YOU ARE THE MAGIC

✨ you are the magic✨

Wearing my Umber Dove ring on my wedding ring finger has kept these words so alive. This new moon in Virgo has brought in deep awareness and reminders that I am in charge of the direction of my life and what I allow to affect me. I choose love, forgiveness, and presence. I choose to create fertile grounds for new growth in my life. I choose to stare myself in the face and own the reflection of what the past mirrors to me. I choose to embrace what makes me feel whole, loved and accepted, and let go of that which doesn't feed me, nourish me or help me blossom into the best version of myself. I'm constantly learning, growing, changing, letting go, making new, as we all are. I choose to change the world by loving myself and nurturing my small piece of the world. I may not be able to do great acts but I can do lots of small acts with love. I fumble and fail and make mistakes, some that embarrass me for years, but that's okay, it's all part of it. I will continue to try to learn from my mistakes and use those lessons as tools for my future. I carry with me in my toolbox the heartbeat of my mother, and will one day share this heartbeat with a little of my own. My prayer to the universe is to help me carve out the places inside me that no longer serve me or anyone else, and make room for a new light to enter.

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This was a little something I shared on my instagram the other day, and just thought it needed a space here on the blog...

THREADS // MEDALLION

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OUTFIT DETAILS: shirt - flying tomato // shorts - ae // hat - moorea seal // shoes - blowfish shoes // necklace - sailors omen // turquoise cuff + feather band ring - bella & chloe // buffalo nickel ring - shannon noelke // earrings - roots & feathers

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Hello Monday.  I thought I would be feeling a little hungover from my wine last night, but luckily that is not the case!  James made Roman Saltimbocca for dinner, which calls for wine, which means I drank wine along with cooking with it...  ha ha.  I rarely ever drink wine actually, so my two glasses were all I needed.  I had full intentions to go to yoga this morning, as it's already been a month since Ive been, but found out last night James worked today.  I thought he was off.  So instead, I'll do some yoga and other movement at home today.  I'm also going to dive deeply into magazine creating today as well.  I have about 30+ emails to respond to, and it's time I get really organized with what needs to be accomplished on this baby.  Time to focus, focus, focus.

Tonite we will be celebrating the airing of Uncommon Grounds, La Colombe's new show.  So I want to get some things done today so I can be free as a bird tonite with my hunny.  He's even going to cook a steak dinner in celebration!!!  What!  I'll share more about this next week.  But if you really want to know, go check out the new site that we just released yesterday for Skyine Fever!!!  There will be a blog post coming later today that will share more...

As for this outfit... isn't this Flying Tomato shirt so pretty?  I have way less black in my closet that I did 15 years ago, mainly having two fluffy white babies makes it hard to have dark colored clothes without always being a hairy monster myself.  I just love this top though.  And it is INSANELY amazing with this Sailor's Omen necklace.  Like made-for-each-other crazy good.

NEW SKYLINE FEVER WEBSITE

Just wanted to share that my boy has a new website for Skyline Fever!  We are pretty excited.  Go check it out if you want. :)

STUDIO MAKEOVER

Macrame Window Panel - Pretty Kooky // Macrame Plant Hanger - Lark & Arrow

Metal Moon Phase Hanging - Storm & Stress // Mongolian Copper Bells - Shop Grain

Drawing - Bird Black // Macrame Wall Hanging - Pretty Kooky

Bohemian Collective Magazine - Issue 1 & Issue 2

Mini Flag - SoulMakes

Antler Wall Hanging - Sailor's Omen

Shelf + Baskets + Wood Stand - World Market // LOVE Letters + Glass Tiered Case - Urban Outfitters

Moth Painting - Becca Eirikson // Ring Holder - Axis Moon

You are the Magic Art -  Umber Dove // Floral Smudge Wand - Aquarian Soul // A Beautiful Mess Books

Intentional Wear Spirit Animal Oils - Root Foot

Macrame Curtains + Necklace Hanger - Urban Outfitters

Manifesto Poster - Holstee // Macrame Wall Hanging + Picture Frames - Urban Outfitters // Chair - World Market

Rug - vintage find on etsy

I have re-decorated and rearranged rooms in my home multiple times, but this is the biggest makeover Ive ever done from the ground up.  On my birthday in June we sold my parents house, which was a long time coming, and even though it broke my heart to let go of my childhood home, there is a big blessing in it all from my parents for our future.  From this I allowed myself one big splurge to makeover my whole studio.  My whole life I have outfitted my home with hand me down furniture, thrift finds, etc.  Which is really wonderful and has made my home very homey and often sentimental to me.  In my studio space I always just made it work with what I had, but I allowed myself to create my dream studio, and it felt like the biggest birthday gift ever from my parents.  I am so grateful for this space and everytime I walk in the room to create I am filled up with gratitude. 

My biggest goal was to be able to transform my studio from a jewelry studio to a jewelry/ magazine writing space.  Before my jewelry supplies cluttered two huge desks and it was hard to even think in this space unless I was submerged in jewelry design.  Over the past year I have made jewelry less and less b/c of the magazine and Skyline Fever. So now I have all my jewelry supplies tucked away in this desk with drawers where I can easily access them if I'm inspired to do so, and have also created an inspiring place to write my magazine.  I sit at this desk with the window open, watching the deer outside, usually with Banjo b/c he loves watching the deer too.  It is now a space I can go to to sit and daydream about the magazine and feel super inspired.  The whole feel of this space has just shifted incredibly. 

A little side note: I do NOT think you have to have the perfect space to create, ever.  I think it's often an excuse so many of us make to not create something, by not having the right space.  My dream of starting my own business years ago began on a card table behind my couch in a 3x6 space.  If you have the passion, you make it work, regardless!  That being said, there is also nothing wrong with creating a beautiful space to create in if you are able to.  It can be truly inspiring to do so.  I'm very grateful to have this space, but I would never stop creating if I did not have it.