Today is a celebration of life and creativity!
It’s my birthday and in honour of the that gift, I’ve something special in store for you …
I realised a couple of years ago that one of my very favourite things to do in this creative business is to send out giveaway prizes. So this year I asked some amazing creative women to donate their amazing creative gifts as part of my Big Birthday Blessings giveaway. So many gifts = so many more opportunities for you to receive one 🙂
I bow deeply, in gratitude to those women and to you, for participating in this virtual party. This community – our circles of creative and soulful women with whom we exchange time & attention, love & respect, gifts & expertise with – is changing lives, individual candle by candle.
Check out the easy-peasy instructions in the Rafflecopter widget below on how to enter – and don’t forget to share with your friends. But before you do – take a look at the amazing gifts on offer below.
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Jamie Ridler : Soul Reflections
Soul Reflections is an intuitive and creative self-guided workshop that uses journalling and collage to help you get in touch with the deepest yearnings of your heart. Through audio recordings and an accompanying book, creative living coach Jamie Ridler personally guides you through the Soul Reflections process, from preparation to set-up to the workshop itself. You will be able to use this workshop again and again to connect to the inner compass that points you to your dreams.
Jamie is a creative living coach. From coaching to workshops, from podcasting to blogging, Jamie’s work helps women find the confidence and courage to discover and express their creative selves so they can be the star they are. Jamie is host of the unmissable Creative Living with Jamie podcast and invites you behind the scenes of Jamie Ridler Studios everyday.
Connie Hozvicka : 21 Secrets Live!
21 SECRETS Live is a special workshop to celebrate 5 years of 21 SECRETS. Starting January 15 your host Connie Hozvicka of Dirty Footprints Studio and a past 21 SECRETS teacher will meet every Wednesday at 6pm EST for a LIVE! video broadcast where you can art journal along with them in real time, ask questions through a chat format, laugh your hiney off, sip margaritas, and feel like they’re right there with you in your studio LIVE!
Connie is an artist, writer, mama an yogini. Host of the legendary 21 SECRETS art journal workshop and creator of the FEARLESS® Painting Process, you can visit Connie at Dirty Footprints Studio.
Rachel Ellen Andrews : Goddess inspirations Yearbook 2014 and Calendar
A 60 page PDF full of creative inspiration and goddess connection. Each month in your Yearbook you will find: a different Goddess energy to work with creatively and spiritually; an original Goddess poster featuring Rachel’s beautiful goddess art; key dates/festivals to mark the year; soul quest tasks; creative exercises for self development and fun; affirmations and journal prompts. The emphasis is on self care and self nourishment plus a calendar for all your planning and dates.
Rachel is an intuitive painter and teacher. You will find her creating art and happiness at Rachel Ellen Andrews.
Heather Bestel : Just Ten Minutes relaxation CD
The ultimate in Me Time! This powerful ten minute relaxation CD, recommended by Red Magazine as the best they’ve found, does exactly what it says: helps you relax, refresh and rejuvenate in just ten minutes. Fit it into your busy schedule everyday and watch what happens.
Heather helps busy women put themselves first so they can create the life they really want and deserve. Heather Bestel is Founder of www.TheHappinessGarden.com
Lisa DeYoung : 2014 Daily Musings Journal
The Daily Musings Journal is a calendar and journal in one. It’s 136 pages with musings pages, a month calendar for each month, and week-spreads for each week of the year. It provides open, yet defined, space on which to muse about your daily adventures, thoughts, feelings, gratitudes and more!
Lisa, aka the mountain mermaid, is a creative, independent spirit who loves to explore and play outdoors and lives in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado. Embracing her creative life is an ongoing adventure, a journey that she loves and trusts more each year – and hopes to inspire others to do the same. Visit her at Mountain Mermaid Studios.
Amy Palko : Bloom By Moon
E-Book (122 pages) – Exploring self through lunar cycles, BLOOM BY MOON is a guide through the lunar cycles of the year, exploring cultural interpretations as a way of structuring a journey of self-enquiry. It’s deep. It’s significant. It’s juicy. It’s resonant. It’s powerful. And it’s accessible.
Amy Palko is a writer, photographer, goddess guide and juicy mystic – connect with her on her website.
