These 'sweet babes' ready to get into hands and hearts to inspire and uplift! 🌟 Have a peeksey; link in bio ☝️
Inspirational card collections perfect for friends, family and kids; all handmade with love from my heart through my hands created in a place I love; Oaxaca, México - between the coastlines and mountains of Southern México where the creativity flows like the ocean and the inspo is as high as the mountain peaks ⛰️ ❤️ 🫶
An exciting new endeavor has begun! 🌟
ETSY STORE IS LIVE ❤️ See link in bio to order!
A Handful of Card Collections ready to get out into the world to uplift, inspire and touch hearts.
All handmade; from my heart through my hands 🫶
This whole chapter and 'rebrand' is like a rebirth and homecoming to the authentic "ME" and a deep love and passion for art, animals and nature that has always been inside of me; just waiting for the right time to bloom again 🌼 🌷 🌹 ⚜️ 🌺 🌼 🌷 🌹 ⚜️ 🌺
#etsy #etsyshop #handmade #etsyseller #etsysellersofinstagram #smallbusiness #shopsmall #art #etsyfinds #supportsmallbusiness #etsystore #passion #inspiration #love #shoplocal #vintage #etsyhandmade #watercolor #giftideas #handmadewithlove #artist #gift #etsygifts #diy #design #etsylove
Their IN!!! 💃 💌
My Inspirational Card Collections are in a storefront! Thanks to my brother for the connect with Chris Thomas at The She Shed in Cleveland, MN! ❤️ 🫶
Open Friday evenings and Saturdays!!
Etsy store almost done for online orders ❤️
This new chapter is starting to bloom 🌼 🌷 🌹 ⚜️
#grateful
The "Colorado Best Friends" Collection is here! With Dax the dog representing his amigos! 🐕
SPRING LAUNCH SALE- 10% off orders placed through end of May; just DM me! (Etsy store creation in the works! 🌟) (6 pack at 10% off = $26.95 + shipping for the sale (normally $29.95) 🐕
This collection, created from my heart through my hands, was inspired by my besties of Colorado and their furry babes and the unique and wild adventures we have shared! ⛰️ 🐕 🌞 🌊
The messages inside are tailored to the best of friends who aren't afraid to get a lil dirty along the way, ramble the mountains, the rivers, and explore horizons beyond the ones we know ❤️
Featuring the most beautiful furry babes and fave places of Colorado where I have lived and played for years with my besties- oh how I am missing ya'll! 🫶
PANCHO: SAN JUAN MTS; RICO, CO (XIMENA)
IVY JUNE: SJM; DURANGO, CO @lashleyberutich
RAMPAGE: ELK MOUNTAINS, CRESTED BUTTE,CO @christie11108
SIMON & NANDI: ELK MTS, CRESTED BUTTE, CO (MAYME)
REGGIE (the birthday boy!) ElK MTS, CRESTED Butte, CO
GRETTA: SJM, DURANGO, CO: @liljstewie
Until we play again; keeping the memories, the joy, the beauty and the love of friendship, adventures with the 4 legged fur babes alive through this creative expression of love for art and creative expressions ❤️
Love, yours truly; 💋 🌹 💃
After months of creating these sweet and soulful animal & nature inspired "Collections" - from my heart through my hands, in Oaxaca, Mexico; they arrived today ❤️
Excited to get them into shops here in MINNIE, Colorado and Oaxaca! Will be uploading them to my Etsy shop too!
Celebrated with a swim and a paddleboard with my dad and Dax the dog 🐕 ❤️ 🫶
Trianing for a triatholon in Duluth in August; Day 1 swim training ✔️
What a perfect day with the full moon shinin bright this eve; The Flower Moon - heard its a pretty powerful one ✴️
Really enjoying Springtime energy and the beauty of all the blooms; inside and out.
🌼 🌷 🌹 ⚜️ 🌺 🌼 🌷 🌹 ⚜️ 🌼 🌷 🌹 ⚜️ 🌺 🌼 🌷
La Primavera; floreciendo 🌼 🌷 🌹 ⚜️ 🌺
Spring; in full bloom 🌼 🌅 🌷
#spring #bloom #sweet #happy #roots #family
We are SO CLOSE to bringing this story to full life and expression 🌟 The past 6 months have offered a beautiful and creative journey to say the least!
Writing and illustrating a childrens book while living in Oaxaca, Mexico has been an absolute dream as well as working with the digital and publishing magical maker @amypatee on this creative endeavor.
The book is all about the infinite possibilities that surround us, the miracles awaiting, hope and the power of love, healing and transformation.
This journey has been filled with all of that and we are so stoked to share this story with the world; to uplift, inspire and keep spreading the love.
