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3 Ways To Create Amazing DIY Halloween Pumpkins

Halloween is the perfect time to show off your creative skills and have fun experimenting with some new artistic techniques - and pumpkins make the perfect canvas! This year, with a few basic craft supplies and some inspiration, you can put your pumpkins in the limelight and bring something truly unique to your Halloween decor. I'd like to show you three Halloween DIY pumpkin styles I've discovered recently and encourage you to try them all this year!

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Powerful Ways To Make Positive Change This Fall Season

Did you know that throughout the world fall is considered a wonderful and sacred time to make positive changes in your life? Many people feel that fall is a time or rest and repose, but actually there are many ways to let go of the old and create room for the new!

Fun Halloween facts

I love the harvest season, and Halloween is such a fun holiday! Every year I look forward to seeing the children get excited about the festivities, and I love the decorations! The weather cools down, the leaves change, new foods appear in the market, and I couldn't be happier!

In celebration of the spooky season, I thought it would be fun to share a few Halloween facts with you that you may not know...

Featured : Beaded Bangles

As the year winds down, some amazing new looks and styles are emerging to help you add inspiration, positive energy, and empowerment to your personal look! I've just added some hip new bangle style bracelets to the CharmedDesign.com store and would love to introduce you to them all!

Beaded bangles combine the boho chic look of beads with the ever-trendy Bollywood bangle style. The colors, patterns, and charms make these bracelets easy to wear with any look while making sure to get attention at every turn.

A Charmed Fall 2012

Fall is nearly here, and it's a great time to add new style, energy, and charm to your personal look! I love this time of year because the colors around us and on us take a turn for the natural. Earth tones and rich royal hues take center stage to help us work with the strong and vibrant colors of nature throughout the whole season.

The Healing Power Of Herbal Tea

Herbal tea is one of the most ancient and most evolved ways to bring the power of plant medicine into your life. Herbal tea uses herbs, roots, leaves, and flowers to create the most amazingly tasty and healing brews you can imagine - without all the hassle! The weather is starting to cool off so it's a great time to break out your tea pot and experiment with the flavor, relaxation, and benefits that come from herbal teas.

5 Reasons To Buy Handmade This Year

The holiday season is coming up fast, and many people are getting a jump start on holiday and 'just for fun' gifts for the people in their lives. Before the lines get too long, I wanted to share a few ideas with you about why supporting artisans, small businesses, and handmade products is such a great choice for you, the person you're buying for, your community, and the world!

3 Meditation Styles To Create More Health & Happiness

The body is a pretty amazing thing, and in many cases it has all the power it needs to heal itself of imbalance and dis-ease. For thousands of years various forms of meditation have been developed that help people tap in to the natural healing energy of the body, the mind, and the world around us.

If you've got some healing to do, consider these powerful techniques to help support the work you're doing with your medical professional...

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The Healing Power Of Copper

One of this season's hottest colors is copper, gold, and rust. These regal colors inspire a sense of luxury, abundance, and joy - and they have a long history of being used in healing and spiritual empowerment. I'd like to share some of the healing properties and spiritual meanings of copper with you in this post and introducse you to a few new wrap bracelets that feature either copper metal or the inspiring copper color!

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The Eternal Now - Simple Mindfulness Tips

Wise teachers from across the world have shared that the only time that matters is right now. The 'eternal' present moment is where all of reality and all potential exist of reach of us. Practicinf mindfulness is a great way to keep ourselves in the present moment so that we don't leave our energy in the past or put too much of it in the future. In the present moment we are fully alive and are able to create true miracles for oursevles! Many of us spend so much time living in the past or reaching for the future that we miss out on how much beauty is happening right now!