Deb Taylor : Mish Mash
30 days of mini workshops, inspirations and tutorials will show up inside your inbox every single day!! Self paced and you can join the private Facebook Group for daily support and interaction with new friends. Arrives February 2014
Deb is a photographer, blogger, maker of things, red wine lover, vegetarian foodie, hippie gypsy beach comber. Visit her blog to find out Did Deb Do It?
Julie Rorrer : Skinanimate Bath Fizz e-course
Where you learn how to create meaningful gifts that your friends and family will truly enjoy, that don’t come from the mall or the internet, and that you can even make with your kids.
Julie Rorrer has been crafting handmade bath and body products for over 20 years. She has recently created Skinanimate.com in the hopes that others will find the same joy in handmade skincare that she does. You can find her online at Twitter.
Lisa Lister : Sassy SHE Oracle Cards
Meet The SASSY SHE. A badass girl gang who deal in insight, wisdom, pleasure, love and wonder. These girls will work with you to unlock your SHE power – your sacred SASSY superpower – all that is wild, cyclical, fierce and untamed.
Lisa is a tattoo-splashed, burlesque-lovin’, belly-dancin’, 1940s stylin’ rockabilly princess who writes make-life-better words for love AND money. You can find her being all kinds o’ awesome over at The Sassy She.
Mandy Steward : Secret Message Society Zine
A hand-created Messy Canvas publication that will arrive in your snail mailbox (delivered by gnomes, elves, owls & other fantastical creatures). The Zine is hand-created and then photocopied in black and white. The Zine will come in your physical mailbox. (It is NOT an eBook or a download). The Zine will include photography and sketches, collage and notes from my typewriter. Handwritten, hand-inked, hand-stamped, hand-scribbled stories, quotes, declarations, poetry, musings. This is raw gypsy journalism on the go.
Mandy is an artist and author of the book Thrashing About With God—Finding Faith on the Other Side of Everything. She blogs her messes regularly at MandySteward.com.
Jackie Stewart : Emotional Balance Kit, Inner Child Meditation Kit, Inner Peace Meditation
Emotional Balance Kit: Powerful resources at your fingertips to use whenever your emotions feel overwhelming or you want to understand your reactions better. Includes two guided meditation audio recordings to soothe your heart and a 60 page workbook filled with Soul wisdom and 14 powerful exercises for emotional peace.
Inner Child Meditation Kit: Two gentle audio meditations that take your inner child lovingly by the hand to heal the past so you can step into a new future. You’ll enter a state of deep relaxation and restore love and healing to old beliefs and wounds from childhood.
Inner Peace Meditation:We’re all looking for inner peace. When you feel peaceful, life is good. Nothing can stress you out or throw you off centre. This meditation will help you to feel unflappable, tranquil and calm regardless of what is going on around you.
Jackie Stewart is a Soul Seer, Plant Spirit Medicine Woman and Meditation Guide who wants to live in a world where everybody lives from the heart. www.flowerspirit.co.uk
Aurora Palko : Origami Dragon Pendants
Hand-folded empowering miniature origami Dragons! Beautifully crafted in Edinburgh.
Aurora is a 15yr old home-ed Crafter, who’s passionate about making things with love.
Lastly – but by no means least! – I am offering one free spot on my twelve month online programme, Mandala Magic 2014.
Julie Gibbons : Mandala Magic
Mandala Magic is a twelve month long online programme for artful self-discovery. Using the archetypal stages of the Great Round of Mandala, together we do some deep soul diving, and learn how to interpret the symbolic language of our psyche. Delivered online, with demonstration art videos, full instructions in a PDF download, a supportive community and monthly virtual Gatherings, this is soul-work to raise your consciousness.
Julie Gibbons practices and teaches artful self help for personal growth and transformation. You can find me here at Julie Gibbons Creative most Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.
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How amazing are each and every one of those gifts? If I were to describe a shop with the gifts I’d like for my birthday, I don’t think I would make any changes – how did I get to meet this circle of truly amazing beings?
Be sure to follow the instructions in this Rafflecopter widget to enter the Big Birthday Blessings Giveaway for your chance to enter as many times as you can! Open from 29th November – 4th December (12 noon GMT) Good Luck! xo
Happy birthday Julie! One of my favourite birthday presents was this year’s gift from Mr Smith. He was away from home on the day but he sent a parcel containing a tiny singing bowl. When he came home a few weeks later (late on Valentine’s day), we celebrated his return with a lovingly-prepared candlelit dinner. After we’d eaten, he produced a beautiful box containing my big present – a stunning, full-size singing bowl. In candlelight, on Valentine’s day, after weeks apart… it was a perfect moment.
