Wednesday, December 19, 2012

Invite to Word Hop 2013



The Fly Tribe invites you to join us for our Word Hop 2013.  Towards the end of the year we choose a word that will be our guide or theme for the following year.

 In early January 2013 write your Word Hop 2013 blog post about the One Little Word you have chosen to describe your intentions/guide/theme/mentor for 2013.  On Monday, January 7th 2013 I will publish another blogpost where you can link your Word Hop 2013 blog post and leave a comment with the word you have chosen in it.  When you have time during the month you can hop around to other people's blogs and read about their word and leave a comment so they know you popped by.

If you would like to create a piece of art to celebrate your word that would be awesome - would love to see it. Would love you to pin it to the board I have started http://pinterest.com/shellsinthebush/word-hop-2013/

If you would like to put it on Instagram then use the #flytribewordhop2013 so we can check it out.

 If you would like to read what other people chose for their word in 2012 then check out the Fly Tribe Word Hop page for links.

Here's the link for the button for you to put on your blog:

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This idea started with Ali Edwards and she writes:

SING YOUR WORD
Can you identify a single word that sums up what you want for yourself in 2012? It can be something tangible or intangible. It could be a thought, or a feeling, or an emotion. It can be singular or plural. The key is to find something that has personal meaning for you. This is not your mother's word or your spouse's word or your child's word - this is YOUR word.

One little word can have big meaning in your life if you allow yourself to be open to the possibilities. And here's one thing that is totally interesting: sometimes a word will pop into your brain and it will not make any sense to you right now. Give it some time. Let it percolate a bit. I have often found that our hearts speak to us in very unique ways. Maybe this is a word you need to hear but just aren't ready for it yet.




Again, be open to the possibilities.


We would also like the thank Ali Edwards for inspiring us and creating a space for us to grow as individuals and to come together as a Tribe. Thanks, Ali!

Thanks everyone for joining in, if you have any questions then leave them in the comments below and I'll answer them.  I look forward to reading your Word Hop 2013 posts. 



 


Michelle Reynolds
ShellsintheBush

ETA: 7th Jan 2013 Please go to the next blog post, Word Hop 2013,  to add your link to the list.  Thanks.
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Wednesday, August 29, 2012

Flying Lessons Give-Away



Dear Future Flyers,

      We have been blown away by the amazing turn out for the Flying Lessons Give-Away.
You have most generously shared your hopes and dreams with us. What a dear gathering of Creative Spirits!
      We have randomly chosen sixteen names from the nearly 700 entries we received between the comments and emails. In some cases, you will see that we were only given a first name along with an email. Each chosen participant has been emailed to inform them of their spot in Flying Lessons.
      We hope if you were not chosen that you will not let that stand in your way of moving towards your dream. We believe in you and wish you the very best in your journey. Spread your wings and fly.
   
Creatively yours,
The Fly Tribe
Congratulations 

 TeedeJee (Tineke), Mindful Metta Moment, Dawn Anderson, Rose Buchmiller, Suzi Poland, Kerry Estey Keith, Katherine Mitchell, Natalie B., Jenny Baio, Kelli Watcherson, Rachel Carroll, Anna Dakin,  Helena, Chrissy, Laurie, Quilt Maker Cottage.


The Flying Lessons Give-Away was sponsored by the following Flyers in celebration of our first year of sisterhood.
Cat Athena Louise www.catathenalouise.com
Stacey Bockness Curry www.starhitchedwagon.com
Michelle Reynolds www.shellsinthebush.com
Constance Rawlins  www.livingwithinyourharvest.com
Kelly Hoernig  www.kellyhoernig.com
Cindy Jones Lantier http://www.lantier.org
Susan M. Walls-Beverly www.charmingtrinkets.etsy.com
Sherry Richert Belul http://www.simplycelebrate.net
Live Laugh Love Retreats http://livelaughloveretreats.com
Catherine Pistone http://www.catherinepistone.com 
Catherine Pistone  http://www.catherinepistone.com




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Sunday, August 19, 2012

Giving Flight Blog Hop





The Fly Tribe came together as a bunch of individuals looking to learn a bit about what it meant to run a creative business. We came together to take Kelly Rae Robert's Flying Lessons. Along the way, we made some friends, we supported one another's dreams, we lifted one another up when difficulties (in business and life) threatened to get the better of us. We didn't just learn to "Take Flight" (as Kelly Rae's course suggests). We learned to Give Flight to one another.

