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I kind of disconnected this week-end. We were hiking in the mountain, we visited friends in another mountain, we celebrated birthdays, we just enjoyed being alive and the beauty of our beautiful Province. So I don’t feel any guilt for not having been there. I missed you, though 🙂

Most of you already know the gorgeous Leonie, aka Goddess Leonie. She’s an Aussie, she’s a woman, a goddess, a mama, a sister, a dreamer, a daughter, a lover, a teacher, a muse… She’s awesome !

And to prove it, she proposes us something that let me jaw dropped, litterally: one year of goodies. Here is how she sums it up:

Goddess Circle membership will give you access to everything I’ve already created – and all the things I will create for the next year – so you can use them again and again to not just discover the goddess in you, but keep connecting with her wisdom, creativity, joy and love.

All up, you’ll get over $600 of my goodies – for only $99.

Yes, your eyes read it right. For only $99, you’ll get access to everything Leonie created PLUS everything she WILL create during the year. Isn’t that wonderful and generous and genius ?

She explains it all in this video:

And if I’m right, she is planning to build a discussion forum so we’ll be able to share and cheer up with each other. How cool is this ?

It’s definately on my list of things I will sign up as soon as I can. I signed up for her affiliate program because I like to share what i love and earning some dollars by encouraging people to discover their truth(s) allows me to continue on my healing and creative path (by attending workshops and buying books).
I am honest with you: if you sign up for Leonie’s Goddess Circle by my link, I’ll get a comission so I’ll be able to access to it myself (it’s my goal).

You can buy it via the link above, or by clicking on the button located in my right sidebar 🙂

Gratitude Friday is a weekly ritual I started in order to focus on all the small and big positive things that happened during my week. I invite you to join me, you’ll see how much being thankful can change your life. If you want to know more about it, read my introduction post.

As I already told you (i think), my brother-in-law is currently in vacation here. It’s pleasant to have him with us.

This week, I want to focus my Gratitude on all these little gifts we receive daily. May it be given by someone or simply by the Universe. Because all gifts are not necessarily material ones; and that I tend to forget this. So today’s Gratitude Friday is like a reminder.

➪ Thank you for the night dreams I have. Sometimes they’re blurry, sometimes I don’t remember them after my second wake up, but they’re always a way of learning and discovery.
➪ Thank you for the beautiful birthday day my Grenouille had. She’s already 5, she’ll be in kindergarten this year. She loved her day, and we celebrated her as she deserves it.
➪ Thank you for the emails I receive and answer back, always cheering (I give so I receive and the more I receive the more I give). I build new relationships, rediscover some old ones and I enjoy it very much.
➪ Thanks for the end-of-summer rides we do in family. And thank you because my Cheridoo is falling in love again with photography.

UBC Botanical Garden, photo by Moi

➪ Thank you for the lessons learned the hard way, in my daily life. Negativity always brings a dose of positivity.
➪ Thank you to the Universe for putting a kind man in the life of my Sweetie Pea. I am so happy for her.
➪ Thank you for the kindness of the ambulancemen that took care of us. Thank you because there was more fear than harm.
➪ Thank you for the gifts my daughters received from our neighbour B.
➪ Thank you because Koala finally got a place in the preschool we wanted (located in the same building the the school her daughter will be). It’ll only be a few hours a week -5- but it will be for the best for everyone. The waiting list was huge and we really didn’t expect she’d get a place this soon. So thank you !
➪ Thank you to the Universe for the Universe i receive everyday. I understand now what I read someday: that we can access inspiration anytime, it’s inside us, we just have to find the way to it. Being open to was surrounds me is my new mojo.
➪ Thank you for the unexpected opportunities I have to look back at my past and to realize that I do have accomplished some positive things during the last ten years.

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Today is the welcome back of my Inspiration Mondays. Everybody with me: “yeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah“. I know I know, the last one was ages ago. I want to do it on a more regular basis, especially with all the goodness I want to share with you.

You know how much I love Samantha Kira, aka Journal Girl, right ? She’s currently very active: a weekly vlog on uStream (every tuesday, at 5pm Pacific Time), she just launched HodgePodge which is a huge e-zine in 4 parts, she is moving in the other side of the US soon, she journals, she paints… wow ! And she found the time to create something awesome: the Secret Art Pen-Pal Swap.

Do you remember when you were a kid and that you exchanged snail mails with other kids you didn’t know “for real” ? I loved it, and don’t tell anyone but this is how I fell in love with Canada 😉
I really miss receiving snail mails. I remember how excited I was to go to my mailbox everyday and check if someone sent me a letter (and I still am, but except bills… we don’t receive lots of personal letters).

