Instagram – a wonderful hybrid.  It’s what happens 9 months after Pinterest & your diary get drunk and have unprotected sex.  On the surface Instagram seems to be nothing more than a photographic sea of people’s meals, half-dressed people flexing in front of their bathroom mirrors (I’m disturbed by how many people lack basic housecleaning skills. Invest in a sponge & a bottle of Method guys.  Seriously.  Ewww.), manicures & lots of photos of people’s feet. 

5 People You Should Be Following On Instagram

5 People You Should Be Following On Instagram

But not everyone posting pics is a slave to mediocrity and the status quo.  There are some badass Instagram-ers out there. Artists, designers, hardcore cat fanatics, and people with an excellent eye & impeccable style…they’re there.  You just have to know where to look.  I now present to you the 5 people you should be following on Instagram.

 

vampyrae

vampyre

Vampyrae is a curator after my own heart.  Her feed is a collection of all things dark & mysterious from around the internet.  Let her feed your inner-goth.  Your dark side needs love too.

5 People You Should Be Following On Instagram

5 People You Should Be Following On Instagram

 

 

old_hag

old hag

Not enough brooding, ethereal darkness for you?  Then be sure to visit old_hag’s feed.  You won’t find her photographs of the Swedish landscape in any Ikea.  After viewing her photos I have no doubt that the forests of Sweden are populated entirely by witches & dark fairies.

5 People You Should Be Following On Instagram

5 People You Should Be Following On Instagram

 

 

cats_of_instagram

cats

 

Everyone needs a little dose of cute and cats certainly fit the bill.  Who doesn’t smile, whose heart doesn’t melt a little whenever they see a little furball doing something adorable?  People without souls, that’s who.  Assuming you do, indeed, have a soul I give you the cutest feed on Instagram, Cats_Of_Instagram.  It’s purrrrrfectly precious.

5 People You Should Be Following On Instagram

5 People You Should Be Following On Instagram

 

 

heelhaveeyes

heels have eyes

Shoes.  And not just any shoes but glorious, glittered, glamorous shoes.  Enough said.

5 People You Should Be Following On Instagram

5 People You Should Be Following On Instagram

 

 

staley

staley

 

Come and get it.  It’s time for a heaping helping of inspiration courtesy of Staley.  Travel the world and see it through a magnificently unique pair of eyes.  Prepare to get lost without leaving your couch.

5 People You Should Be Following On Instagram

5 People You Should Be Following On Instagram

 

 

Kisses & Chaos,
Alli Woods Frederick

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Create Your Incredible Year with Leonie Dawson +Me

For the past 3 years I have seen people rave about Leonie Dawson’s positivity and love filled annual calendar/workbook/planner “Create Your Incredible Year”…and for the past 3 years I have put off buying it.  But no more!  This year Leonie released not 1 but 2 versions, a business edition and a life edition, and I got my hands on both of them.  I can’t wait to dig in.

Create Your Incredible Year with Leonie Dawson +Me

I printed the business edition with Lulu.com (which was insanely easy & didn’t break the bank like all the other printing options out there…mine was about $25-ish with a discount code & that included shipping…FedEx wanted about 4 times as much for the exact some binding.  Yikes!) and, now that I see how excellent the quality is, I’ll be doing the same with the life edition.  They are so bright & vibrant, even I, who usually avoids bright colors, am drawn in.

Create Your Incredible Year with Leonie Dawson +Me

Both editions are geared towards setting goals and not only achieving them, but achieving them with gusto, love and joy.  I have never been a goal-maker and I’m beginning to suspect that it’s because it always made the result seem like a chore instead of something joyous.  I’m hoping Leonie’s approach will change all of that.  For the first time ever I’m excited about setting ‘em up and knocking ‘em down.

Create Your Incredible Year with Leonie Dawson +Me

I’ve read the reviews and so many women claim that this book has transform their lives that I can’t help but be excited about adding some extra sparkle to mine.  I’m hoping that 2013 will be the best year of my life, full of transformation, growth & love & that these books will provide me guidance & inspiration along the way.  I’ll be sure to let you know how the process goes and if they work for me.  Wish me luck!

Create Your Incredible Year with Leonie Dawson +Me

If you want to join me in this adventure you can grab your own copy of Leonie’s “Create Your Incredible Year.” (These are digital products but you can use them for reference & keep a separate journal, print them at home and pop ‘em in a binder or have them made into a journal like I did.) Let me know if you’re coming along for the ride.  I would love to hear about your journey.

Create Your Incredible Year with Leonie Dawson +Me

XoX   I can’t wait to get started!  Let’s rock 2013, shall we?   XoX

 

 

Kisses & Chaos,

Alli Woods Frederick

 

 

 

About Leonie Dawson:

Leonie Dawson is a mentor to women wanting to create + grow massively successful and heart-centered creative + soulful businesses. She is also an author, retreat leader, visual artist, mama and guide for the tens of thousands who receive her free “SHINE IN YOUR LIFE + BIZ” ezine each week.