My best birthday present ever was my eldest daughter, she turned up 12 days early on my 21st birthday. Now she is in her teens we share the day and get daddy to babysit her younger siblings and we go out book shopping and eat cake!
Happy Birthday Julie! x
Happy Birthday Lovely Lady! Have a wonderful day!
My favourite gift was a (vinyl) copy of Rod Stewart’s Atlantic Crossing Album – totally unexpected and I still remember my reaction on receiving it 35 years later!
Wishing you a truly happy birthday!
Any gift that I have given that leaves a big beaming smile and a heart full of joy is a favourite.
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me!
and happy birthday to you!!!!
Happy birthday! Have a lovely day and a great year. 🙂
My favorite birthday gift was a quilt given to me by a great aunt. We weren’t close but knowing that she cared enough to put in all those hours is really humbling. I think of her often when I’m wrapped up in it. Eventually I want to learn how to quilt as well.
Happy Birthday!
When I turned 40 I found out I was pregnant. Didn’t expect it. My 2 youngest are 12 years apart. That was my best birthday gift ever.
Dear Julie,
Wishing you, wonderful you, a birthday filled with joy and family. I know that your mother is and will always be present by your side…
Sending hugs,
First of all, Happy Birthday! Much love and gratitude for your inspiration. The best birthday gift I’ve ever received has been the gift of another year. March 2012 I had a cancer diagnosis, went through treatment and the experience created a deep gratitude in me for each precious moment we have to laugh, love and create on this sweet earth.
A joyful, blessed birthday to you, Julie! Many thanks for sharing your creative journey with the world! ❤️
Happy Birthday Julie. I hope you have a great day and thank you for your amazing generosity and of the other wonderful women who are helping you celebrate.
My favorite birthday gift was a few years ago when my brother came out to visit me for the first time and we spent the whole day doing things I loved and having dinner with my favorite people. It was a magical visit!
My favorite bday gift was the shadowscape tarot… gosh, the art is amazing! I wish I could paint like that, sigh. 🙂
Happy bday Julie!! I hope you have a wonderful day. (Make a wish!!)
I recently met a wonderful lady earlier this year who turns out to be one of my soul friends and i love her to pieces. It was her 40th this year so I bought her an unusual crystal which was from mexico and had a flower pattern within it – it was obsidian for clearing obstacles and protection as I felt she needed it and wanted to help her some how.
Very Happy birthday! may you have a lovely day!!
Happy birthday!!! What an amazing gift you are that you are giving such a beautiful gift. Sending you much love for the sadness and the joy. You are an inspiration. Wishing you much laughter and magic for the new year ahead.
Happy Birthday! Thanks for the chance to win some great gifties as well! Have a wonderful celebration!
The best birthday gift(s) I’ve ever been given are being able to spend time with someone who loves me (and that I love back)…I’m not so much about “things” as I am about experiences. I just had my birthday yesterday so I’m sending you blessings for your birthday. I can’t believe how much goodness you are giving away — but I do believe that giving is in many ways so much better than receiving.
Happy, happy blessed birthday wishes.
~light & love~
Barbara
Happy Birthday! What a lovely idea to give gifts on your birthday!
Dawn Meisch
I don’t remember many birthday gifts but I DO remember our family tradition. The birthday person would chose what was for dinner and what kind of cake they wanted. Mine was a pot roast dinner cooked in mom’s pressure cooker and a red velvet cake. Yum!
How exciting and hope you have the best of BIRTHDAYS now and many more in the future
My birthday present was when I turned 30 and gave myself permission to live my own life and follow my bliss, and not let anyone else tell me what to do with my life.
My favorite gift would be a lovely handmade crocheted blanket that my husband made for me 16 years ago. I always feel the love that went into making it for me when I use it to keep warm <3
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Oops, hit enter before finishing. Came to your site by way of Connie @ Dirty Footprints Studio. I want to wish you a lovely Birthday and now I’m going to take some time to explore your lovely site here. <3
My favorite birthday gift is the year our family made homemade cards for me…really special!