Publishing happening SOON! Stay tuned! 🌟
Will be available on Amazon; US & México ❤️
Bilingual; English & Español 🫶
🐕 ❤️ 🫶
2nd chance stories blog #4; Luna Love 💕
This one will likely make you cry; and also spark hope that there are good people out there who can help these babes love again; heal and have their 2nd chance. Thanks to Servino who took her and her sister in for safety and refuge and @dogsofpuertoangel and all the kind people on the Oaxacan Coast who are part of the animal rescue team @dogstal_mazunte.
If you want to support anynof these sweet babes, read their story and check out @dogsofpuertoangel
And how they are helping the 4 legged furry sweet babes on the coast of Oaxaca.
See link in bio to read Luna Loves 2nd chance story 🐕
Blog #4- 5/2/2024
La Tentación; absolute fave place to dance the latin beats; Salsa, Cumbia, Bachata... mmmmm
With these lady loves; what an eve ❤️ 🫶 @cantaheyjude
@lo.surinsta
@amandinefulchiron
#oaxacateamo❤️
“You can do something big or you can do something small because whatever you do…. it’s better than nothing at all.” ❤️
Fellow animal lovers; check out the 3rd blog post for 2nd Chance Stories highlighting "Dogs of Puerto Angel", an animal rescue organization led by Claudia Mammet from South Africa 🫶
I found my 'tribe' of fellow animal lovers here on the Southern Coast of Oaxaca and am stoked to amplify the voices of those who need an amplification of their "woofs, barks, yelps, growls, purrs and meadows". See link in bio to read latest blog post!☝️
Exciting day ✴️ We're reviewing final edits to submit "The Stories of Osa Magik; Believe in Miracles" today and final details to submit to Amazon for test copy for this Children's book to COME TO LIFE 🌟 (will be bilingual in English and Spanish)
Snippets here of the place, space and four legged friends that inspired this story of magik ✴️
Based on a true story from my time working in Costa Rica last fall with @amypatee as Yoga Teachers + Gardening and puppy patrol (guardians and trainers) where their little lives went from "doom and gloom to thriving and living their best lives" (a parallel to my own human story ❤️)
This story isn't just for kids; it’s a story of hope, love, healing, miracles and transformation for anyone who has gone "through it" from the pandemic or at any point in their lives;
It will plant hope in your heart that at any moment; anything and everything can change and that miracles await us all; there is beauty in the "magik" of this life.
Forever "thank you" to @amypatee for your friendship and for your YES to partner this project of love and joy to create a book to uplift and inspire; people of all ages; the littles, the bigs and inbetween ❤️
Stay tuned ya'll; story coming soon to Amazon US & México! ✴️
NEW COLLECTION! ❤️ The "Colorado Best Friends" Fun & Inspiring Greeting Cards for your bestie who loves those mountain adventures with their 4 legged loves!
Coming soon to pop up shop and the @sheshedofcleveland in MN! Looking for shops in Colorado to put these babes in for sale- hit me up if you have any leads 🤩
All for the love of dogs, art, friends and adventures! ❤️
Trusting in the flow of what's "meant to be"; 🌊
This post is for anyone in need of an inspiring reminder of this;
Really leaning into this one myself and believing that what is "ours" won't pass us; you, me, we ❤️ 🫶
Yesterday I had planned to offer a little workshop for families and kids to share "The Stories of Osa Magic and then teach an art class afterwards.
Well, the original plan didn't float at the space I had organized for it to be, as there were no sign-ups-
However;
The most beautiful things happened "organically" yesterday and the sharing, the connection and story telling still happened; in an unexpected (miraculous) kind of way 🌟
I decided to go finish painting the dogs for my new "Colorado Best Friends Collection" at my favorite organic market in Oaxaca; La Cosecha 🌿
I sat tucked behind the vendors and started setting up my paints and doggos! A group of kids (the kids of the beautiful workers and vendors) were back in this zone hanging out playing- after i set up they huddled around me asking to see what i was working on.
They kept coming over; asking questions, watching me paint, and even asking for my autograph which was the sweetest dang thing; i also asked for theirs and they offered me an art work piece they worked on together with their autographs ❤️
Finally; the ah-ha happened when i looked at the time; 3:30 - when the workshop I originally planned was going to start...and I went well hot damn- its ON; in a different way outside of planning and controling it;
I invited them over to see if they wanted to paint with me and hear the story & that was all she wrote!
They flocked to the table eagerly ❤️
This experience warmed my heart to the max!
And the bonus? I'm now collaborating with their moms about offering the workshop and story share, and possibly some books to sell at the market (bilingual stories of Osa Magik) at La Cosecha Market next year in the fall when I return from summer in the states.
