So, how’s it been for you? Have you been giving yourself sweet, sweet lovin’ EVERY single day? It’s definitely a habit I don’t ever want to break, because, well…it’s a li’l bit fabulous, isn’t it? Now, just because the 10 day challenge is up, it doesn’t mean the lovin’ has to stop. No way. In fact, this is just the beginning, you’ve got to keep flexing that I Heart Me muscle as often as you possibly can, because when you indulge in the self love stuff, you shouldn’t be surprised when the universe decides to shower you in an abundance of love and kisses too because, well, that’s just how it works and who wants to argue with that? Not me, that’s for sure!
Do you love the Sark poster above? The gorgeous girls at Girlie Girl Army posted it today suggesting we should print it out, put it on our mirror and remind ourselves how dee-liciously lovable we are - how fabu?!!
The question: “What do I need to do to love my sweet, sweet self today?”
The answer: creating a psychic bubble o’ protection.
So, I’ve been working on a brand-new-book-idea which I’m head over Westwood heels in heart with, and I rarely share my book ideas because I get scared that the really good stuff will escape from my head if I actually talk about it, but today, for some reason, I decided to share a li’l bit of the brand-new-book-idea.
Wrong move.
I was shot down before I’d even finished the sentence. ‘You can’t write about that!’ my friend said, ‘you should really just stick to what you know, Lisa.’ Now, I wasn’t expecting her to blow trumpet fanfares and declare it the best idea in the entire world, but well…I wasn’t expecting that either. Thing is, taking a step back from the situ, I can see that she was probably not the person to share good news with - she’s got a touch o’ the grumps at the moment and isn’t able to share any kind of happy goodness with anyone - but it did give me a kick-butt reminder to create a psychic shield to protect my sweet self against other people’s negative energies.
Whenever you’re in a negative situ - your boss snaps, your parental gets mad, a shop assistant is rude - imagine a bubble surrounding your body (mine’s pink, natch) that absolutely nothing can penetrate, it will help what’s negative simply bounce off it.
As if having a fimo AND a knitted doll made of me wasn’t awesome enough, the gorgeous Miss S at Temporary:Secretary has gone and dedicated a necklace to me - head on over, click on pic number 2 and see if you can find me - would it be wrong if I bought one? It’s just totes adorbz! I also want the Marilu one too, 1. because Marilu is one of my besties and 2. because she’s got pink hair - AMAZING.
Lisa necklace, £18.00 temporary secretary
The question: “What do I need to do to love my sweet, sweet self today?”
The answer: listen to the Glee soundtrack on repeat.
I defy ANYONE to feel glum when they are in ownership of this CD of awesomeness. The Glee soundtrack puts the biggest smile on my face and glitter sparkles in my heart. LOVE x 1000000.
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So, we’re more than half way through the 10 day I HEART ME love-in - are you giving yourself a big bundle o’ sweet, sweet lovin’?!
Today, I’m charging up new crystals in the sunshine, eating malteasers - yummers - and indulging in an entire day of fiction writing. Yes, I know it’s my job, but I LOVE my job and it means I get to go visit Paris, Italy AND LA all from the comfort of my li’l seaside cottage… Although, I can’t think of anything nicer than walking along the River Seine on a cold sunshine-y morning - tres magnifique! Still, if I can’t be there, going there in my imagination, is the next best thing, right?
Pic: http://yuco.tumblr.com/post/114328026/quote-book-quote-a-week-by-naa
The question: “What do I need to do to love my sweet, sweet self today?”
The answer: Create.
I had a li’l wobble this week. In fact, it was quite a substantial wobble and I found myself questioning who I really was. I know, that’s a bit deep for a Friday, isn’t it? Luckily for me though, I have access to a toolbox o’ SASSY goodies, so today, I decided to create the vision of who I am beneath all the doubts, fears and insecurities - it was such a deliciously lovely thing to do for myself… I asked myself, what would my life look like if I completely loved, approved of and accepted myself?
What would I really, really like to let go of in order to move closer to that image of the best, most pink and fabulous me?
In my journal I answered the following questions…
• What kind of girl am I really?
• What are my natural character traits?
• What would I be like today, if my upbringing had been completely nurturing and supportive? If I was raised to believe in myself unconditionally?
• Who is the “ME” that I was born to be?
• What are my gifts and talents?
Now, I plan on holding this kick-ass vision of who I’ve created in front of me and I’m walking towards releasing with total love anything that takes the shine off that vision o’ fabulousness. I’m so worth the time and effort. After all, if it isn’t me, why keep it right?!
