The Butterfly Collector

As ME as I can BE!!! ...Free Printable Friday!

Good Friday Afternoon Butterfly Friends...It's Free Printable Day!!!

Today is the day to celebrate YOU! We are all beautiful and unique and deserving of a Most Beautiful Life... so BE as YOU as YOU can BE!!!!! No one else can do it as well as you...so be the best YOU that You can be!!!

Click on the picture with your mouse and save the full size version to your computer to print out at A4 size. May I even suggest you stick it into your journal and write a lovely love letter list to yourself of all the wonderful things about yourself and all the things you do best ...we all have some beautiful, crazy, quirky and amazing talents we were given to share with the world! And I guarantee when you are sharing them your light is shining at it's brightest!!! Have a wonderful weekend, Shae xo

Please Note ... these Printables are for personal use only, 

please do contact me if you have something else wonderful

or commercial in mind! Copyright Shae Leviston 2013

treasure hunt ... snow white, geese and sky drawing

It's rainy, windy and cold here today ...the perfect day for an indoor, online Illustration Treasure Hunt!!! The Number One thing I am love with today is Angela Keoghan's Goose Chase Illustrations ...I have the one above hiding in my kitchen in a cupboard at the moment so I get a surprise every time I open the door! You can see more of her beautiful work and geese at her Picture Garden Gallery HERE ...

This one just captures the little girl in me ...Drawing in the Sky is my favorite illustration by Dinara Mirtalipova ...I know you just have to click HERE and step into her imagination!!!

and lastly but not at all least is the fabulous art of Eunsil Chun ...here is her Snow White and her website for more magical viewing is Here!!!

I'll be back her tomorrow just in time for Friday's New Free Printable!!! Shae xo

Sitting Pretting!!!

Happy Free Printable Friday!!!

Today I have created a pretty set of Babushka Dolls...something I always loved as a child!

I especially wanted to share this Printable today because it's Mother's Day here in Australia this coming Sunday and I thought it would be a beautiful card to cut out and colour and give to your Mum!!!

Click on the picture with your mouse and save the full size version to your computer to print out at A4 size.

A short and sweet post today, as I am running off to deliver my newest artwork for my next art show with the Geelong Illustrators ...you can see updates, sneak peeks and our fabulous Paste Up Mural on our facebook page Here!!!

Please Note ... these Printables are for personal use only,

please do contact me if you have something else wonderful

or commercial in mind! Copyright Shae Leviston 2013

Lucky Blossoms and Tea Parties!!!

Good Tuesday Afternoon Butterfly Friends,

Today I woke to a wonderful surprise when I learned that my wonderful Surface Pattern Design teacher Rachael Taylor had featured my new work on her design blog. I have used all the amazing things Rachael taught me in photoshop to create my colouring books and printables from my original drawings. 

You can visit her post about me and her amazing blog HERE!!! and you can read all about the amazing course she teaches here ...The Art and Business of Surface Pattern Design!

Which now brings me to the photo above of my newly designed Paper Collecton (one of the first of many) ...I am excited to be sharing it very soon with you and below the newest Colouring book is nearing completion too ...

The Butterfly Collector's Tea Party is a NEW Colouring and Creativity Book filled with Delicious Goodness... 
Design and Create your very own cakes, cupcakes, cookies and tea cups! And it's filled with party favors so you can have your very own Tea Party and invite your friends!
Stay tuned ..it's coming very soon ... 
Please join my mailing list on this blog to be notified when I will be dishing this Perfect Party up!!! Make sure you're one of the first to draw up a storm in a teacup ... 

So until tomorrow when I get to show off the fabulous "Paste Up" Mural I made with my Illustration group I am in and coming up on Free Printable Friday ...something gorgeous for Mother's Day!!! Shae xo

Free Printable Friday ...Lost and Wandering!

On this particular Friday I have had so much fun making this week's Free Printable!

I have created a collage from my artworks for you to create with... 

Right or double click on the picture above with your mouse and save it to your computer.

Print it out on some sturdy paper to make lots of Pretty!!!

