Being Green

The last couple of days has seen my sales in green gemstones fly way above anything I can imagine! Moss Agate & Aventurine are just so popular that I can't help but look beyond and try to figure out just why.

When I think about the energies & shifts I've been feeling lately, it comes as no surprise that green is popular. The colour green is related to our heart chakra. It is for balance, growth & calming. Green helps all conditions that are aggravated by our emotions.

Green soothes and balances our energies. It helps to encourage our compassion, sensitivity and self-acceptance. It has a calming effect and is soothing to the nervous system. Green awakens greater friendliness, hope, faith and peace. It is associated with gratitude and material expansion. Spiritually, it encourages trust in the process of growth.


Moss Agate is a stone of new beginnings. Among other things, it refreshes the soul and enables you to see beauty in all you behold. It encourages trust and hope. Moss Agate reduces sensitivity to weather and environmental pollutants.


Aventurine is a comforter and heart healer. It promotes compassion and empathy. Aventurine protects against environmental pollution.

There's a definite theme going on here..... Can you see it? More people are "going green". We are thinking of our environment, the world in which we live. Love and caring for ourselves and everything around us.

Meditation Monday

I've been tweeting on twitter for a few months now and am constantly amazed at the flow of love & support that is shared. It is an incredible community and I am really enjoying the new friendships that I have made and am still making there.

Most of my new friendships are with other spiritual souls like myself and one of them came up with the idea of Meditation Monday. It is a time, once a week, where at 8:30pm in our local timezones, we all meditate in whichever way is comfortable for ourselves.

Meditation doesn't just calm & centre yourself, it is something that spreads out of you and into the universe. Imagine, if we all did this together. What a beautiful wave of love and kindness could be spread around our wonderful world.

Join us for Meditation Monday & feel the difference!

RIP - Farrah Fawcett & Michael Jackson

It is with sadness that we say goodbye to two wonderful people.

Farrah Fawcett - your true beauty will never be forgotten. You cared and it showed! You were always an Angel & now you are with the Angels. May you rest in peace!

Michael Jackson - your creative genius will live on in your music forever. Your passion will never be forgotten. You cared about the world - may we remember that. You will light up the heavens with your music! May you rest in peace!

We are all different - We are all the same.

Let's remember the good in everyone!

Farrah & Michael - you are now flying with the Angels - "You Are Not Alone" ♫ http://blip.fm/~8wx15

We can make it a better place - let's "Heal The World" - Michael Jackson! ♫ http://blip.fm/~8wqsj

Time to Be

A little while ago, I had one of those days where thoughts were bubbling around inside my head at such a rate that I felt I was floating around the ceiling. There was no point in sitting down trying to do any work, because my body was there, but clearly my mind wasn't!

I put on my garnet & hematite bracelet to keep me grounded. Luckily that helped me stay at ceiling level so I could venture outside & stay beneath the tree tops!!

So, outside..... into the garden..... into the light..... breathing in..... breathing out..... time to just be...... I did Qi Gong and Tai Chi for a good hour or more, then sat with myself for a while. I felt the pulse of mother earth beneath my bare feet - it felt good!

My body was calm, my mind was still a-flutter, however it was a more gentle flutter. I still wasn't going to get any work done, but this time was needed to let me just be. I needed to let those thoughts flutter for a while and when they're ready, I'll know what to do with them and I'll be refreshed enough to deal with them in the best way I can.

Is Life Better Lived by Plan or as it Comes?

A friend recently asked if I thought life was better to be lived by plan or as it comes..... "I can/will not live life by a plan."

This question certainly got me thinking about my life so far.....

When my husband & I decided to get married nearly 22 years ago, our plan was to live in Australia and raise our future children there. When our kids were just 5 yrs, 3 yrs & 18 months old, we were moved to the USA which we loved, so our plan changed and we decided to stay. A few years later, we moved to Malaysia - another change in plan. Four years after that, we moved again. We have now been living in the UK for 3 years.

