SMALL BUSINESS HOLIDAY SALE

A little early offering of Thanks to all of our amazing customers!  I won't be around tomorrow morning to share, so we decided to start our sale a little early.  Now through Monday you can get 20% off anything in our shops!  I already marked the Bohemian Collective magazine down on the site, so no need to use a code for it.  But make sure to use the code SHOPSMALL20 in our Roots & Feathers and Skyline Fever shops! 

Support small and handmade business for the holidays any chance you get!  I know there are alot of amazing deals out there this weekend, but try to keep local & handmade at the forefront of your mind.  Keeping the handmade community alive begins with each of us and our choices. 

So much love to everyone who has supported us along our path of creativity.  It means the world to us b/c without you guys, we would not exist!  We are so grateful and thankful for all of you! 

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PIECES OF HOME

The past few weeks I have been working on deeply cleaning out my home.  Part of my break down I had at the onset of my needing to take time off was with my home.  Being a Cancer girl, my home is my sanctuary, and when it is out of sorts, I am out of sorts mentally and emotionally.  The space I am highly reflects how I feel inside.  I was always so busy that it was hard to keep up with daily chores around the house and it just became a cycle that felt never ending.  I am working on creating an environment around me that will not be so much work, and a huge part of that is having less stuff.  Most of my 'stuff' is either pieces of nature or things that have a very sentimental value to me.  So this process has not been easy for me.  But I feel like I have made HUGE strides.

I moved several pieces of furniture around and this helped so much.  Literally swapping out two desks opened up the house so much.  It amazes me how something so simple can make such a difference.  The biggest change was moving the huge wall shelf my dad built from our backroom to our living room.  I was worried that 'adding' another piece of furniture would make it even more cluttered but it made all the difference in the world.  I will share pics of it soon b/c I am just over the moon happy with it!  It gave me a place to keep all of my pieces of nature and 'littles' that were just cluttering my desks. 

The whole process is taking quite a while and Ive just been allowing it to take as long as it needs.  I usually try to get things done asap, but I realized this method wasn't working out for me so well in the past.  I'm taking my time.  Going through each piece of paper.  Evaluating each little thing to see if I really need or want to keep it or if I can pass it on or let it go.  And coming up with new ways to store my collections of things, like the big jar of rocks above.  I made several smaller jars of things that are up on my shelf now too.  I'll take some time once I'm done to go through the things I changed and see what tips I can come up with to share with you guys.  I'm sure so many others have felt the same way I have in their spaces.  Something just shifted in me majorly that just wants peace and calm and no clutter.  Or at least organized clutter. 

THREADS // EMERALD + PUMPKIN

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outfit details:  sweater + shirt - f21 // pants // threadsence // scarf c/o elizabeth gillett // boots - blowfish shoes // copper bracelet - silk bone jewels // leather bracelet - flourish leather // turquoise ring - soliloquy jewelry // thunderbird ring - roots and feathers

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Hello monday!  Mondays are pretty much NO fun when you are sick but still have a long to do list.  Yesterday morning I woke up with the start of a soar throat, so I doctored myself all day long, and will continue to through the holiday season.  It's funny, I got sick a few days before Thanksgiving last year too!  My body must be on some sort of sick time schedule.  Ive got 3 solid days now before Thanksgiving to get myself back to normal. 

I wore this outfit above a week ago (seems so much longer than that) when we had errands to run in town.  I got my new glasses that day, which I have worn every day since!  I actually don't think I have even put my contacts in since I got them.  This outfit has a few of my favorite pieces Ive had in my closet for a while... besides the jewelry & scarf, none of these items are in stores anymore, at least I highly doubt it.  I think this sweater will be a timeless piece in my closet.  I love the way it looks with this scarf from Elizabeth Gillett.  The scarf is BIG and super thin and soft, so it could be worn a million ways.  It's so pretty, like an earthy watercolor painting... I'm really thinking about hanging it on my wall as a piece of art when I'm not wearing it. 

Oh, and that pretty mug... I wish I could remember the artists name.  I picked it up at a local art show several years back and lost her card.  It's the prettiest mug Ive ever seen though.

I'll be emailing the winners of the giveaways that have ended soon.  There are a few more still running that will be ending any day now, so make sure to enter before they are over.

DIVING INTO A DEVOTION OF GRATITUDE

I have permission to be quiet and still
to lay vertical on the earth below
allowing the song birds to sing me
into sweet reverie.

Swirling, I begin to dance
Flushed cheeks covered in thought kisses
from others I've tucked away
for moments like these.

I fall to my knees thanking him
for the hurt I allowed him to bring me,
and her, for the behind the back slurs.
I weave them into the blanket of lessons
I wrap around my bones,
giving myself comfort of the golden jewels
that were only wearing the masks of misfortune.

I choose Thanksgiving.

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A moment from my heart, prompted by Liberated Lines.  Join the movement here.  #liberatedlines

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