Fun Reviews of Create the Summer of Your Dreams Kit

I've received some fabulous feedback for my Create the Summer of Your Dreams Kit and couldn't wait to share it with you all! I hope this gives you an idea of how my do-it-yourself e-kit can help you dive into a summer filled with creative satisfaction and fun.

Check out this inspiring testimonial by Twyla Smith:

"Without Jill’s Create the Summer of Your Dreams, I would not have taken the time to pause and remember these happy memories. What a great gift of encouragement to celebrate summers past and present. Now that Jill has helped me remember the joys and playfulness of summer, I feel re-energized to create this summer of my dreams and make new memories by: 

 * Taking a train ride to have lunch with a friend
  * Motoring through the Cotswolds English countryside with my niece
 * Enjoying a 4^th of July Breakfast Picnic with my husband
  * Taking photographs of my great nephew and niece in the grass and summer trees 
 *  And so much more!

Thank you, Jill, for your inspiring Create the Summer of Your Dreams Kit

and its playful, no pressure prompts and activities."

~ Twyla Smith 
(http://threeyellowfeathers.typepad.com)

photo by Janet Calhoun

Another happy Create the Summer of Your Dreams Kit customer, Paula Graham, shares a lovely review on her Creativity Buzz blog. Click here for this fun-to-read review which includes a few of Paula's favorite prompts and some ways she's already begun creating a dreamy summer for herself using the 35-page booklet, five interactive fun sheets and creative resource reading guide included in her kit. 

Click here to find all the details of everything included in your DIY Create the Summer of Your Dreams Kit for just $19.99.

Here's to creating a summer filled with the experiences you long to enjoy!

Until next time, all the best from my Creative Oasis to yours,

Jill
www.creativeoasiscoaching.com

A Day Without Sunshine is Like...

Or cloudy…or overcast…or rainy.

But let's go with Mr. Martin's take for the moment. It makes me giggle.

And though I'm pretty sure that humor was his main intent, his words offer a great example of a technique I love to share with my creative coaching clients called reframing. 

When we "reframe" we look at a situation from a different perspective, shedding new light (or in this case, absence of light) on it.

For example: someone who recently purchased of copy of my Create the Summer of Your Dreams Kit sent an email to let me know a few random letter characters weren't showing up in the e-booklet and interactive sheets. (Turned out it was an issue with the pdf reader he was using and easily fixed by opening with adobe instead.) In the meantime he came up with a brilliant reframe saying, "No worries. It's like a bonus 'fill-in-the blanks' activity has been added to my kit!" How fun is that?

Here are a few more reframe examples:

 "I have to finish this photo album for my daughter's birthday," shifts to

"I get to create a special gift my daughter will treasure forever."

(Can you feel the difference?)

 "I don't have time to open that watercolor kit I bought," becomes 

"If I play with my watercolors for just 10 minutes, that's less than 1% of my entire day." 

(Sometimes good old logic does the trick!)

"No one will ever read this story I'm writing, so why bother?" transforms into

 "I love writing so it's time well spent no matter who else reads it."

(Creativity for the sake of the pleasure and satisfaction it brings is good for your mind, body and spirit.)

How might you use reframing to help you make more time and space to enjoy Creative Oasis moments in your life? (Those creative endeavors that make your heart sing and time fly!)

I'd love to hear your reframe ideas in the comments below.

Until next time, all the best from my Creative Oasis to yours,

Jill

p.s. Did you know that summer just officially began last Saturday? So there's still a season full of summer days and nights to fill with creative fun and satisfaction. Click here if you're curious about how my Create the Summer of Your Dreams Kit can help you do just that! 

Shine a Light on Your Sunflower Power!

Want to tap into a feeling of more freedom and ease this summer? Why not take a cue from the sunflower and reach toward the light? When things on your to-do list start to feel overwhelming, difficult or unappealing try lightening them up by asking yourself these questions: 

* What's one small way I can make this easier?

* What's one small way I can make this more fun?

* What's one small way I can make this more doable? 

* What's one small way I can reward myself when I've finished?

It's simply amazing how asking ourselves these simple questions can help shift our perspective and shine a light on a whole new way of looking at situations and responsibilities that have us feeling bummed out, bogged down or blue.  