So, my answer to that question is.....

"The plan is to live life as it comes!"

We have learned so much about different cultures & countries, languages & accents, foods & tastes, that we would never have had the chance to do if we had stayed with our original plan.

Life is a great adventure! A little planning is a nice idea, but always be ready for something you haven't expected. Look for the good in whatever's around you. It's amazing what you can learn along the way. The whole world is in your hands!

My Buddha

Just the other day, I was talking about crystals to a friend. She lives in South Africa and told me that the children who visit her guest lodge always bring her white Quartz crystals from the mountain and that she puts them around her Buddha.

My Buddha brings me calm and serenity. I just have to look at him to bring a smile to my face and feel at peace.


This is a picture of my Buddha. Many years ago, I placed a terminated quartz crystal into his praying hands. They have a special place in my workroom and are very happy together. Sometimes I think I can even see a special little smile!

Feeling Love!

Love! Can you feel it? It's all around us. You only need to reach out and it's there - for everyone! But what about the love inside? I'm talking about that feeling - deep within - that love for ourselves.

Learning to love ourselves is the first step towards being able to truly love and be there for others. Loving yourself means taking time out for yourself - go for a slow walk and take in what's around you, sit under a tree and watch the clouds float by, read a book, smell a flower, listen to the birds sing, read a poem, take a nap - whatever it takes.

You'll very quickly realise how good it makes you feel. That feeling will reach down inside of you and spread - warm, fuzzy feelings of happiness - Love!

Love starts with yourself - it is in your hands! Start loving yourself now and see how quickly that love spreads. You'll be amazed!

I feel an over-abundance of love for everyone and everything. I love myself for who I am. I am blessed to have my family & friends and to know their love. But right now, there is also a very strong feeling of spiritual love in this world. It's getting stronger. The universe is changing - I can feel it.

I am feeling love. I am loved. I love.

Healing with the colour "Blue"

Everyone is affected by colours, often more than they realise. Colour is intimately tied to all aspects of our life, especially to its visual aspects. It permeates our language, our culture and our health. We use colours to describe our physical well-being, our emotions, our attitudes, and our spiritual experiences.

Today, a friend mentioned that the colour blue had suddenly "turned the power on" in a necklace she was creating for her mother who has a neck problem.

Blue is the colour of the Throat Chakra. It represents knowledge of, and oneness with, divine guidance. Governed by the thyroid gland, it looks after our neck, throat and jaw, vocal chords, respiratory system, alimentary canal and arms.

The throat chakra is our communication centre, thus giving us our ability to verbally express ourselves and to be able to have open, clear communication of feelings and thoughts. Ability to release. It is the gateway to the Higher Consciousness and the gateway through which the emotions contained in the heart pass, to become balanced and harmonised.

Blue is cooling, calming and relaxing to the body’s system. It quietens our energies and has an antiseptic effect. Strengthens and balances the respiratory system. Excellent for high blood pressure and all conditions of the throat. Eases diseases such as asthma, chicken pox, jaundice and rheumatism. Gives qualities of idealism, devotion and understanding. Adds perspective to your experiences. Blue awakens intuition and eases loneliness.

Custom-made Jewellery

Recently, I sold a beautiful Picture Jasper necklace (shown above) to a lovely lady who liked it so much that she came back within a week to ask for a necklace in blue.

This is the necklace I made for her. It features Sodalite and Sterling Silver.

Sodalite has a lovely gentle healing quality. It brings order and calmness to the mind. It encourages rational thought, objectivity, truth and intuition, along with verbalisation of feelings. Sodalite brings emotional balance and calms panic attacks. It enhances self-esteem, self-acceptance and self-trust.

Visit the Charms Of Light website. Custom orders are always welcome! :)

Life is Beautiful!