Now with one year of soaring under our wings, we want to share the love. 

 Welcome to the Summer of 2011 Flying Lessons Alumni's
Giving Flight Blog Hop and Flying Lessons Give-Away. 
 It's our Anniversary Celebration.

 This is a HUGE celebration that is broken up into two parts.... 


  1. Giving Flight Blog Hop: The Fly Tribe is an amazing community built around supporting one another. Follow along on our blog hop by clicking through to the addresses listed below and discover some of our thoughts on The Spirit of Giving. 
  2.  Flying Lessons Give-Away: We have had such an amazing year after taking Flying Lessons, that we want to offer others the same incredible experience we have had. The Flyers have banded together to fund a whopping 8 Flying Lessons spots that we are giving away. Can you feel the love?! But the giving only starts there. Kelly Rae Roberts has joined us by MATCHING our gift with additional 8 classes for a total of 16 Flying Lessons spots. Doesn't she ROCK?! You can find details for the give-away below. 

   

 Janet Forrest http://www.tatterednworn.wordpress.com
Rachél Payne http://wp.me/pWRyw-10P
Live Laugh Love Retreats http://livelaughloveretreats.com

  

 Dear Future Flyers,

     We have been thinking of YOU. We have been thinking about the dreams you have, the places where you are feeling stuck and wish you just had some direction. We remember wishing we had a someone we could work through the big creative business questions with.
     Last year, we signed up for Flying Lessons with Kelly Rae Roberts. The class gave us direction. It put a frame around some of the chaos we felt in trying to do it all on our own. It gave us courage, and it gave us others creatives to connect with. It gave us wings.
    When our first anniversary came around at the same time as Kelly Rae's very last Flying Lessons class, we wanted you to know exactly how we felt. We wanted you to have a chance to (as Kelly Rae says) "help your creative biz soar."
    We have had such an amazing year after taking Flying Lessons, that we want to offer others the same incredible experience we have had. The Flyers have banded together to fund a whopping 8 Flying Lessons spots that we are giving away. Can you feel the love?! But the giving only starts there. Kelly Rae Roberts has joined us by MATCHING our gift with additional 8 classes for a total of 16 Flying Lessons spots. We want to share those with YOU.
                           
                                                                                                               Creatively yours,
                                                                                                                The Fly Tribe
                                                                                                     



Give-Away Guidelines

We are so happy you want to be considered for one of the 16 class spots Kelly Rae Roberts Flying Lessons. Here are the guidelines.

  1. To participate in the Flying Lessons Give-Away, please leave a comment below. 
  2. If you are unable to leave a comment here, please email your comment to bohemianhideaway@gmail.com Subject: Give-Away
  3. One entry per person.
  4. To be fully considered, make sure to leave an email that will allow us to contact you in the event that you win. 
  5. Winners will be chosen by random number generator. 
  6. Entries close at 11:59 pm Central Time on August 27, 2012. 
  7. Winners will be contacted by email and announced here on August 29, 2012. 



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Monday, August 13, 2012

Happy Anniversary Fly Tribe

                          “The world is so empty if one thinks only of mountains, rivers and cities; 
                            but to know someone who thinks and feels with us, 
                            and who, though distant, is close to us in spirit, 
                            this makes the earth for us an inhabited garden.”                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                              ― Johann Wolfgang von Goethe





The Fly Tribe is celebrating a year since we came together for Kelly Rae Roberts' Flying Lessons. Along the way we have taken what we learned during the class and put it into use in a variety of ways. Some started blogs, others got published in magazines, some opened stores for their creative wares, and some kept doing what they were already doing, but a bit better. Whatever we did though, we found that we weren't doing it alone. We really did find a tribe in the class. 

