Let This Be the Magic

Dear Friends of Bluebird Fairies

Hello.  We’re on the verge of summer.  I’m sure there are all kinds of activities and ideas swimming around you.  This is a wonderful time to take a moment to collect your wishes for the future and form them into concrete thoughts.  Summer is a time when we can move forward to make dreams a reality.  So, take a moment to refine and reflect.

The Fairy Booth at Arts Riot on Fridays has been a wonderful experience for me and the fairies.  Last week it was quite rainy so there were less people.   Quite a few of those people had seen me there for several weeks and decided to take a moment to talk with me about what I’m doing.  One guy said “Oh, this is a reflective conversation!”  I said.  “Yes.”

Each week along with the regular Fairy Reading styles I offer a “Special”.  Last week’s featured 3 Flower Fairies; Yarrow, Iris and Comfrey.   The week before, in honor of Glover’s Museum of Everyday Life’s current exhibit, we featured 3 Fairies of the dust; cosmic dust, gold dust and regular dust.  l’m collecting my thoughts about these wonderful conversations and am sure something interesting will develop from them.

I had new fairy cards printed.  There’s a new card so we’ll let this one be “The Fairy of this Blog Posting.

 This guy replaces “The Fairy of Apples Growing in Prague” in the Bluebird Fairy Deck.  That fairy reminds us that our wishes sometimes come in packages quite different than we imagined.  The “Fairy of Let this be the Magic” asks us to consider when things feel dire that some shifting might be happening that will yield great rewards.  The life I live now in this round house on Lewis Creek exhibits the benefits of my holding tightly to that fairy’s suggestion over two years ago. 

Can you let this fairy into your life? He makes everyday objects and rough thoughts sparkle with hope.

Every week at the Fairy Booth at the Arts Riot Truck Stop we’ll have a brand new Fairy T-shirt.  Here’s last week’s being held up by our dear friend Pamela. 

We’ll post the new one every friday on our facebook page.  They are nice shirts at a GREAT price and there are MANY ways to win them as prizes.  Thank you to Stephanie Salmon and Rob Pitone for making them happen so nicely.

Ah, folks.  Happy Summer.  We wish all your endeavors move you happily and wisely forward.

All the best,

Emily and the Bluebird Fairies

Fairy of the Yarrow Flowers

Hello Dear Blog Readers,

Today's Fairy is a brand new one.  

Yarrow is a wonderful flower that grows gently throughout the land in which I live.  There's a patch right near the front steps to our house. It’s going to bloom soon so I consulted Ted Andrews' book Nature-Speak for some background information.  

Here are some of his words:

“Yarrow reminds us that we receive signs every day.  It alerts us to pay attention and to trust in them- even if they do not seem logical.”

I take this gentle counsel into my heart as I head into believing all the plans and intentions I'm currently involved in are in the hands of the 'Fairy of It Will all Happen' and the paradoxical 'Fairy of Not Doing and All Gets Done'.

Ted Andrews also says “Many believe that when you see the first blossom in a yarrow patch, you should make a wish and it will come true.”

My Friday nights at the Arts Riot's Truck Stop have been wonderful. Having three under my belt I can now describe the scene with some accuracy.  

Amidst food, drink and folks of many sizes and kinds you’ll find my pleasant fairy booth when you venture into the performance space of Arts Riot. I'm next to a guy selling awesome clothes and across from artists from Vintage Inspired selling all kind of cool things.  Passersby pause to look at the easy, fun fairies sitting in the racks that comprise the fairy booth. Often they get into looking at every card and I enjoy watching a nice smile grow on their faces as they do this.  Quite a few people sit down with me for a Fairy Card Reading. 

Believe it or not, the clamor around us disappears. The smart design of the booth provides a perfect setting for a fun conversation inspired by the fairies.  Every night I’m amazed at the travels these conversations take us on.   

Come on down.  There are two basic readings and a special reading of the week to choose from.  And each week there are prizes and a raffle and..... this week we'll reveal some things hot off the press.

 Lastly....if you are considering the Bluebird Fairies Oracle Class please contact me so I can give you more information about it.  I also want to offer to people from the Burlington area the idea that we carpool together.   We're going to have a blast in this class!!!  (If it happens)

Make a wish today and wait for it to arrive.

All the best,

Emily and the Bluebird Fairies

Uncle Energy

Dear Friends of Bluebird Fairies,

Hello.  I’m back after a pause to focus on finishing my “Start Up” program at The Women’s Small Business Program.

