Falling into FALL!

I adore autumn, its such a gorgeous time of the year. Plus the fashion... don't even get me started! In addition to writing fall has had me busy sculpting, lots of new miniature polymer clay food. If you've read my previous posts on my <ahem> little addition, you'll know its somethign I do to release stress and sort of zone out, while challenging myself to create with greater and greater realism. Now I have a studio overflowing with miniature food. Time to start clearing house I decided and to that end have listed a bunch of items in my ETSY store, ONCE UPON A FAERY TALE.

Oh and incase you're working about writing updates, I am chomping at the bit to share my big news with you all. Just a bit longer, I promise (and yes I know I've been promising this for ages already) Good things take time and are worth the wait, right!? Trust me, this good thins is!! And as for book 2, of the Faerie Song Trilogy, well the manuscript has been completed and was sold to Astraea Press...  YAY!!! Sooo, I'll have more news for you soon on release dates cover reveals and the like!

Until then, here's a peek at the yummy polymer clay food I've been creating. Let me know what you think. If it makes your mouth water even just a bit, then I've done a decent job! ;)

Happy Autumn Everyone!!

Pampering Yourself

I admit this post may seem a little off topic.... if there even is a topic for my blog, but bear with me here. Now that January is behind me, I've been feeling a little more excited about the arrival of spring. Okay, so it's still a coupe of months a way in my area of the world, but it seems like a good time for self care. Perhaps its the after effects of Valentine's Day and showing those you love a ton of extra love.... but something got me thinking...how much extra love do we show ourselves?

We've made a commitment to do some self-loving things in our family, like eating healthier whole foods, exercising more, juicing and making smoothies, eliminating GMO's and choosing organic food when possible. So this long weekend found me wanting to take things a little further. With the amount of typing and sculpting I do in a week, my hands, as you can imagine can take quite a beating. Plus I naturally have really dry skin. So off I went to Pinterest (my guilty pleasure addiction, second only to chocolate) to find some really cool ideas. What did I find... recipes for luscious body butters, and nourishing solid cream bars and fantastic lips balms. Which did I decide to make... well true Libran that I am, I eliminated the need to make a choice and made all three. After reading several blends I came up with my own recipes and they all turned out wonderfully. YAY! In case you want to pamper your hands, feet, body and soul a this February, I'm sharing my recipes below.

Now back to work, but with softer, smoother, happier hands!

Have a great February! <3

P.S. Did I mention exciting news regarding my Fire & Ice book series is coming? Im terrible at keeping secrets, but it will be just a little longer (I hope) before I can spill the beans!1 ;D

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DECADENT BODY BUTTER

1/2 cup shea butter
1/2 cup coconut oil (organic unrefined)
1/4 cup almond oil or olive oil
2 tsp grated beeswax or beeswax pastilles
Optional: add mixed tocopherol Vitamin E oil and organic essential oils for fragrance and to preserve. (I used a teaspoon of Borage oil for my dry sensitive skin and added several drops of Rosemary essential oil)

Stir over low heat (or in a glass bowl in the microwave) until melted. Remove from heat and add essential oils if desired. Let it cool completely and harden.Then using a hand mixer, whip the mixture, but be careful not to let it get too warm. Then scoop it into jars. (I used cute little glass jars from the dollar store) You could also add herbs or essential oils if you want, choosing whichever scent you like.

Voila, it's ready to use and super healthy for your skin!

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BLISSFUL BODY LOTION BARS

(similar to the ones they sell at LUSH)

If you've never tried these then you simply must, especially if you have dry skin or wash your hands frequently. They're amazing. It looks like soap, but its actually a solid lotion bar. You just rub it on your hands or anywhere you want a little extra moisture... heels, elbows, you name it. Wonderful stuff & here' how I made mine!

1 cup coconut oil
1 cup shea butter, cocoa butter or mango butter (or a mix of all three equal to 1 part)
1 cup beeswax (can add a little extra if you want a harder bar that leaves less lotion on your skin when used)
Optional: Vitamin E oil or Rosemary oil to preserve. And any essential oil fragrance you'd like to add. I added 1 tsp of Borage oil for several drops of Rosemary oil which I really love as you can tell by now) The next batch I'm making with citrus oils.