Some Ideas ...

*Cut up all the pictures and create your very own greeting cards and  gift tags ...add a hole with a punch and thread some ribbon through

*Create your own collages and pieces of art by adding the pictures to your own work

*Frame it in a beautiful simple frame and gaze at all it's lovely colours

OR you can join me and create your very own Journal Page. This is one of my favorite things to do! 

How To... to get started you will need your Head, Heart, Hands, Scissors, a Glue Stick, some pencils, pastels and extra pieces of paper.

I have added Paper Doily's and some vintage wallpaper pieces to mine also. Some other things you could add are tickets, stamps, paint, magazine cuttings and pages of old books. 

And now here's where the fun begins ...

Take a blank double page of a Visual Diary. Take your scissors and cut out all the pieces on the printable page, arrange them and glue them down. You can even rip the edges of the pages to make it look a bit more rustic (anarchy I know!!!) 

Next up draw some shapes around your pictures ...some circles, squares, rectangles, dots and such to highlight them. Write in some words that speak to you! Add some poetry, prose and favorite quotes! And most importantly ...write your own words and dreams...tell your own story! You will look back on your beautiful pages and be grateful for how much you have changed and grown. You may even see those dreams have come true over time!!!

Happy Creating and Happy Weekend, Shae xo 

P.S. I loved making this so much I have decided to make a whole collection of them and put them in my Shop as a Paper Fantasia Pack and be sure to join my mailing list at the top of my blog so you can recieve a Free Printable every Friday!

 

Please Note ... these Printables are for personal use only,

please do contact me if you have something else wonderful

or commercial in mind! Copyright Shae Leviston 2013

 

A Treasure Hunt ... Let your mind wander!

It's Treasure Hunt Day ...YAY!!!

That means I get to share some of the amazing and creative things I have found during the week!

First of all...who is going to fall off their branch for one of these Bird Purses!!!

One of these would make an ultra cute present! You can find them them in Lazydoll's beautiful shop on Etsy ... it's full of handpainted and gorgeous embroideriness!!! 

Next up I am am in scribbling love with these very special pencils...another great present, especially for a stationary lover! You can find them in Amanda Catherine Designs Shop! She also has some fabulous art prints! 

Lori's beautiful handmade Lockets were a wonderful treasure to find...

Her shop, Heartworks by Lori can be found here!!!

And the ultimate Treasure for this week I think would have to be my new Illustrator and amazing Artist friend Laura Alice. Her work is picture perfect and she has just opened aNew Online Shop! You can see more of her beautiful work on Facebook HERE!!!

Until tomorrow my Butterfly Friends when I reveal a new Free Printable for Friday, Shae xo

Paper Play Masks ...Free Printable Friday!

It's Friday and that means it's Free Printable Day today!!!

Use your imagination with these fun boys and girls Paper Masks today to play pretend.

Disguise yourself as a made up character, superhero or wandering princess.

Make sure you add some more dress up's too and I've even included a blank one 

so you can create your very own!!! 

Right click on the picture above and save it to your computer so you can print it on some sturdy A4 size paper.

Get a grown up to help cut it out and attach some string or ribbon to tie it on!

Don't forget to subscribe to my mailing list at the top right corner of my blog so you will

recieve printable goodness regularly in your inbox

and be sure to take a look at my

New Printable 30 page Fairytale Colouring Book too ..it's HERE!!!

And most of all make sure you have a fun weekend!!!

Shae xo 

FAIRYTALE... a Colouring and Creativity BOOK!!!

It's finally here!!!

I am so excited to announce

my first Colouring and Activity Book

is ready to be pushed out of the nest and take flight to land in some little hands!

So WHY have I created a Colouring BOOK you might ask?

A desire grew to create my own as I searched for these kinds of books as presents and for my own children. I became quite disillusioned by what I found ...mostly books with no soul filled the retail shelves with large black basic outlined drawings of licensed characters!

I knew that something more beautiful and honourable to our children's imaginations could be created...