Here’s our current Fairy of the Blog:

I was thinking of my Uncle Tom who lives out in Colorado Springs when I drew this.  He’s the benevolent patriarch of our Anderson Family.  I see him rarely but when I do he always gives me a bright smile and shines his brilliant Paul Newman eyes on me and then says something positive about my life even though I suspect he finds my route through it to be quite curious.

I just finished teaching some writing classes with the Young Writers Project.  In one class we used fairies from the Bluebird Fairies Deck as prompts for stories.  An INCREDIBLE story emerged about a guy named Bob who was assisted by the Fairy of Uncle Energy.  When I get a copy of that story I’ll share it with you.  And more.  It is a blast to see how the Bluebird Fairies come to life in other people’s lives and imaginations.

Uncle Energy is timely for me.

I have graduated from the Women’s Small Business Program(WSBP).  My business plan for has been written.  Outside reviewers have seen, approved and are heralding our fledgling movements forward. 

You can hear more about my experience and upcoming plans in a wonderful interview Gwen Pokalo, Director of WSBP, did with me on CCTV (channel 17). 

Yes, you can find me in my Fairy Booth every Friday night (except July 3) at the Arts Riot Truck Stop in Burlington.   Each week there will be a variety of Fairy Card readings to choose from.  Fairy Cards and Fairy Decks to purchase.  Each week we’ll have different specials and activities.  So come often!

Lastly, I am offering a 4-week class that introduces people to the Bluebird Fairies Fairy Deck up at Michele Nappi’s Moonlight Gift Shoppe in Milton.  I don’t think of the Fairy Deck as an Oracle deck as much as I think of it as an inspirational and reflective tool for feeling good about yourself and your life.  And that’s definitely what our focus will be each week of this fun-filled, light hearted class.  Please consider joining us.  And call Michele at (802) 893-9966 to sign up.

And now, back for a moment with the Fairy of Uncle Energy

What in your life needs a confident, warm, encouraging smile?  A smile that brims over with assuredness for your success.

Let it in!

Be well,

Emily and The Bluebird Fairies

Thank Yous to the Universe

Hello Friends of Bluebird Fairies,

First and foremost, thank you to all who have filled out surveys for Bluebird Fairies. It's been inspiring to read your words describing how the work we're creating fits into your lives in meaningful ways. 

I drew the Fairy of this blog posting on April 18th. 

She with her radiant hair, big wings and exclamations of “Oh”, “Ah” and “Yes!” was and is perfect. 

April 18th was a marvelous spring Saturday here in Vermont.  It was the day that Brian and I had secured for doing work around the yard and swamp.  I've lived here for 2 years and have enjoyed all the work this unique house and interesting land in which it resides provides.  How fun it was on that day to open up and share this satisfying work. 

Every night Brian and I each thank the day for 3 things it has given us.  This is a wonderful activity.   I and I suspect many of you share this with me, have many, many, many wishes for each day so it’s easy to feel at the end of one like I’ve not succeeded to address even a portion of them. Taking a moment to sum up all that a day was is a graceful practice of accepting what is. 

Today I have 3 things to thank the universe for:

1.  I’m reading Alice Walker's The Cushion in the Road: Meditation and Wandering as the Whole World Awakens to Being in Harm's Way.   She is a model of being beautifully aware of herself and she has a great love for our world which she shares with this same keen awareness.   Thank you, Alice.

2.  My neighbor, Jean, cut branches of Forsythia for my friend Libby and me.  So there’s a neat bramble of branches here in the house in a huge ceramic crock.  On Saturday it bloomed and now fills the house with fresh yellow.

3.  I am thankful to live on a piece of land where I can hear, feel and see spring growing.

What are you thankful for today??? Please think it, feel it, and love it!​

And now for a few announcements:

Bluebird Fairies is taking part in the Moonlight Mind, Body Spirit event that is being hosted by Michele Nappi's Moonlight Gift Shoppe; a wonderful store up in Milton, Vermont.  Please stop in and see us at the event on May 2 at the Hilton. 

The Fairy Booth will be up and I'll be giving my new 'Three Messages' Consultations.  At noon I'll give a workshop about my fun, easy fairy and demon drawing process.  More info can be found by clicking here. 

Lastly, Bluebird Fairies has a Facebook page.  Please like us, share us, friend us.... 

Thank you again for all of the positive support for the work we’re creating. 

Be well and we'll be in touch soon.

Fondly,

Emily and Bluebird Fairies