Combine all ingredients (except essential oils) in a glass microwavable bowl (or use a double boiler, or a glass bowl over a smaller saucepan with 1 inch of water in it.)

Stir ingredients constantly until they are melted and smooth. Remove from heat, add the essential oils and stir.

Carefully pour into molds (you can use silicone molds, muffin tins, small plastic bowls, pretty much anything will work) I used silicone baking mold.

Allow the lotion bars to cool fully before you pop them out of the molds. Put them into a large glass jar or individual containers or even little bags. They last for ages and feel really great on the skin.

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LUSCIOUS LIP BALM

(very similar to Burt's Bees)

I made a small batch, but I think I'm going to make this in huge quantities as giveaways for my next book signing event!! ;D


1 part beeswax (1 tablespoon)
2 parts shea, cocoa or mango butter OR 2 parts olive oil, almond oil or vitamin E oil (2 tablespoons)
2 parts coconut oil (example-2 tablespoons)
20 drops of essential oil of choice (or more or less to your preference) I use 15 drops of Wintermint essential oil and 5 drops of Rosemary oil (give or take)
(You could also add colour or flavour for something really fun)
Again, in a glass bowl, melt and stir everything together except essential oils. One melted, add essential and pour into containers. I used both lip balm tubes and little round containers both plastic and metal ones. Use whatever you'd like. Let it harden fully before using.

Soft kissable lips in flash! How does it get better than that!?

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Have fun pampering your body this winter! I'm heading back to my writing cave.... umm... probably to write the next kissing scene! ;)

Oh, and here's a link to a couple of suppliers for ingredients and containers: (though check your local health food stores first)
https://www.voyageursoapandcandle.com
https://www.thesage.com/index.html

If you make these wonderful body creams, or anything like them, let me know how they turn out. What ingredients & oils did you use?

Sculpting In Polymer Clay

For me summertime is sculpting time. Maybe its becasue the clay is so warm and malleable in the balmy summer heat, or maybe it's just the extra long hours of natural daylight... who know, but I just love to dive into my clay with reckless abandon in the summer. So becasue of this, I have a very special offer for you.

Have you ever wanted to learn how to sculpt a figure in polymer clay? Well, my Sculpting Santa book has just recently been listed on Amazon. And better still it's now available on eBay.com for a limited time at an even better price. Shhhh, not supposed to do that, but it will stay our little secret. Now this book has been written in step by step bite sized bits of information walking you through the entire process so you're assured of success right from the start. Ok, so a little practice never hurt anyone, but if you've ever wanted to try it and were afraid of not succeeding, here is a really great jumping off place.

Check it out and then if you buy and try it, I'd love to see what you create. This is the process for sculpting and creating the look of age in your piece.... where a Santa, a wizard, a fairy god-mother or whatever strikes your fancy, this book will help you get there. I'm always here for additional help, suggestions and inspiration. And if you just need a cheerleader, I can do that too! So why not go for it, and see what happens. And for those of you anxiously awaiting the fairy sculpting book, the miniature clay food book and the ball-jointed doll book, I promise you they're all coming. I'm just bouncing between my how-to writing and my fiction writing, plus my doll sculpting and telesummit interview series. So many projects in the works and so little time.... but OH so much fun to be had!!!

Weekend LED-DIY Project: Cloud Lanterns

This is simply awesome! So heavenly and celestial....must create some for my dreamy room right now!

Source: www.elementalled.com
               

The BEING Telesummit

Well, it's been quite an amazing couple of weeks. Glorious spring weather which followed an almost non-existent winter. Emotional highs and lows and everything in-between. Loads of writing, and releasing judgements about my writing. What I've learned and discovered and awoken to could fill a lifetime of blog posts. Don't worry I'll spare you the details. Suffice to say that since discovering the Access Consciousness techniques of being in question about all areas of my life...well, all areas of my life and have expanded and grown in a very dynamic way.

We have a new site at www.BeingSeries.com where the recordings of the interviews we conducted can be purchased and downloaded. Aside fro that I'm not sure what more to share. Except perhaps that you really have to experience it for yourself. It has brought an incredible new dimension to my writing, to my sculpting, to my business to my money flows and to my life! How does it get better than that? Every day I wake up and ask "What else is possible?" excited to see what comes along next!

