Taken from Linda Cappichone - Daily Soul Retreat for today

"When you create you lose yourself in your creation. Time seems to stand still and all else is forgotten. You participate in the divine play that is creativity. These moments offer a glimpse of who you really are: a being fashioned in the image and likeness of God. Like the source of all creation, you are a creator, too. It is your divine birthright. The person who says "I'm not creative" is uttering blasphemy. The truth is that you are the Creative Self expressing through the human vessel of your body, emotions, mind, and soul. Creativity flows through you as a universal life force, called by many names throughout the ages: chi, prana, shakti, the Holy Spirit. It is this energy of love flowing through you that also gives life to your creations.

The medium in which you create is irrelevant. It doesn't matter whether you write a business proposal, play a piano sonata, or prepare a delicious meal. You may be seeking to resolve one of life's mundane problems or express deep feelings and insights through poetry. Embrace your creation as a lover and you can break through to another realm. When you stick with it for better or for worse, your creation becomes your guru (Sanskrit meaning "from darkness to light")."

Working on some new pieces...

Rainforest Jasper round beads, Carnelian, Copper beads & toggle clasp

Black Tourmaline, Golden Mica, Sterling silver thai spacers & toggle clasp

Carnelian, Mother of Pearl, Gold-filled stardust balls, vermeil toggle clasp

Lt. Green Chalcedony, Carnelian, Carnelian Pendant,  SS Rhinestone Rondelle separators, SS Toggle Clasp

Azurite/Malachite/Lapis nuggets, aventurine, copper beads, chinese stone pendant

New items

Smoky Quartz (2 different shapes), Clear Quartz & SS Toggle Clasp

Moss Agate, SS Thai beads, SS spacers, Bronzite pendant

Turquoise Opal Chips, Agate focal beads, Brushed SS beads, SS toggle clasp

Happy Tuesday!

“Learn to get in touch with the silence within yourself, and know that everything in life has purpose. There are no mistakes, no coincidences, all events are blessings given to us to learn from.”  - Elizabeth Kubler-Ross

"You can build radiant health, success, and happiness by the thoughts you think in the hidden studio of your mind." - Joseph Murphy

Yes, you can!!! Visualization!! See the self you want to be and make it happen.  You want to weigh a certain amount, see it and be it.  You want to be a success in your career, be it.

New items created today...Enjoy!

"Ancient dream healers understood that we are often out of touch, in our surface minds, with our deepest truths and our heart’s desires. Not knowing who we are, forgetting our soul’s purpose, we do terrible harm to ourselves and others. Dreams invite us to get back on the right track, the soul’s track."  - Robert Moss

Red Coral (Dyed, as so much of it is but the healing properties still manifest), Shell, Turquoise (Dyed, most Turquoise is stabilized with resin, hard to work with natural turquoise), Golden Pyrite pendant, sterling silver beads/clasp.

Rough Garnet nuggets, crackled Agate, lava pendant, sterling silver beads/toggle clasp.

New pieces...

New additions

Aquamarine w/river shell & copper beads

Natural sponge coral, carnelian and copper beads(adding in a big copper pendant).

Carnelian pendant, carnelian beads, brass beads(probably changing out the pendant for a round carnelian soon also will fix blurred pic at that point).

New items

Light Green Chalcedony w/Ethiopian silver beads & Agate focal bead

Green Aventurine, tiny brass beads

Green Aventurine - "Good Luck" stone, comforts harmonizes and protects the heart, recommended for working through emotional issues, attracts money, "stone of personal growth".

Additional pieces working on

Wood, Copper and Agate - very grounding, earthy especially for fall where one can become a litttle crazed and spacey

Aquamarine, Mother of Pearl and copper beads and toggle clasp...ahhh, yummy. 

New Pieces

Multi Agate w/copper & brass beads & copper toggle

Mother of Pearl w/shell pendant & antique copper toggle clasp

Double strand Mookaite w/horn(from water buffalo - not harmed), antique vintage glass beads & antique copper clasp

Light green chalcedony w/mother of pearl & antique copper beads and toggle clasp

Happy Fall!!!!

"The symptoms of almost any disease can be induced in you by hypnotic suggestion. This shows you the power of your thought." 

"The idea you have for a book, new invention, or play is real in your mind. That is why you can believe you have it now. Believe in the reality of your idea, plan, or invention, and as you do it will become manifest."

Inspiring story this morning

"Remind yourself frequently that the healing power is in your own subconscious mind." - Joseph Murphy

Read a story about a little girl in the Murietta area in California who had a brain hemorrhage and was in a coma for 3 months.  Such a sweet story she eventually came out of the coma and her older sister took her senior year of high school off to be with her.  She uses Tae Kwon Do as her therapy instead of traditional physical therapy.  She had been doing Tae Kwon Do before the incident and was a black belt. The Tae Kwon Do instilled in her determination.  She said her dog licked her face and that brought her back.  Her is one of the stories.  http://www.everydayhealth.com/stroke/breaking-through-how-tae-kwon-do-saved-one-teens-brain.aspx?xid=nl_EverydayHealthSexualHealth_20110915

"You can interfere with the normal rhythm of your heart, lungs, and other organs by worry, anxiety, and fear. Feed your subconscious with thoughts of harmony, health, and peace, and all the functions of your body will become normal again." - Joseph Murphy

Tips of the day

DEEP BREATHING-be aware of your breath.  Most people breath from the chest and not the core.  MEDITATION-stilling the mind, sit where you will not be disturbed or you could do walking meditation as well, close the eyes, focusing at the point between the eyebrows - the 3rd eye, let the breath be normal and use the breath as your focus, inhale, exhale, focus on each of these movements.  If you have thoughts enter your mind, which everyone does, go back to the breath.  Everyone needs there quiet time, force it on yourself and your family, it is essential in this life.  Take the time to connect with the Infinite and ground yourself. 

