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Simply My Harvest LLC

Starting a new business?Wondering if your hobby is a business?Worry about whether you’re legal?
Simply MyHarvest – Starting Your New Business is just the e-course for you. Registration is open and class begins October 1st. Connie Rawlins is not only a Certified Public Accountant, but also a small business owner and a creative herself. In addition to simple explanations, worksheets, checklists and lots of examples, she will be available throughout the course AND for an additional FOUR WEEKS after the class. Get your business off to the right start!
Learn more here.Register here.
Simply My Harvest LLC is a series of financial e-courses created especially for creative entrepreneurs. These courses are designed to empower you and your business from your first steps to tax time and everything in between. Sign up for the newsletter to be the first of learn of new classes on bookkeeping, taxes and more. Visit today! 
You can connect with Connie through
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 Hello lovely Kelly Rae readers! I’m so happy to share my self-study e-course with you today — Photo Meditations: Infusing Your Images with Soul!
Photography is truly one of the great loves of my life, and when I say it’s like meditation for me, I mean that quite literally— taking photos calms me and connects me into the moment more than anything else. Photo Meditations is five delicious weeks of the inspirational and the practical, including: twice-weekly photo theory lessons and assignments, photo slideshows to inspire you, in-depth posts detailing how I shoot, interviews with the photographers who inspire me, a comprehensive resources section and a gorgeous ebook of the whole course on the last day!

I share everything I know about photography in this class, so if you're wanting to sink deeper into your photography and create images that carry more of your heart, please do consider joining up today!

Lots of love to you all,
Susannah xo

You can connect with Susannah through
Facebook  |  Twitter  |  Flickr


Garden Gallery Ironworks is a small family business located in the heart of Oregon's Willamette Valley. The family has grown and the business changed a lot since we started in 1981, but through all of the changes we have always loved finding great products and meeting amazing artists, like Kelly Rae.
It's a joy for us to offer Kelly Rae's product line from leading manufacturers such as Demdaco and Creative Co-op. And even if you don't live in the Portland area, you can get ALL of Kelly Rae's products in our online shop.

We're fully stocked and carry everything, including the new cuff bracelets, the new wall art, the amazing new mugs, the gorgeous new decorative plates, the new decorative girlies, and the new figures, and so much more. For all of you early shoppers, now is the time to stock up before inventory sells out, which happens every season.

While we are new to the online shopping world, we are committed to customer service and continuing to offer Kelly Rae Roberts incredible art work. Happy shopping!

You can connect with Garden Gallery Iron Works through
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Big thanks to my sponsors! I'm honored to highlight their offerings. If you are interested in becoming a sponsor you can find out more information here.

evidence of evolution: my blog over the years + giveaway winners announced!

I started this blog in 2005. Above is what it looked like in the Spring of 2006. And yes, that is one of my first paintings ever - major evidence of evolution. Thank goodness for forward motion. For progress. For dreams. 

Above is what this space looked like in 2007

And then again in 2008.

2009 brought a full-on overhaul.

2011 brought another blog renovation.

I'm a believer in looking back so we can see the evidence of progress. I also recently discovered this site that allows you to travel back in time and see what your sites (or any site, for that matter) looked like way back when. I have been thinking about my way back when lately, and seeking new ways of using that time for progress today. I've got a little something up my sleeve. Can't wait to share when the time is right. 
Sending out bravos to all of you today. For your progress. For your evolution. Keep moving forward. One small step at a time! 

And the giveaways go to...
One person will receive a spot in Eileen Nishi's {eye} wonder e-course. • Alenka said...creating makes me feel so free and happy.. really wish i get the spot :)
Three people will receive a vintage personalized bookplate from Oiseaux Vintage Paperie.• Maria E. said...Fabulous prizes. Thanks for the chance to win.  • Cathy said...Wow! I would love to win any of these offerings. Thanks for the chance! :)   • Jennifer Allison said...what a delicious treat..thanks for the opportunity!    One person will receive a spot in Mati and Willo's RE:CONNECT – Get Unstuck & Find Your Magic e-course.• soraya nulliah said...Thanks so much Kelly Rae-not only for giving us the chance to win but also for connecting us with such awesomeness:)  
Five people will receive signed copies of Kelly Rae's brand spankin' new 2013 full-size calendars. • Jialun Xu said...Amazing giveaways! You're so generous! Thank you so much.  • Abigail's Creative Journey said...Oh wow such amazing giveaways. Thank you for your generosity! :) It would be so fabulous to win any of them since they are such great gifts. :)  • Flor Larios Art said...What are my chances of winning? I have to have faith and dream big here! Thank you guys!  • Holly S said...Great giveaways...especially your calendar! I'd be honored to win anyone of these generous gifts. Thank you for the chance to win!  • Corinna said...I would love to have your calendar hanging in my home. I currently have 6 of your light switch covers and I LOVE them. They make me smile every time I turn a light on or off! :)     
Congratulations! If you see your name listed above please email us with your contact information so you can claim your prize.

