Me!    Our message today was about Big Change ~ for some, it is about Pregnancy, for others it’s about the Birth of New Ideas and Situations.

My commitment is to share the message each day, with a little insight and motivation.  My Fellow Travellers are committed to sharing something, in return, with Me, each day.

Today is about GRATITUDE (after all, “Gratitude Month” begins officially on August 1, according to my Medicine Wheel One Year Layout) …

I am Grateful for …

soy flat white coffee

everyday rewards cards which collect frequent flyer points

Yum Cha

dear friends who tell me our friendship is a Priority

David

new growth due to lots of rain

fabulous people ~ Julia, Gayle, Lisa, Michelle, Etienne, Jay, Siobhan, Prue, Carolyn ~ at YaYa’s Open Day, yesterday … especially Dear Friends, Gabby and Bec!

gorgeous folks who visited me at YaYa’s Gift Shop ~ I was BLESSED!

The Professionals DVD collection (I LOVE Martin Shaw!!!)

my new Diana Cooper book ~ Discover Atlantis

Birthday Celebrations!

And … YOU.  Thanks for Visiting!

What does a Great Life look like?

I’ve decided, or maybe realised, that I am living a Great Life. 

I have a wonderful family ~ a husband who simply wants me to Be Happy and kids with the most phenomenal life path ahead of them.

I have a Passion which has been nurtured for many, many years.  I get to Live My Passion.

I am Healthy.  I am Privileged.  I am Happy.

And, this week, Transformation Month began waning. 

Gratitude Month is coming.

Roll on August.

What Am I Grateful For?

“I LOVE …”

My homework at the beginning of the Sonia Choquette online course, “Creating Your Heart’s Desire”, was to think about what I love.  To really tune in to those things around me which Bring Me JOY and Engage My Spirit.

I LOVE … Daphne.  It’s growing outside my front window and has the most divine perfume ~ I’ve been taking it in to YaYa’s the last couple of weeks.

I LOVE … my dear friend, Margaret.  She is fun to talk and share thoughts with, is very accommodating when I have to cancel (last minute) our coffee catchups, and is always interested in what I am doing with my Angel World.

I LOVE … the Green Sage Cafe.  I love the fabulous organic and fresh food ~ to die for Brownies and Fruit & Nut Slice, especially ~ and the wonderful company I always share my time with when I am there.

I LOVE … the Wild Wisdom of the Faery Oracle Card Deck by Lucy Cavendish.  I’ve been taking 3 cards each day, this week, and they have been truly magickal.

I LOVE … weights.  My personal training program involves lots of weights, at the moment, and I am really enJOYing the sense of achievement, and great positive energy I receive as a result.  Thanks, Sharon!

I LOVE … Angel Gatherings!  Gosh.  I don’t know what to say about them because they are just so profound!  Everyone shares their thoughts and experiences, cares about what each other Angel Friend is going through, is happy to contribute knowledge to each other, and ALWAYS have such AMAZING Intuitive Awareness.   The last couple of Gatherings have been so illuminating, for me, and I feel quite humbled at the reality I am living with people sharing – freely and happily – past life messages!  Thank You!!!

I LOVE … the gentle and continued support of wonderful friends.

I LOVE … funky socks.

I LOVE … my New Clothes.

I LOVE … my kids being older which means I can go out and leave them alone, knowing they are ok.

Ahh.

LOVE is Good.  And, this is just this week’s ‘Love‘!

What do YOU Love?

I was on a roll with creating cards using the Stampin’ Up! FREE Gift with Purchase goodies!  I had the realisation that I tend to ‘hoard’ gorgeous ribbons and buttons when I buy them, saving them for a ‘rainy day’.  What a silly idea!   Being inspired by other SU! demonstrators’ projects, I adjusted my thinking and got creating.

One card style I’ve been wanting to try is this one … I had the urge to use more of the Flower Ribbon and an image in mind of wrapping it around cardstock.  This patchwork square card was born from that idea.  I also used the Scalloped Square Happy Birthday stamp which I hadn’t played with much.  I do think the Flowers from the Punch Potpourri Stamp Set are my favourite image, at the moment.

In the middle of my cleaning and decluttering, over the weekend, I created this cute card.  Again, I wanted to use some more Flower Ribbon … this is such an indulgent card!  Lots of Brights Patterned Paper, lots of Ribbon, lots of Flower Buttons, lots of Time!   And, I LOVE the end result!

Thanks, Stampin’ Up! for my FREE Product!

