tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23412056179758822772012-02-08T15:51:28.810-08:00Jeannine Roberts RoyceWriter, artist, designer - Goldenflower StudioJeannine Roberts Roycehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00906061785546764759noreply@blogger.comBlogger1201100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2341205617975882277.post-63651390511812399372012-02-08T15:50:00.000-08:002012-02-08T15:50:12.307-08:00A JUICY LIFE, A LIFE IN FULL BLOOM
How does one live a life that is rich
and round and complete? Juicy and rapturous? I’m working on a new art/writing project on this very sweet topic. And I'm asking myself,
What is a juicy life? And how does one attract more or it?
I’m
looking around, asking around… what is it to live a life in full bloom? Who do I see
voraciously consuming the beauty and gifts of the world... and Jeannine Roberts Roycehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00906061785546764759noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2341205617975882277.post-11439482275580681732012-02-01T17:23:00.000-08:002012-02-01T21:43:11.233-08:00BEGIN AGAIN, BELIEVE AGAINI'm resurrecting my blog after much time away. The last year has been filled with activity, creativity, and some unexpected responsibilities. I'm feeling it's time to share what's unfolding, changing, expanding.
A section of a new illustration, Through a Prism: The True Colors of Possibility
I'm finally back into a flow that allows for the kind of writing, creating and sharing that is not Jeannine Roberts Roycehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00906061785546764759noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2341205617975882277.post-69090717606448142612011-02-09T14:44:00.000-08:002011-02-11T20:01:09.415-08:00Earth Love
I am compelled to witness and listen to what happens around me in the natural world. Over the years I’ve attempted to position and reposition my receiver and fine tune the transmission until
the story of the seasons
pushes me right to the edge of my seat.
Often I leap up with cries of Bravo! Bravo! Ecstatically cheering… a standing ovation as new rhododendron flower buds push at Jeannine Roberts Roycehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00906061785546764759noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2341205617975882277.post-65063558519011237742010-11-30T21:31:00.000-08:002010-12-01T10:28:44.502-08:00THE HUNGRY GHOST
The world has been reeling and unsettled from economic ills in the last few years. As a result, people have begun to reassess what is important in their lives. We're learning to live more simply and practically, more purposefully, learning to appreciate all that we have and all that is good. This is a trend that has merit
Once you lose some of what you have, or are in danger ofJeannine Roberts Roycehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00906061785546764759noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2341205617975882277.post-44762740358977146302010-11-17T12:38:00.000-08:002010-11-30T19:28:14.256-08:00WHAT NOVEMBER TOLD
I was walking through soupy layers of leaves. Kicking debris around - crunchy pods, mossy branches, conifer cones and seed cases strewn by squirrels (a hearty tribe of squirrels in my neighborhood). A chill has settled in lately, frosty mornings with low sun... if you can see the sun. Can't feel the sun much.
Step by step, breath by breath, I became quiet and receptive, likeJeannine Roberts Roycehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00906061785546764759noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2341205617975882277.post-49061814766253391772010-11-09T18:16:00.000-08:002010-12-01T10:32:50.280-08:00LEAVES THAT FALL
... and the trees who loved them.
It's almost complete now. Trees are more than half bare and some nearly all gray with emptiness. They've become quieter, more solemn, dropping their final faded leaves. Unlike a few weeks ago when the dropping first began, and Indian summer still added an exotic sensuality to the Autumn stage. I've had a few wonderful Autumn walks lately. Jeannine Roberts Roycehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00906061785546764759noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2341205617975882277.post-26710910957162180612010-11-02T15:31:00.000-07:002010-11-02T16:03:26.592-07:00HOURS & DAYS
Whew! That brought a tingle and a charge. Hitting the 'New Post' button for this blog. Coming back into this universe that I so enjoy but have so neglected. Neglected in a good way.
Why begin again today of all days? I have no idea... well, yes, I do have an idea. It just felt right. And I have the time now that other projects are under control, more or less. So, I begin again.
Jeannine Roberts Roycehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00906061785546764759noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2341205617975882277.post-46111669180005367232010-07-02T08:18:00.000-07:002010-07-02T08:19:43.714-07:00One More Thing for Friday
Check out my latest post on the Fearless blog. My new calendars have arrived!Jeannine Roberts Roycehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00906061785546764759noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2341205617975882277.post-62823585215698218612010-07-02T08:06:00.000-07:002010-07-02T08:13:25.687-07:00Why We Are Here
Recently at a family gathering we were talking about religion. I think it was on Mother's Day. Everyone had come to my house for brunch and someone's comment got us sharing our various and, sometimes, on the surface anyway, incompatible views. We are Catholic, Evangelical Christian, Russian Orthodox, and some, like me, are spritually eclectic but not religious.
We do love each Jeannine Roberts Roycehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00906061785546764759noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2341205617975882277.post-50343090871035706532010-06-21T07:48:00.000-07:002010-06-21T10:03:06.645-07:00Solstice Song
Today at 7:28 am EDT. Which means here on the Pacific coast we are already 3 hours past Solstice as I write. I'm in the mood and singing a Solstice song today. A beautiful day as the sun crests and sparkles along the tops of trees, roof lines, garden gates, stop signs, across the breakfast table, across the big engine of life shifting into second gear. I love this time when the Jeannine Roberts Roycehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00906061785546764759noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2341205617975882277.post-58804490457519679042010-05-19T09:24:00.000-07:002010-05-19T09:40:14.280-07:00Happiness is a Laughing Building
I took a walk last week that became the signature spring walk for me. I've had other walks since but this one stands out. Everything was alive, even the building downtown where the Oregon Shakepeare Festival has its scene shop was laughing (more about that later). It was the air on my face, the brilliant light, the perfect temperature, the fragrance of warm Jeannine Roberts Roycehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00906061785546764759noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2341205617975882277.post-73658596772589218712010-05-10T17:43:00.000-07:002010-05-10T17:54:41.079-07:00Flowers Speaking Frankly
Flowers I saw on my morning walk this morning and what they had to say.
Dogwood blossoms, pink: With soft, silky chattering, mostly in harmony, they wondered why it was cold and raining when this was their time to be on stage. They need light and warmth and admiring comments, but everyone was rushing by to keep warm. Jeez, they moaned, there's snow on the hills again.