We found a community filled with new friends. We supported one another as we walked through the fear of reaching for success. We even supported one another when life got us down. Especially when it got us down...or sent challenges that felt bigger than us. We found a sisterhood. 

As the first anniversary of the 2011 Flying Lessons class comes around, our private Facebook group is abuzz with remember-when's, with gratitude, and thoughts of what the coming years will bring. 

One thing we know for sure is that we want to make our anniversary about celebrating the spirit of giving that has been such an important part of our journey this year. So for the month of August, we are focusing on giving. Check back on the 20th to find out just how we are doing that...as individuals and as a group. I think you just might find our giving could give you flight!

                                                                                           
                                                                                                   Your Fly Tribe Friend,
                                                                                                   Rachél Payne
                                                                                                   Creativity Tribe



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Sunday, March 18, 2012

Shoe Shots Blog Hop

Show us your Shoes!!!!




This months blog hop is all about shoes, so if you've taken a photo of yours then we'd love to see them, whether it's a standard looking down shot or a fancy schmancy blinged up shot - show us your shoes!!!

If you are one of our readers we would also be delighted if you would like to join in with this months Blog Hop by photographing your shoes and adding them to a blog post and use the link below to join in.



Directions: Please Read

If you are joining the blog party, please copy the address for the blog post you want us to read. Be aware that a year from now, someone might happen upon this and want to read your post. If you have only included your blog address, they will not be able to find this specific post buried in all the other awesome posts you write. So make sure you copy the actual post address. Then, please also make sure your post has a link to this post so when folks read what you wrote, they can easily find the party. The linky will be open for one week. We would also like to invite you to join our site so that you can keep informed about other blog parties we will be hosting - we would love for you to come back again and again.


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Sunday, March 11, 2012

March Blog Hop - Shoe Shots


Hi Everyone,

 I've always loved these shoe shots photos that I've come to associate with the online art community.  This months blog hop is real easy - just grab your camera and point towards your shoes and take a shot to upload to you your blog.  You can make it a regular shoe shot or you can make it as fancy as you like.  If you'd like to blog about your shoes or just leave a photo - that would be great. Spread the word and add a button to your blog - the more the merrier as we love shoes!!!

 Post your blog on March 19th and then pop back here where there will be a post published at midnight Coordinated Universal Time and will stay open for a week with a Linky for you to add your blog url. 


Here's the code for the button:

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I'm looking forward to seeing all your great Shoe Shots.

 Big Love and Bear Hugs,

 Michelle - ShellsintheBush.
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Monday, February 13, 2012

Love of Art Blog Party

As you may have heard, the Fly Tribe sent out invitations earlier this month to two other groups of artists/creative biz owners to have them join us in exploring what we all love about art. We are thrilled today to welcome to the party members of the 2010 Flying Lessons class as well as the participants in Hello Soul Hello Business.

 If you are one of our readers, we would also be delighted if you would add to our party by writing a post about what YOU love about art and use the linky below to join in. But even if you don't, we hope you will receive the gifts this party offers.  Many of us believe that the very individuals who are tucked in and among the bloggers/artists in this collection will be the next wave of inspiration in the world of creativity. They will be offering wisdom for the spirit and a good amount of eye candy, so get ready for a charge to both body and soul.

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Directions: Please Read

If you are joining the blog party, please copy the address for the blog post you want us to read. Be aware that a year from now, someone might happen upon this and want to read your post. If you have only included your blog address, they will not be able to find this specific post buried in all the other awesome posts you write. So make sure you copy the actual post address.  Then, please also make sure your post has a link to this post so when folks read what you wrote, they can easily find the party. The linky will be open for one week. We would also like to invite you to join our site so that you can keep informed about other blog parties we will be hosting (we would love for you to come back again and again. If you have any questions, you can email party organizer Rachél Payne for more information, rae@creativitytribe.com)



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Friday, February 3, 2012

Cordially Invited to Party

You know when you meet a few new friends and realize you have a lot in common? Well, it just seems that sparks begin to fly! And before you know it, someone says, "We should get together!"

