Travels to Sweden and Denmark, LOVE

I am Grateful!

That is my mantra. 

If I can program myself to automatically repeat that saying anytime a negative thought crept inside my head that would be wonderful. 

I am, just describing (you know how the law of attraction is..I wouldn't want to set this energy out into the world, so I am "just describing") feeling rather on the side of blah lately.

Low on energy, hard on myself, sore, stiff, 

just flipping shitty. lol, hey just saying that made me feel better..

I am NOT shitty :)

Maybe I am still experiencing a bit of Jet lag? Possible?

I think so.

I AM grateful!I have everything going for me..

A beautiful family, loving husband that I LOVE to smooch everyday, old home with character, own business, art studio, and..

AND....

We all got to go on an awesome adventure to Sweden and Denmark a couple weeks ago.

I know this isn't relating much to my art, hope you are cool with that, I need a break from it, to share this happiness..

I am Grateful and here it goes..

We landed after a long flight, in Copenhagen, Denmark.. 

OMG it was SO QUIET...eerieingly quiet..Almost like wearing protective ear phones quiet, no joke.

This ended up being a common occurrence throughout this whole trip, I loved it...Quiet..

Headed to the baggage claim when Lukas, my oldest son-16 had immense pain in his abdomen. So intense his breath and speech was constricted and tears welled up in his eyes.

He is a Big man now and for him to be in such pain was frightening and for this to be happening in a foreign country was... 

OMG, what do we do?

Fast forward-

A medical team came, took him into their ambulance, Lukas was freaking out, not only because of his pain but he was worried about how much this was going to cost..

Of course so were we but his care was first and foremost..But Lukas was so concerned he asked the paramedics..

Cute little hedgehog we found walking around in Malmo :)

Before his ride to the hospital took off out of the ambulance came one of the paramedics to say that the ride was free and so was the Healthcare..

We were in Denmark!

Hooray! 

So off we all went, us in a mercedes mini van, getting a nice tour of Copenhagen en route to the hospital. And the hospital  experience was quite positive and interesting.. ..

It's so different, so Quiet...

The hallways were so wide, again, so quiet, didn't smell of disinfectant, And it kind of reminded me of a mixture of school house rock and ikea, giggle

No more details other than Lukas was OK,

An extreme case of gas, lol..

Thank you Denmark for your kindness..

So off again, now on a train across the sea, to Malmo, Sweden.

Man are the trains spiffy..

Why do we not have such nice modes of transportation in the US?

And why is beer and wine free on international flights? lol

And why is it so loud here, in the states?

Such pushed panic towards "alert" "alert" watch your bags, do this do that... fear fear fear..

The castle

In Europe/ it was peaceful, quiet and kind.

Lukas and I outside the church.
 I totally forgot my red scarf to match my shoes.
 All I had was this leopard print..But I am grateful I had it cause it was nippy.
I LOVE my red shoes:)

Anyways..

So we were here for a wedding..

another fast forward..

Stephanie was the most elegant fashionista bride ever..She looked amazing!

After the ceremony, which was gorgeous we all took a march/skip/hop/jump/dance/tra la laaaa over to the castle where the reception was held. 

During the stroll I took some photos of the streets of Malmo :)

I loved the old decorative cobble stone roads...

The phone booths were so cute...

Once we got onto the castle property there was a lake/pond,

A windmill

a long path lined with trees which felt as if I were in a storybook,

 

A lovely garden full of flowers, and these wonderful artichokes.

The reception was held in the Basement of the castle in bunker like rooms, with arched brickwalls/ceiling and old rustic wooden plank floors.

It smelled a little of burnt wood with a touch of wet stone and ambiance was extraordinary.

Mr and Mrs Andrew Kelsey

Sekou, Indie and I by the dinner tables :)

It was all pretty much candle lit, in the basement of an old castle..

It was very romantic

The kiddos

And a bit rowdy, a good rowdy :)

We laughed, danced and drank lots of beer and good wine :)

Love this shot

Dance dance dance

I can't tell if that's Jemima or MAxine on the far left but center is Stephanie and right is Ava

Andrew dancing the night away with Indie

A view from the end of the table

Drew and his stache

A beautiful moment

This was not a time for Quiet, this was a time for celebration and wow did we all celebrate!

Dancing duo

Goof balls

After dinner, when the dancing began a sheet full of sticker mustaches were passed out..

Oh and amazingly no one passed out, lol
There was a lot of drinking merrily going on:)

Sexy Stache Kitten Stephanie and her catch

Lukas and I

This picture crack me up, giggle

OMG, so fun!

What a hoot we all had with them.

We even found a left over mustache hidden in Indies Stroller the next day, which we stuck on his eyebrows while he was sleeping.

Wigs were also going around at the wedding

Jordan, this is a good look for you, lol

Yo man everything is A O K

Indie was a dancing maniac! he was up until 3am! no joke :)

When he woke up he looked like the caveman from the geico commercials..

I think it's the geico commercials..

This is one of my favorites! Indie the maestro.

Picture taken of Ava at the dinner table at the wedding

We spent the next couple of days walking the streets of Malmo, checking out the boutiques and coffee houses and our last day in Copenhagen at the Tivoli amusement park which was freaking amazing!