How are you all doing? Care to share?
The question: “What do I need to do to love my sweet, sweet self today?”
The answer: Write.
Now, I write for a living, so this is something that I do EVERY day, but my real love and passion is buying pretty, pretty journals, putting pen to paper and filling them with words from my head. Seriously, it’s cheaper than any kind of therapy and all you need is a small commitment of time, a pen, a notebook and an open mind.
Writing something down can clear A LOT of space in your mind and heart. It helps put your thoughts into order and can relieve a whole lot of stress and confusion as well as allowing your creativity to flow. FYI: I have some of my BEST ideas for stories and projects when journaling. I use felt tip pens to write because I love how they soak the page with colour, I draw and stick pictures in too. Start journaling today - life will become far more interesting, promise.
Look what my gorgeous friend Rachel made - it’s me, in clay form! LOVE. IT.
The question: “What do I need to do to love my sweet, sweet self today?”
The answer: I had a big important meeting in the Londinium, so I before I left, I took myself for a really long beach walk - yep, I live literally a minute from the sea and on a cold sunshine-y day, there really is nowhere I’d rather be, and while the crashing waves could have provided a dee-lish soundtrack to my travels, instead, I plugged into my gorgeous gal-pal Kelianna - have you heard this girl sing? Oh-my-freakin’-stars. J’adore. Not just because she makes yummy breakfasts - she does y’know, but because her voice is like a gazillion angels soothing your soul. That was quite possibly the nicest thing I could have done to show myself the sweet love today - fresh air, bee-you-tiful scenery and the prettiest voice to fill my head with loveliness. Le sigh.
So, did you ask the question?
“What do I need to do to love my sweet, sweet self today?”
You did? What was the reply?
Mine was really simple - make pancakes, fill ‘em with banana and nutella, feed myself aforementioned pancakes. Yummiest food EVAH.
Yep, it’s Day 2 of the I HEART ME love in and when I asked myself the I HEART ME question:
“What do I need to do to love my sweet, sweet self today?”
My answer? Fly my Freak Flag!
Y’see, I woke up to an email from one of my favourite illo-girls Miss Violette this morning and she’s just created a Fly Your Freak Flag range of stationery and it got me to thinking, today, I’m going to fly MY Freak Flag!
What does fly your freak flag mean? Violette explains:
When I think of flying your freak flag I think of letting your eccentricities and offbeat manners out without worrying about social norms. When we give ourselves permission to “fly our freak flags” we become more authentically ourselves. In the creative world, many artists fly their flags and find that things fall into place for them when they do. Rather than trying to copy someone and “be them” we listen to the whispers of our soul and follow it’s call.
My whole world opened up once I gave myself permission to embrace my eccentricities. It was as if a miracle occurred. It will happen for you too if you just “allow” the real you to emerge and to forget what other people will say. The thing is (and I’m letting you in on a little secret here) they’ll talk about you no matter what you end up doing! You’ll either be too wild and crazy or too boring. What would you rather be?
In his book “The Four Agreements” Don Miguel Ruiz has four rules you should live by - one of the agreements is: “Don’t take anything personally - what you think of me is none of my business.” When you finally subscribe to this belief and do what your heart moves you to do you’ll feel a huge weight being lifted from your shoulders.”
Find out more about Violette at: www.violette.ca
Woohhoo! It’s day 1 of the I HEART ME Love In and what better day to start than V-day?
To catch up on all the love-stuff goodness, check out the previous ‘I Heart Me’ post for details - but, just so you know, you don’t have to start today, you can start whenever you’re ready to make a commitment to yourself to ask your self, every single day for the next 10 days…
“What do I need to do to love my sweet, sweet self today?”
So, on this 1st day o’ love, what are you doing to show yourself the love stuff? As I’m a pink lady too, I wouldn’t expect you fabulous ladies to be doing anything that I’m not doing, so….
Today, I woke up, asked myself the question and sat still as I waited for the answer. I rarely ever give myself quiet time and I won’t lie, part of me was itching to go switch on the ‘puter and check my blackberry, but the other part was relishing a li’l bit of quiet time, so today I have given myself a day to myself without the radio/music/or the teevz. Now this is a BIG deal for me, I’m one of those girls that loves a li’l noise. But it really felt like today, I needed a li’l time out and d’ya know what? It’s been awesome.