So what's next for you???

SUSAN LAZAR HART – The Right Relationship for you – Relationships in Consciousness

Monday, March 12th – 7pmEDT (4pmPDT)

• Is now the time to create the right relationship for you?
• Are you tired of GIVING UP YOU in order to create someone else’s dreams?
• Would you like to discover more of you and the vibrant person you were created to be?
• Is there a particular area in your relationship you would like to change, shift or revitalize?

Susan’s specialty is deep listening, along with an uncanny ability to pose questions that create consciousness and different possibilities.Join Catherine & Michele as they speak with Susan about how she works with the latest Access Consciousness tools and clearings to help people make breakthroughs on issues that have them stuck in relationships.Susan’s clients rave about her ability to help them cut through emotional clutter in record time. If you’ve heard that therapy involves hard work, you’ll be intrigued to hear Susan inviting clients to “come and play with me.” Susan is a master at turning her artist’s eye to put a new perspective on the relationships in your life.  Successfully married for 34 years and with 4 adult children , her relationship with her grown daughter, Kelsey, is featured in her weekly radio show, Heart2hart, available at blogtalkradio.com.  As an artist, yoga teacher, life coach, relationship counselor and licensed facilitator of Access Consciousness, she has at hand a wealth of tools to transform all your relationships.

Click Here to visit Susan’s Website

SOLANGE ROCINE - Energetic Facelift with Access Consciousness

Tuesday, March 13th – 11amEDT (8pmPDT)

• Would you like to reduce wrinkles?
• Would you like to rejuvenate your skin and appear more youthful?
• Would you like to change the color, firmness, and texture of your skin on your face and neck?

Solange Rocine’s Energetic Facelift is safe for men and women of all ages and works in harmony with other procedures. And this technique can be learned by anyone!  It involves using multiple frequencies which restore the natural flow of energy in and around the body. Using  hands as neurotransmitters, gentle touch is applied to the face, neck and feet. This facilitates clearing blocks in the energy fields, those points of stagnation usually caused by our emotions and long term stress. With the energy flowing in the body, the muscles begin to relax and the skin begins to rejuvenate. Those who have experienced an Energetic Face Lift not only look younger, they feel great …it is one of the most relaxing experiences you can imagine for your entire body.

 

Solange is devoted to facilitating others to change what is not working in their life … including the willingness to choose your own version of a phenomenal life, and the willingness to receive and HAVE money. She now lives in total allowance and freedom, spending her time between San Francisco and Toronto and travelling wherever in the world the invitation arises to facilitate joyful, juicy, abundant living. 

 What REMARKABLE GIFT will Solange be offering our listeners during the TeleSummit?

It’s a surprise you won’t want to miss out on a chance of winning!

Click Here to visit Solange’s Website

DR. SHELLY CHILDERS - I’m Sexy & I Know It… Because I’m Conscious

 

Tuesday, March 13th – 7pmEDT (4pmPDT)

•   Where did you decide you can’t be sexy and spiritual?
• What if by unlocking your sexual energy, your creativity and money flows increased?
• Where have you made talking about sex, dressing sexy, and enjoying anything sexual a sin?
• What is difference in confidence and acknowledging your beauty versus arrogance and being a snobby bitch?
• Explore how sex and energy pulls can change your reality.

Dr. Shelly Childers is a chiropractor, former personal trainer, ex-fitness competitor and certified facilitator of Access Consciousness™. She has been featured on a number of tele-summits discussing topics regarding the body, sexualness, relationships, autism and money. She is an upcoming host of her own radio show on VoiceAmerica, “The Bliss Edition”, where she invites people to a different possibility with questions, laughter, humorous metaphors, analogies, true caring and overflowing joy. She has no answers… just questions that will unlock you from the limitations that are keeping you from creating a magical life beyond your wildest imagination.