I loved to Colour and Create as a child and I truly believe when you are using your Head, Heart and Hands to create ...magical things can happen and imaginations can GROW!

This activity is a quiet and lovely one a child could do on their own and with their family members and if you like... without the sometimes loud distractions of modern day life! It can be done anywhere ...outside, inside, on a rainy day and whilst travelling too!

FAIRYTALE is 30 pages filled with Fairytale Girls to Colour and Activities to create.

AND It's an EBOOK!!! There are no postage costs and it's instantly downloadable as a PDF book ready for you to print out and start colouring straight away!

AND the most wonderful thing about it being an Ebook is that you can keep it FOREVER  and print out the WHOLE BOOK (or whichever pages you like) any time you like!!! You can also print it on any kind of paper you like and at any size you might like too!

INSIDE YOU WILL FIND ...

12 Beautiful Fairytale Girls to colour including...

Cinderella, Beauty and the Beast, Snow White, Rapunzel, 

Thumbelina, the Wild Swans, Gretel, Goldilocks, the Little

Mermaid, the Snow Queen, Little Red Riding Hood and Sleeping

Beauty ... Colour them, Put them up as Posters, Frame them,

Give them as gifts??? 

PLUS MORE ... 

 Pages filled with Gorgeous Colour Pictures and Patterns to cut out, decorate and create with...

Make Bookmarks, Gift Cards, Gift Tags and Bookplates! Create Garlands to hang in your room, decorate your School books, Scrapbooks and Diary.

Create pretty favors for your birthday party! There is even a page includedfilled with IDEAS of wonderful things you can make with your book!...

ALSO INCLUDED...

Use your IMAGINATION Pages ...

Create your own Fairytale drawings, Draw yourself as a Fairytale Character..

 Design your own Fairytale Dress and write down your Hopes, Dreams and Wishes on the Journal Page ...

 

CREATE ...

an entire Birthday Party Theme ...Send out the INVITATIONS included, Print out the Gift Wrap Page for Party Favor Wrappings and Sweet bags, Use all the pictures for decorations, cupcake toppers and use the colouring pages as fun table placemats to colour in!!! You could even print the whole book as a Party Game PRIZE! ...

Here are some EXAMPLES above and below for parties,

bookmarks and garlands!I have also added some mini pictures

to cut out and colour and some EXTRA fun pages to colour at the end from my upcoming books too!

So where can I get my very OWN Fairytale Colouring Book you say???

Well with a sprinkle of magic fairy dust and click of your mouse

you will arrive ...

 at the BUTTERFLY COLLECTOR's shop! 

You can purchase one right NOW easiliy and securely via Paypal with no postage costs and be colouring in a few moments!!!!

JUST CLICK HERE!!!

AND the BEST news is it's

ONLY $10 

(US Dollars)

for all of this Fairytale Goodness AND

you can keep it for happily ever after!!!

You will also be GIVING one to a child in need...

MY FUTURE PLANS ...

There are more books in the works right now!!!!

It is my greatest wish to share this book and many more with the children of the world who need some time and an activity to just let them have fun being kids and exploring their imaginations ...

Children in hospital, Children being cared for in foster homes and women's shelter's and Children whose parents don't have funds to purchase presents at those special times in the year like Birthdays and Christmas!

Therefore  FIVE DOLLARS from every book sold will go into a fund I am creating toward the printing of this book and future books, journals and craft activities!!!

You are able to buy a Book for your Beautiful Child and ONE will be given on your behalf to another beautiful child. One for One!!!

I also hope to team up with some charities to also provide much needed tolietries, pjamas and toys and a pencil making company that would like to see many more children drawing their dreams!!!

I have high hopes and grand dreams to be able to distribute as

many as possible to children in need this coming Christmas! I do hope you will help me make this WISH COME TRUE!!!
Please do join my mailing list at the top of this Blog page so I can keep you informed of the many more books to come and progress on my printing aspirations...

AND please do Share this Beautiful Book Offer with your friends, family and their children!

Paper Wings ...Free Printable Friday!