I’ve read 3 different books - Shhh, don’t tell anyone, but I’ve got an advance copy of The Carrie Diaries - the book about Carrie Bradshaw’s life before SATC - FYI…it’s amazing, written in my journal, made a new dream board, sipped hot chocolate, burnt ylang-ylang insence, watched the pretty, pretty tea lights flicker and just enjoyed the peace and loveliness of a super-clean (my mumma’s coming to visit this week!) Pink Palace - it’s been total bliss-kissed yumminess. I know I’ve got ever so much work to do this week, but just for today, to show myself the love stuff, I’ve given myself the gift o’ time out and silence…Le sigh.
Your turn chicas - what have you done to love yourself today? Tell me everything!
As February is officially the month o’ love here at Pink-world - I’ve been thinking, what can we do to make sure we embrace all the love stuff we possibly can? Well, we can fall head-over-Vivienne Westwood heels in love with our sweet-as-sugar selves, that’s how…
So, we know that we need to nurture and love the earth in order for it to survive, right? Well, the same applies to Pink Ladies - our gorgeous goddess bodies, our filled-to-the-brim with amazingness minds and our big and beautiful souls - all need to be loved, nurtured and looked after if we’re going to be the kick-ass girls o’ awesomeness we’re destined to be!
Y’see, girls CAN CHANGE THE WORLD. It’s factuality. Thing is, we won’t be able to change anything unless we take care of ourselves, love the reflection looking back at us in the mirror and support other Pink Ladies to do exactly the same…
So, from tomoz, I’d love, love, love for all you fabulous Pink Ladies to commit to a 10-day I HEART ME love-in. Every morning, for the next 10 days, I want you to take a look in the mirror and ask yourself:
“What do I need to do to love my sweet, sweet self today?”
Why? Because with all the homework, chores, work, dates, nights out with friends and hobbies we all do, we sometimes forget to take the time out to work out what we REALLY want…So ask the question, then sit back and listen - what is it need to do today to show yourself some love? An hour in a bubble-filled bath reading a good book? A long walk to kick-start the endorphins? A nap? Chats with friends? Time to meditate? A cupcake?
We’re starting tomoz, because not only is it V-day - the day o’ love, but it’s the new moon AND it Chinese New Year - it’s going to be an all kinds of fabulous day to start amazingly powerful NEW beginnings…
Work out what part of your life could use a li’l hearting, then make a commitment to bring more of that love stuff into your life!
I’m going to be posting here every day, letting you know what my answer is when I look in the mirror - I’d LOVE, LOVE, LOVE to read yours too, so if you’re ready to embrace the love stuff, please commit yourself in a comment below saying: “I, Pink Lady…(insert your name here)… am taking part in the I HEART ME love-in!” then, come back each day and share your I HEART ME commitments with me!
There is NOTHING more feisty, fun, fearless and fabulous than a Pink Lady who loves herself - inside and out. Fact.
Yep, I’ve said it. And I’m waving my hands in a jazz hand motion above my head as I’m saying it.
I didn’t think it was possible to love a teev programme more than I loved Ugly Betty, but it turns out that’s only because I’d not seen Glee. It’s impossible to choose a stand-out moment, although ‘Don’t Stop Believin’ is never out of my head, but j’adore this not-seen-in-the-UK-yet clip because there is nothing I love more than a diva-off - Kurt, I heart you combined with Defying Gravity - my absolute go-girl power song. Before an important meeting, presentation or workshop, I’ll play this on my ipod, and it’ll fill me with complete Think Pink fabulousness so I’m prepped and ready for any situation.
There is seriously nothing not to love about Glee. It celebrates difference, it’s quirky, it’s filled with killer tunes, I’m crushin’ on the guy with a mohawk and best of all, it makes me smile. A lot.
Yep, I’m a Gleek.
So much so, that I’m even diggin’ fan mash ups on youtube - check out this dude, he’s freakin’ awesome…
Needless to say I have the soundtrack on pre-order - it’s out next Monday, people - my ipod will never be the same again and I’m also thinking of declaring my love via tee with this li’l number…
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Are you lovin’ Glee? Who’s your favourite character? What’s your stand out moment s’far? Fellow Gleeks, unite.
You ever heard that saying, “your body is a temple?”
Well, when you’re Beauty*licious, you worship at the temple of you every single day.
What we do to our body, or put in it, is a reflection of how much we dig ourselves. So it makes a whole lot of sense that if you want to look and feel fierce and fabulous, you have to treat your body with respect and keep it in perfect-o working order. Right?
Which is why Pink Ladies, like myself and Lola, worship our fabulousness by staring in the mirror, primping and experimenting daily with various Beauty*licious rituals. Not only is it a major source of fun, it’s a chance to play goddess-girl with our appearance, max-up our self-image and gives us that super-important moment in the day to say: “Hey Gorgeous Girl - you’re looking seriously Beauty*licious!”
