This collection of blessings and gifts has been waiting patiently to be born, ever since I imagined how lovely it would be over a year ago. There are Seven beautiful tokens/talismans/treasures, and each has a fortune sized blessing. There is also a parchment sheet of soul wisdom. GO HERE TO ORDER.
This is a sweet, delightful celebration of soul – perfect to gift to one person, or to enjoy as a soulful group of friends. WAY better than crackerjacks!
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This week I printed, assembled and sewed 7 copies of my most elaborate hand-made book: Postcards from the Landscape of Joy.
Every time I re-visit this book, it gives me so much pleasure. The pages are so rich with color, beauty and reflection.
Each postcard celebrates the peaceful refuge within, the riches of the spirit, and the beauty of the world.
It takes hours to print these books, glue the covers, and hand-bind them. My favorite tool is an old ice-pick which I use to hammer the holes through which I sew the gold thread.
I created the collaged illustrations in this book with pictures of my life, my children, and paintings by my great grandfather, Arthur Spear.
Each page invites the reader into the realm of her own heart, and offers explorations of its metaphorical gardens, lakes, marketplaces, rivers and fields… It’s a feast for the heart and the divine imagination.
“There is a place in you in which the whole universe dwells; a place of love and truth, beauty and peace. To remember this place feels like coming home…
“This is the wealth of the spiritual life: once a being shifts her consciousness from self-centered to heart-centered, the whole world feels lighter, more beautiful, more in love. She has fewer wants, fewer desires. The product pushers have lost her and the consumer index sighs.” ~Ingrid Goff-Maidoff, Postcards From The Landcapse Of Joy
Click this link, For more information on the book Postcards from the Landscape of Joy, exploring the peaceful refuge within
We wrapped fortunes this week, and I fell in love with them all over again. Enter a comment below, and let me know if you’d like to be in the raffle. I’ll draw two or three winners on Friday the 6th.
These beautifully wrapped packages contain 100 Fortunes: useful, smart and sometimes witty proverbs and pith sayings from throughout time and around the world. Each is a blessing and a bit of wisdom for living a deep, wide, rich and contented life. Perfect for party favors, office gifts, conversation starters or personal reflection, these fortunes will bring you wisdom to draw from throughout your many days.
I’m an old fashioned girl. I’ve always loved books. My favorite dreams are those when I find myself in an old, dimly lit, dusty bookstore: an out-of-this-world bookstore brimming with books containing poetry, beauty, fantasy, art…the secrets of the world. The other day my father-in-law sent a picture of an old book, saying “they don’t make them like this anymore.”
And I thought, Oh, but that’s just what I wanted the Joy Book to be- an exhilarating and sensual feast of words, pictures, poetry and inspiration.
I’ll still visit real live bookstores…I’ll still always seek those treasures to bring home. And I also know that times are changing. So I’ve created a digital download e-book version of The Joy Book for those of us who prefer to travel light. It’s only $8, and you have it in less than five minutes. A modern miracle, this old fashioned girl declares.
To Purchase an e-book Joy Book, Click Here
For and old fashioned, tangible hold-it-in-your-hands, curl up in your cozy nook, signed-by the author paperback or soulfully made hand-sewn with golden thread hardcover, Click Here.