Jeannine Roberts Roycehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00906061785546764759noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2341205617975882277.post-33727199369268816202010-05-05T13:13:00.000-07:002010-05-05T13:15:00.751-07:00A Circle of Love
I have my daughter staying with me this week recovering from a pretty serious surgery she had a few days ago (nothing life-threatening). My purpose is solely to make her comfortable, make her well, make her smile. I love thinking of ways every minute to create a healing environment for her. So, not working so much or thinking of the lists and responsibilities.
My blog posting Jeannine Roberts Roycehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00906061785546764759noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2341205617975882277.post-43361405783574271302010-04-30T17:00:00.000-07:002010-04-30T17:04:01.290-07:00A Garden of Friends
Busy, busy week but what's new about that. I've winnowed the new additions to the catalog from 44 to 29 and still may redshirt a few more until next catalog. Red shirt? Where'd the sports metaphor come from? It's Friday and the brain is pulling in anything it can use. I've slid onto the couch one too many times while Ken is watching sports.
I do have another new card to Jeannine Roberts Roycehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00906061785546764759noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2341205617975882277.post-18915373795967205862010-04-26T21:35:00.000-07:002010-04-30T17:02:40.141-07:00May Fortune Follow You
Today I continued working on new cards for my 2010-2011 wholesale catalog (they'll also be on website for retail customers in June). Many, many iterations come and go until I finally get to what feels right. I use very similar instincts whether I'm designing and styling real flowers, or designing a flower illustration. This week I'm making final decisions for what goes in Jeannine Roberts Roycehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00906061785546764759noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2341205617975882277.post-20362675024603124542010-04-23T11:43:00.000-07:002010-04-23T12:09:39.941-07:00All that you have, All that is possible
I'll end the week by sharing a new version of one of the first cards I ever designed. I wrote about this in a previous post. It's been good luck for me to have started my greeting card line 7 years ago on this note. It still resonates for me and reminds me what's important. I've had stores request this card after it sold out last year and now that I'm Jeannine Roberts Roycehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00906061785546764759noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2341205617975882277.post-35643692915091671292010-04-19T15:46:00.000-07:002010-04-23T07:25:43.083-07:00Rainbow Embrace
Where has the last week gone!? Returned to work last Tuesday from my personal coast retreat and had some catching up to do - phone calls, emails, orders, business. The away time was superb ... you can read a little about it and my writing assignment on my Fearless blog. I'm still in the afterglow, trying to live as long as possible on slow time. The body and brain must get work Jeannine Roberts Roycehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00906061785546764759noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2341205617975882277.post-46376629763761268972010-04-09T10:07:00.000-07:002010-04-09T10:07:02.644-07:00Away
I'm away from blogging, working, computer, until mid-week.
Off for a personal coast retreat... checking out, and stepping away from all that's familiar, habitual, routine, expected. On my own, just sitting, just walking, just being in the presence of sea sound. Calming the noise.
Ken took this a few years ago of me walking along shore near Gold Beach, OR. I like our couple trips, too - Jeannine Roberts Roycehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00906061785546764759noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2341205617975882277.post-48913279659471331122010-04-05T18:33:00.000-07:002010-04-05T18:37:36.042-07:00Rituals for Calming the Noise
Available as a card in my Etsy store.
By the sea is where I calm the noise and recharge my spirit. I’ll be leaving for a beach retreat later this week and already I’m anticipating the sweet mood of respite and relaxation. To settle my mind, and crack the crust of built-up worries, I wander the beach and collect stuff - little bits of smooth driftwood, and if the Jeannine Roberts Roycehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00906061785546764759noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2341205617975882277.post-22188944607067873892010-04-02T10:37:00.000-07:002010-04-02T10:43:35.144-07:00Seven Years, So Much Gratitude
Began working on my new wholesale catalog this week - designing a new cover and making decisions about what goes in, what gets eliminated. I have a very hard time with this because I want to offer many choices, so editing becomes a fine art. I enjoy the process of taking all the business considerations into account, but at the same time being a little kid who wantsJeannine Roberts Roycehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00906061785546764759noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2341205617975882277.post-81182022134032248142010-03-29T13:22:00.000-07:002010-03-30T10:04:46.552-07:00Expressing and Sharing the Bliss-Ride
This blogging occupation is somewhat at cross purposes with my natural inclination to be private. It’s a little beyond the comfort zone of a comfortably reclusive personality to post art and personal stories and musings about the nature of things. I spend a lot of my time writing, creating markings and symbols (sometimes called art), convening solitary treksJeannine Roberts Roycehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00906061785546764759noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2341205617975882277.post-64734178688752266542010-03-26T14:13:00.000-07:002010-03-31T13:53:06.589-07:00Morning Greetings
Ken and I walked downtown this morning for breakfast. While we sat and waited for our food to arrive we found ourselves commenting on how great our lives are lately. Here we were on a weekday morning choosing to start work late and have a little spontaneous get-a-way.
With us, as with many, the last few years have carried a substantial (but not insurmountable) measure of Jeannine Roberts Roycehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00906061785546764759noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2341205617975882277.post-23626203667007418642010-03-22T21:40:00.000-07:002010-03-22T22:01:59.330-07:00The Child in Your Heart
We saw this window on our way up to Portland two weeks ago. Stopped to eat in the little town of Oakland and parked right in front of this building. It's one of those sweet messages that is exactly what you need to hear at exactly the right time. A perfect attitude for spring. Inside the window is a carousel horse, you can just make out the legs and center pole. I have noJeannine Roberts Roycehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00906061785546764759noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2341205617975882277.post-89130163739295193852010-03-19T11:00:00.000-07:002010-03-19T11:14:48.469-07:00IT'S INTOXICATING!
Spring Equinox, March 20th - 10:32 PT
The clematis vine on my front porch is in full bloom. And, because we’ve had some warm days - almost 70 degrees this week, the intoxicating fragrance has drifted through the open front door. To get the full effect, I go outside and, breathing deeply, walk back and forth under the arch of waxy, long, lanceolate leaves and snowy expanse of Jeannine Roberts Roycehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00906061785546764759noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2341205617975882277.post-74258287507128539932010-03-15T22:03:00.000-07:002010-03-16T08:03:29.051-07:00Catching Up
Catching up from a week out of town. We traveled to Portland, OR from our home in southern Oregon about 5 hours away. Stayed with my daughter-in-law, her husband and our granddaughter Sophie. Portland is one of the most livable and interesting cities in the country. We had a blast going to the zoo, eating at exceptional restaurants, walking in great neighborhoods. Had lunch with my Jeannine Roberts Roycehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00906061785546764759noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2341205617975882277.post-76075295554295903832010-03-06T11:29:00.000-08:002010-03-06T11:30:54.773-08:00The Equinox is coming, the Equinox is coming!
