Red Thread Circles

  I've begun completing the prerequisites for SoulCollage facilitator training ! Yikes!!  I think I've been interested in this since getting Seena Frost's Soul Collage book in November 2008, and beginning to create cards! I've thought of becoming a facilitator off and on - now the call is strong!  Red Thread Circle hosts Cindy, Susan and Valerie have all been encouraging and supportive - and it's a great compliment to Intentional Creativity. Prerequisites for SoulCollage facilitator course I made this set of prerequisite inspiration cards, to track my progress. I've ordered Soul Collage Evolving, and have been watching various SC clips with practioners on YouTube  Here's a Quick intro video:   7 steps to creating a Card Last week, I contacted Glenda Goodrich , who offered my first in-person SoulCollage class. We've scheduled a coaching sesion at the beginning of October, to go over the Key Concepts and fundamentals. I've made and 'met' over a...

 When my SiStars Olivia, Rosie and I sent the invitation to join our Apothecary journey, we began preparing our own Still Rooms (mine usually has dragons - the better to heat potions!!) Blue dragon Our invitation this week to the beloveds who  said YES to making good medicine -  begin considering Vessels to contain the elixirs.  Look through magazine for images of vessels. Paste them in your journal, and ask several what medicine they offer/ what they contain/ what's ready to be alchemized? Look for obects which spark joy, and bring that to the page.  Reflect on why this is the perfect moment in your life for this journey Collect ephemera - tea bag fortunes, slips of paper, paper towels used as paint ‘rags,’ magazine images, flower petals - and slide into an envelope or bag to bring with you to class.  In the Still Room - find the dragons! You might wish to start a lexicon page, adding symbols and the meaning they hold for You.  I'm fond of making lit...

  At the end of January, I saw an invitation to craft vision boards with one of our Neurographica teachers in an online session. I'd already made a soul collage card for my word of the year - Connected , and loved this invitation of another way to work with it.  I've made vision boards off and on for several decades, and am always intrigued with the images and messages that appear. One of my first Red Thread offerings was making vision boards, in 2016!  Vision board 2025 For the neuropathic vision board class, we used the Feng Shui 'bagua' grid to lay out the pictures in 9 'sections'. After they were in place, we drew neuro lines over the collage, to support our Word and our intentions! I made a smaller board (~ 8x15") w/ some of the left over images I'd chosen - and it's still on my wall 😃. I love that central figure!  ᏗᏓᏂᎸᎢᏍᏗ  di-da-ni-lv-i-s-di Celebrate! I often use lighter weight tagboard for the backing - but this year's boards are on s...

  Last week I joined  Cindy Jacobs 's playshop, combining S oulCollage® Expressive Arts, and Intentional Creativity, to explore ways to support our Word of the Year . Cindy loves making and using little cards for inspiration and reminders, and I enjoyed her tips and tricks.  We created a  S oulCollage®  Visionary archetype or Neter card, and began a dozen Mixed media cards (3×4") - we will add to both decks each month over the year. (Neter is a word used by the Egyptians for cosmic beings and qualities) Visionary Neter For the little deck of Visionary qualities, I used stencils and Gel medium on Mixed media paper for texture, colored using neocolor 2 crayons, sealed with medium, and glued the sheets to junk mail Flyers, and painted the backs.  After cutting out a dozen cards, I  painted the edges with metallic acrylic, and made a couple of bookmarks and smaller cards from the scraps.  Cards in process There are so many ways to create cards!  ...

  For Several years, my friend Kathleen has offered a Word of the Year Playshop at our church in January. In 2023 my  word was Weave , and in 2024, Balance (Kauliki)  Kathleen generally offers a more linear approach - using Dictionaries and Thesauri, after a quick review and release of any 'baggage' from the year just past, and then we decorated an Arrow .... This year , she invited a friend who facilitates SoulCollage (tm) to join us, and we chose images! Both Kathleen and Deandra brought a bunch of images from magazines, cards and calendars, and laid them out on several tables,  for us to gather from.  Card size is general 5×7" or 5x8" and we could choose from several colours of mat board for our background . Other materials included an index card, glue sticks and scissors.  My workstation We did a quick year review and release, then choose images, and started to fine tune and arrange them. After we'd glued the images, we paired up, and one of the dyad a...

  Red Thread Circles are a way to connect in a respectful, mutually supportive group, and inter-weave the threads of our stories. The Red Thread has a profound capacity for connecting hearts and minds around what matters. When we face a challenge, we "tug on the Red Thread" as a reminder we aren't alone, and may tap into this web of support. We often meet around a topic, and share stories, dreams and aspirations. At other times, we will focus on a  simple project, first setting an intention, or framing an inquiry. At the beginning of our time together, we sit in circle, and then pass the thread: each sister takes a minute or two framing her response to the inquiry  What is lighting me up?  What old story I'm ready to release? Today I could use _____ What is mine to cause and create? She then wraps a length of yarn around her wrist, and passes the rest on. During the second round, we often claim a gift or talent we'd like to deepen with, and snip the thread betwe...