It’s free (you just have to pay the shipping), and it’s simple: you create something (6×6 maximum) and you write an handwritten encouraging letter to someone that also signed up. And this person will do the same for you. You’ll make someone’s really happy.

When you sign up, you answer a few questions so your paypal will know you a little bit better.

Samantha describes it better than me:

This swap has two parts:

Create a piece of art.

It can be any of the following:

ATC
Tag
Journal Page

Pretty much anything 6”x6” and under and flat.

(No canvases or boxes, unless you’re okay with paying extra postage.)

Write a letter.

Be encouraging. Write about life lessons you’ve learned, tips and tricks dealing with art and life, send a favorite recipe. Your letter doesn’t have to be about art, but it should be uplifting and loving.

I am so exciting to know who I am paired with ! Last time I heard about it, we were 57 people. Fifty-seven !!!!!!!!

You have until August 30th to sign up. And when you know the identity of your pen-pal, you have until September 20th (my birthdayyyyyyyyyyyy) to send it.
But only do it if you are sure you can, of course.

So, are you in ?

I think I’ll never say too much how my BIG experience is affecting who I am. I am no longer affraid to say that yes, is some way or another, I am an artist.

And I realize that you don’t have to sell artwork that worth billions of money to BE an artist. Even people who don’t paint, or draw, or sculpt, are artists.

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A few weeks ago, Connie shared a moving text where she declared her artist self. And each of us did the same afterwards. I read so many beautiful statements that tears fell off of my eyes many times.

I wanted more than words, something I can look at when the Gremlins attack and cast doubt about it.

I took a big poster board and just started to create. I had no idea what it’ll be. I just knew I had to do it. So it’s not pretty. It’s not the most beautiful artwork I’ve created. But I like it. Because I am not perfect.

And you know what ? I recorded it, i always keep somewhere in my head what Kerri told me once: “always record, you can always erase if you don’t like it” 😉 Very good advice, isn’t it !

It says:

My Artist Statement.
I am an artist because I say so
I am an artist because I create my life everyday
I am an artist because I feel I am my self whith paint on my hands
I am an artist because I collect art supply instead of shoes
I am an artist because I am BIG & FEARLESS
I am an artist because when I see skies, I imagine them on canvas
I am an artist because I’m proud to keep (tons of) diaries
I am an artist because it flows in my veins
I am an artist because I fill my walls with MY canvases

Of course, this list can go on and on.

I’m sorry, I had some issues while editing the video, it’s not the best quality but I really wanted to share it with you 🙂 Here it is:

PS: there is still room for you in the next tribe of BIG, so have a look, if you want to experience something you’d never imagine so juicy and so life-changing. No need to be an experienced painter to join. Read more about it here.

Gratitude Friday is a weekly ritual I started in order to focus on all the small and big positive things that happened during my week. I invite you to join me, you’ll see how much being thankful can change your life. If you want to know more about it, read my introduction post.

A new week is ending, again…

Today, my brother-in-law arrives from France for a 2week vacation with us; he was our first visitor last year and we’re more than happy that he’s spending his vacations with us, and that he’ll be there for Grenouille’s birthday next week.

Thank you to the Sun that still warms me despite some cloudy rainy days this week. I read several times yesterday “autumn is there”, I like fall but I want to enjoy every bits of Sun I can have because soon, the rain will be there non stop for months.

Thank you to my Lover, who takes some time every evening to work on my soon-to-be-launched shop, and for redesigning my blog/website.

Thank you Paola, for taking some precious time to waving a hi to me while she’s spending a vacation week with her family.

I’m very thankful to all the people who take part in my projects, like Gratitude Friday, and take some of their time to share. I can’t wait to tell you more about my big secret project 😀

Thank you to my fellow Art Journalers at Art Journal Love Letters, for this week chat. I love the energy flowing there, and I was able to witness the bloom of what will be absolutely wonderful, powerful, giganormous (go Lisa ! DO IT !!!).

Thank you for everything I receive. I learn everyday to enjoy what the Universe brings in my life, small as well as big, positive and negative. Eventually, it’s all good. It makes me stronger.

Thank you in advance to all of the wonderful people that will take a leap in their creative business buy buying Kelly Rae’s ebooks, via my affiliate link so I’ll earn a little bit of money to invest in my shop (you can read my thoughts about this awesome class here)

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