Y’see, a true Beauty*licious Pink Lady will work her beauty routine out of pure prettifying pleasure NOT out of self-loathing. She doesn’t put make-up on to cover up, she puts it on to enhance her too-cute features because pampering is all about the fun. It doesn’t have to involve putting make-up on either, it can be taking a soak in a filled-to-the-brim bubble bath, rubbing yummy coconut smelling body lotion on each morning or preparing a DIY face mask. If you enjoy looking after yourself, other people will pick up on your positive ‘tude and you will become a walking, talking, primping poster girl for all things Beauty*licious - damn, you’re pretty!
Beautification 101
- Always express your feisty, fun, fearless and fabulousness - you know you’re all these things no matter what look you’re working, right?
- Never blend. Evah. Instead of trying to cover up what’s different about you - experiment, ignore trends and figure out how to accentuate your fabness so you’ll be sure to stand out in a crowd.
- Rock a look that feels completely right for you. If you take the chance to be seen, it doesn’t matter if no one else digs it. You’re a star-shaped, glitter-girl, baby and you call the shots on how you look in your world.
WIN! WIN! WIN! What would your tips for being beauty*licious be? What prods do you love? What makes you feel fab about yourself when you look in the mirror? The best comment will receive a copy of Beauty*licious and some glitter-fabulous Barry M prodz - closing date is February 14th 2010.
For more love-yourself Beauty*licious tips, buy your copy of the rather-fabulous-if-I do-say-so-myself Beauty*licious from amazon
I can’t believe it’s taken me so long to intro you to my partner in all things pink, Miss KittyPinkStars. She’s a kooky girl who lives in a candy pink gingerbread house full of crafting, kittens, rainbows, toys, love and craziness! She makes a rainbow collection of sock creatures that all have their very own felt friend. Inspired by her love of super bright colours, Japanese fruits, sweet treats, cartoons and all things kawaii and all made from the doodles that she thinks up in her bee-you-tiful candy floss mind! Come meet her, she’s freakin’ adorbz. Fact.
The gorgeous reader-girls at our fave blog Chicklish have got an awesome interview with Lindsey Leavitt, author of the fab new book Princess for Hire, go read it now, it’s ever-so-good!
Hola chicas - so how was January for you? Did you love the snow?
I worked ever-so-hard throughout January on two new writer-girl projects (will tell you all about them just as soon as I’m allowed - promise!) but do you know what I’d love? If January was a hunk-a-dunk time, where you got to spend A LOT of time under a duvet hunkering down, watching old movies, eating cupcakes and plotting and planning for all the goodness the year is going to be filled with, because let’s face it, January is a toughie of a month, isn’t it?
So many people set new years resolutions - like I’ll eat less and exercise more - yet here in the UK, January is cold and damp, it’s still blimmin’ winter y’know, so not only do you not want to go out as much, you also really want to eat yummy comfort food too - mmm, cupcakes. So while I set myself intentions, I didn’t make any promises I couldn’t keep - coz let’s face it there was no way I was going to be snowed in for a week and not eat chocolate - are you serious?!
Which is why today, I’m celebrating the pagan festival of Imbolc in gorgeous Glastonbury. Imbolc is an old Irish term meaning ‘in the belly’, referring to the ewes that are soon going to give birth to the spring lambs - look at ‘em, how caa-ute? It’s celebrated at the start of February, midway through the winter, because the excitement of all things Yule-like is over and we’re all feeling a li’l cold and glum. Imbolc is a much better time for a new start, although perhaps without the resolutions!
So lets make a new start by declaring February the month o’ love - yes, feb the 14th is officially V day, but I, Lisa Clark, Princess o’ Pink, declare the entire month, a month o’ love. Cartoon hearts and love stuff isn’t just for our latest crush y’know, it’s for our sweet selves and for our friends and fam too. Throughout Feb, I’ll be posting all kinds of Think Pink-inspired ways to fill your life with love and it won’t just involve me posting pics of hot boys I heart - well, it might, but just a li’l bit…
So, you know how I’m crazy for the compliments? Start by giving yourself some lovin’ each morning by telling the gorgeous girl who is staring back at you in the mirror that she is ’simply gorgeous and fabulous in every way.’ Go on, every day, before you leave the house, ‘k? Then, be sure to shower the people you love with feel-good-stuff by telling them how great they look, that you love their bag, that their new hair-cut rocks - be sincere, only say things you mean, just don’t be shy about spreading a li’l compliment goodness each day!
What are you going to do to share the love?