Gorgeous Guest Post: Jen Louden, best-selling author and teacher

Kelly Rae: About once a month, I'll be featuring a guest writer  — someone with a big message to share. It's part of my new sponsorship program and I'm thrilled to have the incredibly wise, brave, authentic, charming Jennifer Louden share her wisdom with you today.
I am one of Jen's super fans, so it's a big honor to have her here in this space. I've read her books, I've followed her career, and I've marveled at how beautifully and candidly she inspires others. I've had the good luck to meet her once or twice, and both times I've left wanting more. She's one of those people you just want to be around and soak in their energy and wisdom.She is a great, effective, dazzling, loving teacher of life. Be prepared to have your socks knocked off today with what she's proposing we all do...she's giving us radical permission today and I LOVE everything about this post. Enjoy...

What Do You Serve? by Jen Louden
Go back in time with me now. 20 years. Imagine me, oh just a tad more youthful, in a classroom at Loyola Marymount college with 8 women teaching a workshop for the very first time. The sterile surroundings, my sweet earnest efforts to lead exercises and explorations in self-care. All the while, my inner voice was saying, "Do you think they can tell I have no friggin' idea what I'm doing and I have never done anything remotely like this before?"
Oh how eager I was that day to share that self-care is a human right, not something you earn because you are good, not something you do because it makes you a better mother, partner or person, but because you are alive. You're a human being who deserves love and care, no matter what you have accomplished today.

Oh how eager I also was to be loved. To be seen as a wise teacher. An expert. To be successful and special and do a good job.

And how I struggle – still struggle! – with exactly that.

I want to proclaim right here and right now, at Kelly Rae's beautiful home, there is nothing to be ashamed of if you want to teach or write or paint or knit for love. For attention. To be told "you are amazing." We all need and want to be loved. Heck, I want you to love these words I'm writing right now!

Here is what I know: as long as I make that need okay – approve of that need to be loved and special and successful – as long as I don't blacken it with shame and push it under the studio couch to molder, I'm golden.

If, however, I tell myself, "That's creepy, Jen: to want to teach so people like you and think you're cool," I'm sunk. I can't ever truly serve the way I wish.

I titled this post, "What do you serve?" I invite you to ask yourself that question – what comes up, off the top of your head?

I'll wait….

Your creative truth?

Your highest values?

God? Goddess?

Your family?

Being authentic?

Whatever came to you is beautiful and true, and the way to access that higher intention more of the time is to also embrace the fact you serve you . Your human, sometimes graspy and dented, needs. And yes, that includes your need for money to buy more art supplies and send your kid to a groovy school and attend retreats.

I imagine reading this it all feels pretty obvious and not so much of a big deal.

But next time you set out to teach – from the easy way to make a gel transfer to how to balance art and motherhood – or to share your creative work – listen in.

Is there a subtle conversation going on that if you were really a teacher or really an artist or really a spiritual being, you wouldn't need the kudos and money and great results?

That you would be utterly detached from all outcomes and neediness?

If so, tell that part of you: "Honey, stop it now. It's okay you really want to sell your retreat, sell out your show, get the great guest blog post. It's so much more than okay. It's gorgeous. Let me give you a big hug. You get to be served too, you know."

Because here is the truth, my dear reader: we serve it all. We serve our highest ideals, our lofty spiritual principles, and we serve our smaller human scales needs and desires.

And we can, when we make space and permission for it all.

Now I'm going to go put an arm around the part of myself that wants a zillion social media shares and glowing comments while reminding myself of my greater intention: to serve life.

If you liked this post and you have any interest in teaching anything, please check out TeachNow. the popular course I created with Fortune 100 executive trainer Michele Lisenbury Christensen. It contains about 187 very specific permission slips like – and unlike – this one, to be the very best world-server (and needs-server) you can be as teacher – of anything.

