Art in my town!

When I got this invite it was perfectly timed, because Saturday kicks off my 4 days off from work!

I am such a fan of Tilted Art & Gifts but I usually have to work when there's an Art / Wine walk. So once again Yay me I get to go to the wine walk.I love to see what other artist are creating and to check out local artist is a highlight. 

Julie Fluke is the awesome owner of the Tilted Art & Gifts. If eclectic beauty in many mediums tickle your fantasy then come on down to 417 S. Holladay Dr. There are so many artists on display at the Tilted Art & Gifts and Julie has a creative way in which she has arranged them. I would call it a rainbow of  art. 

When you walk in you feel like home. It's kinda like that cool Artsy Aunt's house that always have something new to drool over and the kitchen has great snacks.

No this is only out for the Art/Wine Walk but when she puts out treats, them come from her heart. So yes she baked those treats and brewed the coffee/tea.

Tilted Art & Gifts is a new art and gift gallery located in Seaside, Oregon. Her mission is supporting local, regional and occasionally global artists by offering their work to the public through gallery exhibits and artist receptions. Tilted Art offers a casual gallery experience, keeping quality art affordable and available to the public. Julie's online store offers a small sampling of the work and items available in her gallery. Jewelry and artists revolve, evolve and change constantly. Please continue to check back as her site grows with her artists. More photos are available on Tilted Art & Gifts Facebook page.

Shirley Girl Originals exclusive at Tilted Art & Gifts. Shirley Girl uses a lot of recycle and vintage piece to recreate her own. 

And so more dazzling Shirley Girl pieces 

 And a little more 

Artist Sean Ohrenich "Dancing on a tight Rope"

 

 

Kim Pyburn Button Bracelets & Trinket Boxes 

Sharon Boyer "Forest Fairies" they are made with all natural finds from Mother Nature 

She is from Jacksonvile , Oregon 

 

More "Forest Fairies" 

Julie carry some awesome wearable Art artist and the prices fits all budgets!

 

This is such a cool art and gift gallery off the beaten path here in Seaside, OR. 

Julie features an Artist once a month and sometimes have local entertainment too.

Follow on Facebook/ Tilted Art and Gifts and keep up to date of what's going on! 

Store Hour:

Monday-Wednesday 11am-5pm

Thursday-Friday 10am-5pm

Saturday 10am-8pm

Sunday 11am-5pm

If you can't get to Seaside for a visit check out Tilted Art & Gifts on line @ www.tiltedartstore.com. 

Thanks for stopping by and reading about the art in my town! 

Stay tune and Stay crafty!

AuroraSara

Waves of Blessings!

Saturdays for me is about that mother ocean energy.

I live so close to the ocean but with the rain it makes it hard to visit the ocean as often as I like. My heart sings when I get a visit and my creative energy gets a rejuvenating boost. I have always had a strong attraction to the ocean. Since I can remember I told people my real mother lives in the ocean. Funny how things come full circle. In 2000 I learned how true that statement was. My Spiritual mother Is Yemaya and she takes care of me like no other! 

Maferefun Yemaya! 

(Needle work in progress Inspired by a image I found on google)

Yemayá (also spelled Yemoja, Iemoja, or Yemaya) is one of the most powerful Orishas. She is the mother of all living things, rules over motherhood and owns all the waters of the Earth. She gave birth to the stars, the moon, the sun and most of the Orisha. Yemaya makes her residence in life-giving portion of the ocean (although some of her roads can be found in lagoons or lakes in the forest). Yemaya’s aché is nurturing, protective and fruitful. Yemaya is just as much a loving mother Orisha as she is a fierce warrior that kills anyone who threatens her children. So glad she is my guardian !

So out of love and respect of her I share with you one of my bath & body recipes that nurture the Mind Body & Spirit! 

• 1 cup Epsom Salt
• 1 cup Rock Sea Salt
• 1/2 cup Baking Soda
• 3 drops Spearmint Essential Oil
• 3 drops Gardenia Essential Oil
• 2 drops Honey Dew Essential Oil (hard find but worth it!)
• 20 drops Extra Olive Oil
• 2 drops green food coloring
• 1 drops Blue food coloring
• 1 gallon ziplock bag

Instructions:

Pour the salts and baking soda in a glass bowl. Mix together.

Slowly add essential oils while mixing salts. Please make sure to mix well. Now add food coloring and mix well. Be careful to really stir the bottom color tends to lump there if you are going for a uniform color.

Pour all in ziplock bag and lay flat. This helps it dry without lumps. After 24 hrs place in a mason jar for storage.

After 24 hrs in ziplock bag your salts should only be slightly moist.

Well there you go. I hope you try this, it leaves your skin feeling so soft and the essential oils bring a smile to your heart! Kinda feels like you're wrapped in the oceans embrace.

Stay tune and STAY CRAFTY! 

AuroraSara

(Garage sale find)

Mami's sweet honey treats

Today is Friday and that means its "Mami's sweet honey treats," 

I am using a 1.5 liter water bottle.

