Laura Luna :: Carried by Lightning

I'll tell you a secret. There is this dazzling friend and lady in Finland who teaches tribal fusion bellydance, paints and makes jewelry and her name is Laura Luna. She also makes henna tattoos and gorgeous accessories. Here in the form of Photographs you can take a peek into her Creativelife. The first one is Laura's painting of herself and her son, Nesta.

The next is from a fashion show, the model's face painting and jewelry are by Salamankantama, which is Laura's heartfelt business, and means 'carried by lightning' (as far as I can interpret, it's a beautifully poetic word). Laura has a blog too (which is also in Finnish - but you can say hello to Google Translator if you wish, although it's tricky to get correct translation of Finnish). You can connect with her through Salamankantama Facebook page too, here.

The last, super adorable picture is Laura as a kid, posing with her prophetically boho tribal attire - complete with a headdress. Awwwww!!!

Cosmic Giveaway Winner!!

So we had the cosmic giveaway going on until my birthday today! The heartwarming prices are:

New, acoustic Automatic Loveletter CD and a feather thingy I made.

And the winner is...

Please email or FB me your address, Manon! 

(my contact info is on the sidebar)

That's yours truly eating her birthday soup and going nuts about her new birthday hoop that my friend Andria made for me! Yay! Going out to dance tonight with roomie Lex. Tomorrow is Krishna Janmastami, or Krishna's "birthday". Will have to party hard tomorrow too. Oh life.

Interview with Juliet Simms of Automatic Loveletter :: CD Giveaway!

A year ago I saw Automatic Loveletter live and talked for a moment with one of the guys in the band who gave me their record, Truth or Dare. So for a year now I've listened to it on a weekly basis -- I love hooping to emotional music and Juliet Simm's heartfelt songs totally inspire me to dance.

This year Automatic Loveletter is again on the Warped Tour and I got a chance to talk with Juliet backstage. We touch on songwriting, style, feathers, mutants and spirituality - check out the video!

Giveaway!!
I got a copy of Juliet's new, beautiful acoustic CD 'The Kids Will Take Their Monsters On' to give away to one of you fairies! And as a bonus, a super deluxe red and blue feather thingy I made that oozes with bohemian gorgeousness! :) Just leave a comment and I'll write your name on a piece of paper and put it in a hat and pull out the winner on August 20th. Which is my birthday -- the Vedic (ancient Indian way) of celebrating your birthday is to give presents to others instead of receiving them yourself. So I'll do that!

If you put a link or talk about this giveaway on your blog, Facebook, Twitter, secret meeting, breakfast table, etc. you get an extra piece of paper in the hat for each mention! Just leave a comment saying how many entries you're in for. I believe you.

Juliet meeting fans. See the feathers hanging on her booth? She makes them. She's the Feather OG. See video for details :P

Ok Santa, Here's the Deal ❤

- feathers

- small fairy and magic princess figurines (unicorns are fine)

- Whole Foods gift card

- white and grey thick cotton stockings from Indiska store in Helsinki, Finland (You may have to get in touch with your Arctic helpers on this one thank you very much. Tell them to go to Forum or Kamppi Ostoskeskus)

- Cream Rosita Cardigan in case you have some billionaire helpers Santa - Sophia dress will do as well

- lastly, tell your elves and elvinettes to chant the mahamantra once or twice (Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare/ Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare) because Santa, I'm a mahamantra junkie and this is the bug I want to spread so let me know how many can give me this gift ok!