Ooo Eeee, Okay, how can I contain myself while I type??? I am not, NOT, supposed to be here right now. I am frantically creating in the studio & trying to get a shop update together. Which should happen in a couple of days. I am also itching to visit you & catch up.
However, do I have news for you?!? Your wishes, they are soaring, and they are going to come true, I can feel it!!
Today I made teeny tiny wishes out of the wishes you all left on the last post (and a few others), and I mixed them up with glitter (which is still in my hair and on my face and neck :). I packaged all the wishes up, and got ready to send them off.
I have to say, I learned a whole lot about wishes today. I learned that you can begin to form them, you can envision them, you can even begin to make them come true…
But just when you think you have it all planned out and they begin to happen…
Wishes can get stuck…
And, sometimes you have to sit and stare at them, and figure out a new way to make them happen…
Oh sure, it is easy to give up. Easy to say, I am wayyyyy down here, and those wishes are wayyy up there, and there is no way to get them down.
But, you can also stop and think about people you could ask to help you. Or, what if you are helping make someone else’s wishes come true… Would you work harder to get them down if they were for someone else? And, if they were for you, would you allow yourself to call on people to help make them come true? Or would you simply give up? Maybe with a boost here or a boost there the wishes could happen? Some people have the tools we need to help make wishes come true…
Could something that seems way too hard to reach, really be one little tug away (with the right helper, or the right tool, or a nice request for help)…
And, another question… Will we be ready when it does happen? Or will it happen so quickly we will be unprepared…
Nonetheless, we continue to wish and dream and hope. Tugging & pulling & grasping & biting our fingernails at the outcome…
All of a sudden, the wishes are set free, & they begin to soar again. We have faith in them once again…
Just like that, they continue, on their journey…
I really felt your wishes today, all bundled up in that package. Floating away quickly, I was swooning, jumping up and down. I was saying "G’bye wishes, hope you get there…" Knowing in my heart, they would…
It was so fulfilling to physically set the wishes free… My heart felt so overjoyed…
I watched them until they disappearred into a perfectly cloudy day. Perfect weather to carry them off on their voyage…
When I turned around, the mountains had turned as pink as the balloons carrying your wishes.
And, I knew, just then, your wishes would come true…
You are a darling, an absolute darling x.
That’s so sweet! And personally, I think those wishes were just waiting in the tree for a little while so that when you turned around, it would be at the exact moment that the mountains had turned pink and so you’d get a special treat, too.
oh you are too sweet
ive missed you! been offline for days….will catch up on your posts soon!
I’m so glad I decided to drop in this morning….What a magical treat!! And seeing your red balloons against that beautiful sky….oh! Your the sweetest, most fanciful Twistling there ever was!! 🙂
Hooray for wishes coming true! And what wonderful balloons carrying them away into the universe! Great photos of your beautiful surroundings. xoxox
Thank you…our wishes were in good hands.
Charley Brown could have used you when he was struggling with the kite eating tree 😉
Your surroundings are beautiful…the South West has a special place in my heart.
Magickal! 🙂
Hope all your wishes come true in 2008.
Chris
thats so lovely…we did a similar thing at my friends wedding…we tied good luck messages to balloons and watched them float up into the air for what seemed like miles high…such a nice feeling watching them go…may all your wishes come true..xx
I think you just posted a lesson for us all there, such a lovely post. May all your wishes come true.
Such a beautiful post. I read every word, watch the wishes being set free with happy tears in my eyes, praying, wishing -you are a sweetie to allow every reader to be themselves, share and grow together, encourage one another with every word. Thank you!
The wind is one of GOD’s treasures!!!YOU are too!!! What a SWEET post!!!Thank YOU!!! My eyes and heart LOVED coming here today!!!
AND maybe that tree had some wishes too, soOOOOOoo it grabbed those balloons for just a little while while whispering all the tree’s wishes and then bid it farewell too!tee hee
WOW Vanessa. I think my wish is already on its way to India…….
I’m so glad to see your resources led the balloons to being released – you’re amazing!
That is such a clever idea!! Thanks for that.
Vanessa, Lovely…I just love that idea. So very sweet. Are you the Wish Fairy? Does it run in the family?
Those wishes couldn’t have had a better send off! Thank you for sending them off on their journey!
