Kickin It old Skool Blog-a-Thon --- Wishcasting

So appropriate to do some wishcasting on wednesday for the prompt of today's Kickin It Old Skool post.  I did wishcasting with Jamie for several years it seems like.  Its always been amazing.

I've been using the Oracle Deck that I am part of.  Yesterday I pulled a card called Fearless Joy. It is what I have been feeling about this whole project. Then this morning I pulled the same card.

For my wish I choose to keep this feeling.  To have more JOY in my life on a daily basis.  Its so easy to get caught up in the business of life and to forget to enjoy all those joyful moments.

To add to the joy I am hosting a Holiday Giveaway, make sure you enter before the 24th. Go to this post

Wish Casting Wednesday - What do you wish to attract?

When I saw what the topic for Wishcasting Wednesday was I knew I had to participate. Jamie asks us this question today. "What do you wish to attract?" The subject goes right along with the news I wanted to share today. So first I will share the news and then my wish for today.

On Monday I received my certification as a Kaizen-Muse Creativity Coach.  I started the program back in August so it been a long process but I am delighted that I have met all the requirements and can now hang up my coach sign and announce my new website. Plus I get this wonderful new badge.

Safe Harbor Creativity Coaching is the name I chose for my business.  I like to think that working with me is a sade place a place where you can work on your dreams, overcome procrastination, perfectionism and many of the other blocks to the creative process. You can check my site out here   I'd love to have you look at my new site and let me know what you think. I also have a Facebook page that you can find here.

Now to wishcasting and what I wish to attract, well with a new business starting up I want to attract customers.  I am looking for women who may be stuck in their art or writing or other creative dreams. Or women who have retired and thought they'd have all the time for there dreams and now they just don't know how to start. Or women who want to know what they are passionate about.  Or those who have started their dream and find themselves stuck, not knowing what to do next. I have a lot of skills to offer these women and I am so excited to be able to work with them. So I send out this wish today that they will find me.

To see what other wishcasters are doing today go here

Wishcasting Wednesday: What door do you wish to open?

On this wednesday the folks over at Jamie Ridler Studios are asking, What door do you wish to open?

I have a little trouble with this one because I have so many doors open that I feel scattered trying to do it all.  One thing that I have been noticing lately is my words. In my morning pages writings I try to mull things over to make sense of life and so forth and have found some of my words are wish-washy for lack of a better term. I tend to use words like perhaps, maybe, I guess etc.  They are not decisive at all.  I have been trying to change that but haven't made it yet.  So what does this have to do with doors opening and such.

I want to go through the door that makes me more decisive, more clear on the things I want to do and the fortitude to follow through with them.  

To see what others are wishing go here

Wishcasting Wednesday - What do you wish to take a break from

Today Jamie of Jamie Ridler Studios asks us What do you wish to take a break from?


I always like to go with my first thoughts on this one but decided to mull over the subject a little before settling on what I need a break from. It could have been worry or my to do list or any of a million other things. I have settled on health problems. I talked about problems with my feet before but I have also had problems with my blood pressure and then there is the arthritis I have in my index finger and the issue with losing weight and so forth. I don't talk about it because I don't want to create even more of it in my life. I definitely would like to take a break from it all. I'd love to just get up in the morning with boundless energy and be able to do whatever it is I choose with a healthy body and mind.

To see what others are wishing or to take part yourself you can go here.

Wishcasting Wednesday -What do you wish for your health

Jamie asks us today "What do you wish for your health?" I wish to transform it into something I want it to be. I have made many changes in my health recently but I just can't seem to grasp on to a good eating plan that I stick to.  I still grab for the comfort foot, still eat whatever the family eats, still don't plan my meals.  I would like a change of mindset that helps me make those changes that I want to but seem to resist.

To see what other wishers are doing go here

Some notes on the artwork. This is a page I did while camping last week.  The background was spray painted and then it was embellished with markers.  The strip on the right side was some paste paper I made a few years ago. I embellished it with markers to bring out some of the colors.  The words were printed on decorative scrapbook paper.