We're offering a super duper free class on September 19th on The Triple Bottom Line of Teaching: Contribution, Income, and Evolution. It'll will be chock full of learning and laughing and maybe a few snorts and presents too.

But wait, who is this Jen Louden person? I'm an author, teacher, and artist of life who helped launch the self-care movement with my first book The Woman’s Comfort Book. I've written five more, including The Woman's Retreat Book and The Life Organizer, that all together have inspired more than a million women in 9 languages. I've taught around the world on well-being and whole living, written a national magazine column, hosted a radio show host on Martha Stewart’s network, canoed 350 miles, written a unpublished novel, and sat on Oprah's couch talking about the power of retreats.
 

I'm getting married next year to my beloved Bob and my daughter is about to embark on her college adventure. Oh and I live on an island in Puget Sound, Washington just a bit north of Kelly Rae's amazing Portland.

Maybe most importantly is I know self-love + world-love can = wholeness for all.

You can connect with Jen (and her course!) through
Facebook  |  Twitter  |  Website

Hip Hip Hooray! Giveaways!

Once a month, I host one big day of giveaways brought to you by my awesome sponsors. It's like a virtual party with real life party favors and all you have to do is enter a comment to win today's treats. I'm also throwing in a few of my signed calendars into the mix today. Enjoy the party, friends!
Eileen Nishi - {eye} wonder workshops
The Giveaway:  We are giving away one spot in our popular photography e-course – {eye} wonder :: intuitive photography for everyday people ::

Come open your eyes . . . to a whole new photo experience! This class will teach you how to capture the beautiful images your inner-creative has been dreaming of – to document your life, share on your blog, & show off your Etsy products. You’ll get insight into taking pictures that tell a story while learning an amazing intuitive photography process through weekly lessons, videos, and creative homework assignments.

And . . . we include a bit of personal growth work just for good measure.

So much juicy-goodness has been poured into this class – you won’t want to miss it!

October 1st to November 2nd, 2012 Enter to Win!
This {eye} wonder workshop will be taught by Eileen Nishi – who has been described as . . . “a global waker in the making, inspiring and enlivening those around her through her many roles as insightful photographer + writer, loyal friend and devoted baseball mama.”

You can connect with Eileen through
Twitter  |  Blog



Oiseaux Vintage Paperie
The Giveaway:  I am happy to be giving away 3 sets of my Vintage Personalized Bookplates.

Hello there! My name is Shelley, and I am the designer and vintage enthusiast behind Oiseaux Vintage Paperie. My designs come from my personal collection of vintage books from the 1920's, most of which belonged to my grandparents, some of which I've found along the way in antique stores.

Bookplates were very popular back when books were rare and precious things; I have always loved them for their beauty and for their ability to make my favorite books "mine". Bookplates for children are especially wonderful because they instill a pride of ownership and a love of reading. A set of bookplates for a new baby is the perfect gift!

I am happy to be giving away 3 sets of my Vintage Personalized Bookplates. Please visit my shop and let us know in the comments which set you would choose, and what name you'd like on your bookplates. I will ship internationally, too. Good luck!

You can connect with Shelley through
Etsy
 

The Giveaway:  We are giving away a free spot in our RE:CONNECT – Get Unstuck & Find Your Magic ecourse!
We are artist Mati Rose and Creative Coach Willo O'Brien who have teamed up together to run an amazing ecourse called RE:CONNECT – Get Unstuck & Find Your Magic. In this 5-week course, we will be sharing what we’ve learned as artists and creative entrepreneurs in our journey to stay connected. We will also call upon the wisdom of some of our favorite artists, coaches and teachers, who are experts in their fields. It’s truly an honor to have their contributions, and be collaborating with them on delivering this valuable information to support other creative artists, makers, movers & shakers out there!

We’ll take you on a 5-week journey to get unstuck, and cultivate:
* more clarity around what you want
* more peace in your body
* more spaciousness in how you hold time
* more connection to your creativity
* more passion in all areas of your life

We hope you can join us!
You can connect with Mati Rose through   Twitter  |  Facebook  
You can connect with Willo through Twitter  |  Facebook
The Giveaway:  I'm giving away 5 signed copies of my brand spankin' new 2013 full-size calendars. Not only will it arrive signed by me, but each calendar comes with its own gift jacket, which we think is pretty darned special.
The 2013 wall calendars are better than ever, featuring new elegant linen embossed paper stock with 12 full-color images/gorgeous reproductions. We're giving away five of these signed babies so enter a comment to win!