I'm on the road through the 14th. I'll be back here on the 15th with some pre-Equinox thoughts. If you don't do New Years resolutions and you haven't had a birthday yet this year to jump start and renew your purpose... the Equinox is a perfect time to channel the growing energy of all life forms doing what they're born to do. Join me on the 15th.
Jeannine Roberts Roycehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00906061785546764759noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2341205617975882277.post-49840483813793515282010-03-05T11:02:00.000-08:002010-03-05T11:04:54.646-08:00Clematis and Blue Jays
The clematis photo I added to my post last month was of tight buds… still in slumber, but starting to stretch. The voice of Winter reminded us that in due time the buds would open, broadcast their fragrance, delight us… in due time. The earth was still quietly cold and dormant - recharging, renewing, drawn into itself.
This week evidence is strong that life will erupt Jeannine Roberts Roycehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00906061785546764759noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2341205617975882277.post-44609287549060008012010-03-01T11:56:00.000-08:002010-03-05T09:11:38.667-08:00Today I Begin
I should start every Monday's post with the title, Today I Begin. It reinforces centuries of sage wisdom that assures us we can begin again, try again, be filled with hope again, be renewed again.
No matter the noise from yesterday, before rehearsing for tomorrow, in this moment, as we open our hopeful hearts to the dawn, we can profess our readiness to release expectations, to Jeannine Roberts Roycehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00906061785546764759noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2341205617975882277.post-43312176512414597512010-02-26T13:15:00.000-08:002010-02-26T14:23:40.499-08:00The Sister Retreat and the Hawk Gift
I think I'll finish out the week with one more gift to share. A gift so powerful and inspiring, I am humbled and speechless... well, almost speechless. This is a rather long story but some experiences in life deserve the full context. It takes place at the farm where the flowers grow that I use in my art.
I spent three days at my sister's farm this week, Jeannine Roberts Roycehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00906061785546764759noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2341205617975882277.post-39549571391222482222010-02-22T09:56:00.000-08:002010-02-22T11:14:18.978-08:00Today is For You
A photo from our walk last week through the alleys and back streets. It was such a gift to find this message scrawled below the electric meter. Today, is for you! ...I'm passing along the gift.
I think about the idea of gifts alot. The gifts we contribute to the world (a persistent theme running through my work) of our unique talents and wisdom, the gifts we choose to give Jeannine Roberts Roycehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00906061785546764759noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2341205617975882277.post-68691345623319361652010-02-19T13:08:00.000-08:002010-02-19T13:16:43.227-08:00What the Song Keeper Told:
Rituals for calling back your song.
Purpose: To set the stage and create an atmosphere for the annual celebration of welcoming back your song on your birthday (see last post about your birth day).
Preparing in this way for your birthday is to return to the beginning, to remember how weeks of preparation and anticipation set the stage for your birth, to remember how Jeannine Roberts Roycehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00906061785546764759noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2341205617975882277.post-62039118071708842132010-02-15T11:49:00.000-08:002010-02-15T12:03:16.059-08:00What the Song Keeper Told:
Birthdays are for remembering your birth day!
I’ve chosen the time around my birthday each year to quiet the noise around me, to step away from all that is familiar, and to summon back the song of my soul.
Usually, I leave for a private retreat at the coast to perform the spells and rituals I learned many years ago when one of my muses, a Song Keeper named Florese, Jeannine Roberts Roycehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00906061785546764759noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2341205617975882277.post-69682655948254662612010-02-12T10:01:00.000-08:002010-02-13T11:02:53.956-08:00Ritual and Forgiveness
Today: Ritual and Forgiveness in the context of opening the Circle of Promise - addendum/closure for Feb. 8 post. I revisit the Circle of Promise often because it's the foundation for a lot of my work and art.
In my last post I should have made reference to the entire sequence of posts about the process I've developed (after a strong epiphany years ago!) called the CircleJeannine Roberts Roycehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00906061785546764759noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2341205617975882277.post-89053795064142240852010-02-08T16:00:00.000-08:002010-02-12T08:54:16.111-08:00A Daily Ritual for Opening the Circle of Promise (aka booting up the Circle of Promise)
It is important to open your day with intention. To greet each morning vowing to live your truth. To begin again as though all things are possible and all doors will open.
You can download this to your desktop (personal use only) for meditation and centering. Available in my Etsy shop as part of a set of 4 Jeannine Roberts Roycehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00906061785546764759noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2341205617975882277.post-57310174483347771712010-02-05T11:25:00.000-08:002010-02-05T12:20:50.386-08:00Winter Wisdom
It’s my nature to tie most of life’s experiences and events to the metaphor of natural cycles. Maybe more than a metaphor... I think, as women, we know these cycles through our bodies and emotions. Earlier this week, I wrote this on my Fearless blog: Through the Mother, we are deeply, inextricably linked to the Mystery - to the cycles and seasons of birth, death, decay, renewal. WeJeannine Roberts Roycehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00906061785546764759noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2341205617975882277.post-18491978692977056082010-02-01T17:22:00.000-08:002010-02-05T11:32:39.113-08:00New Format for My Main Blog
First, you'll notice a new header and title art above. That is the beginning of a minor overhaul on this blog. I'll be transitioning to a new focus for this blog over the coming weeks and updating some features. Each week I'll introduce a theme (based on my art and writing, and topics I just can‘t resist) which in some cases may evolve over several posts, as the Jeannine Roberts Roycehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00906061785546764759noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2341205617975882277.post-73447038190896859502010-01-27T11:35:00.000-08:002010-01-27T11:58:28.006-08:00Of Charms and Symbols
When I talked about the Circle of Promise in recent posts, I described a type of container sitting in the center to hold, protect, and energize your Song. I saw, or knew, that mine would be the nautilus. I love the shore, the sea, the deep, and especially the nautilus - nearly unchanged after 450 million years; it lives in the cavernous womb of the sea. With mother-of-pearlJeannine Roberts Roycehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00906061785546764759noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2341205617975882277.post-26936178498428626002010-01-22T14:11:00.000-08:002010-01-22T14:11:14.639-08:00See Giveaway on my Fearless Woman blog.
Starts today and runs through January 31st.Jeannine Roberts Roycehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00906061785546764759noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2341205617975882277.post-11706783580798596242010-01-19T10:20:00.000-08:002010-01-21T19:07:24.893-08:00Your Own North Star
This is for Karima who commented on post below. And also for Julia.