Sometimes, when I have days where things aren't working for me the way I would like, I think of them as challenges! Yesterday was one of these days. My computer decided to play up on me and cause all sorts of challenges that became too difficult to solve. So, I took a deep breath and walked away....

..... into my lovely garden where I could discover the true beauty that surrounds me every day.....

..... beautiful.....

..... peaceful.....

..... serenity.....

It is so important to take time out for yourself sometimes. Look and listen to what is around you. Life is beautiful - take time out to enjoy the little things!

How to wear a Lariat Necklace

So now you have your lovely long lariat necklace.... how do you wear it?

There are a number of different ways that work well for a lariat. Here are a few.....

Double up your lariat and wrap it around your neck, bringing both ends to the front. Thread the ends through the loop (like a scarf) and gently pull to the required length.

Wrap the lariat once around your neck and bring the ends together at the front. Gently tie in a loose knot.

Put your lariat around your neck, bringing the ends towards the front. Gently tie in a loose knot as low or high as you like.

Put your lariat around your neck, bringing the ends towards the front. Holding the ends together, make a loop, then thread the ends through the loop and gently pull through, making a double knot version of the style above.

Hey, if you have a small waist, lariats look great as a loose belt! :)

If you know of another way to wear a lariat necklace, please share! :)

Colour Healing and Pearls

As you know, I love working with gemstones and pearls because of their wonderful healing energies. Here's a way to combine the healing properties of Pearls with the healing power of colour.

Colour plays an important role in healing. Don't you have days when you open your closet and just have to wear that orange scarf, or blue sweater? Instinctively we are drawn to the colours that we most need at any particular time. Colour can be used to alter our physical, emotional, mental and spiritual conditions.

Now you're thinking, "What's that got to do with pearls?".......

Well, take a look at these Lariat Necklaces. They are created with freshwater pearls and have a Clear Quartz (Rock Crystal) drop at each end. Available in a variety of beautiful colours, you are sure to find the colour that you are most happy to wear!

How do YOU wear a lariat necklace?

Gemstones for Healing

Although well meaning, I believe that the many books written about the healing properties of gemstones, should come with guidelines. People read these books and then believe that, because it is written, a particular gemstone is absolutely right for them. Unfortunately, it is not quite that simple....

It is true that certain gemstones are good for certain problems, however it is important to think about the whole person when healing and not just the illness, or dis-ease, they are suffering from.

When I am asked to create a piece of healing jewellery, I think very carefully about the person it is for. It is quite rare that two people with the same problem are going to do as well, with the exact same gemstone. You need to take into account the possible cause of the dis-ease and work on healing that.

Once you start healing the cause, all the symptoms will naturally fall away, turning the "dis-ease" into "ease" and creating harmony within again.

Healing

When I started on this journey of creating healing jewellery, I really didn't know where the path would take me. What I did know was that I was able to do something that I loved and that it would also be helping others. I still love creating my range of jewellery and certainly have no intention of giving it up. I love the feeling of every gemstone and the energy within and being able to turn each one into something of beauty is very fulfilling.

Lately, I haven't spent as much time as I would like on creating new pieces for the Charms Of Light website because of all the special custom orders that are being requested. I thank you all for trusting in me and hope you love your special pieces as much as I love being able to make them for you. I do promise that new pieces for the site will be created as soon as possible. There are loads of ideas in my head! :)

My healing energies are being greatly spread around at the moment. Whilst there have been many requests for Reiki and distant healing, I am also still trying to rewrite my Reiki manuals so that I can start teaching again soon. Qi Gong and Tai Chi are constants in my life and having taken up Nia dance classes recently, I feel another calling and am now seriously considering training as a Nia teacher too. Workshops on working with positive energy are also on the horizon, so stay tuned & watch this space!!

Healing is a wonderful thing, but did you know, you don't have to be a "healer" to help people. You just need to be there for them. A friendly smile..... a listening ear..... a kind word..... is sometimes all that is needed to make someone feel better! :)