Dear Butterfly friends, 

It's Free Printable Friday ...

so please welcome Natasha ...

a Paper Doll especially for you to cut out

and play with this weekend!

She likes to daydream and pretend

and she is enchanted with costumes

...she would be thrilled if you decided to dream up

and draw her some more too ...

maybe some butterfly wings or some cowgirl boots???

Click on the picture above to bring it to full size

and then right click with your mouse

and save it to your computer

to print out. Get a grown up to help you

cut her out with scissors!!!

You could even get really creative this weekend

and make her some pictures as background scenery

... I am sure she would love to go on an adventure flying

with the birds or picnicking in an enchanted garden!!!

 

I loved painting Natasha ...

I think I need to paint her some friends.

I would love to hear your suggestions for playmates,

their names and costumes of course! 

Be sure to send me some photos of the adventures

you have with Natasha too...

I would love to collect and share them

right here on the blog to show the world!

If you would like to recieve free printables and

see the new things I am creating regularly

please do join my mailing list at the top left corner of this blog!

Have a wonderful weekend, and don't forget to

explore your imagination, Shae xo 

Please Note ... these Printables are for personal use only,

please do contact me if you have something else wonderful

or commercial in mind! Copyright Shae Leviston 2013

"We are all made of Stars" ... Free Printable Friday!

Today I've whipped up a free printable

using the background of one of my paintings.

Right click on the picture and

save to your computer to Print it out!!!

Happy Weekend To All

and don't forget to go out and gaze at the Stars

and Wonder at the Grand Universe

we live in and are part of!

The Secret Keeper!

Happy Easter to all of my Butterfly Friends!!!

I do hope you all have a wonderful and creative holiday.

Today I can share with you some new finished paintings on canvas...above is Swan Dance ...she twirled through my head and I had to bring her to life on canvas. I also loved painting with yellow and buttery creams this time. Along with the Secret Keeper below, she is starring in the Annual Barwon Heads Art Show this Easter Saturday ...I am excited to be exhibiting with fabulous talented friends in my favorite beach town.

More exciting news...I have joined an amazing group of Artists called The Geelong Illustrators ... I am blown away like the blossoms above by the talent drawn together in this group ...We are planning our first show together...please do come and join us on our facebook page!

Also as promised ... a new free printable from me below...( right click and save to your computer to print out!). Ths one is in celebration of the creator of the Wizard of Oz ...I think this author and I could have been great friends ...what a wonderful imagination!!! Until Soon, Shae xo

P.S. Oh and I have just added a pinterest "pin it" button to all of my photos here on my blog...just hover your mouse over the photo...please do share and I would love you to come and visit my colourful boards and meet yours too! If you have a typepad blog and would like to add one to yours click HERE!

Photo's, Paintings, Patterns, and Starting Something that Matters!

Good Afternoon my Butterfly Friends! Its been a month already since my last post...its flown by and I have so much to show and tell! My youngest started school last week ...so it's a year of new and happy beginnings for both of us!

Here are some of the things I have been up to so far in 2013...

LEARNING and GROWING...

I decided to kick off the school year ( and my newly found freedom) by starting a photography course with the One and Only Miss Vivienne McMaster. It's called Be Your Own Beloved ... We take a creative self portrait every day for the month and we share them as a group, face some fears and learn to love ourselves so much more! I am learning some amazing photography tips and tricks along the way too! The photo above is DAY 6 ...looking at ourselves through the camera with love!  

PAINTING... I have a few I haven't shown here yet! Here is one in progress called "Lotus Dreaming". I have started practising Yoga again and during meditation at the end of each session I often experience seeing beautiful Lotus flowers...a wonderful gift from the universe!!!

WINNING!!!... I won a beautiful journal by the amazing Petra Kern...see more of her work HERE!!! Petra makes the most beautiful handpainted patterns! We took the Do What You Love Surface pattern Design Course together online last year...and I am really enjoying all of her beautiful art!

FOUND... Oh my goodness...look what I found last week at the MIll Markets ...I just had to bring this vintage beauty home with me...I love finding winged things!

