Dear Friends of Bluebird Fairies,
First I’d like to welcome the people who signed up to be on the Bluebird Fairy mailing list during the South End Art Hop!
About twice a month you’ll receive a notice that I’ve written a new blog posting. These writings are about fairies from the Fairy Deck, or the Fairy of the Day app OR new ones.
All of you who signed up for the mailing list also entered a raffle. First, I think we’re ALL winners because we’re here together NOW in this moment. But, I would also like to announce that Alexa B was the winner of the:
The Gratitude Fairy! There she is, holding gold flowers and gently smiling as she proclaims “I know you are thankful to be alive.” (FYI-there are more fairies from this series that can be found at the Art Hop’s virtual shop here after typing “Emily Anderson” into the search engine.)
The South End Art Hop was, naturally, very different this year but, as always, very special. It felt so good to have the newly redone Bluebird Fairies’ studio be that sparkly, magical place people found after traveling through a meandering, quiet building to the 3rd floor. I recall happily a woman wearing a bright pink shirt and standing in our pink fairy store saying “This is the most positive place I’ve been in in a long time.”
Yes, for many reasons, the Gratitude Fairy felt like an important thing to be sharing. We are in a time when its easy to get out of balance because there is so much around us that makes us feel powerless. What has assisted me greatly was reading in a book called the Yamas and Niyamas by by Deborah Adele. In it she says “I have found three ways of thinking that shift me out of a feeling of powerlessness:
Practicing gratitude
Trusting in the moment
Thinking about others
Each time I’ve shifted into any of the above, they’ve pulled me through to a place where I become more compassionate with myself and others. And, when that happens the magic begins.
I hope this is helpful to you and please be in touch with me to let me know.
All the best,
Emily and the Bluebird Fairies
With her new Gratitude Fairy