The Fly Tribe's FB Group (which was designed as an incubation station for all the dreams we hoped to hatch through Kelly Rae Roberts' Flying Lessons e-course) is a tight knitted group. We have each other's back in building our art businesses , as well as for the ups and downs of life. But we have been enjoying making new friends around the art community, spreading our wings, so to speak.

Recently, the FT has been chirping with excitement over a project Kelly Rae was offering with a member of her first Flying Lessons group, Beth Nicholls. Hello Soul Hello Business (which is now in its third week) offers a revolutionary way of approaching business. It has given some of us the opportunity to get to know the Fly Alumni from the first group who are taking HBHS and to meet up-n-coming movers and shakers in the creative biz arena.  So we decided to reach out to its members, as well as members of the first Flying Lessons group and, well, have a good ole fashioned get together!

It is in that spirit that the Fly Tribe has designed and is hosting the Love of Art Blog Party. 



The Invitation
Drop by and visit us on Saint Valentine's Day for an event guaranteed to inspire the artist in you. If you are a Fly Alumni member from either of Kelly Rae's classes or are currently taking the Hello Soul Hello Business's  Business Soul Sessions, we want to offer a special invitation to visit us and leave a link to a post about your Love of Art.  As always, our readers are welcomed to the party (start thinking about what you want to write about...or what bit of art you might like to share). So, spread the word, the more the merrier!

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A Bit of Business
 If you are planning to participate in the Love of Art Blog Party, we would love for you to grab our blog party button (code is below). The party post will be published at midnight Coordinated Universal Time and will stay open for submissions for one week. If you have any questions, feel free to contact Rachél Payne: rae@creativitytribe.com


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Sunday, January 8, 2012

WordHop 2012


The FlyTribe is excited to share another blog hop with you.  Around the end of last year, several Fliers began sharing the words they had chosen as their guiding word for the new year. As artists and creatives, we work together to inspire each other, so organizing a blog party around the words we were choosing to be our teachers for 2012 just felt right.

Choosing a word to lead you through your year became a trend in blogging several years ago when Ali Edwards began sharing her One Little Word journey through out the year.  She found that it is a simple but powerful way to bring meaning to your life.  Her one little word has now taken off and grown into a movement, a movement we are excited to take part in.

Below is a list of posts by FlyTribe members and our guests who are creating their lives with their own little words. We hope you will join us as we adventure through the landscape of the web to support the writers' journeys and to be inspired by them. You can expect that over the course of the year these artist/blogger might share posts that follow the insights offered by their word, including works of art that specifically explore what their word has come to mean to them.

If you would like to claim your own word for 2012, leave it in the comments below. If you have a blog post that features your own little word, feel free to join the hop!

The FlyTribe will be creating a collaborative art piece with the words left in the comments, along with our own, to be shared at the end of the year.  The proceeds of sales from the piece will go to charity.

We would also like the thank Ali Edwards for inspiring us and creating a space for us to grow as individuals and to come together as a Tribe. Thanks, Ali!

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WordHop 2012
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Wednesday, January 4, 2012

Bit of History

One of the first collaborations the FlyTribe did together was to have a blog hop.   We decided to do it around a subject we were all passionate about... you got it, flying.  It was a great way for our individual blog readers to get a peek into our special circle. We didn't have a collaborative blog at the time, but now that we do, we would love to share that hop and all the artists involved with you!




Amaranthine Violet:  http://magic-gypsy.blogspot.com/
Beth Cougler Blom:   http://sobliss.wordpress.com/
Cindy Jones Lantier:  http://www.lantier.org
Julie Hamilton:  http://spaark.wordpress.com
Stacey Chadwick Brown:  http://staceybrownarts.blogspot.com/
Teresa Cash-Czech: http://www.asmilemaker.com/
Thanks again for hopping along with us!



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