Thanks for surfacing, Karima! And thanks to Julia for recent comments. Karima, I love the notion of 'the necessity of creativity' that you mentioned. It is necessary to be fully expressing your promise. I think sometimes people who don't see themselves as 'art-makers', or are new to art-making, believe they Jeannine Roberts Roycehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00906061785546764759noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2341205617975882277.post-61686594614223448032010-01-14T13:54:00.000-08:002010-01-14T13:56:39.394-08:00Circle of Compassion
Joining with many around the world to send waves of love and prayers to victims of the earthquake tragedy in Haiti. It's so overwhelming that I feel powerless to do anything but send money. But then I thought I could take a minute to imagine communicating directly with just one person who needs comfort, and hold that person in my heart for the days to come. Maybe through my Jeannine Roberts Roycehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00906061785546764759noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2341205617975882277.post-61905830703024076912010-01-14T12:35:00.000-08:002010-01-16T19:09:13.637-08:00To Testify
I mentioned in recent posts (posts about The Circle of Promise starting with January 4th) that because I had occasionally fallen on my face in pursuit of promise, I felt prepared to testify how some creative leaps end as crashes. I think this is indisputable. Risking brings resilience only because you learn to pick yourself up and continue.
This art is from a series of prints withJeannine Roberts Roycehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00906061785546764759noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2341205617975882277.post-81959566682766392352010-01-12T15:16:00.000-08:002010-01-14T13:04:51.810-08:00The Circle is Complete
Here is what unfolded for me: The little epiphany I’ve described (in posts below starting with January 4th) was almost a sound as much as a thought. I heard something - my listening became acute. I translated the experience as ‘knowing I knew something’, if that makes sense. The landscape of the Circle of Promise seemed to draw me in – even though I had yet to name this asJeannine Roberts Roycehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00906061785546764759noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2341205617975882277.post-65873812620548882022010-01-09T14:33:00.000-08:002010-01-09T14:42:54.422-08:00Mandala As Feminine Container
In the last post we began creating a mandala - you could also call it a shield, an altar, a womb, or just a grid of energy that carries support for your potential and the gateways for its manifestation. At its center we placed a vessel containing the symbol for your Song and your promise (see the last 3 posts, beginning on January 4th, for the background and Jeannine Roberts Roycehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00906061785546764759noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2341205617975882277.post-33543110831842033322010-01-08T15:55:00.000-08:002010-01-08T16:47:59.505-08:00Falling Through the Portal
So, just to recap from the last post: Years ago, I had a health crisis, decided to quit my job, and, after having an epiphany one summer afternoon, became enthralled with Dwelling in the Circle of Promise. The epiphany led me to illustrate (with paper and pens) a sort of map or mandala with directions for reclaiming the song of my soul and bringing forth my promise as Jeannine Roberts Roycehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00906061785546764759noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2341205617975882277.post-28597086347399438312010-01-07T13:48:00.000-08:002010-01-09T08:17:23.481-08:00True Story of My Epiphany - as promised in my last post
Once I had a kind of epiphany. One that gave me insight about what I call the Circle of Promise. After the epiphany, I was able to trace my yearning to its source.... arriving at the place where my promise dwells. There was no turning back.
It was a dreamy-perfect summer afternoon in 1996 soon after my last day of work supervising a teen Jeannine Roberts Roycehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00906061785546764759noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2341205617975882277.post-15330776803629203652010-01-04T14:38:00.000-08:002010-01-04T14:57:53.430-08:00To Bring Forth Your Promise
Beginning Thursday - you're invited to create a Circle of Promise
There have been so many lists and reflections on the last year and this cycle of economic downturn. Collectively, we've been thrust into a new paradigm and here is why I think it is a good thing on many levels: We are learning to be more resourceful. We've become more mindful of what we consume and, Jeannine Roberts Roycehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00906061785546764759noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2341205617975882277.post-74308941316183603502009-12-21T11:35:00.000-08:002009-12-21T20:41:13.052-08:00LIGHT RETURNS
I'm writing just minutes after the official moment of Solstice. I've posted quite a bit about Solstice over the last few weeks (see posts below) and now must simply CELEBRATE! ... celebrate the return of Light and the promise that Life will be renewed. I, being a true lizard who loves the warm latitudes, begin to watch for signs of buds, shoots, animal activity, and increasing Jeannine Roberts Roycehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00906061785546764759noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2341205617975882277.post-54031897619885427412009-12-16T08:14:00.000-08:002009-12-16T12:17:56.489-08:00Tea Bag Quote
I have to share my tea bag quote today. Each teabag has a quote on the little square paper that holds the string. I use a Yogi tea called Immune Support (among many others). My natural medicine is Sunshine... and there's not much to be found in the Pacific Northwest this time of year. Now I take substantial Vit D on the advice of my doctor and it's made a huge, huge difference. Jeannine Roberts Roycehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00906061785546764759noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2341205617975882277.post-43501358117311041492009-12-14T16:10:00.000-08:002009-12-14T21:26:44.994-08:00Essence of Hope
This is a 5x7 card from my Holiday line. Available on my website.
Front of card:
Even as we reach the stillpoint of the longest night, enduring Seeds of Life stir beneath a dormant earth.
Inside card:
Light returns as promised.
The sentiments expressed in this card distill all my attempts to describe Solstice. And in describing Solstice, to express the essence of HOPE thatJeannine Roberts Roycehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00906061785546764759noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2341205617975882277.post-35984550597524988332009-12-11T17:39:00.000-08:002009-12-13T20:27:23.208-08:00A FEARLESS WOMAN
Boxed Gift Set
I must thank a customer and good friend who more or less commissioned this full set of Fearless cards. I needed to re-draft this art from the print format to card layouts... so I was going to wait until after the first of the year when I'll be sending out art submissions again. But I promised her I'd work on it and then couldn't stop until I saw them all workedJeannine Roberts Roycehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00906061785546764759noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2341205617975882277.post-6068654506391359292009-12-11T10:27:00.000-08:002009-12-11T10:30:15.391-08:00Solstice Grandmother
I've always imagined a special guide or medicine woman who appears when I am befuddled about my purpose or falling into a generally confused and cranky attitude. Someone who can teach me about embracing darkness whenever and wherever it occurs. When I constructed this Grandmother of Winter I projected all my needs for the grandmothers I never had. My paternal grandmother Jeannine Roberts Roycehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00906061785546764759noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2341205617975882277.post-63388173110757092452009-12-10T15:39:00.000-08:002009-12-10T15:41:45.853-08:00Awaiting Solstice
We've passed the time of Harvest when day and night were in balance. With gratitude we celebrated our blessings and the abundance of life, gifts from the sun and mother earth. Now we await Solstice (from Latin: sol - sun, sistere - to cause to stand still).