Over the weekend, I took some time (while the house was empty – YAY!) to dust, declutter and reorganise. Ever since I read Soul Coaching by Denise Linn I have needed to regularly declutter my space.  Being a crafty person, I need to tidy even more often!

This time, the old CD player needed to be removed from my shelf … that left lots of spare room for relocating a stack of books from their old home, and also inspired me to dust the top of the cupboard – Oh My God!  I think there was about 15 years worth of accumulated dust!  It was like snow!

Dusting and decluttering … old posters and calendars into the recycle box.  Filing, done.  Cards into cellophane bags.  New noticeboard displays.  Sifting through old stampin’ projects ~ keep some, toss some.  Bag of rubbish popped a hole in its bottom – get the vacuum cleaner!

By the end of the day, lots of space was refreshed.  I have 2 display boards for cards; a dust free craft cupboard; cleansed Angel & Tarot Decks (all 49 of them!); significantly less cobwebs; a new display shelf for craft projects; and much clearer energy.

I enJOYed revisiting my things and rearranging spaces. 

I enJOYed chucking out the old and making way for the new.

I enJOYed the focused time doing something which made me Feel Good.

Now, there is plenty of room to stretch my imagination … wrap presents beautifully … plan and prepare for workshops and events … and Indulge Spirit.

Ahh.  Great Job, Michelle!

As part of the Backpack Tutorial, Becky gave instructions for creating a gorgeous card, using the Bring On The Cake Stamp Set.  I couldn’t wait to try it out!  However, I did have a spare Scalloped Circle which didn’t fit on my backpack (for no obvious reason ) so I had to use that up, first.

I really enJOYed using the little Happy Birthday cake image ~ fabulous opportunity to use LOTS of bling!

Then, I got out my FREE Gifts from Stampin’ Up! ~ Flower Ribbon and Flower Buttons ~ and used them, with my other favourite: Melon Mambo Pom Pom Trim, to create the Backpack Tutorial card from Becky Roberts.

Ooh La La!  How Cool is this card??!!!!  I got to create with punches, use the gathered ribbon technique (I think that was a first!), and colour in!  Woo Hoo! 

Even though the card doesn’t go with my Backpack, I loved creating it and I really LOVE the colour combo! 

Yep!  Becky Roberts project with FREE Stampin’ Up! Goodies.  Doesn’t get much better than that!

Thanks, Becky!  Thanks, Stampin’ Up!

I’m indulging in lots of Fairy Energy and Sonia Choquette (did you click on the link and choose a Daily Wisdom Card?), at the moment.  I’m excited to have my Playing with Fairies! 4 Week Course all planned and mostly prepared … I’ve even got Fairy Pictures to colour in!

Sonia Choquette’s online course, Create Your Heart’s Desire, is fabulous for connecting with that Fairy Energy, too.  I have been Making Wishes, thinking about the Things I Love and even preparing for Manifesting what I’d love to have in my life – a conscious manifestation rather than a ‘default’ manifestation.

I created a Manifesting Board and it’s on the wall in the craft room, opposite where I sit at the craft table.  I can look up at any time and see my Vision Board for the month (from my Medicine Wheel One Year Layout).  On it I have put things which I really want to focus on ~ my Medicine Wheel Monthly Themes and Upcoming Workshops ~ as well as some sayings which I’m using to keep my thoughts focused.

One of the things I’d really like to do is see Antarctica.  Sonia’s homework for the course involved thinking about the things I’d like to have in my life, such as ‘grown up’ furniture (you know, I’ll buy cheap stuff while the kids are little and wait to get the good (grown-up) furniture when they are older) and travel to far off places. 

Antarctica really piqued my curiosity so I did some research … there are plenty of options for actually going there, mostly on cruises from Chile!  I don’t really need to get onto land, I just want to fly over and see icebergs.

There is an option of flying from Australia to Antarctica, for the day.  You can choose where you want to sit on the plane, pay accordingly, and indulge in the flight, tourist info and sightseeing from the air! 

That sounded just like me – and it was more affordable.

So, I printed off the brochure and popped it into a clear plastic pocket.  I also decorated an envelope with stickers with ‘manifesting’ energy – flowers, butterflies and fairies!  Into that envelope goes a little bit of money at the end of each housekeeping week.  Eventually, there will be enough money for both David and I to fly to Antarctica!!

Having the Manifesting Board right in front of where I work means it’s always in my thoughts and awareness.  I even made up a little ‘manifesting’ rhyme to say to myself whenever I’m near it ~ Sonia says that sayings and rhymes are fun and really encourage our Spirit to engage.  Manifesting is nurtured by Spirit.

All in all, it’s a great way to live.