Yahooooooooooo!!! I am so PLEASED to announce that the shirts are here and my my do they look fine. I'm so excited to hear feedback from all you folks. Here's a video of me picking up the shirts :). The video (like all of them so far) is completely unedited so don't mind if there are any awkward moments (they tend to happen to me occasionally). This just happened a few hours ago and I wanted to get this out as soon as possible because I'm SO EXCITED!
I'm really into flowers right now too so I'm going to add this little beauty of an effloresce.
And the Sasquatch adventure starts tomorrow!! Check out this tunage by the amazingly chill group: Gayngs. It's going to be a good'er!
Thanks for all of your support. I love you people!
Ohooooo looks like the shirts are going to turn out allllllllright.
With the sale of each shirt 20% is donated to either a socially conscious initiative in Vancouver or a West Coast conservation organization (looking for suggestions!). We're focusing on smaller and more grass-roots projects so that we will have a great impact and will be able to keep in contact and witness and take part in the growth within the initiatives. Huzzah! That's what it's all about.
All I can say right now is...I feel so lucky and blessed to be surrounded by such an incredible crowd and I'm so STOKED for the rest of these bad boys to come out. Best day. Ever.
Holy toledo it's been almost a week since I wrote my last blog. My bad...life is getting a wee bit more awesome every day and I find myself happily distracted by what each day is bringing me!
Something I've noticed in the past month since I've started on this saweet adventure is that when I've simply "asked" for something (aka. put it out there in the universe), it's manifested. One very simple and completely irrelevant example to Leap of Life Creations is my story of Frisco, the most awesome puddle jumper car EVER. Frisco has always had so many little awesome characteristics, some being the high-beams came on every time I turned the left-hand signal on, the windshield wipers wouldn't work after I went past 60km/hour, and one winter I had to keep my back door shut creatively using a pink skipping rope because the door froze and refused to close. I loved this car dearly. In the beginning of March I asked Frisco to hang in there (I could tell his life was coming to an end) until April 17th, which was my last day of work in West Vancouver (driving from Kitsilano). I didn't expect anything from it, just simply asked and sort of forgot about it. April 17th rolled around and all I can say is that Frisco drove through crazy traffic all through the city and got me to work and finally the transmission blew in the parking lot of my work. Coincidence? NOPE! I simply asked him to stick around, and he did. What a trooper.
Photo Cred: Lindsay C.
I'm getting to a point with this story. This past month I've asked to meet amazing people who share a similar perspective, I've asked for help in certain circumstances, and have asked for other things too. I've never expected anything, just a simple request. I can't believe how much has manifested in front of me! I've connected with the most AMAZING and influential people, I've received help and support from people who have never met me and didn't know who I am, they did it simply because they believe in what I'm doing, and so much more has happened.
This van is just down the street from my place. So great!
What I can say is, if you are in a time right now where you don't know what's going on for you or you're direction is unclear, just ask for whatever it is you need to manifest. Put it out there and don't expect anything back, just ask. Who knows what will happen? It's such a simple thing to do :).
Why not?
Since I talked about Frisco in this blog I can't not put this song on here, they're kind of a package deal.
Last week I devoted to finding the best fabric companies and suppliers to work with. It proved to be more difficult finding businesses that focus primarily on the health of the planet. Here's a little video update! Turned out I had a bit of the flu so I'm not my peppy self, so bear with me. Yeehaw!
I've spent this week pretty busy working on my plans with Leap of Life Creations. The shirts are on their way in, scarves and headbands are getting sewn, and I'm writing away!
I've also been working on my business cards. I want them to be slightly different and to have adventure written all over them (more figuratively speaking than literally). So I decided to cut up photos from various trips I've been on and stick them on recycled art paper. I realized drawing isn't my forte (I'm working on it) so I'm okay with cutting up old attempts of paintings and drawings. Anyways, here's what some of them look like! What do you think? Are they made to impress or am I losing it?
Peace and good vibes to you my friends.
Take a listen to these guys. They're going to be at Sasquatch (yup the countdown has begun) and they're AMAZING. Makes me happy and content :).
Lately, I've thought a lot about traveling and how much good it's done for me. Being a drifter has given me a global perspective, cultural understanding, shown me true poverty and wealth and how close they can be to each other. I've seen so many different landscapes and been in places where devastation, genocide, protests, hope, beauty, nature, isolation, creation, and where everything and nothing has happened.
Traveling has given me so many stories and has lead me to discover who I really am. The stories traveling has shared with me have made me realize my own story. One that's inspired me to truly follow my heart and connect with people who have the same vision. There are so many different ways to find out who you are, discovering what you really want to accomplish in your lifetime, and what your story is. It's just a matter of being present with yourself all the time.
Why is your story so important? Because stories are what connect peers and bring people together. They create great conversations between people and have the ability to create a broader vision of what kind of change needs to happen.
So what IS your story? What change do you want to see?
These two videos come from my trip to Rwanda with the amazing organization, OA Projects (www.oaprojects.org). Film Cred to Duncan and Gavin. This trip changed my whole life direction and I just wanted to share :).
Yesterday I watched Seth Godin’s “On the Tribes We Lead” for the second time on the TED talks website (www.ted.com). This time I realized how relevant it is to Leap of Life Creations’ vision and mission.
He explains how the Internet has enabled society to create “tribes” of all sorts. A tribe consists of a social group of people and exists to lead and connect people and ideas.
Blake Mycoskie started the company TOMS Shoes. It is not just a shoe business; it brings together a tribe of people who believe in the idea of “One-for-One”. One pair of shoes bought gives someone less fortunate the exact same pair of shoes. Amazing! Now, Blake has started a major movement and a tribe of true believers that will tell his story for him (since he can’t be in a million places at once to share it) and the Internet has made that possible for him.
Leap of Life Apparel and Creations is not just a clothing and accessories company, we are a tribe of people who realize the power of our youth and are true believers of social and environmental change. We are a group of Gen Y’s who believe in living in the moment, we make big decisions through our hearts, and we take the leap of life that takes us somewhere unfamiliar, but we know it will take us to a state of happiness unknown to many. We’re looking to create a movement that will shake up the conventional lifestyle and we’re going to have fun doing it. You in?
If not, then I’d like to challenge you and ask: What do you stand for?
Peace and looooooooooove.
PS. I just found out that Blake Mycoskie is on the Railroad Revival Tour with Mumford and Sons, Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros, and the Old Crow Medicine Show. It's their last day of the tour today! Check it out. How EPIC would that be?!?!