If you'd prefer to get your calendar now, please click here to purchase.


Enter the Giveaways: Just leave a quick comment and you'll be entered to win all of these amazing giveaways! Comments will be closed Thursday, September 13th at midnight, and the winner will be announced a couple of days later. Be sure to sign up to receive our posts via email if you don't want to miss the announcement. 

one last invitation to listen to your dreams, your whispers, your life.

Okay, you guys.

Are you ready to be inspired?

Are you ready to take baby steps and big leaps toward your creative business dreams?

Are you ready to be embraced and surrounded by a community who will walk the journey alongside you, with you - and forever?

Are you ready to dream big, play big, and make a difference in the world with your art, your voice, your vision?

Now is the time. Now. Is. The. Time.


“Flying Lessons was fantastic. You went above and beyond. I have taken many classes/workshops but not one of them could even come close to the information/content you shared.”
This will be the last time I offer this ecourse. I am ready to let it go. Ready to set forth and set free the last round of flyers. I'm excited to watch the soaring, the community building, the dreams released.

It's going to be amazing. Thresholds will be crossed (for all of us). Life long friendships will be born. And real progress will be made. I am feeling so tender, but energized about it all. The tenderness comes from the realization that the content of this ecourse shares the intricacies of my creative biz journey from a time (not so long ago) when I had zero biz experience and zero art experience all the way through to today where I'm living inside a thriving art business that was created one small step at a time.

The same is possible for you.


“The content totally exploded my mind and continues to push me into all new places…Kelly is generous beyond belief. I wish I’d “met” Kelly when I was a fledgling business woman and yet there were still volumes to learn from her rich content. What I have learned is helping me to prioritize my creative business and stay true to my creative spirit.”
Miles and miles of all those baby steps have been compiled into years of experience...about websites, blogs, licensing, marketing, social networking, money, time management, success, failures, eshops, and so much more. It's all meant to be shared....with the intention to inspire other creatives to GO FOR IT. Because that is the kind of world I want to live in - one that is full of creative entrepreneurs doing what they love and succeeding in big ways.

The energy around registration has been ahhhmazing (thank you) and I'm just ready, ready, ready for it to start!

“I never dreamed that tips on how to grow my creative business would be so deeply touching and awaken inspiration that I never knew was asleep.”

(new decal skins - available here)

I've also been working (hard) on heavily updating the content so that everything is super relevant and indicative of today's web landscape. Particularly, a lot has changed in the world of blogs, websites, social networking, Etsy, and so much more since I first ran the course in 2010 - and it's all be updated to reflect those changes.

“I’ve taken many workshops and without a doubt your content has far surpassed any of them in terms of you giving us your heart and practical information to use. I’ve been a photographer while holding down a part-time job for awhile and just haven’t had the guts (fear?) to take it to the next level. This content has helped me realize “What am I waiting for?” I’ve got a logo concept going, next is a website redesign and finally to get a blog going. I now know I can do it to. I feel ready. Thank you!”
Come join us.

You won't be disappointed. Your creative business dreams will thank you. Your heart will thank you. Your children will thank you - we must, we MUST be the example for our children, our families, our friends. Permission granted. Follow your dreams all the way through. This course will help you make it happen. Promise.

XO and see you there. Class starts Sunday, Sept 16th. That's in one week, friends. So soon!

Weekend Spotlight Love

Weekend Spotlight Love is a weekly series that features my amazing sponsors. Want to reach 150,000+ Possibilitarians with your business message – every month? Become a Sponsor – all the details are right over here.

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Kat Eye Studio: Find Your Eye e-courses

You definitely do! You may not recognize it yet, but you have a unique vision of the world which shows up in your photography. Kat Eye Studio’s e-courses can help you find your style. Where most photography courses focus on the technical details, the Find Your Eye e-courses connect you with your heart and soul as a way to find your own creative vision. The courses are designed to increase your confidence and your love of photography as a means for personal expression. The added bonus? Along your journey you will have an amazing group of fellow travelers from around the world.