LISTENING TO... Miss Natasha ...I adore listening to all the Bat For Lashes albums whilst painting at the moment!

CREATING... It's nearly ready...my Fairytale Colouring Book is having the final tweeks done to it right now! Here's a sneak peek above! (p.s There are some more pages to see over at my website! )

I have grand plans for this book and the ones to follow too! ...In fact I have been reading a ginormous amount of books ...they are piled high all around my bed...including this one...

READING... I discoverd the TOMS story about a year ago and decided that before I put my colouring books and next offerings out into the world that I would sit down and read Mr Blake Mycoskie's book first! This is True Inspiration!!! I recommend it to anyone who is interested in serving the world in a big or small way! I am now working on a Plan to make sure I can serve with my talents and inspire the children and mother's of the world who may need it most! 

Have a wonderful weekend ...I will be back soon with fresh paintings, some offerings from my next exhibition and some new Free Printables too! Shae xo 

Happy New Year!!!

Happy New Year my Butterfly Friends!!! I went missing in action for a while. I have been busy creating, putting the finishing touches on my Colouring Book, making very large paintings, having lots of quiet and reading time and enjoying spending time with my boys on their school holidays too. 

And today, I finally am sharing another project I have been working on ...

A Grand Annoucement!!!

I am excited to present to you my new colourful Art Website ...filled with my Paintings, Designs, Studio Pictures and Sketchbooks.

Please do click over here to my NEW WEBSITE!!!

and join me for a virtual cup of tea celebration in my new online home! Cake is very welcome too!!! Shae xo

Swan Dance!

Dear Butterfly Friends,

Its so late here, but I wanted to visit you and show my latest work in progress ...she's called "Swan Dance" and I think in the next week her background gold and silver extravaganza galaxy will expand, more pink petals will be added to adorn her hair and then feathers will be sewn into her dress! Its so nice to be working with colours that are not usually at the forefront of my paintings, but yellow called out to me with such a bright tune and I answered her!

I am photographing my "Spring Song" painting tomorrow, do you recall...the beginning's of her are here! It has become my ode to Spring Afternoon Tea. I am looking forward to showing you the finished piece!

I have also added some new pretty Paper Fantasia packs to my ETSY SHOPPE! I really loved putting these one's together! I would love to have recieved one of these to play with as a little girl...I think that's why I love making them so much...because I love to watch and hear about the wonder and delight on other beautiful soul's faces when they open them up and create with them!!!

And lastly ...my favorite thing for this week was the discovery of the new Frankie Magazine ...its printed embroidered cover is embossed and as a paper lover it was so lovely I just had to bring it home with me! Happy 50th Issue Frankie! 

Until Soon, Shae xo

The Angels are Waiting!

As promised, here is my Free Printable for you today! One of my favorite drawings... my waiting Angel. As we draw closer to the release of our book, I thought it would be nice to make a little poster. Our words and pictures are being carefully looked after and looked over by our Editor and Publisher and I am excited to share that we will have a printed book in our hands by the end of this amazing year ...and many more to share with the world too! 

So please print her out ...collage around her if you like!!! Add some words, sentances and musings you'd like to shae with your Angels ... or just let her watch over you patiently !!! Shae xo 

Spring Song!

And now Spring is singing her song in our part of the world...the blossom is truly beautiful and always inspires me to throw open my studio window and let the warm wind in and let the music drift out while I work. 

And as always when spring arrives new creations are born! 

My fairytale colouring book project is nearing completion...there's Gretel up above ...she's about to have her very own lolly house and forest added to the picture...

My large painting "And her then Heart Bloomed" is finished...I feel like mine bloomed into a new life while I was creating her. I've also started adding colour to a new large canvas too... its working tiltle is Spring Song! I'm having a lot of fun with this one...soon to be added ... a hotpink curly chair and a tea party of course! Oh and my butterfly friends ...I will have a new fabulous printable for you tomorrow ...it has wings! Shae xo 

A Snow Queen, Heart Blooming and Berry Tea!

