Family love, and MeCards4Kids™

These are two of my favourite photos of my Berlin granddaughter, the Divine Miss Zizi Matilda, then aged three and a half, taken when we were all in Albuquerque, New Mexico USA, in late 2012, for my daughter's teaching work in the dance department of the University of New Mexico. I was there in my favourite role as Granny/Nanny.  Zizi's now five and a half and will be coming with her parents and baby brother for four months to Brisbane in January next year. Guess who's a happy granny?

And guess who's a very modern, high-tech fairy, 
with her pretend mobile phone!

SoulCollage® have now published a book about making SoulCollage® cards with kids, entitled, 'How to Make MeCards4Kids™: Creative Expression for Children and the Grownups in their Lives' by Nancy Weiss and Jane Raphael.  

MeCards4Kids™ allows the inner life of the child to become more visible. Through their collages and accompanying poems, children develop a greater sense of belonging to themselves. They find greater self-awareness, self-acceptance, and real joy at being seen.                                                                                                ~~from How to Make MeCards4Kids™

I'm so looking forward to making some more 'MeCards' with Zizi Matilda while she's here and helping her dialogue with them using the kid-friendly techniques outlined in the book. She made some with me while I was in Berlin at the end of last year and absolutely loved it. She especially loved that the cards were just about her. 

I'm so happy and proud of my beautiful MeCards! 
They're all about ME!

Here is a video of co-author, Nancy Weiss, explaining the process to a group of children: 

I've ordered some copies of the book from the USA to sell through the Shop page of my blog, so if you're interested, please email me and I will let you know when they arrive.  

For more information about MeCards4Kids™ 

Visit the MeCards4Kids website.

MeCards4Kids™ are highly recommended for all the beautiful little souls in your life!

Like a Russian doll

Yesterday, we had a lovely SoulCollage® Studio card-making day in my garden, in the beautiful Brisbane winter sunshine. 

Last week I'd come across this lovely poem by Mark Nepo:

At Fifty-Seven.

I feel like I stumbled

down a hill of years, only

to land in a pile of my books.

Along the way I cracked

like a Russian doll, finding

something smaller and more

essential inside every version

I've known as me.

And now, when all I know

bursts into flame each time 

I try to give it away, I'm asked

what matters.

There's something perfect

in how we're worn; like sculptures

left for Spirit and wind to finish, the

film taken from our eye just as

our heart is exposed, one

crumbling into the other.

I was reminded of an image of Russian matryoshka dolls I had amongst my clippings, and yesterday I made this card:

If you'd like to find out how to discover more about yourself through making SoulCollage® cards, book in for my one-day 'Introduction to SoulCollage®' workshop next Saturday 12th. The Early Bird discount expires tomorrow night (Monday 7th).

All the details are here.