Wishcasting Wednesday What do you wish to know?

What do you wish to know? As I read some of the other participants I marvel how so many others have these lofty goals and mine always seem so personal.  Perhaps its the idea of think globally and act locally. Perhaps I can't think of the big picture of the world until my own little world is settled I am not sure if any of that makes sense.

Today Jamie asks us today "What do you wish to know?

Having said all that, now what is it I wish to know. I wish to know what I am doing wrong. I had a crisis in confidence last night.  That old demon of comparing what you are doing to what someone else is doing and always feeling like you come up in the lack department.

I know its stupid and silly and serves no one but it is something I do have to deal with. Its not that I envy this person or that I wish them bad luck or anything.  Its more that I see them having a piece of the pie so to speak and wonder when do I get mine.  So what is it that I am doing wrong or is it my focus that needs to be changed. After thinking about this for a bit, I realize my wish is not to know what I am doing wrong but perhaps what is it that I am doing right.  I like the idea of keeping the focus on the positive.  If I know what I am doing right, then my thinking is, if I just do more of that I will be on the right track.

So my wish for today is to know what I am doing right,  to be able to build on it and move forward into my dreams.

To see what other wishcasters are doing go here

Wishcasting Wednesday: What do you wish to transform?

On this Wednesday the lovely Jamie Ridler from Jamie Ridler Studios asks a simple question "What do you wish to transform?" My first thought was myself.  Then I thought why do we always want to fix ourselves; are we not just perfect the way we are.

As I thought further on the topic I though ok I want to transform my business self from a beginner who is just testing the waters to one who is extremely successful. I have vision where my classes are all filled to the brim, that I am helping other women to reach their creative potential, where the e-book I am writing sells well, where the creativity book I want to write is picked up by a publisher and is the next best book on the market.  My vision also includes taking the coaches training in August and creating a vibrant exciting practice.  I see all these things but they seem so far away.  I want to jump into a transformation machine where I can make all this happen with little doubt on my part.

So I guess I do want to transform myself in some ways.  I want to be more confident in what I am proposing and doing.  I want that little voice of doubt to go away, I want to stop being influenced by what others are doing. I want to be empowered by my desires and have the courage to take these steps I need to take to make it reality.

To see what other wishers are casting today or to join in yourself, go here

Wishcasting Wednesday How do you wish to be brave

For this week Jamie asks us How do you wish to be brave?  Well that is a good question for sure and so fitting for me lately.  I feel lots of change and also the old inner critic rearing its head, trying to hold me back.

Ever since I attended the Right Brainers in Business Summit my life had really changed.  I feel the creativity ideas coming to me like gang busters.  I am part of an awesome community of woman on the RBBP ning site.  Its a group that is sharing such wonderful information and helping and supporting one another. I really do feel blessed.

In the past few weeks, my online class went live, I created a mailing list and a newsletter, started developing a second class, posted my first interview on my blog, was interviewed by another blogger, put items in my etsy store and began work on an ebook.  With all that you wouldn't think I would need any bravery but alas not the truth, Sometimes it seems the more you do the louder that inner critic comes along and tries to sabotage you. I want to be brave in all aspects of my business and my life.  I second guess myself far to often.  I want the bravery and confidence to go forward with my dreams. For too many years I have gone forward two steps and then back three. I want that to end. I want to stop thinking about what everyone else is doing and just follow my own path with confidence. I am willing to let go of who I think I should be to become who I was meant to me. I know that person is so much more than I can imagine. I want to be brave enough to really dream BIG.

To see what other wishcasters are doing or to do some wishing yourself go here

Wishcasting Wednesday - How do you wish to sparkle

Its Wishcasting Wednesday and today Jamie asks us How do you wish to sparkle? As some of you may know Jamie has this awesome e-course starting soon called Sparkles hence the topic of todays wish.  Oh what fun.  I do wish to sparkle in all ways imaginable.  Today I actually do have a sparkle day.  If you head on over to Violette"s blog located here you will find an interview with yours truly.  Yes the Queen of Creativity was invited to say a few words over on her friends blog.  I hope you will take the time to check it out.