ENCHANTED AUTUMN HOLDING LIGHT
Nature metaphors serve me best when I try to make sense of how I feel and what I am Jeannine Roberts Roycehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00906061785546764759noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2341205617975882277.post-82174642128605885052009-12-09T12:07:00.000-08:002009-12-09T18:04:29.311-08:00Autumn and Winter Nature Spirits
Dark Mystery - Magic found in worlds beyond.
Composed of preserved (with glycerine) and dried botanicals, fabric, shells.
Preserved: a real freeze-dried dendrobium orchid (in her hands), salal leaves and eucalyptus.
Dried: delphinium blossoms, feverfew, fern moss, cotton pods, bell pod (the head), artichoke, fir cones.
Fabric: black glitter-tulle, satin Jeannine Roberts Roycehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00906061785546764759noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2341205617975882277.post-15401593465810013712009-12-07T18:05:00.000-08:002009-12-07T20:35:21.764-08:00Wreath Woman
I’ve been thinking more about wreath-making, and the classic Evergreen wreath with its wonderful symbolism. I am picking up from a few posts back… where I shared my own tradition of wreath-making with family and friends. I’ll get to the Evergreen wreath in just a bit, but first a little more background on my own wreath-making story.
Yesterday, I was going through old photographs Jeannine Roberts Roycehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00906061785546764759noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2341205617975882277.post-23310040734243475232009-12-02T13:01:00.000-08:002009-12-09T10:12:53.373-08:00Giving 101
Hope everyone found some respite and celebration over Thanksgiving time.
Sometimes things don't go the way you'd planned and that's what happened for me this year. My husband and I were about to leave for Portland, OR for a week visiting family and friends but then my 85 year old mother-in-law, Ellen, fell and broke her shoulder - pretty bad as it turns out - complicated by her age Jeannine Roberts Roycehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00906061785546764759noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2341205617975882277.post-88812778203108794672009-11-23T11:19:00.000-08:002009-11-23T11:23:16.495-08:00Traditions
Bring Meaning
to the Season
In my family we have a tradition of gathering every year (around Thanksgiving) in my sister’s kitchen to create fresh evergreen wreaths. We have a large family so this can become a pretty chaotic and noisy event. Add to that various friends who beg an invitation. In recent years we've moved out to the new shop building at the farm - with room to set up big Jeannine Roberts Roycehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00906061785546764759noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2341205617975882277.post-83646296319121947062009-11-18T09:17:00.000-08:002009-11-20T07:56:38.019-08:00The Depths of Her Power
... with wisdom and grace
Front: She Explores the Depths of Her Power
Inside: As life ripens and seasons her, failure and pain is inevitable, defeat is optional. A fearless woman gains wisdom from failure - as well as courage, knowledge, fortitude... and a little attitude.
Front: She Blesses Her Wounds
Inside: She blesses all of her wounds as important gifts that Jeannine Roberts Roycehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00906061785546764759noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2341205617975882277.post-23825971530465390472009-11-17T10:23:00.000-08:002009-11-17T10:30:13.146-08:00A Fiery Passion
A red burning Sunflower is featured in this Fearless Woman card - another in the series I've been introducing. As I mentioned, I designed these cards for a special order. I wasn't planning to release them until early next year, but sometimes an unexpected prompt will change one's direction. They are based on the illustrations from the series, A Fearless Woman.
I call the set ofJeannine Roberts Roycehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00906061785546764759noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2341205617975882277.post-56837133357727708602009-11-13T10:10:00.000-08:002009-11-13T10:34:46.200-08:00Bold-Colored Glasses
... as worn by Fearless Women
This is #4 in the new series of Fearless Woman cards I'm introducing - based on illustrations I created at the end of 2008. Brush Dance will be publishing a 2011 calendar due out in 2010 with these illustrations and writing. Brush Dance has an extensive line of products created with thoughtful words and beautiful art - take a look by clicking Jeannine Roberts Roycehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00906061785546764759noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2341205617975882277.post-87195423743514573102009-11-12T11:53:00.000-08:002009-11-20T20:25:27.028-08:00Yearning and Light
more new cards!!
from the series A Fearless Woman
Adding 2 more from the set I introduced yesterday - there will be 7 in all. Cards are 5x7 at 3.95 ea.
Thanks to all for comments!
Tara, it sounds like FEARLESS has come to you in a set of three... this could be something to pay attention to. Mollie and Sue: We are sustained and supported by the connections we have with each Jeannine Roberts Roycehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00906061785546764759noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2341205617975882277.post-26822310980265119452009-11-11T14:32:00.000-08:002009-11-20T20:24:40.543-08:00A Fearless Woman
card set
Just completed a custom set of Fearless Woman cards (based on illustrations from series A Fearless Woman) - customer is ordering bundles of cards to give as holiday gifts, each with a different theme. Thought I'd introduce the set here, too. A Fearless "manifesto" is in the works and I will make available soon - but, still polishing - this is part of bigger project.
Jeannine Roberts Roycehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00906061785546764759noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2341205617975882277.post-61720639736166248752009-11-06T15:52:00.001-08:002009-11-06T15:55:30.827-08:00My Art Featured on Heartfire at HomeI am just thrilled to be featured on this wonderful Australian blog Heartfire at Home:http://heartfireathome.blogspot.com/Linda came across my Etsy shop and had been wanting to write a post about using greeting cards as inexpensive decorating accents. Thanks, Linda!Jeannine Roberts Roycehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00906061785546764759noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2341205617975882277.post-2072865472086388392009-11-05T14:03:00.001-08:002009-11-09T08:26:34.659-08:00She Blesses Her Wounds
"She blesses all of her wounds as important gifts that bestow wisdom and grace. She accepts and blesses the dark parts, the hurts. She leaves what might have been to become available to herself and what is." From the illustration, She Blesses Her Wounds... in the series A Fearless Woman.
