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Transformations in 2012

Well we are in to the year of 2012.  There is an energy in the air of shifts and changes.  It is the buzz and it is everywhere, around every corner, and within most people you meet, whether they realize it or not.  They may seem tired, or more energized, thought processes changing, letting go of the past, releasing limiting beliefs…yes there is a shift among us. 

I must say that in my last several years, I have had many such changes or shifts…looking at my old thought patterns and how I believe life is to be lived. I am living life at a slower pace, most days, learning to love and respect myself and see the amazing person that I have become, that I AM!!!  It has only taken almost 51 years, but hey better now that not ever.  I have gone so far as to go back to school and study Energy Medicine.  I spend time outdoors appreciating nature, and working magick on those that come into my booth.  I now wear bows and hats  in my very red hair, and laugh more than I have in a long time.  I also realize that not everyone will be in our lives forever and always, but we should be grateful for them while they are with us.   That everyone we meet brings us a gift, no matter how challenging that person can be.  I have also learned that I don’t have to please everyone, and if it continues to be difficult with relationships, sometimes you just have to walk away.  I have learned that we have to take care of ourselves, so that our cup is full enough to help others.  I have learned that I would rather live in the moment that is with me, than be in fear and not do what feels right to me.  I now know that regrets can’t be fixed, so don’t have any.  I know that we are either going to grow or get really stale…I am opting for continual growth, even if sometimes it brings tears or unhappiness…because once we get through those tears and that discomfort, guess what it is much happier and brighter on the other side.  BTW for those of you that don’t know…I will be 51 this month…so I am celebrating my new life with color, joy, bliss, happiness, laughter and love!!

I choose this tiger iron and garnet bracelet for this article…because this is about as grounding as a piece of jewelry can be.  If you are experiencing these shifts and changes, you just might want to be grounded.  Many hugs with much love to all…Randi

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Choices…

While walking on the beach today I was wondering what I would write about today.  Let’s start with it’s St. Patrick’s day…so Happy St. Patrick’s day to one and all.  Then I thought that I could write about the Renaissance festival that I will be at as a vendor this weekend.  Then I really took a look at my life and realized how much it has changed and that I could really write about anything.  Three years ago, I didn’t know what a blog was and now I write one.  I create very cool, natural stone jewelry,  photograph that jewelry, manage my site and which  includes doing all of the writings and description and uploading all of the work so that you can all view it.    My how things can changed.   I am reminded everyday that we have choices to have our own life.  Speaking of choices…it is show season for artist in Florida…and there are shows every weekend.  The question, which one(s) to do?  Last weekend I was at the Apollo Beach Manatee Arts festival.  While the weather was very cool in the morning, the days were awesome!!  It was a great show for so many reasons…some of the artist I had the pleasure to meet, the staff that worked tirelessly to put on the event, and the patrons themselves, and oh let’s not to mention the business!!  This weekend I have chosen to be a vendor at the Bay Area Renaissance festival.  So I will dress as a wench or something festive for their wine, romance and chocolate weekend and get to be a part of olden days…How wonderful this will be…choices!!  I will be showcasing my vintage collars this weekend like the one in the picture.  Choices…I am really glad that I have them and that I can enjoy them as well as this new life!!   I hope that you have choices and that you are taking advantage of them. Many hugs with much love to you all   ~Randi

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Kindness to ourselves…

The last couple of days have been very interesting…actually the year has been very interesting!!  Some of us barely made it through last year, one could say crawling out of it on our bellies.  Well we are now 6 weeks into 2011…WOW!!  I am one of those that really had to come through last year looking at where I had been and where I am going.  We really are what we want, and our words…they are a powerful tool…not to mention our thoughts!!  Our past is our past, and the future has not been written, and when we try to write it, well it might not turn out exactly how we thought it would.  All of that being said, let me tell you…being kind to yourself is the most valuable tool in being what you want to be. 

At the ripe young age of 50, I am finally figuring out all of this.  Lately the smile on my face has been huge…some would say that I am in love, some would say that my stress levels are down…some would just wonder…what am I up to??   Well let me tell you, my heart is happy because I am finally easy on myself, love who I am and what I am doing.  I am going to school, learning my new business and creating amazing jewelry.  We are what we want to be!!    I get to create beautiful pieces of jewelry and they get shown at all sorts of events.  I get to share them with lots of people and they create happiness to those who see them and take them home.    In all of this what I am learning is,   be kind to yourself and be what you want to be and do what you love to do and all the rest of it will come to you!!   I can also say that amazing friends will help you because they will remind you to be kind to yourself!   If you have the vision to do it and are not afraid of what you want to accomplish…  Yes you can be what you really want to be…!!    many hugs with much love…~Randi

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Balance and a Happy 2011!!

So the holidays are over, well for some of us they are.  Me personally I am getting ready to celebrate a year that I never thought in my younger days I would see!!!  Yep one of those wonderful milestones, as we call them when you get to these numbers…lol!!  I don’t understand why, oh yeah it’s that we made it through our stupid years, our years of I can do anything with no fear…where we ran at mock one or higher just to see if we could.  We had no balance.  Then once we realize that we either are or are not indestructible we hit the next phase or our life…the “Working World”.  Yikes, to some of us money and things become very important to us, we again run like the wind, hoping to set the world on fire with our talents, burning our selves at both ends and never finding the middle and of course looking for approval. We try to balance family, career and anything else that life seems to throw at us. With all of this comes the lessons and gifts of life, some very easy, some not so easy…the one that has escaped me until now, balance.  Finally after almost 50 years I am learning about balance, the lack of and the increasing search for it, and now that I am finding it, how it can change your life. I have found some pretty important things along my way, balance has become a very important one.  I wish that for all of you, you find balance in whatever it is you do…in this year of 2011!!  Many hugs with much love to all…

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Resolutions and regrets…

With most of the December holidays behind us, many of us are now moving towards the New Year.  I say many of us, because while most of us recognize January 1st as the beginning of the New Year many have New Year celebrations at other times of the year because of their religious beliefs.  No matter when you celebrate your New Year it comes with the thoughts of the year in passing…the changes, the challenges, the gifts, the people that are still in your life…and those that have left our lives for what ever reason.  The things you wished you had done, the accomplishments that you did get done, the things you wished you had said to that someone special or the things that you bit your tongue and walked away from. 

Regrets and resolutions…I have no regrets over the past year, and a great deal has changed for me.  There have been challanges, gifts, hurts and loves…but through it all I feel as though I have grown.  I have my list of resolutions started for January 1st, but then I always seem to add resolutions, usually  as my year passes I seem to have more and more to come and work on.   One of my big resolutions for this year will be to hold everyone I know and love in their highest and best light!!  For no matter what we think we see, we should not do anything but wish them to be the best they can be…and wish them goodness to be with them on what ever path they choose to take.  I choose a tiger iron and garnet bracelet to feature with this article…a very grounding bracelet that will help anyone to keep to their resolutions…many hugs with much love to all…~Randi

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