Now that is one way to sparkle, but I wish to do so not only in my business and creative life but in my personal life too. In the ways I dress and present myself to the world. I wish to be out there, to shine in every way possible.

To check out what other wishers are doing, go here   To see more about the Sparkles e course go here  There is also a chance to win some great prized if you sign up by the 24th.

Wishcasting Wednesday - What gifts do you wish to share

Today the lovely Jamie Ridler asks us today: What gifts do you wish to share.  Well Jamie usually asks the questions that seem so appropriate to one life in any given week. For me this week  I find it especially fitting. What gifts do I wish to share, for me its the love of art journaling, mixed media art and creativity in general, because I believe everyone is creative.

Let me take you back to October. I enrolled In Tamara Laporte's free class on Art and Healing.  During one of the exercises I  was focused on the phrase "the world needs your gifts" and did a journal page on it. Now this is something I have always known but this time I did something about it.

Do you remember few years back when all these artists started having their own social networks and offering online classes.  I thought that would be so cool to do.  I never acted on it, either due to fear or motivation.  After doing the page in Tam's class I said why not, the world needs my gifts.  So I opened a network on Ning. I was instantly busy so I didn't put that much effort in it at first.  I offered a space for people to congregate and challenges to get them exited and I promised future classes.

Well the future classes seemed to get farther and farther into the future as fear reared its ugly head. All those statements like who will sign up for a class with you, can you even teach, with all the other classes out there why even bother, you have no name recognition how are people going to find you, maybe you should just close your network and give up.  It didn't help matters when another blogger who was inspired by choice, started her own network and it seems oh so successful.

Staying with the vision is hard sometimes. You wonder, if I put all the effort out there and what if no one shows up.  I couldn't help thinking about Oprah when she made the movie Beloved an no one came to see it. Somehow I managed to shut down all the talk, to stick to the idea that the world does indeed need my gifts.  I learned all about iMovie and Vimeo and how to set up a class on Ning and how to work with paypal and more. I've put my little baby out there and now I have to trust that the Universe will send to me all those who need my gifts.

My class starts March 21 and I am so looking forward to sharing with all those wonderful souls who show up. Mixed Media 101 is just the beginning, I have ideas for a second class and maybe a third. Yes the world does need my gifts.

To see what other wishcrafters are wishing today, go here

Wishcasting Wednesday What limits do you wish to set?

Today for Wishcasting Wednesday Jamie Ridler asks us "What limits do you wish to set". What a great question and it is so true that you can not do it all.

This reminded me of a conversation I had yesterday. I was talking with my friend Jeff and he asked if I was working on a story.  I told him not right now. I went on to say that I was working on filming an online class and I really needed to put all my focus on it.  As a result I have to let other things slide.  So often I have so many things going on at the same that very little gets accomplished.  I have had to step back from doing what I normally do.

I set a goal for the project and I am going to fulfill it.  I decided on Sunday that I would finish filming all the videos that I needed by the end of the week.  I have a good start on accomplishing that goal because I did limit myself.  I have done less art and the books I am reading I put on hold.  I  really think that setting limits is essential to complete a big project in a timely manner.  To date I have 9 video's recorded and have about 6 more to do. I know I can do it.

Do you set limits for yourself when you need to?

To see what other wishcasters are doing or to join in yourself go here 

Wishcasting Wednesday What do you wish to dare?

Jamie over at Wishcasting Wednesday  asks us What do you wish to Dare? What a great question.  Jamie always comes up with a great question for these little exercises.

Today I wish to dare to be the real me.  To step out of what society and myself included thinks I should be.  I dare to have the confidence to pull off the class I am envisioning for my mixed media network.  There is so much out there already that I dare to think I can come up with someone that no one else is doing. I wish to take that leap that makes it a reality.  To see what other wishcasters are doing go here.