If you like, click here for your free Sunflower Power Reminders printable. You can post it on your desk, tape it to your fridge, keep a copy in your car, or add one to your day planner  to help you remember you have the power to lighten things up. All you have to do is ask!

Click here for free printable – Sunflower Power Reminders

Another easy way to embrace a summer that feels light, fun and free is get yourself a copy of my new Create the Summer of Your Dreams Kit. 

Take a look at all of the easy, breezy do-it-yourself creative fun that's included in each kit right here!

You can also quickly and easily purchase your kit now

for just $19.99 by clicking the "Add to Cart" button below.

Until next time, here's to tapping into our own sunflower power and reaching toward the light!

Jill

Jill Allison Bryan

www.creativeoasiscoaching.com

Say "Fun Summer Sunflower Printable Fun" 5x Fast

Clearly Henry James held a special affinity for the summer afternoon. Had he lived through a typical blistering Texas summer he may not have waxed so poetically. (If you've ever slogged your way through two or three weeks of triple digit temps you know what I mean.)

Heat waves not withstanding, I do have wonderful memories of the summers of my youth, even those spent in the sticky Texas heat. Summer has a special place in my heart for the promise it holds...whether or not that promise is always kept.

The promise of a day spent lounging in a pool…of savoring the year's best tomatoes straight off the vine…of reading a stack of good books…of slicing into the perfect watermelon…of fantastic firework displays…of making homemade ice cream, taking road trips and naps and more…

Sadly, as card carrying grown-ups, all too often we find our youthful dreams of summer remain just that…dreams. Especially our Creative Oasis dreams...our Creative Oasis being anything that makes our heart sing and time fly from painting to writing to reading to gardening to baking…you get the idea, right?

To help you make at least a few of your Creative Oasis dreams come true this summer, I've created this special do–it–yourself kit: 

Create the Summer of Your Dreams – A Do-It-Yourself Creative Oasis Kit to help you dive into a summer filled with creative satisfaction and fun! 

(Click here for all the sweet details and to order your copy!) 

You can also quickly and easily purchase your kit now

for just $19.99 by clicking the "Add to Cart" button below.

Want a free taste of some sweet summertime creative play? 

Then break out your colored pens, pencils or crayons and click here to download your "Free Fun Summer Sunflower Printable" (for added fun try saying that 5 times fast) and enjoy a few minutes of pure summertime fun. (Hint: printing on card stock or matte photo paper is a great option if you'd like to play with watercolors or markers.)

Until next time, all the best from my summer Creative Oasis to yours,

Jill

Jill Allison Bryan
www.creativeoasiscoaching.com

"Create the Summer of Your Dreams Kit" is ready and waiting for you!

Woo-hoo! I'm so happy to let you know that my Create the Summer of Your Dreams™ kit is ready and waiting for you today! I've been writing, crafting and creating this fun do-it-yourself Creative Oasis Kit for weeks and it feels great to finally be able to share it with you – just in time for summer! 

 Create the Summer of Your Dreams is for you if:

*You’d love to experience the joy and fun of creative fulfillment this summer                                        * You have lots of creative ideas but your never-ending to-do lists and other people’s stuff seem to take up all your time

* You crave relaxed creative “me” time – like you enjoyed when you were a kid

* You’re worried that summer will come and go before you have the chance to dive into even one Creative Oasis moment (As a reminder - your Creative Oasis is anything that makes your heart sing and time fly!)

* You feel blocked by procrastination and perfectionism 

* You have a tough time giving yourself permission to enjoy your creative passions

With your Create the Summer of Your Dreams kit you’ll enjoy:

* Permission to enjoy Creative Oasis time this summer – that’s time doing the things that make your heart sing and time fly!

