Heart Alignment Chair :)

Good day all!!

I wanted to share with you,

a chair that NatoBottoArt re-created for

Signal Hill school's

Circus and Auction.

This chair is magical!

Wanna know why?

Because it was made from a magical recipe

which I'm gonna share with you :)

It's called following your heart.

By following my heart to create this

artsy wonder I infused this chair with love and alignment to share with others.

Encouraging all who sit in it to listen..

What does your heart say?

Come as you are..

Sit in it's love :)

Get aligned to the energy of your heart.

You heart is your compass..

Follow it.

I know some of you may think this is

ridiculous..

This chair is a little wacked out

and who's house is this gonna look good in?

Everyone's!

It's a conversation piece and believe me everyone will be curious to

try it out because love is the strongest magic out there.

Upon one's approach from the front it sparks curiosity through the question..

"What does your heart say?"

This question will get your wheels turning and you will have a sudden urge to sit and think in it's love.

Upon your descent to its heart seat you notice a message...

"come as you are"

Love accepts all:)

Even those making fun of this silly chair.

As you sit and rock

a gentle sense of peace and happiness comes over you as you are aligned with your heart.

This magic comes from the wise old owl dangling from the chairs back.

The owl is built into a heart and a compass graces it's back side to

(Genie helped in the process as well..Putting her joyful energy and giggles in this chair as well.. Thank you Genie)

help keep one in alignment with joy.

NOW...

let me tell you a story about the creation process.

My full intention for this project was to let it go..Follow my heart COMPLETELY when creating. Even if it meant going against my

"brain's" "better judgement"

This was an emotional roller coaster.

(Lukas made us an awesome lunch while we were working on the chair. Oh also..Lukas did a BIG PART of the prep work on this chair..He sanded it all almost completely bare. Thank you Lukas, for putting your heart into this project as well)

Following your heart can be an emotional roller coaster because sometimes we go where we have never been before on this journey.

I just kept listening...

The process at times seemed so ugly.

"what the hell is this?"

"Nobody is gonna want this chair"

"it looks this... it looks that"

and so on..

My MIND, my ego was judging what my heart was creating and it was being mean.

I recently created this motto

"just fucking do it"

and that is the only thing that shut up my mind from judging my creations and holding me back from following my heart.

Yes it may be a "BAD" word

but it has power to it and it works for me.

And I am not using it to be mean.

I am using it for FOCUS

Maybe it will work for you too.

so..

I just fucking did it

and...

I LOVE how it turned out.

Hope you love it too!

Oh and the little girl on the back..

That is Pixy Pocahontis and her

soul purpose in life is to spread the message that..

"Your heart is your compass...Follow it!"

She has just begun her journey here and you will all see much more of her in the future.

She has big plans to travel the world

spreading her love :)

Natalie

Hello Again

It's Friday again

AGAIN

(Apron by)

http://www.etsy.com/shop/ILiveByTheSea

Can you believe it?

Although in my mind I know that I have accomplished a lot this week,

My innards still are saying that's all you did?

What??

"that's all???"

Be nice, self,

I am doing my best

grrrrr

What went down in the studio this week?

side track..isn't this the cutest picture of Indie and Daddy:)

Getting ready for a bath and smooshy face from shirt..

In case any of you out there are curious..

drank lots of coffee, lol

paced a lot, giggle

deep thoughts

hammer and a nail'n in the studio,

rearrangin'

bought Quicken (holy shit no way),

met with a small business guy to help with my business plan.

Do you know how many times I have started this process and never finished it because I would get so frustrated?

I've got a new attitude on this whole business thing..

Gotta love the business end and love the creative.

I'm trying, my inner child is behaving and learning new skills.

Happy

Oh..... the inner child would like to say...

"I am not changing my profession to accountant"

Studio looks great

Pixy Pocahontis, she is blossoming

Speaking of nurturing..Thank you Kathleen for taking such wonderful care of our little guy.. You are greatly appreciated :)

I am nurturing her

dreaming of her spreading love to all in various ways...

Still haven't gotten my car sticker so I can't take that off my list

OHHHHH

One project that I will be able to check off the list this week is the Auction Chair for

Signal Hill School.

Almost done.

It's a magical chair.

Fully equipped with a heart compass

and plenty of fro fro.

Genie Rocks on the rocker :)

she's also off her rocker..lol

just kiddin

Did I also mention that this little lady takes

a lot of the pictures here in the studio

oh and a cazillion other things?

she puts up with me,

puts my head back on when it falls off.

giggle

Thank you Genie..

You are also Greatly appreciated!!!

Sit in Pixy's love magic

take it all in...

listen to your heart for the chair turns up the volume

rock, feel at peace and know that all you do

is beautiful and that you are loved.

Have a great weekend...

Always wanted one..and Something REALLY FUNNY!!!!

I don't know what it is...

I have always had a thing for red telephone booths...

I've had plans for one for many years now...

Time machine

Hostess center at a restaurant

actual phone booth duh...

my secret elevator to the sky

or to my secret underground tunnel escape route when

I'm losing my mind

:)

Ok so I'm feeling open here..

got a hilarious story to tell

At my cost, my dignity. lol

oh no

:)

So I am, at the time of the story, 8.5 month pregnant,

At the grocery store with my son Lukas..

He is freaking hilarious,

anyways..

We were walking down the refrigerated liquor isle..

No I wasn't boozing it, just taking a wishful detour :)

When...

Out of no where, no warning..

spontaneous gas.

Sound effects

As if that were not BAD enough..

No wait it gets better/funnier

at my cost, because this is really freaking embarrassing..

lol

Lukas makes a funny comment about it and for the life of me I can't remember what because truly

I was in shock from the horror of embarrassment..

and not from the sound effects either. lol

His comment made me pee

just a little

A little then..

I of course shared this embarrassment with Lukas and he made another really funny comment and I just don't know what happened..

All my muscles shut down in the bladder department.

Thank god for dresses..

I had pee'd, full bladder relaxation release all over the grocery store floor.

FULL BLADDER I remind you

I stood there in horror..

All I could do was laugh because..

I just couldn't believe it.

I just couldn't believe I pee'd all over the freaking floor.

Pee had filled my flip flops and I was flipping a trail of pee to the bathroom.

I am Totally serious.

By some magic of nature there happened to be an employee in the bathroom at the same time as I entered. In my laughing shock I told her what happened, of course feeling like a complete idiot,

duh I pee'd all over the grocery store floor.

I told her I was pregnant,

duh, like she couldn't tell

shock you know..

I wanted her to be sure to know that I normally don't go around peeing on floors..

She laughed, understood and said she would take care of it.

phew!

I still had a cart of food that had to make it to the check out line.

So as Lukas and I with my moist flip flops headed towards the checkout line we hear the dreaded

"Clean up in isle 9"

I almost pee'd my pants..

Oh wait I already did

:)

Pregnancy, it'll do funny things to ya...

Laughing is good :)

Magical Deer Mice

Here are the magical field/deer mice we found in the parking lot of

Cahokia Mounds without a mama. The Ava and Jordan nursed them from babyhood to the cute young adults now are.

:)

They are now looking for new home owners.

They were a gift from the universe to the girls to practice taking

care of rodents to make sure that they can properly care for pets before buying themselves their dream hamsters.

They really are good luck.

How many people discover baby mice running around a parking lot, in the freezing cold of winter that came running towards us and were friendly..

So cute :)

here's the craig s list ad for them

http://stlouis.craigslist.org/pet/2234911607.html