Peace and Blessings.

Beautiful pre-fall day here in LA...

"All frustration is due to unfulfilled desires. If you dwell on obstacles, delays, and difficulties, your subconscious mind responds accordingly, and you are blocking your own good." - Joseph Murphy (obviously I'm a fan)

I just started my Pilates teacher training, wow, incredible for the body/posture.  Just wait until I start doing my student teacher hours over the next couple of months...we will all have great alignment. 

“When I was enlightened, all were enlightened, even the rocks and the trees.” - Buddha

Love to all...

Some Inspiring Words and the Solar Plexus Chakra

"Whatever you impress on your subconscious mind is expressed on the screen of space as conditions, experiences, and events. Therefore, you should carefully watch all ideas and thoughts entertained in your conscious mind." 

"You can build radiant health, success and happiness by the thoughts you think in the hidden studio of your mind."
 
"Watch your thoughts.  Every thought accepted as true is sent by your brain to your solar plexus - your abdominal brain - and is brought into your world as a reality."

All quotes by Joseph Murphy. 

Note:  Solar Plexus chakra is center of personal power, ambition, desire and emotion.  Feelings are processed through this chakra, which is where the term "gut feeling" comes from.  This is the point of "centering".  The gemstones that work on balancing this chakra include Citrine, Ametrine(which is Citrine and Amethyst), Amber, Tiger's Eye and Beryl.  The color associated with this chakra is yellow to balance.  In Aromatherapy, Neroli can be used in massage on this point.  If this chakra is out of balance, you can feel drained, have trouble concentrating, insomnia, falling asleep during the day, have difficulty meditating by either being distracted or nodding off.  A balanced, healthy third chakra can help one become easily adapted to any situation.  Also when this chakra is healthy your self-esteem is healthy, you also are less sensitive to criticism and care for yourself and can nuture others.  (Information taken from the book Crystal Chakra Healing by Philip Permutt). 

Fall is on it's way...

Fall is on it's way, the fall equinox...time for cleaning body, mind and soul.  The weather in LA and some other areas may be a bit warm and down right hot but fall is in the air.  Time for New Beginnings, time for change.  With fall coming, I am working on some for wonderful earthy colors and materials, using reds such as healing Coral known as "the garden of the sea".  Some healing properties of Coral are symbolizing joy and happiness, it enables the wearer to enjoy life.  The red or white varieties of coral have been useful in healing mental disease as well as help with anemia.  The Hopi and Zuni tribes use this as one of the four element stones on the Road of life...the others are jet, abalone and turquoise.  And, yes, I will be creating a necklace with those stones.  Coral can also guard against accidents, violence and sterility.  Coral can also quite the emotions and bring peace within.  Also, lots of Citrine, Amber, Moldavite, and Taqua nuts from the Amazon. 

Peace and Blessings. 

Creativity is only blocked by one's ego.  Kick that ego to the curb today...NOW and live your life's passion.

New items

Happy Hot Wednesday!!!

"There is no peace or happiness for man, until he

has erased all fear from the subconscious. Fear

is misdirected energy and must be redirected, or

transmuted into Faith."

"All things are possible to him

that believeth." 

Moonstone

Aquamarine

Rhinestone Rondelles

(I know, a little tough to see...will fix).

One of my sister's faves...and a different view of the Abalone, Goldstone, Vintage Glass necklace from an earlier post.

Ahhhh, the lovely sunset through the endless power lines of our world....seeing beauty even through the mess.

Rose Quartz

Amethyst Crystals

Fireballs

Very pretty and shimmery.

Flourite(purple)

???? Pendant, got to check with my bead shop friend for verification...not quite sure.

Some additional pieces

Prehnite leaves w/moonstone rondelles

Sterling silver balls & toggle clasp

Rose Quartz w/moonstone

Silver fireballs

Sterling silver toggle clasp

Alittle blurry...

Kyanite double strand

Silver stardust balls

Sterling silver toggle clasp

Rhodochorsite

Vintage glass

Sterling silver corrugated balls

Sterling silver clasp

Abalone

Blue goldstone

Vintage glass

Silver fireballs

Sterling silver toggle clasp

Turquoise stablizer(added epoxy to the stone to work with very common in jewelry design/making)

w/Picasso agate beads

Sterling silver toggle clasp

Turquoise nugget(natural)

Bronzite pendant

Base metal spacers

Additional necklaces...and a treat.

Turquoise

Rhinestone rondelles - will be replacing with sterling silver balls

Kyanite

Rose Quartz

My baby...