Spring Fairy Festival this Saturday!!

 Hello lovelies!! I was hoping to post some pics of some new luscious lovely that I have been working on, but they are all packed up and ready to go to the Spring Fairy Festival on Sat May 30th!! 








So instead I thought I would let you know I am working on some blank dolls to bring with me to decorate while I'm at the fair and if you catch me early, I can customize one for you with your name or other inspirational word!

I will also have mermaids of various colors in three sizes. 






Wool Goddess Dolls also in three sizes and many many different colors! 








Children's Washable Wearable Fairy Wings in and assortment of colors.


And fun purses also in a variety of colors and designs!

Hope to see you there!! 

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March 24th Sono-Ma Studio Soire Features Whimsical Work of Woodland Artists Marc Feyh and Paul Kaiser (Reposted from Sono-Ma.com)

In Harmony will be at the next Sono-ma Studio Soiree March 24th providing guests with luxurious hand massages as well as some lovely gift items for purchase. Stop by and say "hi" and get a free affirmation.



Sono-Ma.com invites local parents, artisans, and art purveyors to a free, inspiring evening. Our latest studio soiree - slated for March 24, 2011 - features Paul Kaiser of Night Heron Woodworks and Marc Feyh of The Fairy Museum.



Paul's unique furniture and home accessories take stunning form in their second life - each piece is crafted from salvaged heritage or exotic woods. Apartment Therapy San Francisco immediately picked up on our local boy's talent, featuring Paul's custom furniture in 2008. Today Paul wields his sander alongside his young son (who works at the workbench his daddy built for him) when time allows him to break away from managing Singing Frogs Farm. Baby girl Anna blows her dad one hundred kisses a day, affirming Paul's rich life as father, farmer, and master craftsman.



Marc draws his artistic inspiration from fallen forest bits and the sculpture driftwood he finds on our coast's sandy shores. With an eye for the inner magic the natural world radiates, this former engineer and current festival jester is building a fairy world that exceeds the bounds of most imaginations. Son Baylen points a stick-turned-wand at one of Marc's fairy houses, and suddenly the fairy "returns home" and dozens of acorn lights glow. Daughter Adalie pauses before a greyed manzanita branch towering over a cauldron, explaining how her father discovered an old troll's lair. "Marc loves playing curator of his museum," says wife Tori. All who toured the museum at its debut during the Summerfield Waldorf Winter Faire agree we'd like to be sprinkled by a bit of Marc's fairy dust.

What is a Soiree?

Food.

Fun.



Friends.


Insider's Tour of a Local Artist's Studio.



Inspiration.

Sono-Ma's November Soiree with Monica Ashley Designs

To see more of these high quality pictures of you and your friends, visit Mariah Smith Photography (client access code: Soiree). You can order your high resolution digital copies of these and other fabulous photos today for just $25 each. (Don't forget to hire Maria to capture your next memorable event!)

If you jumped in Hot Shot's Photo Booth, be sure to check out the collection of shots gathered behind the black curtain! Please go to www.hotshotphotobooth.com and click on Private Photo Galleries. Then click on Sono-ma Studio Soirees / Monica Ashley. The password is Sono-ma.com.

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In Harmony at Summerfield Waldorf School's Winterfaire

In Harmony will be a vendor at Summerfield Waldorf School and Farm's Winterfaire this year Friday December 3rd (5:30 – 8:00) and Saturday December 4th (11:00 – 4:00). For a great article about what this shopping event and family festival is all about see this article by Sono-Ma.

























We will be featuring our own handcrafted gift items
such as reusable lunch sets, reusable snack/sandwich bags,
reusable coffee filters, bracelets,


















dolly diapers (perfect for those little girls who love to change their babies!) And other little treasures as well!






We will also offer more handcrafted items from other artisans, like glass goddess pendants, goddess pillows, art candles and hoola hoops.













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Cosmeos

"A mythical Greek goddess whose name meant harmony and balance, Cosmeos gave to mortals the gift of herbs, flowers, and other simple pleasures to nourish the body and soul. She personified radiant health that flowed from a core of harmony and balance. Cosmeos never sought to mask what she was or how she looked; rather, she fed her inner fire with the eternal gifts of the earth. Her beauty was abundant as the flowers growing wild on the hillside and as powerful as the granite bones of the mountain.
The modern word cosmetic stems from the Greek word kosmeticos, meaning "skilled in adornment." This is precisely what Cosmeos was all about; it was never her intent to cover up; she used her creations to revel in who she was. She is one of my favorite goddesses. I envision her as a wild woodland creature running free through the forests with her sister herbalist Artemis, whose name also has been immortalized in the name of a plant.
Cosmeos, though much misunderstood in the modern-day world of beauty, still yearns to flower in each of us. Her life force is in the rare and unique beauty that resides in the heart, that inner sparkle of the eyes and the radiant glow of the skin. Her teachings are not about what makeup to paint your face with or how to arch the curve of the eyebrow but are, instead, lessons rich with the lore of plants, of health and playfulness."

