No Need



You get what you do not need. What you need, you do not have.
So long as you focus on need, you push away the object of your need. As soon as you can truly let go of the need for something, you can begin to experience more and more of it in your life.
Desperation builds a wall around you that lets nothing good come in. Thus, desperation leads to nothing but more desperation.
Every reality you create in your life begins with what you imagine. So use the power of your imagination to imagine abundance, instead of focusing your thoughts on need.
See yourself not as lacking, but as fulfilling. Let your thankfulness for what is possible crowd out any limiting thoughts of need or apprehension.
What you need, does you no good. With a grateful heart get beyond the need, and open yourself to all life’s abundance.
— Ralph Marston


Read more: http://greatday.com/motivate/index.html#ixzz1NqvyWoHb

 

Have a great day!

Janie

Polymer Clay Smooshers' Artist Guild at Art Fire

I have two shops over at Art Fire.  One shop is Life Art Designs, where I sell my jewelry.  The other shop is My Polymer Clay Canes. In this shop, as the name tells, I sell the polymer clay canes that I make and use to create beads and pendants for my jewelry.  Anyway, we have a polymer clay artist's guild there called the Smooshers.   I made a collection of some of the guild member's work. If you click on the photo below, it will take you to Art Fire where the collection is actually posted.  Once you get there, you can click on each individual photo and it will take you to that person's shop.

Polymer Clay Artists from the Smooshers ...

Have a great day!

Janie

Art Fire's Front Page

I was happy to see Art Fire's front page this morning, because my round swirley necklace was there! I captured a screenshot.  It's on the top row, third from the left.  Big thanks to CraftsNThings, another Art Fire shop owner who made the collection.



Have a great day!

Janie

Dr. John is coming to Dauphin Island this weekend!

It's a Spring musical festival on the Island this weekend!

It's going to be a full weekend on Dauphin Island this weekend.  We're having a Spring musical festival.  There will be bands at all the business' on the Island Friday afternoon and through the evening.  Even the bakery will have a band! Here's the rundown for Friday:

FRIDAY MAY 13TH: VARIOUS LOCATIONS

Bruce Jones:
Front porch of ACP Real Estate, 2 to 6 p.m.
Justin Fobes:
Lighthouse Bakery, 11 a.m.-2 p.m.
Fat Man Squeeze:
Dauphin Island Country Club’s Gulf View Grill 4 to 8 p.m.
Steve Varnes and Flatrock:West End Beach, 2 to 4 p.m
Ryan Balthrop and friends:
Tripletails Bar, 7 to 11 p.m.
Steve Varnes and Flatrock:
Island Rainbow, 4:30 to 7 p.m.
C.C. & the Midnight Groovers:
The Pelican Pub, 7 to 11 p.m.

And then Saturday, New Orleans keyboard great, Dr. John and the Lower 911 and world famous music machine The Dirty Dozen Brass Band will play at the Deepsea Fishing Rodeo site.  The gates will open at 3:00.  Read all about it here:  http://dauphinislandcoc.com/archives/277

And then next weekend.....is the annual crawfish boil by the Island Mystics!  Summer time is here and the Island is rebounding from the oil spill!  No thanks to BP!

Have a great weekend!

I plan to!

Janie

You matter

The fear you have about being insignificant is a deception. As long as you have the courage to act, you will matter.
Your actions may very well fall short of the goal. You may pick yourself up and make another attempt, giving the entirety of your focus and energy to it, and fall short again.
Even so, you matter very much. You are unique and beautiful in your very own way and always able to take the next step, to make some kind of a difference, and to have an influence.
If you’re even the slightest bit ambitious, it will take many attempts and will demand much of you. Don’t punish or disrespect yourself for that.
Just keep going. You have something important and meaningful to do, so keep going until you get it done.
Then set your sights on an even more ambitious goal and quickly begin moving confidently toward it. You do indeed matter, you can always make a difference, and doing so is what will bring the fulfillment you seek.
— Ralph Marston


Read more: http://greatday.com/motivate/index.html#ixzz1LfnXUe2D

Metal Clay Today Contest

I could use your vote!

I entered another contest with the Metal Clay Today magazine titled "Jewelry for Him".  This time, I entered two fine silver clay necklaces.  One is my Dolphin, a favorite that I wear all the time.  I laso have one for sale in my Etsy shop here:  http://www.etsy.com/listing/53741890/silver-dolphin-necklace-hand-sculpted . The other entry is a fish pendant I made for my husband. Here's a photo for it: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lifeartdesigns/5364892170/in/photostream .

If you would like to help and vote in this contest, please take a look at mine and all the other entries here:
http://www.metalclaytoday.com/vote_jewelry_4_him.html

Thanks, have a great day!

Janie

The Time at Hand

You can’t make more hours in each day. Yet you can put more purpose and focus and meaning in each hour. 

 

Blaming a lack of time is like blaming the sun for rising. There’s nothing you can do about it, so it’s not a factor to concern yourself with. 

 

What you can do, is make the commitment to yourself to make each moment count for something meaningful and valuable. What you can do, is allow your authentic purpose to guide your focus, your actions and your use of the time that’s at hand.

 

Instead of worrying or being distracted about things that really don’t even matter, give your energy to what you truly care about. Instead of letting the time slip away, allow the best of your dreams to more fully unfold with each passing moment.

Remember constantly who you really are and why you have chosen to go in the direction you’re going. Every thought, word and action that comes from your true purpose will draw great value from the moment you’re in.

Whatever your age or situation, there’s plenty of time to live richly. And that time is here right now.

— Ralph Marston

Read more: http://greatday.com/motivate/index.html#ixzz1KXPy7sXV

Have a great day!

Janie