Happy New Year! I really love the animal that showed up – Sloth- to guide us into 2022. There is nothing to rush or feel hurried about. It’s about moving with mindful intention, pausing to contemplate along the way, and also digesting each step toward living the life you wish to create. Small and mindful steps – a steady pace – have us living more in the present – and enjoying each precious day of this life. This is what will bring more abundance into our lives.
Rabbits and Mushroom w/personalized oracle message 5″ x 7″ $45.00 + $5.00 shipping. You can buy it here. SOLD!
Early one morning, the day after I began creating this rabbit and mushroom animal oracle art collage, I woke to see two rabbits chasing each other in my backyard.
As I continue to create pieces of animal oracle art the personal bonus for me is a deeper connection to the natural world. While sometimes I create because I am inspired by an animal I encounter, sometimes I come across an image or photo in a magazine or on Instagram and that is what inspires my creative juju to flow. Either way, it’s always a great feeling as I can hardly wait to get to my art table to begin the creative process!
This time it was an image I saw on Instagram that got my mind to open to a new possibility. Then when I saw the two rabbits playing outside Joyful Pause Cottage the day after I’d laid out how I wanted the collage to look, well, that was just another wink from the Universe that it was exactly where I was meant to be in this creation.
The collages I’ve made so far (and sold most of them) include dried flowers, leaves, and/or feathers I find around my cottage or on my daily walks. This one has Queen Anne’s Lace, as well as, some dried leaves. No doubt the rabbits love to take time to stop and smell the flowers and also enjoy bedding down in the leaves for extra warmth.
This 5″ x 7″ collage, which comes with a personalized oracle message that is included on the back, is for sale in my Etsy shop. It is $45.00 plus $5.00 shipping. If it is calling to you, you can buy it here. SOLD!Or you can email me at barb@joyfulpaws.com. I take checks, PayPal and Venmo.
Many of my originals that I’ve sold I also now have prints for sale of them as either 5″ x 7″ or 8″ x 10.” This chipmunk is a recent print I added to my Etsy shop here…
And what inspired this one was this sassy little one who was determined to stock up on birdseed for the coming winter months…and I might add, he/she was quite successful!…and as I finish writing this post is back again for more! 🙂
I was so inspired by a poem I read this morning in my friend, Dawn’s, newsletter, that I felt called to do an impromptu animal wisdom reading. Who (no pun intended!) shows up, but Owl! The collage above is one I created and was the first piece to sell when I announced the opening of my Etsy shop a little less than two weeks ago. It just so happens owl is the last one on my art table that I need to write a message for before I give it to the person who purchased it. So definitely a confirmation personally for me.
But also owl is about trusting our wise inner self and making sense in a world that sometimes just does not seem to make sense these past eighteen months. So may Owl, the poem, and this message serve as some healing as you, and we all, journey forward.
Click on the owl collage above or on the video below to listen. I’ve also copied and pasted the poem below if you’d like to have the words to save. 🙂
