We're welcoming in the New Year!

Dear Friends of Bluebird Fairies,

Happy New Year to you all, far and near!

Are you, like me, aiming to leave some things behind in 2020 while embracing new ways of being you? Here’s a fairy to support that intention as we step into 2021-

It’s the 'Fairy of New Ways of Being Rejoiced by You.’ I LOVE this guy with his outstretched arms and big red heart! We can join him in expressing his big words of “Oh Yeah!”

This fairy is featured in a short video I created for you-

I’m excited to let you know that I’m pairing up with Gwendolyn Evans of Gwendolyn’s Cauldron to do a workshop called “Receiving Your 2021 Energy Map.” You can find more information on that here. I did something like this with Gwendolyn last year. It was super easy and fun to create and a resource I used ALL year.

Please be in touch with any questions.

Wishing you all the best for 2021!!!!

All the best,

Emily and the Bluebird Fairies

Here’s a fairy to celebrate

New Ways of Being Here on Earth Fairy

Dear Friends of Bluebird Fairies,

As I write this we’re entering the eve before the longest day of darkness here in the Northern Hemisphere; the Winter Solstice.

I’ve been reading about this time- mainly inspired by my usual source; Lena of the PowerPath Seminar and School of Shamanism. She talks of this time being very important for us to begin to envision new ways of being here on the planet. I’ve gathered that it’s okay if we don’t yet have a clear vision and alternatively that we’re encouraged to ‘think big.’

What’s most important is to clear space in your life for these new ways to grow AND whenever you feel dismay or negativity- find ways to pull yourself up into a more positive place- go for a walk, clean, exercise, write, create, call a friend, etc.

The pandemic has given us so much room this year to go inward. At the same time, it has given us so much reason to become inventive and find new ways to connect with others and get work done.

Lately, I have been thinking of times people had to do this in the past; my pioneering ancestors and the original human inhabitants on the land where I live. I have been thinking of peoples watching the stars as we have been watching Jupiter and Saturn get closer and closer together. I have been watching the ice freeze on the river by my home and feeling even more so how for eons ice has inspired the art of previous peoples.

Do you have similar thoughts brewing in your mind? All of this is great inspiration for our movements forward.

The fairy of this season is the same as the Summer Fairy with just a few shifts of words here and there. Here she is-

The New Ways of Being Here on Earth Fairy. She, like her sister, our Summer Fairy, is asking “What Do you want to see, feel, experience in our future?

I hope you can take this wonderful time for dreaming big as you let go of things that have been holding you down. We need all of our positivity creatively working.

I’ll be in touch again soon. I have TWO fun things to tell you about. One is a collaboration with my dear creative friend and intuitive, Gwendolyn Evans that you all are invited to participate in on January 13th. The other is a performance JUST for all of you. So, please stay tuned and BE in touch.

All the best,

Emily and the Bluebird Fairies

Fairy of the Little Apple Tree - Small Business Saturday 10% Off

Dear Friends of Bluebird Fairies,

I hope this blog post finds you well and feeling a sense of hope growing around you in spite of things being different in our lives.

Today’s post features a NEW FAIRY, recently created to honor a small tree taken down to create room for a new endeavor- African Eggplants!

Seeing the felled tree opened up a sadness in me that led me, once again, to Ted Andrews. Here’s what emerged after reading Nature Speak:

Oh, the ‘Fairy of the Little Apple Tree!’ You’re just as sweet as that little tree. I love seeing your smile and feeling your exclamations of “Happiness and Healing are Near.”

It’s happened already 4 times this year but it's still remarkable. The drawing of the fairy was turned into an official fairy card! The first person to receive the ‘Fairy of the Little Apple Tree’ is a dear friend of Bluebird Fairies we’re holding tightly wrapped in our fairy arms.

This fairy and 4 more, now, comprise a supplemental collection of cards called ‘Rejuvenation’ you can add to your existing fairy decks OR have on hand to assist recharging your energy. You can find these here in our web site shop.

Hurrah, it’s the holiday shopping season! Bluebird will be having a variety of sales, incentives and notices (Such as our upcoming New Year’s Eve Activities - LIVE Fairy Card Readings and Demon Drawing Workshops!!)

Our first SALE starts Saturday- We’ll be honoring Small Business Saturday by offering 10% off on all of our web site sales. Just enter SMALLBIZ as the coupon code.

Once again Bluebird Fairies is taking part in the Women’s Festival of Crafts which has moved on-line. Please support the work of local crafters.

As we move through these times please light up your lives and the lives of others whenever you can.

All the best,

Emily and the Bluebird Fairies

Heart Thumping Love

Hello Friends of Bluebird!

In her monthly forecast, Lena, of the Powerpath Seminars and School of Shamanism, shared this slogan for October- “Keep Going No Matter What!” I have to admit, I’ve found it very helpful as we’ve moved through the month. (Click here to read Lena’s forecast in its entirety.)

Wanting to use the ‘Fairy of the Day app’ for this blog post (it had such a nice intro to the world with this Seven Days article!) I asked “What do we need to support us to ‘Keep going no matter what?’” It said:

Oh boy! Just what we need! The ‘Fairy of Heart Thumping Love’ with his words of ‘open’ and ‘easy’ and ‘be.’

Yes, let’s keep finding ways to tap into that daily; through writing and drawing, being in nature, sitting still, talking to young people, thinking good thoughts, laying down and breathing. There are SO many ways. Of course, all along the way, please be easy with yourself.

Let’s do it!

Onward and upward!

Emily and the Bluebird Fairies

Gratitude Fairy

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