Purposeful, passionate & unendingly prolific, Leonie published her first book at 22, held her first solo art exhibition at 23, began leading women’s circles the same year, created her first retreat at 25, launched the Goddess Circle — a subscription-based women’s art, soul + biz community — at 27, and has guided thousands of women through transformational experiences over the past 3 years. She’s also released 5 e-courses — including her signature workshop for entrepreneurs, Become A Business Goddess program — 4 meditation kits and 2 workbooks into the digital ether. Her latest book “73 Lessons Every Goddess Must Know” shot to the top of the Amazon bestseller list.

In the process, she has created a half million dollar a year company that doubles in size each year and helps thousands of women every single year. Her mission is to help as many earth angels – women with creative or spiritual gifts – to have profoundly profitable businesses so they may nourish themselves and heal the world.

You can find her on Twitter @Leonie_Dawson, Facebook www.facebook.com/leoniedawsonpage & at her blog www.leoniedawson.com.

 

images: © alli woods frederick & leonie dawson

 

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A holiday gift for you: free holiday gift tags

Here’s a little gift from me to you: a page of free winter gift tags.  Hopefully this will save you a little time & money (the price of tags can add up when you buy them year after year after year).

These babies are ready to go. 

Since you can print these out as many times as you like, you’ll never run out of tags again. No more last minute runs to the store to pick through the ugly tags that no one wanted all because you misspelled your cousin’s new wife’s name (but seriously…how the hell were you supposed to know she spelled her name with a “PH?” Who the hell has ever heard of Pheather?) Check that off your list of “sh*t that will go wrong at the last minute.” You are covered.
 

Click here to download your free set of Winter Gift Tags. 

 
Print them, cut them out, make a hole using a hole punch, run some string or pretty ribbon through and viola!  Super-cute homemade gift tags.  Enjoy!

*These cuties will do best if you print them on cardstock. Plain paper will work in a pinch, but be forewarned: there is an excellent change that the anything you write on the back will bleed through & the paper will get all funky and wrinkly from the printer ink. You can grab inexpensive cardstock at your local craft store. *

 

A Holiday Gift For You: Free Holiday Gift Tags

 
Want more ways to pretty up your presents?  Give your gifts some added flair with the rest of my Winter Gift Tag Set.  You can check them out by clicking here.
 
 

Kisses & Chaos,

Alli Woods Frederick

 

PS – These files are pdfs.  You will need a pdf reader like Adobe Reader installed to be able to open the files.  If you don’t already have a copy (which you probably do) you can download it for free here.
 

images:  © 2012 Alli Woods Frederick
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firefly subway promo

Meet my newest baby, my Firefly Subway Poster!  As a huge fan of (almost) all things Joss Whedon in general and Firefly in particular, this subway poster way crying out to be created.  It was long overdue, in fact.  It has almost all of my favorite quotes from the series.  I know I left some classics out, but if I included every single brilliant quote the poster would be so ridiculously massive it would stretch to the outer rim & back.  I hope every browncoat out there loves it as much as I do.  Prints are available on Society6 (and before I forget, Society6 is offering free shipping* on all prints now through December 9 so you can save yourself some dough).

 

Didn’t you say something about a giveaway?

 

Why yes I did! I have partnered with Uncommon Goods to give one lucky winner a holiday present :

a $50 gift certificate!

Pick up a little something for a loved one or snag yourself something special…I won’t judge you if you spend it on yourself.  Honest.  I’d do the same thing. *wink wink* (Seriously…I have had my eye on their tea leaf reading kit for quite awhile.)

 

How To Enter:

 

To be entered to win just click here & subscribe to Kisses & Chaos emails.  Already an email subscriber?  Fear not – you are already entered to win.  Want an extra shot at winning?  Score an extra entry when you like my facebook page.  It’s that easy!  The giveaway ends December 13 at 11:59 pm CST.  A winner will be selected at random using random.org and announced here on December 14.  Good luck!

 

Kisses & Chaos,

Alli Woods Frederick

 

Before I forget:

Do you want to live a more joy-filled life? Starting today and ending tomorrow (that’s Saturday, December 7) at midnight CST I’m hosting a Pay What You Can Day for my e-book 52 Doses.

 

What’s a Pay What You Can Day?

Well, it’s exactly what it sounds like…you pay what you can. When you add 52 Doses to your cart you can adjust the price to whatever amount works for you, whether it’s $1 or $100, the choice is yours. You can read more about 52 Doses by clicking here. Bring more joy into your life. Start today.

 52 weeks small adE-book: $18 OR PAY WHAT YOU CAN

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Promotion expires December 9, 2012 at Midnight Pacific Time. *Offer excludes Framed Art Prints, Stretched Canvases and Throw Pillows with insert.
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“The world as we have created it is a process of our thinking. It cannot be changed without changing our thinking.”

– Albert Einstein

 

 

Kisses & Chaos,

Alli Woods Frederick

 

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