This post will tie the last 3 or 4 posts together (beginning with Oct. 30)... I Jeannine Roberts Roycehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00906061785546764759noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2341205617975882277.post-32380773419845853852009-11-05T12:08:00.000-08:002009-11-06T11:26:01.078-08:00Her Boldness Blossoms"There is an unnameable yearning that originates in the womb of her purpose. She follows this yearning to find her boldness and erase her fear. Her yearning is never quenched. Her boldness blossoms." (from the illustration, "She follows a deep yearning" - in the series A Fearless Woman... this illustration is not yet published)In my last post I shared a few highlights from a Jeannine Roberts Roycehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00906061785546764759noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2341205617975882277.post-61860358139567270662009-11-03T15:09:00.000-08:002009-11-03T15:19:02.952-08:00I Am PrunedFollowing is an excerpt from the story of how my experience with breast cancer years ago inspired my spirit and expanded my heart... how I took my first breath for the second time. My purpose in sharing is twofold: through personal and purposeful writing, I continue the process of listening to the song of my soul, and second, to be in service by sharing wisdom gained.Jeannine Roberts Roycehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00906061785546764759noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2341205617975882277.post-81144542982105894182009-11-03T11:01:00.000-08:002009-11-05T07:37:15.397-08:00The soul's yearning to express itself and realize itself is alive in every breath you take. There are moments I remember, which in the entire span of my life, have no comparison for their poignancy and poetry. It’s true that the inexact habits of memory are often joined with the full cooperation of imagination. Memory brings an imperfect script to the stage of the present. Maybe, certain Jeannine Roberts Roycehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00906061785546764759noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2341205617975882277.post-17259894042507170652009-11-02T09:07:00.000-08:002009-11-02T10:08:30.671-08:00Connection and GratitudeI'm off to spend a day with my mom. She lives an hour away so I don't see her quite as often as I'd like. But I feel so lucky to have her in range for a day trip, as well my sister Mary - the magic farm fairy. My daughter, on the other hand, lives just across town, 10 minutes away, so I am in perfect heaven. We have an uncanny routine of running into each other at the postJeannine Roberts Roycehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00906061785546764759noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2341205617975882277.post-4265171206635228002009-10-30T08:49:00.000-07:002009-10-31T09:23:54.493-07:00Persephone,Breast Cancer,& PruningMy Story - Part IBy this way and that a life is lived and the soul advances. But it's only after years of being shaken and searched does the soul fully blossom and reveal its radiant features. This image will link to the card available on Etsy. Print available on my website here.October has been Breast Cancer Awareness month. I've hesitated to offer any advice, Jeannine Roberts Roycehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00906061785546764759noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2341205617975882277.post-64647323725353691242009-10-27T11:50:00.000-07:002009-10-27T16:47:03.024-07:00Discover What You Were BornTo Do"Discover what you were born to do. Know what makes your heart sing." 5x7 hand-glittered card (blank inside). Click on image to see card on Etsy. I'm featuring this card today because of an inspiring conversation I had with a friend this morning. We go way back - met when our kids were friends in middle school... our little girls are now 31!She recently had a huge Jeannine Roberts Roycehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00906061785546764759noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2341205617975882277.post-39065441540506975212009-10-26T10:43:00.000-07:002009-10-26T14:19:17.518-07:00To CelebrateThe Endless BlessingsThat Flow Out To UsFront text: We gather in loving kinship to celebrate the endless blessings that flow out to us.Inside text: Our voices unite in harmony and our hearts in praise.The Holiday time, which is rapidly approaching, recenters our attention on: What we have that is good, the things we appreciate, what and who we love, what and who we cherish, and what Jeannine Roberts Roycehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00906061785546764759noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2341205617975882277.post-72907918859746235992009-10-23T09:16:00.000-07:002009-10-26T10:14:08.857-07:00With open heartswe share our joyand celebrateour kinship(inside text)This is another very popular card in my Holiday line and also one of my more popular prints in the 'flower wreath' category. This card is exuberant and all about the celebration and sharing... of song, of succulent meals, of every wintry impression our senses take in, of the beauty we behold in nature, and of the joy we know Jeannine Roberts Roycehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00906061785546764759noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2341205617975882277.post-43093096920014831422009-10-22T10:55:00.000-07:002009-10-26T10:16:32.886-07:00Bless All of UsEach and Every Oneinside text:heart to heart andhand to hand, we renew our kinship with each otherand with allof creationThis card was my #1 Holiday card last year (the #2 card was a couple posts down: The white/aqua Zinnia with the Thoreau quote). Something about these white Zinnias; this one with a very rich brocade-like center similar to the card just below.The front quote is a Jeannine Roberts Roycehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00906061785546764759noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2341205617975882277.post-44521658075709390452009-10-19T09:51:00.001-07:002009-10-26T10:18:00.544-07:00Connect DeeplyWith Each OtherFront of card: Connect deeply with each other, serve a greater purpose, contribute your gifts.Inside text: ... and the soul will feel its worth in any season.A star-like, shining white Zinnia, with one of the most resplendent centers I've been able to create (I don't take credit - the flowers come with their own magic), sends a Holiday message of kinship, and living Jeannine Roberts Roycehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00906061785546764759noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2341205617975882277.post-90928458939308496542009-10-16T09:02:00.000-07:002009-10-26T10:19:30.442-07:00"Nature is full of genius,full of divinity,so that not a snowflakeescapes itsfashioning hand."Henry David ThoreauIntroducing another Holiday card today, although, it seems to appeal year round. White Zinnias from my sister Mary's farm are layered one on top of another. I think I used 3 or 4 original photos of flowers to arrive at this final snowflake. Veiny patterns texture the ivory petals whichJeannine Roberts Roycehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00906061785546764759noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2341205617975882277.post-9545108340734278742009-10-15T07:18:00.000-07:002009-10-31T09:18:31.521-07:00May PeaceFill Your WorldInside text: Wishing you peace and love at holiday time and all through the year.This art with this quote has been one of my most popular cards for Holiday. I also have a version with new art this year and I'll feature that soon. Here, a Zinnia's ivory corolla is a radiant star behind a mossy green calyx. Usually the calyx of sepals is behind the corolla of petals in a Jeannine Roberts Roycehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00906061785546764759noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2341205617975882277.post-61120599962828756572009-10-14T07:19:00.000-07:002009-10-26T10:21:09.049-07:00HOLIDAY2 