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Don’t Be Afraid To Shine Brighter!

Isn't it funny that we are sometimes afraid of feeling happy? Isn't it a trip that you can actually be scared of success? Even if it's uncomfortable at first (!), you have to let yourself be thrilled, elated, proud and glowing.  You get used to it 🙂 xoxo Dana

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Creating Grounded Spaces In Concrete!

(via) Today's design challenge: making concrete work in an environment. Concrete is a lovely material of Earth that is often given short shrift.  Polished concrete is almost silky in appearance and radiates light.  Concrete is also an amazing accessory if you need to...

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Dazzling Land Art Of Andy Goldsworthy

(andy goldsworthy) Andy Goldsworthy - British photographer, sculptor and environmentalist- uses nature as his paint and clay for art. The beauty of his work that stretches beyond the obviously good-looking aesthetics:  each piece if this site-specific art is meant to...

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Grains Of Sand Magnified Reveal More Magic Of Nature

(Yanpin Wang) This is your average handful of sand, under high-power magnification. Its an entire univer of color, shapes and intricate crystalline patterns all unique and all spectacular. It makes you think of what you are missing in life if you aren't looking close...

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Feng Shui For 2014, Year Of The Wooden Horse!

(Etsy) I came upon this brilliant article filled with feng shui advice for a year of exciting expansion and change written my my own feng shui mentor, Gabriele Van Zon, Ph.D, and I had to share it! To know me is to know that I do not "follow" astrology, or  anything...

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Do Your Thing & Don’t Care If They Like It!

Because if you start creating for an audience, trying to guess what they want to hear, rather than creating out of a need to communicate a message, you will likely... suck.  Seriously, if you are too hung up on being interesting rather than actually communicating, you...

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Cherry Coconut Fruit Juice Jello Hearts!

Today's super-simple and quite eye-catching bit of naturally good snack -meets- art is a very yummy fruit juice jello made better with some coconut milk! Worth noting that these gems are  gluten-free, sugar-free, Paleo & SCD friendly, if you are looking for...

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Instagramming Ways To Make The Best Of Moments

This little guy exclusively does what he wants to do, and when he doesn't want to wake up in the morning, he doesn't wake up! There's a lot to be said for simplicity, and this week's Instagram is all about making the best of moments as they are. I was a bit more than...

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