I've been gone a little while! I needed a little winter break to clear my head and and collect some new ideas ... and of course do some painting and drawing too! 

Today I want to share some NEW things ...above is a drawing for the colouring book I am working hard on ... this is my Snow Queen ...soon she will have a palace and some snow to accompany her. I am so looking forward to sharing this with other souls who love to colour in! 

I'm in love with my NEW tea cup ...sometimes its the little things that add some happy to your day ..currently its filled with delicious berry tea from here!

This is my NEW painting resting in my art studio ( I will show you her to you up close soon!) Her current working title is "And then Her Heart Bloomed". I had a beautiful, therapeutic, music filled time creating her! Today I am going to make her into art postcards!

And lastly I know I have missed a few weeks of Free Printables from my project...I will catch up and share them with you ... here's a pretty one for today!...

Happy Weekend! Shae xo 

Make room for something you LOVE!

I recently heard this quote in an amazing interview session with artist extraordinaire Flora Bowley. It has stayed with me and helped me to create a new amazing layer on a canvas I have been working on for quite a while.

I have to admit something I had just liked has now turned into something I truly love and I feel as though I have taken another leap forward in my artwork!

So this is for you my Butterfly Friends ...print her out and LET Something GO to make some room for something that really makes your heart sing!

Right Click with your mouse on the Picture and save it to a flie on your computer so you can print it out A4 size. 

P.S. To read more about this project please CLICK HERE!  and if you would like to keep recieving free printables in your inbox each week for 2012, please subscribe to the Butterfly Collector blog! 

Please Note ...Printables are for personal use only. If you have some other wonderful or commercial idea in mind please contact me!

 

Tea, cakes, jazz, books and blossoms!

Good Sunday Afternoon my Butterfly Friends,

We are here in the midst of winter and have just started school hoildays wrapped up in scarves and mittens. I have wanted to share some of my June loves for a while...

DEVOURING ... Pictured above is a Ginger Fluff Apple Spice Cake with LOVE tea that was served up to me and my beautiful girlfriends on a very rainy "girls escape to the country day" in the village of Daylesford. It was found here and words cannot describe its delightfulness

LISTENING TO ... A rediscovery in my collection ... Elixir is its own brand of beautiful, mellow jazz mixed with the exquiste Miss Katie Noonan's voice. You can listen to some HERE!!! 

FLIPPING THROUGH ...but reading each and every page of the best edition of this magazine ever!!! This copy of Dumbo Feather is celebrating amazing people changing the world including the fabulous Sir Ken Robinson!

READING ... and learning on my spiritual path from a nice pile of books. Especially loving Sanaya Roman's enlightning ORIN Series.

and lastly FOUND ... on a little walk near my home ... the prettiest cherry red blossoms in the middle of winter... a beautiful surprise!

Next up ...this week's Free Printable and some more sneak peek's at my new colouring books ...they are nearly finished and I am so looking forward to sharing them with you!

Shae xo 

Reach Out!

Today's Free Printable is something beautiful to frame or place in a fabulous place in your home. Its a reminder to take notice of those times when you feel excited about something or someone. Those feelings that make you feel like there is magic inside you wanting to burst forth, that makeyou smile on the inside! They are your indication of your passions, your soul purpose ... reach out and pull them closer ... you are meant to be doing them, sharing them, loving them...experiencing them!

I'll be back soon with a new blog post(its been a while)with some great photos of new projects I'm working on and a tea adventure too!

Happy Weekend Butterfly Friends xo

Right Click with your mouse on the Picture and save it to a flie on your computer so you can print it out A4 size. 

P.S. To read more about this project please CLICK HERE!  and if you would like to keep recieving them in your inbox each week for 2012, please subscribe to the Butterfly Collector blog! 

Please Note ...Printables are for personal use only. If you have some other wonderful or commercial idea in mind please contact me!

Hope!

Hope for Change, Hope for Love, Hope for chocolate, Hope for warm spring days, Hope for floating leaves and big warm hugs, Hope for dreams and wishes to come true and Hope for Star filled twinkling skies!