 

Through Dr. Shelly’s amazing relationship with her body, she’s tapped into her talents and capacities to be “sex”. Her clients and class participants rave about the sexual energy from her body and her ability to dress in a way that compliments and accesses her body. Who said you can’t be sexy and spiritual at the same time? Recently, dr. Shelly has been facilitating women in unleashing their sexual energy through teleclasses, pole dancing classes, sex and relationship talks, and exercises that catapult them into loving their body beyond what they knew possible.

 

Join Catherine and Michele in a “no boundaries” conversation with Shelly as they unleash your sexualness.

Click Here to visit Dr. Shelly’s Website

See what Dr. Shelly is offering BEING TeleSummit Listeners

 

BRENDA ST. LOUIS - Access Consciousness Facilitator

 

Wednesday, March 14th – 4pmEDT (1pmPDT)

•  Have you ever wondered what an easy life would look like?
• Do you work more than you play?
• What if nothing about you was ordinary?
• Are you ready to step into more?

Brenda  is an international speaker, actor, writer, therapist and facilitator. She has invited people from all over the globe into the elegance of their own unique life. Through workshops, one on one body-work to interactive transformational seminars, Brenda will take you on an adventure beyond ordinary. Be you and change the world!Access has been an extraordinary part of Brenda’s journey on this planet. She has seen so many crazy wild and awesome things in her profession but Access is the one that has made her laugh the most. Brenda has been able to transform her whole life by living as the question. Pretty Simple!! A question has so many more possibilities than an answer does. Join Catherine & Michele as they explore how Brenda shares the tools of Access Consciousness with others and how she has transformed her life.

Click Here to visit Brenda’s Website

Click Here for Brenda’s Gob’s of Gratitude program

LIAM PHILLIPS - founder of Curing the Incurable

Wednesday, March 14th 7pmEDT (4pmPDT), (9amEDT, Thursday March 15th)

• Are you suffering mental, emotional or physical pain?
• Are you seeking something else to add to your life?
• What if you didn’t have to go to the brink to find the change you are seeking?
• Would you like to make changes with your body and life with ease?
• Is now the time for you to BE YOU and change the world?

Liam Phillips created “CURING THE INCURABLE” after battling a terminal disease where he suffered terrible emotional, physical and mental pain. Knowing in his heart there must be another way, he set out to search the world for tools to ease this, or die trying!During his search he tried many conventional medical practices and sold one answer, surgery was required in order to overcome this disease, but it would only alleviate the disease for short periods. Unhappy with this answer, Liam experimented with alternative diets, medicine, meditation, and other self help methods. Although these offered some relief and slowed the process of disease down occasionally, he did not find the long term relief he sought.But Liam did not give up hope. Weighing less than 40kg he found something different that changed his body and life. Access  Consciousness. What he learned from this new modality, simple tools and body processes, he added to his life and his disease ravaged body began to make changes easily and quickly. In one month things had changed dynamically, and after three months his first book “Curing the Incurable” was written.In the past four years Liam has worked effortlessly talking to thousands of people who are also seeking something different, passing on these tools to empower people to choose the changes they seek.

Click Here to visit Liam’s Website

Check out Liam’s RED PILL CURE Package available only during the BEING TeleSummit

SIMONE MILASAS - Joy of Business 

 

Thursday, March 15th – 12pmEDT (9amPDT)

• What does your business require to grow and prosper beyond your wildest imaginings?
• What can you be that would allow your business to generate itself?
• What contribution can you be to your business and you business be to you?

Simone is an active director in over 10 companies, CEO of Good Vibes For You, and is intimately connected with them all. She functions from a joy of business that is shockingly fresh and sets her on the generative-edge of business development and leadership.In one of her roles, Simone is “World-Wide Coordinator” of Access Consciousness. Working closely with founder Gary Douglas has allowed her access to a range of simple yet dynamic tools and techniques, which she applies to business. These tools, literally, begin to generate greater possibility for business.Taken directly from her live seminars, Simone has recently released an audio CD, The Joy of Business, making the tools and techniques she uses available to everyone. Her target is to introduce a potent, yet up-till-now, missing energy to business … JOY!What else is possible?