Photographer Kat Sloma believes to capture great images that speak to the heart, you need both soul and creative vision. Kat’s e courses are designed to connect your heart, eye and mind as you explore the world through your lens. Visit Kat Eye Studio to learn more about the Find Your Eye e-course registering now, along with Kat’s other blog series and online courses.

You can connect with Kat through
Facebook  |  Twitter  |  Blog
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Liz Lamoreux and the Be Present Retreats

This September, come along to the Pacific Northwest woods outside Seattle with Kelly Barton, Mindy Lacefield, and Liz Lamoreux as your guides at Unearth. This Be Present Retreat will be a heart-opening five-day experience that will hold space for truth, laughter, moments of quiet, and the opportunity to share your story.

During our time together, Kelly and Mindy will be co-teaching a three-day juicy, soulful painting workshop, and Liz will share some of her favorite creative self-care practices in topics like writing, self-portraiture, meditation, ritual, and everyday sacredness. There will be time for stories, time for recharging and rest, and time to connect with kindred spirits as you are tucked in by the fire at beautiful Frog Creek Lodge.

This is your invitation to spend time away from your daily roles in a place where you can just show up as you. Learn more details about the Unearth Retreat and register here.

You can connect with Liz through
Twitter   |  Blog   |  Etsy
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Derek at ArtfulDomains.com

Hey there!
We are a team of creative techies based around the world, dedicated to helping artful lovelies, like you, share your passion.

If you are an artist, photographer, designer, creative living enthusiast and want to get your website or blog up and running quickly, we are here to support you all the way.

We offer:
· Domain Name Registration – Get your unique web address· Website Builders – Use our easy step by step process to create your online presence· Dedicated Wordpress Hosting – Combine the greatness of Wordpress with our state of the art web hosting· 24/7/365 Immediate Support – Call us anytime for technical support and questions about our offerings. We look forward to helping you share your creative passion with the world.

Sincerely,

The Artful Domains Team!

You can connect with Artful Domains through
Website  |  Twitter
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Stephanie Levy / Creative Courage

Are you looking for an extra boost of creativity, courage, and motivation?
I'm Stephanie Levy, an American artist/illustrator living in Berlin, Germany, and I’d like to invite you to join Creative Courage – an inspiring e-course about finding, following, and realizing your creative dreams.

During our next session, September 24th - November 3rd (starting soon!), you'll get weekly videos, guest interviews, practical business tips and tools, plus encouragement and support from an international, creative community of women.

As a special bonus, twelve exceptional guests from around the world – Alena Hennessy, Victoria Smith, Lisa Sonora Beam, Alicia Paulson, Christine Mason Miller, Heather Moore, Arounna Khounnoraj, Patricia Zapata, Eleanor Mayrhofer, Heather Braun-Dahl, Candy Glendening, Susan Schwake – will join us to share their exclusive secrets on making art, publishing books, building online businesses, creating workshops and e-courses, starting galleries – and how to thrive as creative artists, designers, instructors, and authors.

Creative Courage is your personal invitation to 6 weeks of fun, color, inspiration, helpful tools, and resources to kick start your creative life.

I encourage you to register for the Creative Courage e-course, to open your mind and heart, and to start listening to your deepest, truest wishes for your life.

I hope you'll join us for this unique, creative adventure here .

xoxo Stephanie

You can connect with Stephanie through
Facebook  |  Twitter  |  Blog
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Big thanks to my sponsors! I'm honored to highlight their offerings. If you are interested in becoming a sponsor you can find out more information here.

new partnership with DecalGirl and a peek into the home decor line showroom

Hi friends,
I wanted to tell you about my brand new partnership with DecalGirl! They are the #1 decal/skin supplier in the world and I'm THRILLED to offer up 10 different skin designs for all of your gadget needs from cell phones, to readers, to computers, to media players and on and on.

Seriously. Just about any device.

Here are just a couple of the options:


Let's make our kindles and other readers gorgeous! 10 designs available!

Let's make our iPods beautiful! 10 different designs available.

And of course our laptops - let's make them happy and colorful and gorgeous! They even make keyboard skins! 