for 1 Begins Today!through October 31(all 40 styles)see instructions atbottom of this postinside text:"All of our silent prayers, and all of our dreams for peace, are held in the infinite stars"click on image to go to storeOne of my original Classic Holiday cards. The flower on the front is a white Zinnia grown at my sister's farm. Ivory Zinnia has antiqued edges, and a golden center Jeannine Roberts Roycehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00906061785546764759noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2341205617975882277.post-42646406181652166012009-10-10T11:44:00.000-07:002009-10-26T10:22:02.677-07:00"If you are outside yourself, always reaching beyond yourself, you avoid the call of your own mystery.""The soul loves risk. It is only through the door of riskthat the soul can enter."The above quotes are from Anam Cara, a book by John O'Donohue. A beautiful book of Celtic wisdom by an Irish poet, teacher, and philosopher who died in 2008, much too early. I had just discovered him about 3-4 Jeannine Roberts Roycehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00906061785546764759noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2341205617975882277.post-64546614421376721342009-10-09T11:15:00.000-07:002009-10-26T10:23:16.257-07:00Menu of PossibilitiesOne more new addition for today: 5x7 card in Etsy store and print available on my website (click on image for print)"Examine the menu of possibilities. Choose the ones you're most hungry for. Arrange them as a splendid feast."This is an illustration, until now, I haven't had available as a card. I thought it might be a good message to follow the Sunflowers I added earlier Jeannine Roberts Roycehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00906061785546764759noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2341205617975882277.post-49306858722382881752009-10-09T07:28:00.000-07:002009-10-26T10:24:18.379-07:00NEW!! SUNFLOWER CARD SETset of 4This set is on sale in my Etsy store. All hand-glittered with art wrapping to back. All are blank inside. Click on image and you'll see each separate card. "Chocolate" card is the newest.I think this card set is for making friends and family grin big grins and then want to hug you. Cheerfully, cheerfully, uplifting and fun. Sunflowers are my favorite emissaries to Jeannine Roberts Roycehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00906061785546764759noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2341205617975882277.post-55909770025026377242009-10-07T12:09:00.000-07:002009-10-07T12:21:53.828-07:00Update on my last post: My husband, who took the Sunflower mural photo just below, informs me he shot it a few weeks ago, when I was out of town for a girlfriend get-together (on a little farm outside of Eugene, Oregon - and I'll stop at that or you'll get TMI). While I was gone the murals were reinstated as honorable permit carrying citizens! How very, very cool!I didn't know. I thought this Jeannine Roberts Roycehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00906061785546764759noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2341205617975882277.post-32765154549422363732009-10-07T10:52:00.000-07:002009-10-26T10:24:59.645-07:00Sunflowers Growing Upside DownUnder An Overpass...Of Course!Ashland, OregonLast summer there was considerable controversy over this Sunflower mural. All the proper permits were not in place and the city said it had to come down. This mural and others were installed quite independent of permits and permissions, under an overpass that crossed a creek and little park area in our downtown.We have a Jeannine Roberts Roycehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00906061785546764759noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2341205617975882277.post-23538721660349812792009-10-06T11:39:00.000-07:002009-10-06T12:58:07.371-07:00When you live your dreams,you're answering your soul'srequest to be heard.This was one of the early cards I designed back when my little card business was located in my guest room (to this day it's still one of my most popular cards). I printed the front panel on my trusty HP printer with pigment inks, trimmmed it with my German paper cutter, attached panel to card stock, and then glittered the Jeannine Roberts Roycehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00906061785546764759noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2341205617975882277.post-77939877659528565062009-10-04T21:47:00.000-07:002009-10-05T08:00:04.139-07:00RISE UPrise up to the lightthat beckons youexpress your gifts and share your glowthat is your purposesimple and sweetWhen I wrote this verse, I was trying to describe the essence of what's expected of us. Not so much a long list of rules and roles and goals or a vague identity based on the noise and images we see on moving screens. Not that.Something sweet. And simple. One purpose: 1. Rise up to Jeannine Roberts Roycehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00906061785546764759noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2341205617975882277.post-41005991796057900352009-10-02T07:30:00.000-07:002009-10-02T08:18:02.732-07:002009 HOLIDAY Hope Blossomsto view cardsclick on image to go to websiteIntroducing my new 2009 Holiday cards!!There are 12 new cards this year in addition to the 27 already in the line. This will be a retail-only launch for the 12 new cards - they will not be in stores but only available online. The one shown here is part of a set of 6 that follows the same color/look, and a few in this set are Jeannine Roberts Roycehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00906061785546764759noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2341205617975882277.post-84779857146530833852009-10-01T13:03:00.000-07:002009-10-02T09:56:36.165-07:00 NEW SPONSOR!The Future BelongsTo Those Who Believein the Beauty ofTheir DreamsEleanor RooseveltMy journal and magnets from the Brush Dance line. My friends and family have LOVED the magnets!! I am welcoming Brush Dance as a sponsor on my blog today. The most beautiful products you will be delighted to discover. Unless, like me, you have been buying them for years and all of your family and Jeannine Roberts Roycehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00906061785546764759noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2341205617975882277.post-79441602021084033662009-10-01T08:30:00.000-07:002009-10-01T18:53:27.919-07:00Sunflower Love Enjoy this very healing and vibrant sunflower. It carries the sunshine and love from my sister's farm where it grew. See Sept. 30 post below.Wherever there is fear, despair, suffering, loss. For those displaced or feeling powerless. May you find comfort and a return to wholeness, health, and safety. May light and love encircle and hold you.This is my prayer today. For all the Jeannine Roberts Roycehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00906061785546764759noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2341205617975882277.post-16599268656363904662009-09-30T15:09:00.000-07:002009-09-30T15:35:08.623-07:00Farm MemoriesThe idea of taking breaks from work seems to be on my mind this week. Whenever the pace picks up and deadlines loom, I start mentally planning my next drive out to see my sister and her family.I've been going through photos lately to trade some out in the website as I continue tweaking and updating. Came across this one from my sister and brother-in-law's farm. We were there for Jeannine Roberts Roycehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00906061785546764759noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2341205617975882277.post-77042733077218619442009-09-30T09:51:00.000-07:002009-09-30T14:21:29.563-07:00invite wonderinvite possibilitiesinvite magicthe back of the card with artwrapping aroundYes, yes, yes!! More Sunflowers.This card and print set is one of the cheeriest I've ever done. The exuberant Sunflower, she just can't be contained