Click Here to visit Simone’s Website

 PAM HOUGHTELING - Facilitating the Earth with Access Consciousness

Thursday, March 15th – 3pmEDT (12pmPDT   1pmMST)

• Are you interested in changing what’s happening to the earth?
• What if BEING YOU can create a different possibility for the earth?
• What contribution can you be to the planet today?
• Would you like to experience the difference you can be?

Pam Houghteling’s target is to create more consciousness on the planet, empowering people to be aware of and contribute their unique energy to the earth. Using the tools of Access Consciousness™, Pam facilitates greater communion with the earth and provides processes that can be used to create change on the planet. What if BEING YOU can create a different possibility for the earth?A Certified Access Consciousness™ Facilitator, Pam facilitates the core Access Consciousness™ classes, and offers workshops, tele-classes, and private sessions with Facilitating the Earth and with Conscious Business for Conscious Living.

Click Here to visit Pam’s Website

PURCHASE Pam’s BEING TeleSummit Facilitating the Earth Intensive

SUZY GODSEY - The High Heeled Dog Walker

 

 Thursday, March 15th – 7pmEDT (4pmPDT)

• What would you like to know about your animal?
• Would you like to learn some of the tools Suzy uses with animals around the world?
• What else is possible for the relationship between you and your pet?

 

Suzy is an Access Conscious Facilitor for Animals and their owners. She travels the world facilitating people and their animals to have more connection and understanding. She is sought out for her remarkable talent to assist animals of all kinds including: dogs, cats, horses and non-domestic wildlife.

 

Suzy and DOGS: Suzy grew up in Germany in an apartment that did not allow dogs. So she had imaginary dogs she “walked” in the neighborhood. They all had names, which she called out loud, often raising eyebrows of passerby’s. When she was about 12 her first real dog came into her life, which turned out to be a large, aggressive dog, which made Suzy aware that most “problems” around dogs are created by the people they live with.

Later in life, she became a dog walker and had occasions of walking over 20 dogs at a time … off-leash! This exponentially contributed to her knowledge of dog behavior, and most of what she learned, she learned from the dogs! Since then Suzy has been using her abilities to help dogs everywhere. She’s made an appearance on Cesar Milan’s “Dog Whisperer” television show and has her own radio show, “Conversations with Dog” on BlogTalkRadio.

Suzy and HORSES: Suzy co-developed ESSE, the Energetic Synthesis of Structural Embodiment, as a tool for people to bring more joy and comfort to their horses. This technique combines the body energy processes of Access Consciousness™ with equine rolfing techniques. Suzy has facilitated stunning changes in horses she’s worked with and enjoys teaching this technique for others to use with their own horses.

 

Click Here to visit Suzy’s Website

Special BEING TeleSummit Offer from Suzy

BLOSSOM BENEDICT - Having a Voice in the World with Access Consciousness

Friday, March 16th – 11amEDT (8amPDT)

• Are you ready to be seen, heard and enjoy it?
• Are you willing to consider a different possibility?

Blossom Benedict f  is a singer, actress, vocal coach and Access Consciousness™ Facilitator who has brought the revolutionary tools of Gary Douglas’ Right Voice For You to 14 countries in the past 2 years!  

 

For so many people, speaking, singing or even being themselves in public is difficult. The magic of Right Voice For You is it’s ability to assist people in letting go of judgments and conclusions using the tools and processes of Access Consciousness.  While many speaking and singing trainings focus on technique and what layers you can add on, the aim in Right Voice For You is to strip away all the extra layers and the facades that keep you from being totally present, spontaneous and able to be in front of people in the most easy and compelling way possible.

After 10 years of teaching, Blossom now combines her technical background of music and theatre with the tools of Access Consciousness to turn coaching as we know it on its head, gifting people more access to themself.Blossom is a member of Actors Equity, holds a BA in Drama and has appeared in dozens of productions across the United States.  She was the lead teacher of The Children’s Healing Project at the Stanford Children’s Hospital, The Director of TheatreWorks’ nationally acclaimed Playing with Poetry summer camp and has taught theatre, music and Access Workshops throughout the US and Australia.

Click Here to visit Blossom’s Website

SPECIAL GIFT FROM BLOSSOM

Unleashing Your Creativity- value $75

 

This 90 minute class from Portland Oregon is filled with processing ranging from painting to writing to singing and beyond.  What decisions, conclusions, judgments and computations about you do you have that keep you playing small?  Do you truly know you are here to change the world?  Is it time to begin?