* Printable fun sheets with step-by-step exercises to help you decide which summertime creative experiences you crave the most 

* Easy, low-pressure ways to dive right into your own Creative Oasis moments

* Enlightening creative prompts, activities and reading suggestions to help you easily and intuitively create the summer of your dreams 

 You can purchase your kit for today just 

$19.99

The Create the Summer of Your Dreams kit includes:

#1 – 35-page how-to booklet featuring
step-by-step guidance and compassionate support

        

#2 – Five creative fun sheets including:  

* Summer Permission Slip

* Summer Dreamin' Quick List

* Oasis Treasure Map

* Instant Oasis Ideas

* Oasis Journey Options

         

          #3 – A Creative Reading Resource Guide featuring five of my all-time favorite creative books

You can purchase and receive your Create the Summer of Your Dreams kit immediately for just  $19.99 using Paypal by clicking the "Add to Cart" button below:



Or you can receive a complimentary kit as a gift with your purchase of a 4-session one-on-one 
Creative Oasis Coaching package between June 1 and August 1, 2014. 
(Click here for more info on all of my coaching packages.) 

Until next time, all the best from my summertime Creative Oasis to yours,
Jill

Time is most definitely flying…are you having fun?

The phrase "time flies" has been in the forefront of my mind this week. Mostly likely because the cute little kindergartener I dropped off for her first day of "big girl school" just yesterday (or so it seems) is somehow already a tall, graceful teenager who graduated from junior high this week. What?!?!?!

I feel like I'm experiencing some sort of space time continuum issue that could best explained by Spock on Star Trek or perhaps Dr. Who.

Whatever happened, the past nine years have indeed flown by…the fun and the not-so-fun times included. (Thankfully they've been mostly fun!)

Just as the years are whizzing by, I know that the summer months will be upon us and gone in a flash with the first day of high school here in the blink of an eye.

That's why I've decided to update one of my favorite Creative Oasis teleclasses to create an all new self-paced e-product – "Create the Summer of Your Dreams – A Do-It-Yourself Creative Oasis Kit" that will help you dive into a summer filled with creative satisfaction and fun.

Create the Summer of Your Dreams™ is for you if:

*You’d love to experience the joy and fun of creative fulfillment this summer
* You have lots of creative ideas but your never-ending to-do lists and other people’s stuff seem to take up all your time
* You crave relaxed creative “me” time – like you enjoyed when you were a kid
* You’re worried that summer will come and go before you have the chance to dive into even one Creative Oasis™ moment (As a reminder - your Creative Oasis™ is anything that makes your heart sing and time fly!)
* You feel blocked by procrastination and perfectionism 
* You have a tough time giving yourself permission to enjoy your creative passions

With Create the Summer of Your Dreams™ you’ll enjoy:

* Permission to enjoy Creative Oasis™ time this summer – that’s time doing the things that make your heart sing and time fly!
* Printable fun sheets with step-by-step exercises to help you decide which summertime creative experiences you crave the most 
* Easy, low-pressure ways to dive right into your own Creative Oasis™ moments
* Enlightening creative prompts, activities and reading suggestions to help you easily and intuitively create the summer of your dreams 

I'm putting the finishing touches on this special summer offer now. Look for the release of Create the Summer of Your Dreams™ next week when you can purchase your kit for just $19.99 or receive a complimentary kit as a gift with your purchase of a 4-session one-on-one Creative Oasis Coaching package between June 1 and August 1, 2014. (Click here for more info on all of my coaching packages.)

Until next time, all the best from my Summertime Creative Oasis to yours,

Jill

Creative Oasis Mantra #1

I'm so excited to begin sharing my new series – Creative Oasis Mantras – simple thoughts to inspire small doable steps to help you embrace a more creative life. Look for them to pop up randomly in
Mid-Week Oasis Moments through out the year.

If you like, use the following prompts to ponder the mantra above and see how you might infuse a bit more creative joy into your life this week:

* One of my favorite simple pleasures is…

* Thinking of simple creative moments makes me feel…

* Though I haven't tried this yet, I love the idea of simply…

* I haven't done this since I was a kid, but I used to love…

* One small step I could take to revisit this childhood pleasure might be...

Here's to filling our lives with the creative pleasure of simple moments (like flowers in a mason jar) and saying yes to our own Creative Oasis in the process!

Until next time, all the best from my Creative Oasis to yours,

Jill

 P.S. – If you'd like to have Mid-Week Oasis Moments (bite-sized bonbons of creative inspiration) delivered each week please sign up here: http://www.creativeoasiscoaching.com/newsletter.html

You'll also receive a free copy of "Permission to Be Creative 101" – my e-booklet that will help you take the first small steps to make the time and space for creative fulfillment – your Creative Oasis – in  your busy life!