Wha
Women have been coming together in "circles" for hundreds of years; an ancient practice and ritual for women to connect, share in safe space, be vulnerable; to learn from each other, to heal, to grow, expand and help each other rise and bear witness to the falls we take in life 🌊
What a gift and honor to co-create a space for this last night with @pamela_bmb and @cantaheyjude at Casa Ritual in Oaxaca, Mexico. A collaboratively created event; Cacao and Goddess Yoga Circle to honor the waning light of the recent Full Moon and keep this tradition, ritual, celebration and healing medicine of women coming together to connect deeper, to bear witness to each other and to support each others risings, fallings and everything in between.
To share the practice of Goddess Yoga to close was a true delight bringing in the medicine of sensual and sacred movement through a fusión of yoga & dance by amplifying the energy and encouraging the re-connection to that playful "inner child" - cackling, laughing and howling at the moon through this practice created by @goddessyogaholly for women to fully express themselves freely, experience liberation, freedom and FUN is one of my fave things to do!
We are stronger; together ❤️ 🫶
And when we ignite the "Goddess" within - watch out world! 🔥
From times of "doom & gloom" to "living one's best life"; this lil story being published soon isn't just for kids; but for anyone who's been through the "ringer" the past few years in any way (from the pandemic shakeup and beyond); ✴️
This ones for YOU- a story of hope, love, resiliency, healing and transformation;
"The Stories of Osa Magik" ❤️
A Childrens Book based on a true story; sparked by a womans healing journey (that woman being me ;), inspired by animals and nature, the power of connection (to ones heart, intuition, friendship and more) and the resiliency to keep going; never give up faith that in any moment; miracles can happen and everything can change; in the blink of an eye and beat of the heart.
We're close to publishing on Amazon! Thanks to @amypatee and her willingness to say YES to this project of love, for her incredible expertise around design and publishing and our continued friendship and connection after our time together working with these pups (and Destiny!) in Costa Rica 🌴 🌊
The 2nd community "story share" and kids music/movement/art workshop will take place this Saturday @almaraizorganicos in Jalatlaco, Oaxaca, Mexico from 3:30-5:30 pm. The 1st story share happened last week at the school in San Agustanillo with the little kids Ive been teaching art classes to the past few months ❤️
More community sharing to come in the U.S this summer ❤️
I am so grateful for this project of love, passion, creativity and spreading the message of hope, miracles and transformation through stories and experiences that uplife the human spirit ✴️
Pre-story time OSA MAGIK music, movement & dance to shake out the wiggles, connect and have fun!
Thanks to maestra Zury, the sweet loves and Pecas the dog for witnessing this story and vision come to life today ❤️ 🫶
Today was a special day; after months of working on a Children's book I wrote & illustrated; today the vision of sharing it came to life with sweet loves and Pecas the dog ❤️ 🐕
My vision was not only to write the story; but connect- live and in person with kids and families by offering workshops with movement/dance, breath, story and art. Today was super fun to share with the kids in San Agustanillo at the little school I offered some art classes to.
In a few minutes, @amypatee (the amazing and talented friend and partner in this project Im working with) and I will go through the rough digital draft to be able to get it up and ready for Amazon US & México.
It's a creation of love and a story of hope, miracles, resiliency, love and "life lessons" told thru the lense of dogs and puppies.
Ill be sharing more in the upcoming weeks before we publish!
So grateful for this wild life and for the courage to keep following my wild heart and dreams.. again and again ❤️
Today's morning Goddess Yoga Practice with these Beach loves;
Good reminder that came through having these goofs playing, flicking sand, sitting on me, biting/playing with me and each other, biting my dress and the strings, running & froliking all over and taking up ample space between the ocean and the coastline;
The big messages that came through on this one?
*Don't take yourself so damn seriously!
*Work hard; Play hard
*Love big and be messy with it (like flick sand and slober and your paws all over those you love, lol)
*Be big with your moves; own your place in this world and know you belong no matter how crazy the masses might think you are, lol
So grateful for these 4 legged furry babes that keep opening my heart to the simple joys and loves in lofe ❤️ 🫶
Happy Friday ya'll; get on out there and play your heart out like these wild beach dogs 🐕 🐶 ❤️
New fun and inspiring Collections coming soon! 🐕
The "LIFE'S A BEACH" Collection and "2nd Chance Stories" Collection will be available in May! (Online pop up shop + in shop stores: soon!)
Stay tuned! ❤️
Two 2nd chance stories will be featured next week to support @dogsofpuertoangel to amplify the "barks & meaows" in need of support on the Oaxacan Coast of México.
With love and in love with these creative pursuits and the 4 legged friends who fill my heart with such joy and love 💕
Ruben reminding me, "I can do hard things"
Showing me how it's done 😎
#coach #functionaltraining #wearestrongertogether
@blackcoachwellness