My Mami Ann was the eye ball Queen , which means I guesstimate everything.

In my 1.5 liter water bottle I added 

1cup sliced strawberries (fresh) 

Half a lemon

7 basil leaves chopped

A pinch of cayenne pepper

1 tsp of Organic Honey

Growing up in the Bay Area , hot summers meant Miss Ann ( that is what all the neighbors called her) was concocting something scrumptious in the kitchen. Here on Crafty Owl Mama Escapades I plan to share every Friday one of her recipes. Miss Ann adopted me at birth and we had a very complex relationship that turn to true understanding and respect towards the end of her life in 2001. She instilled in me a wealth of cooking and baking recipes. She also instilled a since of community sharing as well.

If Miss Ann was cooking then the neighbors were coming over. I can recall feuding neighbors coming together for one of her cookouts. No one left empty handed or wanting! I am working on being in a community that I can bring this sharing to it. 

During the spring I start drinking this daily and yes my waist shrinks and my skin glow. Could be the drink or could just be a 1.5 liter of water that really flushes my system. The weight loss could also be contributed to the many trips to the bathroom, but whatever it is it works for me. Also it brings pleasant  memories of a Great Lady whom I miss with all my heart. 

Lemons: help with digestion and aid in fighting wrinkles (hello!?)

Strawberries: dietary fiber helps with digestion, lowers blood pressure, helps overeating, anti-inflammatory

Limes: skin care, digestion, constipation, weight loss, gout

Basil:  stress reliever, clearing your skin 

Try some it is a great alternative to soda!

Happy Friday my crafties and check out our Pay-it-forward giveaway! Deadline is next Thursday at 6pm.

All details of the contest: 

Maferfun  Shango! Today Shango also reminded me that my favorite thing is to spread love and light. So on that Note I would like to announce our first pay-it-forward giveaway!

 The winner of this giveaway can pay-it-forward to someone in their life that needs some love and light and they will get matching prize of necklace and earrings. 

To win you have to like our MerPrince Closet Facebook page, follow our IG CraftyOwlMama, follow our twitter @AuroraSaraD, follow on Vine @MerPrinceCloset and Pinterest @craftyowlmama. Repost the IG "giveaway post" with hashtag #spreadloveandlight #merprincecloset and tag @craftyowlmama & @hmdanielv. Each follow gets your a chance to win. Do them all and get 6 chances! I will announce winner next Thursday at 6pm! #maferefunshango #shango #handemadebusiness #mexiricanmade #igmixheritagefamilybuisness #earrings #necklace #giveaway #spreadloveandlight #merprincecollection #merprincecloset" 

Stay tune & stay crafty!

AuroraSara

Maferfun Shango!

Maferefun Shango! 

 Maferefún means "praises to the spiritual energy of" in Yoruba/ Lucumi. So I say on the tip of my toes Maferefun Shango with all my love. Today has started off as an amazing day full of spirit, art, family and prosperity. Shango has guided me in business many times before but unfortunately I am just now understanding where he is taking me. Today, with that new understanding I have confident in my crafts and we are going to take MerPrince Closet to the next level. I am seeing clearer the direction our future pieces will be going as well. That direction will be heavy on Dia de Los Muertos meets Sirena's mundo.  Day of the dead and mermaids are my two favorites and when I combine them my heart sings. So once again thank you Papa Shango for reminding me to do what I love and the rest will fall in place.

Your own head can be your worst enemy and I truly believe that. Realizing that the lack of confidence is what is holding me back makes it easier to break free. Crazy I know, but to realize its you that's holding you back in my opinion can be an easy fix and if that is the only thing holding me , then watch out world here I come.

 Today Shango also reminded me that my favorite thing is to spread love and light. So on that Note I would like to announce our first pay-it-forward giveaway!

The winner of this giveaway can pay-it-forward to someone in their life that needs some love and light and they will get matching prize of necklace and earrings.

To win you have to like our MerPrince Closet Facebook page, follow our IG CraftyOwlMama, follow our twitter @AuroraSaraD, follow on Vine @MerPrinceCloset and Pinterest @craftyowlmama. Repost the IG "giveaway post" with hashtag #spreadloveandlight #merprincecloset and tag @craftyowlmama & @hmdanielv. Each follow gets your a chance to win. Do them all and get 6 chances! 

Best of luck and please stay tune. Tomorrow post will be with a couple recipes to warm the heart!

Also check out our online Big Cartel store called MerPrinceCollection.

Thanks

Aurora!

 

Happy Beltane!

First day of May seemed like a great day to launch our plan to spread love and light.

This is a little scary but if we make our goal then this step will be well worth stepping out of our comfort zone. After some long discussion Lucas and I decided to launch a fund campaign on the gofundme website! I have watched a few people fund a goal this way , but thought Lucas who is very private would not want to do this.