~Rosemary Gladstar, Family Herbal

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Where do you find the Goddess?

I see the Earth as the Great Mother.

She cares for us, feed us, shelters us… all we need we can find in Her. I consider myself a sacred survivalist. You have heard of survivalists before, usually with images of fortified self-sustained compounds, automatic weapons and years of food stashed. I present to you another kind of survivalist. One who lives in harmony with the natural world and gives back to nature just as she takes what is needed.
Primitive skills some call it.... but that is another story.
Walking in nature with as little as possible and relying on nature to provide what is needed…. Shelter, water, fire, food…. I can’t help but to see the earth as Mother and each of the necessities given or taken as a gift. A gift needed to live one more day.

Motherhood. (Wow! That one is a doozy!)

I have a memory of rocking my sick baby for the third night in a row. I had not had a shower in a few days, my shirt had boogies, spit up and drool on it, and as I sat there singing to my baby in the dark I had an “ah-ha” moment.
This is the Goddess’ sacred work too.
No pretty dress, no flowers or candlelight, no music, no drums, no crystals or fancy incense….. just me and my baby.
I am the Sacred Mother.



My children

My son opens an almond and says, “mommy, see the Goddess”. I had once explained to him that the Goddess is in everyone and everything. Now he points Her out to me every time he opens an almond.
I see the Goddess in their eyes…. so serious. I see Her in their hands as they explore new buggy friends.
I am humbled.

My mother the Sea Goddess

My mother was born and raised in the Phillipines and moved here to “the states” when she was 17. At the age of 60 she finally made it back. And what is one of the first things she does?? She climbs down a spiral staircase into a cave that the ocean waves are rushing in and out of. And then she proceeds to swim out into the frothing sea.

Gleefully giggling the whole time! It’s clear to me that in the sea she is home. No wonder she is such a miracle worker when teaching children to swim!

And this isn’t the only such adventure in her visit to the PI. I think half the pics my dad took were of her swimming here and there! Who’d a thunk it? My sweet little mamasita is an Ocean Diva! How impressed and proud I am of her.

My spirit sisters
My closest circle of friends, my inspiration. They, who, as I see them as goddess, they see the same in me. My soul is filled from their cups.

Happy Mother's Day!!! Thou art Goddess!!!

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Bid on a party at farm to feast!

You can bid on this basket containing a gift certificate for a basic party, scented candle, lavendar salve, and flower wreath at Farm to Feast, a dinner and auction scholarship benifit at Summerfield Waldorf School.

Find our listing here at the on line auction.

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Earth Day Napa

We had a wonderful time in the radient sunshine at Napa's Earth Day celebration and got a chance to present ourselves to the public for the first time and sell some of our homemade crafts.



On the table we had sachets, reuseable coffee filters, felted ornaments, resuable coffee filter and snack/sandwich bag sets.

The bags are a new item of mine. I have two small children and we are always packing snacks with us and I needed a solution to the too-big containers and plastic baggies. These have velcro closures to mimic ziplocks and are easy for the kids to open and close.






...and seed bead bracelets which were a big hit with all the little girls..... note to self, make more small ones! (Even my own little one was captivated by the "pretties" and took it upon her self to 'tend shop' a bit.)

There was also lavender salve, lavender and rose bath salts, and dulce (seaweed) and comfrey salt scrub. All you need for a decadant, moisturizing, and relaxing bath!

We want to thank all the goddesses that stopped by our booth and talked to us and we hope to hear from you soon that we may help you "come together, connect, and celebrate" with those you love!

In Harmony Goddess Traditions

Welcome to In Harmony Goddess Traditions!


We are a new venture of sister spirits called together to share the gift of soulful communion and sacred play with other women. Last night, nestled in the rolling hills of Napa, we did just that.

As the sun went down, our sacred space came to life with candles, crystals, flowers, soft fabrics, soft music and goddess images creating a safe and nurturing place for us to engage each other in a positive celebration of being women.

Guests partaked in the age old custom of adorning themselvevs and each other. We offer colorful sarongs to drape about ones body and a crown of silk flowers to enhance the inner and outer beauty of each woman.

.....and a bit of glitter, 'cause, well... it's glitter!! and glitter needs no excuse.

The scents of roses and other herbs from the bath salts we made filled the air....

We each stirred our previously pulled affirmations into the salt....

"I am right where I am supposed to be."

That is what mine said.

"I am surrounded by loving caring people in my life"

Said another.

Six more affirmations, six more intentions stirred into the mixtures of salt, herbs, seaweed, and essential oils. (I can't wait to take a bath with those salts!)

Hands were massaged with oils scented with rose and vanilla, and then decorated with henna.

There was laughter and quiet moments, singing, drumming and really great food.

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