I've also been playing some in the studio today. I felt like playing with paper scraps today. Instead of making stitched paper.  I just drew a grid and glued down scraps.

 I loved the colors in this page so I took a picture to use the background at a future time.  Then when I started looking for images to enhance the page I was stuck on two so I thought why not do two pages at the same time

The colors reminded me of Spring and since we have sunshine today I am really longing for spring.  I wrote a little poem and added it to the piece.  I used soft pastels to color the papers and outlined it all in black marker.

On the second one, I added the image and wrote a poem and colored it with pastels. This one I outlined in charcoal. The xeroxed copy was shorter on one side so I  stitched some fabric on the edge. I have used backgrounds more than once before but this was the first time I did it at the same time. This was so much fun I may have to play with this background some more.

Wishcasting Wednesday How do you wish to grow older

Jamie asks us today  "How do you wish to grow older" If it had been any other Wednesday I would write a post about living authentically.  Grabbing life by the horns and hanging on for a wild ride. Today my wish is just to be able to grow older.  I just heard the news that my dear glitter sister and blogger friend Ninnie's cancer has spread to her bones and her brain. With this heartbreaking news and having had my own bout with cancer recently.  My wish is to have the privilege to grow older.  Sure I still want that fulfilled life but to be honest I think I am already living it.  I just want to explore it a whole lot longer.

To see what others are wishing today go here

Wishcasting Wednesday What do you wish to enjoy?

Its Wishcasting Wednesday and since Jamie has been out of town at a wedding I wasn't sure if she was going to be posting today or not.  Since she is back now we get to wish.  So the question of the day is What do you wish to enjoy?

No question about it I wish to enjoy doing Nanowrimo this time. Now I really do enjoy it or I would not be doing it for the fifth time. It is more that I wish for less stress about the whole novel writing process.  I wish to get a grasp on what this story is really about.  I wish to have fun with it and not take it too seriously. I wish for the ideas to come easily and that I  just enjoy discovering what its to be.

What do you wish to enjoy?  Come join in here and see what others are wishing today!

Wishcasting Wednesday What do you wish to shed?

Its time for Wishcasting Wednesday and today Jamie asks What do you wish to shed?

Oh this is an easy one.  i wish to shed any limiting beliefs about myself, my goals and aspirations.  I just undertook a big leap and opened my own network so I wish to shed any limiting beliefs that may now creep in.  I want to have confidence that this is the right path for me.

Next week Nanowrimo starts so I need all the courage I can muster.  I wish to shed any beliefs that limit my ability in this project too.  I want to know I can do it and feel confident in my undertaking.

To see what others are wishing this week go here

In this journal page I pulled out some found art. I thought I would leave them faceless and then started putting faces on the women and they looked really funky so I covered them up again. I am not sure what this means but it was interesting to paint.

This is my contribution to the Creative Challenge over at my ning site. The sunflowers are napkins that I added over acrylic paint.  To participate in the challenge head over to my network.

Wishcasting Wednesday - What do you wish to fly free from?

The lovely Jamie Ridler asks us today What to you wish to fly free from? As per usual Jamie always ask great questions.

I wish to fly free from all the shoulds in my life

all the expectations that I set for myself

one week it may be exercise every day and then

it turns into a chore that I resent.

Or it might be doing Art everyday

sometimes the commitment becomes too much

and I tend to stress about it.

I want to be able to do the things I love

without conditions

To see what others are wishing today go here

Wishcasting Wednesday - What do you wish to step into?

Every week Jamie of Jamie Ridler Studios poses a question. Some weeks I like to play along.  Her question this week is: What do you wish to step into?

As usual Jamie gave us a great question to answer. At first I thought of this is easy, I want to step into my new life. The problem is I just do not know what that new life is. Sure I have these vague dreams that I want to be a published author or a better artist but then what comes after that. I really do not know what my dreams are anymore.