In other news, I also wanted to show you the summer showroom of my home decor line with Creative Co-op! 
Take a peek: 




Love!
Sometimes, all the time really, I want to pinch myself that all of this is real. That it's happening. That I get to do what I love. It is not lost on me that none of this would be possible without the layers and layers of people who make it happen, from wholesalers, to product developers, to showroom stylists, to retailers, to customers, to shippers, to the sales teams, and on and on and on. A HUGE VILLAGE. I am so thankful to my village and the community of people who make it all happen. 
And I'm just crazy crazy grateful to you for scooping it up and making it all so very worth it. Really. Thank you...a thousand times over. 
XO,Kelly Rae

The Possibilitarian Project: Tiffany Kirchner Dixon

The Possibilitarian Project is more than a blog series, it’s a movement. Because when you step forward as a Possibilitarian — and share the truth about how you created your beautifully messy, magnificently complicated & exquisitely joyful life and career — you give everyone else permission to dream bigger, be braver, and create what they want. And just like that, the impossible simply . . . . . isn’t.




What I love about this project is that Possibilitarians are nominated (By anyone! Do you have someone you'd like to nominate? Head over here). Today's story features Tiffany Kirchner Dixon who was nominated by someone who wrote in the following:

I have to nominate Tiffany, not only because she is so talented, has built a reputation as an exceptional photographer, is very professional to work with yet a sheer delight, has created a beautiful website and thriving business, but has accomplished all of that and so much more with a severely disabled child. For me, this would be an insurmountable obstacle that emotionally I am not certain I could ever personally rise above or ever be capable of. She has achieved so much while up against daily struggles, yet remains inspiring and gives to so many others. She is most certainly a Possibilitarian.

Get ready to be inspired....


::Roots::Who were you before you became a Possibilitarian? What was your ‘early’ career, or ‘previous life’?
Before I let go and became a "possibilitarian," I was very much a prisoner to judgement, criticism and putting the needs and wants of people I didn't even know ahead of my own family and friends. It was very much a life lesson I had to learn to leave the negative rut I was in in my late twenties and early thirties to become the self-confident and independent person I am now. I had several independent small business before my current career, and I believe I was not successful as I am now due to the fact that I had not really lived my passion but tried to "fit the mold" of what a wife, mother and young woman was meant to do.


::Dreams::What did you (secretly) long for, in that previous life?
In my PPL (pre-possibilitarian life :) I secretly longed to let my real personality show without the fear of judgement. I am a little quirky. I wanted to be able to wear a vintage prom dress to the grocery store. I wanted to wear flowers in my hair and walk my donkeys to the local park. I dreamt of an identity larger than that of wife and mother. For the longest time I told myself that was very selfish of me to think. Why wasn't being a wife and mother good enough? What I didn't realize at the time was that it was completely good enough, but a part of my soul was being neglected – my creative passion. It was a volcano wanting to explode inside of me, the lava bubbling to the surface, needing release.


::Moment of Truth::Was there a pivotal moment when everything shifted? What happened?
Yes. Most Definitely. You see, my home situation was a little different from most. A wife at the age of 20, a mother at the age of 23, it wasn't until my second child was born that our lives took a direction we could not possibly anticipate. Our youngest child was born with a disorder called Rett Syndrome. She is confined to a wheelchair, has dibilitating seizures, is non-verbal and eats through a feeding tube. Out of such tragedy came several gifts. The most important was unconditional love. Both the kind she has for me, and I have for her. The other gift has been perspective. The kind you gain when you live everyday with a child that truly has nothing to live for, yet can manage to wake up cheerful and have a smile on her face. It is a miraculous thing to witness and has brought my own life to a place where possiblity now rules. It has taught me that no matter how rough the road may be that you have a choice in the situation, even when there seems not to be any choice.

I stopped living in fear of judgement because one thing my daughter has taught me is there is no time to waste. I started to allow myself to change dreams into real concepts, rooted in the fact that the only failure was if I let my own cowardice hold me back. I also knew that if I was to be the best mother and wife I could be, that I must care about my own happiness and not just that of my husband and children. It is a very fine balance to find, but as the matriarch it is also our duty to teach our family how to nurture others as much as we nurture them. I wanted to have a creative career, to take a hobby and turn it into something bigger. I wanted the world to experience life through my eyes. I started wearing vintage prom dresses anywhere I wanted and if people teased me I shrugged it off. But mostly people embraced me. They could feel the happiness it brought to me, and it propelled them to take their own risks without fear of judgement.



