East of Enid Avenue...

The Year of the Horse...

Happy Lunar New Year to all! 2014 is the Year of the Horse. Which means. This is my year! And I believe that. Within the past 24 hours, there have been three significant changes in my life: a death, a loss and a new beginning. And all of that within 24 hours. Year of the Horse - I welcome you! 

 

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Here I am...

That was a hiatus. I'm sorry little blog. But I'm back now, not quite in fine form yet, but trying hard to get there.

Bear with me. I promise it will be better.

xo

Thought For Today...

"Sometimes when things go sideways in life, you just have to place yourself in front of that big sky and say to the Universe "I'm still here" for the sake of soul and serenity. Often, it is in the simplest actions that we are given the sweet gift of small assurances and resplendent remedy."

~Jillian Nason-Chow

Speak out to the sky. Sit under the weeping willow. Lay beside the lake shore. Walk along the edge of the brook, whiserping "I believe in you. I don't know where you are trying to get to, but I know that you are doing your best to get there." In these moments, tell the universe your thoughts, your desires and your dreams. Softly affirm to the universe "I'm still here" for your own sake.

Simple, beautiful actions filled with assurance and remedy.

Cups of tea and loveliness to all...

 

Business Cards...

It's a start. Finally. It's a start. After 4 years of saying I was going to get my small but most awesome company up and running, I have finally ordered the business cards! Next stop...website.  Zerks!!! But also, exciting!!! My friend Carlin was my inspiration last evening, actually, when she said "J has a t'do (to-do) list and what is on that t'do list, she t'does!" Here's hoping I am able to live up to her lovely words of support and vote of confidence! 

Introducing the business cards for Enid Avenue created by Enid Avenue (front and back):

 

She & Him...

It's Valentimes Day (yes, you read that right...it's how I say it).  However, the song I am posting about today is not a lover's song, necessarily.  It's just one that I have been playing over and over...and over again.  

It's a cover by She & Him (Zooey Deschanel is my girl crush) and it's swoony kinds of lovely.  Since it's consistently in my life right now, I'm sharing it.  Enjoy!

 

 

Happy Christmas...

Wishing all mankind a beautiful peace on this happy day...

 

Another Audition - Take One...

Well, I am sending off another audition piece.  This time, it's to a group out of Calgary.  Fingers crossed!

I'm auditioning with Elvis Presley's Fools Rush In, but with a jazzy-type vocal.

Thanks for the positive thoughts! 

 

 

Can't Help Falling In Love

Tama Kieves...

So many of her quotes inspire me.  So many of her quotes push me beyond myself (thankfully). All of her quotes make me think.  And so, I share them with you...

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This is what I want for you. I want you to encourage yourself to stay with the process, stay in the unknown, take steps that no one else will applaud, and encourage and empower yourself. I want you to commit to the Grandness of Your Soul Expressed and to take every choppy, half-baked step to get there. I want you to know the nobility of floundering. This isn’t a walk on the red carpet. But it is a ride on a flying carpet. I want you to soar inside yourself because you know how frightened you are, and yet you’re still choosing the truth inside you, even on days when you can’t remember why. Dare to give yourself that wobble. Dare to give yourself the world...

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When you’re in fear, everything seems bigger than it is. So much feels troubling. Please don’t look to solve your problems from a distressed mind. Be kind to yourself. Connect to a Higher Love. Feeling love resolves more than any action...

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You can't judge people and touch their souls at the same time...

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No one taps into her deepest gifts through shame, guilt or anger. In fact, if you come from obligation, others smell the sadness in your blood and they will run the other way...

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Consciously let go of what tires you, and what inspires you will take its place...

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More Instagram Fun...

I suppose the title says it all, so...cheers!

 

Hi friend...

 

I'm a cat person. It is what it is...

 

I'm also a wine person. It is what it is...

 

Pretty pink roses to brighten a day...

 

Preach...

 

What my lunch would look like everyday if I could afford it...

 

What my lunch would look like everyday if I could afford it...

 

Happiness is...

 

Christmas music in October. It's what's happening...

 

And So...

 

 

Every year I say "I'm going to create, print and send out my own Christmas cards" and every year, that never happens, and I frantically run to the Superstore and pick out something that I adore, because I can't just send any old Christmas cards...they have to be moi-esque...it's a thing, but it's my thing and I deal with it.  Long, stupid story short...I get very upset with myself everytime I have to buy Christmas cards due to the ridiculous fact that I couldn't be arsed to find the time to create my own.  It was a vicious cycle.  This year, however, I said to myself "Self...what the blazes is your problem...seriously???".  And so, this brief, but poignant, discussion with myself led to sitting down and creating my own Christmas cards.  

Can I just say that getting something done that you want to get done (and have wanted to get done for years now) is one of THE best feelings - fact.  And while I'm certain they're not everyone's idea of a traditional Christmas card, they're definitely my kind of Christmas card, which makes sense as I am not a traditional person in the slightest.  I'm a colour lover and I'm not afraid to admit it! Also, I've been jonesing over the distressed look of items and stationary.  It makes it feel a bit more vintage, which I am also a massively  huge fan of - all things vintage.  Thankfully, Michael's now offers envelope selections in 5 x 5 so I won't even have to make my own envelopes.  Hurrah! 

I'll probably print them on a craft weighted paper and then post printing, I'll be adding yellow glitter to each of the card's star at the top, because in my world, glitter just makes a something that much better...although I'm pretty sure my Transglobal peeps are grimacing at me as I write and moms and teachers worldwide are likely throwing me the stink eye...moving on.

Et voila, the outside and then inside of the card...