 

Clearing the Blocks to Creativity- value $25

 

So what is it going to take to truly be willing to be seen and heard in the world?  This clearing loop contains an hour of looped clearings and questions for changing your points of view about your voice and how you show up in the world.  You can listen while you sleep, while you drive or just before that big performance or speech. What if you did not have to be bound by judgments anymore and could show up with potency and grace?

Regularly $100      

 Special $39

 

SABINE HILDEBRANT 

What if Everything You Ever Thought was Wrong with You . . . Actually Wasn’t?

Friday, March 16th – 7pmEDT (4pmPDT)

• What if there is more “right” with you than you ever dared to imagine?
• From Judgement to Allowance
• The Power of Choice

 Sabine is a Certified Access Consciousness Facilitator, Life Coach – Facilitating people in Europe and Canada for over 20 years in the field of consciousness and personal growth. Sabine has an extensive awareness of where people are cutting themselves off from their own awareness, power and potency. With the trainings she has taken (including NLP, Kinesiology, Facilitator of The Transformation Game, Transformation Therapy, Teachings of the Essenes and training, while living and studying for 4 years in the Findhorn Foundation, an international, spiritual, an educational community in Scotland, and Access Consciousness™) she has gathered an eclectic tool kit to support people to get back into the “driver’s seat” of their lives. Her main focus is to inspire a world of wonder and consciousness where people discover what else is possible.

 

Click Here to visit the Synergy in Motion Website

If writing were sexual (and who says it isn’t)…

This is simply a fabulous post by Cara Bristol! It sums up the writing process perfectly.... all the while drawing a fabulous and oh-so-true comparison it to sex! PERFECT! Go read it. No, seriously.... go read it like right now!

If writing were sexual (and who says it isn’t)…

FANTASTIC NEW WRITING CLASSES

I've just enrolled in three new fantastic writing workshops on Savvy Authors... it's only day two and I'm already blown away by what's going to be covered in each of these classes!

Formatting Fundamentals: shaping up your manuscript for publication
with Pat Hauldren
  
Creating Creepy Characters: Peopling Your Storyworld with the Inhuman, Superhuman and Supernatural with Jessa Slade

AND

Witchcraft for the Paranormal Author with Deborah Blake (who is not only an author but a High Priestess with her own Coven) talk about an authority on the subject!

Quick Brown Fox- A Very Cool Writing Workshop

I just finished a one day workshop with Brian Henry, former editor, writer and current writing teacher in Toronto. It was great! For lack of a more colorfully descriptive word. (and yes, I get the irony!) The title was Writing And Editing....totally up my alley being over 3/4 of the way through my second revisions. we had the opportunity to do some stream of thought writing; something I usually balk at because the subject matter is usually uninteresting enough it's reminiscent of those dreaded English class assignments in school. But we used this fortune cookie technique which by the end of it had stimulated 4 full pages of writing in half an hour and enough idea seedlings to make it another must write book.

Now, if I can just get through the revision and move on to write books 2 & 3....maybe I'll have to write something else concurrently, because patience is SO not one of my virtues. How about you? Do you write several things simultaneously or are you a monogamous to your story until finished before beginning a new one???

On Writing

It's hard to believe a new year is already well under way. It's February and yet it still feels like the first of January to me. Must be all of the snow. This wintry weather has been the perfect opportunity to work on my writing, both my fairy sculpting book for Search Press Publishing and my fiction novel, which at looooong last is finally complete, short of some polishing. Log line, back cover blurb and synopsis to follow!!

I highly recommend to anyone interested in writing (why everyone should be interested in writing is a subject for another day :)) the services, resources and workshops at Savvy Authors. It is a fantastic community and the help and knowledge I gain here is priceless. There is an infinite pool of wisdom available to all who ask, and the courses are top notch and taught by talented professional in the industry. So needless to say, I've been getting my fill and more on those. And now, I'm off to tend to the voices in my head that never seem to leave me alone...something only a writer can lay claim to without fear of being commited to a mental health facility.

Happy writing!!!