Conscious Dreamer

It's New Years Eve

Fond greetings to all:

It's New Years Eve Day here in Oceanside on the big island of Hawaii. Kirk, my partner, and I are just organizing ourselves for the day ahead. Shankari has asked us to do the shopping for her big event at her place down the road. We're expects 30-50 people from all over the area.

I've have the chance to see some new stock Shankari has and I'm bringing some new items home. I'll try to make some pictures of what there is and show you a couple. I'm just figuring out how to put pictures on this blog.

Anyone used guru.com? I've just started using it. It's a site where you can hire people to do all sort of things: web work, graphics, administrative, etc. You put out a project and then people bid on it. It's really cool. I'm looking for someone to spruce up this blog banner and I've got bids from all around the world; India, Venezuela, Urkraine. I'm feeling very international.

I hope all is well with you. Let's hear how your New Years was! Share some stories.

Blessings,

Donny

Today Hawaii

Hello, All

I was very happy to hear from Dan and Mercury.   Dan is a good friend of ours, a minister, and is quite taken with Shankari's crosses.  We meet Mercury in Nagano, Japan, when we were there with Shankari.

So today we're on the island of Hawaii in the lava dessert south of Kona.  Shankari has a place here in Oceanview.  We're enjoying spending some time and learning more about the jewelry.

The other day, Shankari spoke about how the gems are shaped and then placed into the silver settings.  The silversmiths in Bali require extensive training before they get to Shankari's workshop.  Each gem is carefully fitted into it's place.   The silversmith are given the designs by Shankari, who dreams each piece.  She tells us she "hears" shapes and colors and then composes each pieces as if it were a little symphony.

We hope all is well.  A happy and joyous New Year's celebration!

Warmly,

Donny
Founder, crystal expansion.

Home Again

Hello, All.

Kirk and I made it home from our sojourn in Asia.  We were only home a couple of days before we left for Loral Langemeier's Cash Machine workshop in San Jose where we presented the jewelry. 

  It was very moving to see how people reacted to it.  We decided to let people "test drive" pieces to see how they might work with a given piece.  One woman, who wore a rainbow moonstone oval, reported no more lower-back pain while she wore the piece.  Another person said she just felt better wearing her new Shankari earings.  Our friend, Arlene, who made a presentation of her business, who a blue topaz butterfly design and said the piece made her feel "larger" and "more confident."    I really love the new cross designs Shankari designed for me.  You'll see them up on the site shortly.

Let us hear from you.  Tell us what's on your mind.

Blessings,
Donny