This week's Free Printable Journal Page is ready for you to write down all your hopes and dreams on! Have a magical weekend Butterfly Friends. Shae xo 

Right Click with your mouse on the Picture and save it to a flie on your computer so you can print it out A4 size. 

P.S. To read more about this project please CLICK HERE!  and if you would like to keep recieving them in your inbox each week for 2012, please subscribe to the Butterfly Collector blog! 

Please Note ...Printables are for personal use only. If you have some other wonderful or commercial idea in mind please contact me!

 

I Am ...Free Journal Printable!

I AM strong, positive, brave, loving, compassionate, creative, fun, amazing, wonderful , confident, independant ... I Am ALIVE!!!

This week's Free Printable Journal Page is ready for you to print out and write down all the positive things that you are and can be! Believe in YOURSELF! 

 Right Click with your mouse on the Picture and save it to a flie on your computer so you can print it out A4 size. 

P.S. To read more about this project please CLICK HERE!  and if you would like to keep recieving them in your inbox each week for 2012, please subscribe to the Butterfly Collector blog! 

Please Note ...Printables are for personal use only. If you have some other wonderful or commercial idea in mind please contact me!

 

Passion!

 

"It's the soul's duty to be loyal to its own desires. It must abandon itself to its master passion"  Rebecca West (1892 - 1983) Irish Journalist and Novelist.

This week's Free Printable Journal Page is filled with Passion! So take out your favorite inked instrument ...( a caligraphy pen perhaps?) and scrawl with delight onto this page your most passionate thoughts and desires. We all have things we have been passionate about in our lives ... some of them get pushed to the side and forgotten along the way.

 

We need to write them down again, listen to our soul's passions, bring them into full view and remember how they made us feel. Then its time to push excuses aside and write down some little steps to make them happen for yourself ... in this lifetime, NOW, to LIVE your passionate dreams to the fullest!   

Happy Passion Filled Weekend Butterfly friends! xo 

Right Click with your mouse on the Picture and save it to a flie on your computer so you can print it out A4 size. 

P.S. To read more about this project please CLICK HERE!  and if you would like to keep recieving them in your inbox each week for 2012, please subscribe to the Butterfly Collector blog! 

Please Note ...Printables are for personal use only. If you have some other wonderful or commercial idea in mind please contact me!

Something Wonderful!

This week's Free Printable Page I made for our upcoming book's facebook page and its also perfect for a wall or to glue in your journal as a prompt to write down, remember and be grateful that Wonderful things happen to us each and every day and that sometimes we miss them because we are not paying enough attention! 

Right Click with your mouse on the Picture and save it to a flie on your computer so you can print it out A4 size. 

P.S. To read more about this project please CLICK HERE!  and if you would like to keep recieving them in your inbox each week for 2012, please subscribe to the Butterfly Collector blog! 

Please Note ...Printables are for personal use only. If you have some other wonderful or commercial idea in mind please contact me!

 

Wild Swan!

These past few weeks have brought many changes, challenges and awakenings. Some sad moments and some life altering epiphanies.... and now I can say I am looking forward to what comes next ...more love, more joy, more living in the present moment ...more ART, more creativity ... more sharing with others!!!

And more new projects I am excited about ... including a Fairytale Colouring Book which is in the works. Its the book I always wished I had as a child ...the one I wish to give to many, many children and hope will be given as a gift many times over.

Above is Wild Swan ...she was one of the first drawings. Many more have been drawn and are in the works. Soon they will be collected into a printable book and coloured to heart's delights!!! Promise to show you when its all finished!

This week has also brought Miso Soups for lunch and the arrival of some beautiful books that have opened my heart, brought wonder and delight to my soul and made me think and act in my truth... here's a little list to share ...

Girlosophy, The Flinch, The Minimalists Essential Essays,  Living With Joy and Daniel Egneus's beautiful version of Red Riding Hood. There is a little video below of his journey making wonderous paintings and drawings for this gorgeous book. Happy Weekend, Fly Free and keep  a look out for this week's Free Printable too!