Well a good scare of being in the ICU changed both our minds. We were truly blessed being able to do what we did with limited resources. But I truly believe it was Mr & Mrs God showing us being closer to family, better medical care, artistic community and more opportunities was on our path now.

I have learned so much here on the Oregon coast but it is time for Roarke to have strong family ties, like his older brothers had growing up. Also time for me to utilize these skills I have acquired here in Oregon to benefit my family and a community open for new ideas!

Someone told me I glowed when I taught others and that I spread that light and love to all in my life. I didn't really understand at that time that Spreading love and light is the calling I have been searching for. I am hoping to incorporate my advocating/mentoring with my arts and crafts to benefit the community my family lives in Arizona. The biggest part of this hope is to be able to do this base from my home.

I currently work full time as an Assistant Manager of a retail store and I do my handmade crafts when I am not working. I have had success with online stores but I was a work from home Mom durning that success, so I know with a little start up I can do this for my family.

We have created a logo that we will post on Cinco de Mayo. That logo will be a new line for our Merprince Closet collection called Spread Love & Light! Stay tune to our Big Cartel store for our new designs of pendants, key chains, mixmedia paintings, journals, tote bags and tanks with the Spread Love & Light logo.

I am so excited for our pay-it-forward part of the Spread Love and Light campaign.
Tune into my next post when I explain the pay-it-forward project!

Stay Crafty and
always walk in Love and Light!

Aurora

Check us out
Www.gofundme.com/spreadlovelight
Www.merprincecollection.bigcartel.com

Taking a creative leap..... While spreading love and light!

Sorry I haven't blogged in a few weeks but that icky upper respiratory infection hit my house.
First Lucas (hubby) gets it and he is in ICU for 3 days. Lucas is a post dual ( kidney & liver) transplant warrior ��, which means colds for him can quickly turn bad fast. They kept him in ICU because his immune system was so low but a few days of rest , IV fluids and his levels moved back into his normal range.

Well he was only home for a day before Roarkeums started with the low grade fever. After a full day of fever we take him to the ER, where Dr says his chest x-ray shows he has pneumonia. They give me antibiotics for him and tell us to follow up with his Dr.

Fast forward to Roarke's follow up Dr visit, where his Dr reviewed the chest x-ray. His chest x-ray was clear no shadow of pneumonia, but we have to finish the antibiotics. This made me so mad because Roarke didn't need antibiotics for a viral infection but I was happy Roarke's Dr is not a fan of over prescribing antibiotics. Lucas and Roarke are both feeling better but it has been a wild eye opening few weeks.

The eye opening is the lack of family (blood or love) support we have here on the coast. I was lucky I was schedule for mid shifts and have a caring boss , who let me use vacation time to stay home with Roarke while Lucas was in the ICU. I have meet people here , I even have some I can call for a ride to the ER. We don't have anyone we have known long enough to leave Roarke with , so while Lucas was in the hospital we couldn't visit. Super bummer!

While Lucas was in the hospital I did get a lot of crafting done. During my crafting time I realized how much I long to be near family and make a living from my crafts while being a stay at home Mom.

So that is where I am at right now. Trying to come up with a great plan to make this dream a now reality! Lucas and I have been working on a plan and we will reveal it on May 1st during Beltane.

I can tell you now the plan is .........Taking a creative leap to spread love and light!

Stay tune and crafty!
CraftyOwlMama
Here are a few pictures of the crafts I made while Lucas was in the hospital as well as my family.
If you are interested check out the www.merprincecollection.bigcartel.com

Joys of a Staycation !

This has been an amazing time off with pay!

Hubby Lucas and I had plan to visit friends and our 1st year college boy this week.
Forgive me , but I am one of those people who listen to signs. As we were making plans stress, obstacles and money kept coming up. I wanted to back out but didn't want to let anyone down. Then I go to the eye doctor for my yearly exam and he says my eyes has drastically changed and I should wait for new contacts before I do a 4 hr drive. There it is, my out for a stressful vacation. I call my best friend and our son to reschedule for the end of the month. Yay! Stress , obstacles and money all better.

The decision to stay home was a great one. I have spent time creating, exploring, loving, appreciating, cleaning, enjoying and living in the moment. These past few days hanging with my guys has given me such a feeling of completeness. We spend so much time achieving something that we don't enjoy the journey getting to the accomplishment. I feel like I'm given a second chance to achieve a certain goal, but this time on my journey I am going to pay attention to the flowers, trees and people that I meet along the way. I will really cherish the totality of accomplishment. So on that note let me share the family working with Ron ( Lucas Qi-Gong student) and clay.

Thank you so much Ron! We had a blast and he left me a little starter kit. I will post the finish pictures. I can Definitely say that you'll see a lot more clay work coming from the Crafty Owl Mama. I also see a lot more crown and embellishments coming from Lucas using clay as a medium. It's funny how on vacation you spend money to make your memories and on a Staycation you can make money while making your memories!

Okay my crafties I am off to make more memories.
I will keep you posted.
Always walk in love and light.

Stay Crafty
crafty Owl Mama