or subdued. This is a good example of my signature layout, introduced back in 2004. I design a square or almost square, sometimes in panels and wrap the design Jeannine Roberts Roycehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00906061785546764759noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2341205617975882277.post-44768697866373504622009-09-27T11:14:00.000-07:002009-09-27T15:38:56.202-07:00Begin Another DayBegin Another DreamBegin Another Flight of Fancyclick on image to go to Etsy shopI'm in a crazed frenzy of creating Sunflowers!! Introducing a new illustration! This new illustration is one I had sketched out earlier in the year, and just recently completed, because, well, it was making funny grunting noises on my computer .... and I heard it. Something about the Autumn Equinox Jeannine Roberts Roycehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00906061785546764759noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2341205617975882277.post-28784829734754977882009-09-24T08:46:00.000-07:002009-09-26T07:50:02.692-07:00Always Listen to Your HeartAlways Trust That You Know the Way click on image to see Etsy printFrom the series, You Have a Song to Sing. In this illustration, a sunflower in its full glory, framed by a green calyx, and in the background, little heart-shaped petals from a zinnia. Every flower has a story and sunflower is no different: Happiest facing the sun, she reminds us to shine, to grow beyondJeannine Roberts Roycehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00906061785546764759noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2341205617975882277.post-53977847299169980352009-09-23T10:07:00.000-07:002009-09-24T08:39:03.038-07:00Your song will not hold back for long.It arrived with great hopes and intentionsand a terrific tune.Two reasons for sharing this art from the series, You Have a Song to Sing:1. Wabi-SabiThe flower image, designed from an original photograph of a sunflower's dried seed-head and it's withering calyx is a great example of wabi-sabi. I can't get enough of dried, seed-heads, pods, random parts of Jeannine Roberts Roycehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00906061785546764759noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2341205617975882277.post-35601404686112208422009-09-21T09:31:00.000-07:002009-09-22T08:35:47.868-07:00You've Becomethe OneYou ImaginedYou Could Bedo you know someonewho is harvestingthe fruit oftheir efforts?click on image to see this new card in my Etsy storeToday is the last day of summer, and tomorrow at 2:51 am Pacific Time is Autumn Equinox... probably my favorite of the four seasonal points that mark the shifting relationships of celestial bodies. The cross quarters are also very Jeannine Roberts Roycehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00906061785546764759noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2341205617975882277.post-87864325039496637612009-09-17T10:12:00.000-07:002009-09-17T11:09:24.907-07:00RITUAL FOR CALMING THE NOISE click on image to see greeting card at Etsy storeThis card was inspired by one of my oldest, closest friends. She is the ultimate sea woman - a mermaid-like creature, full of sparkling beauty inside and out. She introduced me to scuba diving and the under-sea universe many years ago when we were both living in the Cayman Islands (a great story for another time). Over Jeannine Roberts Roycehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00906061785546764759noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2341205617975882277.post-23034037277439426472009-09-14T20:59:00.000-07:002009-09-15T11:16:03.668-07:00WITNESS THE FLOWAND PULSE OF LIFEAROUND YOUFine art print8.5 X 11 34.00click on image to go to Golden Flower storeLast week I started writing about the quality of light that is so entrancing this time of year. It casts an amber glow and colors seem richer. Gingers, plums, wines, rusts and golds are about to erupt, as leaves change and vegetation begins to wither. Because I live in the Northwest, Jeannine Roberts Roycehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00906061785546764759noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2341205617975882277.post-3640045905017312992009-09-14T08:57:00.000-07:002009-09-14T10:22:13.784-07:00REJOICEIN THE BEATOF YOURHEART8.5 x 11 signed fine art print34.00click on image to go to Etsy or go to Golden Flower storeThis illustration is based on an original photo of a Dogwood blossom. The certificate of authenticity on the back of the print includes background on the Dogwood: berries are used by over 80 migratory birds and parts of the tree used by Native Americans, medicinally. I've Jeannine Roberts Roycehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00906061785546764759noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2341205617975882277.post-42167098056522465302009-09-12T09:44:00.000-07:002009-09-12T12:04:22.710-07:00SHE RISES BEYOND ALL LIMITS8.5 x 11 poster 10.00 - click on image to go to my Etsy storeIntroducing the next WORD POSTER from A Fearless Woman series. This makes two. . . and with more to come. The message is the main thing emphasized on the poster, with a small icon of the original art. The poster is printed on a textured card stock similar to what I use for my greetings cards. Hence, such a Jeannine Roberts Roycehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00906061785546764759noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2341205617975882277.post-73239542639721518322009-09-10T08:21:00.000-07:002009-09-16T11:57:56.907-07:00Life ShrinksOr ExpandsIn ProportionTo One's CourageAnais NinInside of card says:"Never stop believing in yourself".Front has embossed border.Fits in a 5x7 frame. 3.95 ea.click on image to shopMinimum order 15.00any combo of productsDo you know anyone who is doubting the worth of their dreams? The worth of taking a risk? ... of making a change? ...or simply the worth of their own worth?Do you, as Jeannine Roberts Roycehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00906061785546764759noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2341205617975882277.post-10426230494837585152009-09-08T08:13:00.000-07:002009-09-08T12:31:54.349-07:00SHE SHINES HER LIGHT 8.5 x 11 poster 10.00 - click on image to go to my Etsy storeThere's a subtle but distinct change in light, lately. The sun is lower in the sky and beginning to cast a more amber glow across the landscape. Being part of the landscape, I feel it too. And love it! We are arriving at the end of a process begun at Summer Solstice. Solstices are times of holding still: we pause, Jeannine Roberts Roycehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00906061785546764759noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2341205617975882277.post-64253953573883973182009-09-03T07:25:00.000-07:002009-09-26T07:54:47.908-07:00GREET EACH MORNING RECALLING ALL THAT IS RIGHT,ALL THAT IS GOOD, ALL THAT YOU HAVE, AND ALL THAT IS POSSIBLEclick on image to see greeting card- front of card has embossed border and is frameableFrom one of the first hand-made greeting cards I ever made in 2003. To this day it still distills, for me, the best way to start the day. Without prejudging, without rehearsing the future or replaying theJeannine Roberts Roycehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00906061785546764759noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2341205617975882277.post-44394822064388603232009-08-31T20:40:00.000-07:002009-08-31T21:38:23.533-07:00A GIVE AWAYfromYOU HAVE A SONG TO SING Click on image to seeentire series.Check out my give away of a pair of prints from the series You Have a Song to Sing at Kelly Rae Roberts blog. She is also giving away one of her own prints and a painting by another artist. What fun... and what about getting inspiring art all of sudden into your life for free! Go to her blog to see details and the simple Jeannine Roberts Roycehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00906061785546764759noreply@blogger.com0