Inspired Life Lesson #1

Today is my first installment of Inspired Life Lessons...little things that you can do for yourself that will make you happier, more fulfilled and, hopefully, more inspired by the glorious world around us. Usually I will have one assignment for you to do each week that will be posted each Sunday. Some things will be simple questions that you need to answer (ok, they might not be that simple) in order for you to better understand yourself. Other things will be tasks that help you to see the real you, and other entries will be just for fun!

I hope that you will join me on this journey, as I too will be participating :) If you want to play along, leave me a comment and I will add you to the link list. Let's see how many will get up the gumption to take a good hard look at themselves!

So, here we are at Week #1.....

Your assignment is two fold this week

1. Turn the radio off in your car for one whole week and be silent on your way to and from work (or groceries, or getting the kids...however your life is positioned). You will be amazed what you can hear when you don't have a million things bombarding your brain, filling it with angst and fear.

2. Bring life into your home. Buy a plant from your local grocery store or go pick some wildflowers...anything that helps you to bring the outside in.

I look forward to hearing from all of you!

Inspired Life Lessons Week #2

Inspired Life Lessons Week #3

Inspired Life Lessons Week #4

Inspired Life Lessons Week #5

Couldn't Get This Out of My Head

This song woke me up out of a dead sleep the other day. It simply wouldn't stop coming...so I got up and wrote it down. I even have the melody in my head...one day I just might have enough courage to sing it for you :)

Close To Your Heart

Chorus:

So what if I want you

and I decide to haunt you

Like the shadows on the wall

and you begin to fall

So what if I need you

But my love bleeds you

Like the dry desert sands

While you're holding my hand

Close to your heart

Never knowing what to do

when life takes over for you

Growing in and out of love

with nowhere to go...

Supposing we met yesterday

filled with hope and destiny

How will I become

all that you need?

Chorus

I am open and I believe

We were still meant to be

Frozen here in time

Every mountain I must climb

Just to get next to you

Hoping for a chance

But the writings on the wall

And I begin to fall...

Chorus

So what if you need me

And finally you see me

Standing here by the wall

with nothing at all...

but love in my heart

as I'm holding your hand

Close to my heart

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Lyrics by Kasia Blue 2009

Textures of the Zoo~ and a Contest Too!

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#3 (plus, do you see anything else in this picture

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After a rather humid day at the Buffalo Zoo with my 6 year old, I sat down to look at all of the pictures that I had taken during the trip. Many were conventional ~ like giraffes, monkeys and a posing toucan ~ and others just made me go Wow, what a textured and tactile world we live in!

So, in the spirit of having a little fun, we're going to play a guessing game. If you can guess what each of the pictures represent you will have a chance to win a free Chrysanthemum ring from my Poetica Studio on Etsy. Please submit all of your entries as a comment on this post. If multiple people guess correctly, then a drawing will be held to determine the winner. Entries must be submitted by June 3, 2009. Winner will be announced on June 4th right here on my blog.

Have fun and good luck!!!! Some of them are hard because they may not be exactly what you might think :)

Feature Me ~ Again!

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My Delia Earrings have been featured today as the Item of the Day at Emmaline Bride, a bridal marketplace for all things handmade. Please visit them for more beautiful goodies!

Two in one day...so exciting :)

Feature Me!

Thanks to Reana from PapierBlue and the creator of a great new blog called wnyetsy for featuring my Never Promised You a Rose Garden bracelet from Poetica Studio shop today! Click here to visit my feature post and to see other great artists from around Western New York: http://wnyetsy.blogspot.com/2009/05/romantic-bohemian-gypsy-jewelry-by.html

How cool is that?

Inspire Me Mondays...Holiday

Holidays....things to Inspire you for the upcoming season.

I'm Inspired By:
The Wind in my Hair

Hues of Purple and Blue Abloom Everywhere

The Fresh Flavors Grown by Your Own Hands

Beauty and Abundance

Childlike play

The Promise of Cool Waters on a Hot Day

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Have a fun filled, flavorful and Inspiring Memorial Day!

Silence

Silence

fills my ears

empty and hollow

down the corridor

I hear you

rapping gently

on my window pane

I will not let you in

for you are strong

and I am weak

in the silence

of my heart

leading me astray

through the door

that surrenders

all reason

I will stay here

where I prefer

in Silence

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Picture is courtesy of http://www.pbase.com/, Prose by Kasia Blue