So maybe I want to step in to my dreams, I want to be excited about something. I want to fall into bed exhausted and wake up with excitement. I want to know true bliss. I want to explore the possibilities out there and I want to dream big and then live that dream. But alas where to begin...

To see what other wishcasters are wishing for go here

Wishcasting Wednesday -What do you wish for an abundance of?

You can be a maker of magic and a tender of wishes. That is what Jamie says every week and this week is no exception.


This Week she asks; What do you wish for an abundance of?   Well my first thought is money. Sorry to be so materialistic but right now it just seems like it would be wonderful to have enough to take all the classes I want, to travel if I want to not have to weigh the fact if I take this class then I am taking money away from something else. What am I willing to give up to do what I think I might want to do? Its a hard dilemma and one I struggle with. 


Then I thought oh I would like an abundance of time too! I have been mulling on how I want to spend my time now.  When you have a serious illness and its now over with you really start thinking on how you want to live your life differently. 

Now last week I started doing my Yoga DVD and I did it 6 days out of the 7 of that week.  That told me if I really commit to something I can do it.  Now by doing that I was to tired to go for a walk, but I want to be able to take walks too.  Then I really want to start meditating again and have free dance sessions at my house.  I also am doing some bit of Art everyday. Then there is the sewing I want to do and the little kimono quilt to finish and working on a novel and what happened to that creativity book I was going to write. All of that doesn't include that my house needs a major cleaning and I want to reconnect with friends and yada yada  it goes on and on

I am sure all your lives are pretty much the same. It all comes down to choices, we make choices everyday for the time we have.  Some days I feel the time just whisk on by and others it seems like I have done quite a few things on the list and I am feeling great. I don't know what the difference between any of these days is.  Do I really have more time or is my time more focused or am I putting the gremlins at bay on those happy productive days.


It seems like both of my wishes for more money and time are all about making choices and it seems like if I had these things the choices would be easier to make.  Perhaps I just need to be grateful that I have choices after all.


To see what other wishcasters are doing go here

Wishcasting Wednesday - How do you wish to come out of your shell

I wasn't going to play along with the Wishcrafters today but changed my mind as I often do.  Today Jamie asks the question.

 How do you wish to come out of your shell?

My first thoughts were well I think I am pretty much out of my shell but perhaps not as much as I think.

In my work with the Creative Awakenings Book my intention for this  month is to  be a fearless artist. I think that coming out of my shell really relates to this also.  I think I have pigeon holed myself into this one space, where I play at art but am not really serious about it. I want to break out of my self imposed view of who I am as an artist. I want to be bolder, to take more risks, be more confident.

On that note here is my latest painting. This was done on canvas board and was an old painting I never finished. She started out as a blond and then a redhead before she became a brunette. Its amazing how much a painting could change.  When I would get frustrated with it I just tried to remember what my friend Zorana said in one of her videos. Its all about playing with paint and having fun and that is what really happened with this piece.

To see what other wishes are being cast today go here

Wishcasting Wednesday -How do you wish to nourish your self

For today's Wishcasting Jamie asks us the simple question,  How do wish to nourish yourself. Since I go in for surgery on Friday I wish to nourish the self by totally healing  my body and my mind and spirit too.  Having a hysterectomy is something that many women go through and I seem to get that the process entails so much more than just the the physical surgery part.

I have done my best to prepare for lots of downtime and soul searching and releasing that will happen in the next few months.  I am embracing that process in the only way I know how but am open to new thoughts and ideas that I know will come.

I choose this wish today to foster the idea that nourishing the self is not something we do when something goes wrong but becomes part of our everday existence like brushing our teeth. I wish to make new choices that honor me as a woman as a spiritual being, that serve me and those around me. I wish for more experiences of bliss.

You can be a maker of magic and a tender of wishes. It’s easy. Answer the wish prompt above on your blog and then add it to others here