::Courage::When that pivotal moment arrived, how did you gather the courage to cross the threshold into a Possibilitarian life & career?
Quite honestly, I believe I had an "ah ha" moment. It just clicked for me one day when I went to get my daughter out of bed in the morning, after a night where seizures had kept her awake half the night. I bent down and she beamed up at me with the biggest smile. I thought to myself "how dare i have a bad day today!?!?!" After her body had been ravaged all night long, she still could find happiness in the morning. It changed my attitude right then and there. I decided not to let the small things irritate me as much and to start dwelling in possibility. I just decided to change my mindset!






::Change::How has your life changed since then?
The biggest change in my life has been rather cliche, but it is to live in the moment and not put anything off for later. I decided to take a passion of mine and turn it into a business, fufilling a long time goal of mine to share my photography with people. Within my new career I have found my bliss, not just taking pretty pictures but encouraging others to see themselves as beautiful.

The other big change has been attitude for me. Remember when i said everything has a choice? Well I firmly believe that about your own happiness as well. Even when things go wrong, I can choose how to react to it, whether or not I let it consume me, or if I allow myself to let it go. It is inevitable that things will hurt you, make you mad or scare you to death. Overcoming each of these emotions instills pride and in turn creates happiness. One of my favorite sayings is "Don't let anyone rain on your parade," and I plan on having parades very often!!


::Awesomeness::Where are you NOW? What have you created, what’s on the horizon, and how have you been applauded & recognized for your work? (This is your chance to brag away & BIG yourself up! Go for it!)
When I first launched my photography business, I decided to create a portfolio from the heart – to show people something truly reflective of me, so if they liked it they would be hiring me for who I am and not just for what I can do. Fortunately for me, it was extremely well received, and I have been very lucky enough to have been hired for my asthetic ever since, making my job very fun. I went from a hobby photographer 3 years ago to having been published in over 40 magazines, 4 different books (both in the US and the UK) and have been featured on major websites like Curbed National, Apartment Therapy and soon to be HGTV. While I absolutely love my commerical / editorial work, I still look forward to having private clientele as well. Each time someone tells me they love a photo of themselves that I have taken I feel so great that I was able to make them feel good about themselves.


::Advice::What’s ONE piece of advice or encouragement you’d give to someone who’s facing their own pivotal moment, right now?
Don't hold back or fear that someone may not like what you are doing. If you love it and it makes you happy, people will feel your bliss and believe in you.


Thank you, Tiffany!
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hello inspired

This is my view from our kitchen sink. I love coming to this spot early in the mornings, filling up the tea kettle with water, lookout out and taking a moment to breathe it all in in gratitude.

I wanted to share some recent things that have caught my eye lately...things I'd love for you to know about:

- the scenes from this wedding took.my.breath.away.

- My friend and co-partner of Hello Soul Hello Business, Beth Nicholls, along with mega talent Rachael Taylor, just launched the world's first online magazine dedicated to surface pattern design. I'm not sure if I've ever seen a more beautiful magazine cover! Be sure to check it out. Love these girls and all that they are inspiring in the world.

- One of my bestie artist friends, Mati Rose and her good friend Willo (also amazing) have teamed up to offer up an ecourse called Reconnect: Get Unstuck + Find Your Magic. I am loving the premise of this course and will most definitely be signing up. Yes indeed.

- Sadly, I had no idea that PTSD resulting from birth trauma was such a controversial topic. I am inspired by people like Liv and the woman who wrote this informative article are voicing up, telling the truth, and expanding awareness. I so wish I had known about these resources when I was struggling with it myself.

- Loving this new site I discovered that is all about making stuff with kids. Love!

- Totally crushed out on her and her informative, inspiring site.

giveaway opportunity!

Hi friends,
Just a quick note to let you know that we've had so many requests for giveaways, and everyone loves a good giveaway....so, starting this month on Sept 12th we'll be hosting one big day of giveaways per month on my blog — e-courses, handmade products, free coaching calls — or a creative treat, of your creation. You’ll get a lovely blurb with your business & giveaway details, plus a sidebar ad.


If you have something you'd like to be included in the once/month giveaway, we are currently accepting giveaways for the following dates:
Wed, Sept 12th
Wed, Oct 10th
Wed, Nov 14th
Wed, Dec 12thMore details over here! PS:

I cut my hair! Hello, pixie!!! Haven't recognized myself this clearly in years. Feels GOOD!
xo,
Kelly Rae