There was so much eye candy there..

Fun old school details mixed with modern..

We loved it!

Love this!

One of my favorite parts was the swings, it went up god knows how many stories in the sky and we had a phenomenal view of 

Copenhagen, major wind blowing in my face so it was hard to see, but when I did get a glimpse I saw a field of steepled roof tops, patina'd domes and a glistening sunset.

Major cotton candy

Love this sign at the Tivoli

Look at all the eye candy..So fun!

More thing a ma jigs to see :)

Fun mural on the wall at the coffee house/restaurant 

This ceiling was pretty nifty

 Copenhagen, major wind blowing in my face so it was hard to see, but when I did get a glimpse I saw a field of steepled roof tops, patina'd domes and a glistening sunset.

Love this horse, so scandinavian 

I was also freezing my butt off but it was SOOOO worth it!

Sekou and I agree'd that we must come back and explore Copenhagen again someday...

And after all, we only saw the hospital, train station, airport and the Tivoli there. 

I am so grateful for this experience, we are all so grateful to have gone together.

But as all times must come to an end, so did our trip..

We were sad to leave, giggle.

Art in the works...Preparation...Healing

Just as I was thinking...

Oh geeze, it's getting late, I STILL haven't sat down

to paint today..Blah blah blah..

Getting down on myself

(I slept until 12:00 today cause I have a freaking cold)

And I looked at the clock, once again and what did it say?

2:22, know what that means....

I wanted to know..so..

I got out my handy dandy Angel numbers 101 book by Doreen Virtue..

This is what it said :)

Trust that everything is working out exactly as its supposed to,

With divine blessings for everyone involved.

Let go and have faith.

Awesome!

This past weekend was...

I'll I can say is "HOLY COW"

That is all on that subject, oh wait, except..

HEALING HEALING HEALING ALL IS WELL :)

You?

On top of that..My grandfather George Bottoms, passed away this weekend as well.

He was a man of many adventures and always did his best.

Gave 100% to everything and helped many.

Love you Grandpa Bodie :)

Focusing on positive light...

Here's a peek of whats going down

in the studio right now

I will finish with some beautiful pictures I took,

last minutes of the sun..

Of Ava and Jordan

my beautiful daughters

and awesome models!

Next week...A demonstration of

Pixy Pocahontis headbands,

through pictures...

Hope to see you here :)

Fun things to do...

Have you ever had a Mothership?

It's a beer, for those of you who haven't..

It's a keeper.. :)

It's a fun thing...lol

I also had a blast playing with these unicorns during my last photo shoot of my newest earrings, Pixy's Hooters..

There are some in the shop now, but many more to list and each one is as cute and FUNky as can be :)

Guess who's going to be ONE on Friday....

08/05/2010

Yepster, Mr. Indie Xavier..

Happy Birthday Indie...We love you!!!

You know what else is a fun thing?

Playing car bowling with old jar lids and pull back/wind up cars..

Indie loves his cars, Especially these ones from Target

He could play all day with them, crawling around, overwinding them, lifting them up, letting the wheels spin, sound effects and all...

Anyways...I had a drawer full of lids that for some reason when unloading the dishwasher the kids never threw them in the recycle bin, again..anyways...

Who'd of thought that I would end up lining them up on the floor like shuffleboard and pulling those cars back and letting them drive into the herd of lids, exploding them everywhere!

Ah the fun! Indie loves that game, I do too :)

Have a great night!

Natalie

How Many Times can I say Time Warp :)

I know it's been awhile since I last posted..

I promise I am not a slacker, lol.

I have been busily at work.

I know, I know,

I should be sharing this process with you all more because if you are here reading my blog you must like it and be curious about what the heck is going on..

I am building balance, constructing my business how I would like it to be..Exactly..Tweeking it here and there..

AND...

On top of that I am preparing for three art shows I am in...

In the beginning of Sept. Amy Amdur show in Downers Grove

End of September Strange folk and the beginning of October..Highland Art in the Park.

I totally feel like I have a much clearer vision now of where I want to go and am looking forward to sharing it all with you..

But...things take time, especially when your a mama.

So please I hope you are all patient with my voids in blogging...

OH a totally good note...We now have a new nanny starting up next week! yay!

Forgot to mention this bit of info...On top of all the things going on around here..I have been without my normal nanny help since beginning of June.

I would also like to say...Please, all you mommies out there, make sure you have a totally trustworthy person taking care of your little one..I will not go into any details but something happened here with our past nanny that totally dented my trust.

I have confidence that our new Lady will be a good match.

So..I know this is a rambling post..but I wanted to say hello and I miss you all!

It is my plan to be on schedule with regular postings starting the week of August 15th..They will consist of a full blog post every Wednesday and little tidbit samplers throughout the week..

I have fun projects to share, teach and inspire with..

And of course my random babbles.

Peace

Natalie

"The Pixy Pocahontis"

(That phrase (from my product line) was pinned to me by Mis Snell of Peridot, in St Louis)

Peridot is an amazing place to find the most Original, eccentric, quirky, beautiful, colorful, inspiring handmade goods!