For my 40th last year, most of my favourite people got together for a weekend of camping in the woods by the sea. That weekend was the best gift ever – the gift of soul connections, riotous laughter and cake. Reliving it now in my memory thanks to your prompt. Wishing you a very beautiful and magical birthday, beautiful magical Julie xxxx
Happy Birthday! I really appreciate your generosity with your techniques. I have loved your art since discovering you this last summer on ICAD. I also enjoy your YouTube videos, as the process is so fascinating. Thank you for the giveaway 🙂
Happy Birthday Julie
this is a wonderful idea and love the range of gifts you have collected
Thanks for your color and your inspirational
Suzie ♡♡♡
Happy Birthday! My best Birthday was simple but had all my family here for dinner and cake. Thanks for chance to win !
Happy birthday! I love my birthday!
A really cool gift I got once was my sister gave me a piece of material which I might a skirt from and also gave me lots of Caramella Kuala’s 🙂
Happy Birthday Julie, loving the giveaway. I made a small scrapbook as a birthday gift for a very special auntie who helped me a great deal when I lost my mum a few years ago. It had pictures of her grandchildren and also my mum (her sister). It was very special to give.
Happy Birthday! I hope to win your Mandala Magic course. I love painting Mandalas. My cool gift is a beautiful red wool sweater from Ireland. It is warm and my favorite color.
Happy birthday! Wow what a list, that’s an amazing give away!
The best birthday gift I’ve ever gotten was this year – my sweet husband bought me a new car! I was in desperate need of one and he fulfilled that need and surprised me 🙂
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I do love gifts, whether they be my favourite perfume, a homemade card or a longed for book. This year for my birthday I received a beautiful silver, Celtic circlet from my hubby. I absolutely adore it and truly feel like a Celtic princess when I wear it. Yes the art of receiving is quite scrumptious x
Happy Birthday! What lovely gifts, I’d be thrilled to win any of them. It’s a lovely idea to do a give away for your birthday.
What a wonderful ensemble of gifts, Id love to have any of those!
My favourite purchases have been some amazing symbol necklaces I found in “Happie loves it” in London for friends birthdays! They meant a lot to our sharing as friends & I love seeing them wear them and enjoy them. I also bought the paper origami look crane necklace for myself (funnily enough reminiscent of Aurora’s dragon)!
Thanks for putting together this great competition!! Lovelove!
One of my main love languages is giving, so I LOVE giving people awesome presents. I think my husband gets the best presents ever from me, like a 3 week trip to Everest Base Camp as a birthday present this year!!! For myself for my birthday last year I gave myself the gift of health and made huge changes to my lifestyle which resulted in releasing 35lbs of weight that was no longer serving me woohoo 🙂
I haven’t gotten any birthday gifts in many many years. So I can’t really say.
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I received a red blouse and a black sweater many, many years ago from my parents. Your birthday giveaway is so intriguing and I really want your year long class working with mandalas!
Happy Birthday Lovely!
Best birthday present ever? That could be the one that came last year. It signaled acceptance into family. It was an utter surprise and so very welcome. I received it alone. I cried in amazement and joy.
Blessings for this next year for you!
xo. a
My favourite birthday gift was a day in London, walking about with no where to go in particular with my husband. Although we did go to Borough Market and that’s a foodie’s paradise 🙂
my most memorable birthday gift was my first car gifted to me from my grandparents. a beautiful teal honda accord!! sunroof and all 🙂
thanks for hosting this beautiful giveaway! xo
My husband surprised me 2 years ago for my 50th birthday with a 1995 Mazda Miata convertible. I have always loved those cars! He had it for almost 6 months prior to giving it to me and lovingly restored it during that time. I was blown away!
My twin boys’, Josh and Matt, share this birthday with you and I hope I win!
My favorite birthday gift was one that I gave. My mother loves to embroider, so I got her a pretty good selection of Cosmos thread from Japan (it’s apparently super good thread). She LOVED it!
I hope you had a lovely birthday and what a lovely giveaway thank you. My favourite birthday present is anything from my hubby because he always gets me something that means something to me x
happy birthday, julie! a favorite gift was a handmade birthday booklet from a dear friend. thanks for the awesome giveaway!
This is exciting!