I love your blog posts, because I always feel like I was there to experience the same things you’re blogging about 🙂 Thank you for giving our wishes such care and help in getting off the ground, and thanks to Mr. Lovee too for the little extra push (I assume that was him) 🙂
And one more wish to round off the bunch – that whatever happens to all our wishes, we would all get and give what is needed, and that it would be beautiful. I think it will be.
Good luck with the shop update!
Oh V, how lovely indeed! I am absolutely astounded at ceremony. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve sat down to do some fun little idea…create some wonderful new tradition in my life…and if I watch hard enough and listen, I can find the magic and learn the most amazing things about life. Thank you for sending our wishes towards the magic…and thank you for sharing what happened…I know that they will all come true.
thank you so much sweet girl! my heart is all full to bursting.
~trina
Thank you so much for doing this and adding my wish….it really has made my day into a magical one. I love the fact that the tree got them for a bit…naughty minx of a tree.
You are the queen of the pixietwistypops indeed.
xxx
aww, that was so fun. I was laughing so hard when I saw the picture of the wishes stuck. I could just see you standing there in bare feet long white night gown, jumping up and down…oh no!!!! Luckily the wishes found their way! 🙂 What a beautiful image.
what a perfect post Vanessa! I feel like I was there with you…peeking at all our dreams flying off to the magical place where they come true!! You are the sweetest wish fairy I’ve ever known!!!
xoxoxoxo…jenn
You are so magical Vanessa Valencia!!!
This has just made my heart lift right out of my chest…I’m filled with glee!!!!
And I certainly hope YOUR wishes were in there too!!
That was sooooo nice of you and what a great idea!!!
I’m so sorry I forgot to add my wishs to the wish list. ;-(………………..
Since I know they will all come true! ;~)
Have a wonderful Sunday!
xox
Constance
Thank you Miss V. for taking such great care of our wishes and setting them free to soar off into the universe!
They may have needed just an extra nudge, but you and your resourcefulness got them on their way! 🙂
I know how hard you are working in your studio dear girl. Please make sure you take a break and sit a spell with Mr. Lovee over a cup of tea so that you don’t wear yourself out!
PINK balloons! and glitter! that means they just HAVE to come true! was that mr. lovee helping our wishes go free?
What a beautiful post! I loved every bit of it! It is so true about the journey of a wish – so true! Thank you for posting that.
I hope you didn’t have to wait too long for those wishes to continue their journey!
Loved the picture story and all you comments too…all very true…and hope all your wishes come true as well!
YOU are so clever! And how in the world did those balloons do exactly as you say? What a wonderful post. Magic I say!
All of my wishes have been coming true this year. I expect 2008 to be even better. My wishes are better.
…waiting for your shop update…
Happy New Year!
Catherine
I wish….I had made a wish!
I went away to think about it and forgot to return.
Silly moi.
Happy Day to you Valencia you doll!
xo
Gillian
This post made me cry (with happiness).
I love it. All of it.
xoxox
Oh yes yes yes! And I am so ready, too!
xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo
this is one of the most beautiful writings with photos that I have ever read… what a magical ceremony… to see those wishes get hung up … and then struggle free to float away and BE… those mountains are just absolutely gorgeous! wow, Vanessa…thank you for such a beautiful, sweet, inspiring post… you are an angel.
VB
What a lovely thing to do!! Thank you for doing such a sweet thing and reminding us about wishes. 🙂
Oh Goody Gumdrops!!! So all my wishes will come true now!!! How wonderful! Although i don’t know about my wish for the beach, but i have a good feeling that i will have lots of coffee and cookies, hehe!
Haha, that was funny how they got stuck in the tree temporarily!!
Do you remember that movie about the little boy with the red balloon?? I loved that movie. WIshes. The funny thing about wishes is that they always seem to come true when we least expect it, right? I work really hard to make my wishes come true!! Hope you do good with your shop update. I might come visit you later this week. XO-KSV
That is so beautiful. What a magical thing for you to do.
I think that you are secretly a fairy princess who prances around and sleeps in a vine swing covered in flowers.
Are you!?!???
You are such a sweetie! What a lovely thing to do for us all. And what a lesson on wishes!
you are magical for making the wishes come true….I was too late sending mine in.
oh, I got the new somerset with your article….
YAY
xxoxoxo
Vanessa,
This is hands down “THE BEST POST EVER” in the history of POSTS!
xo
Sandra Evertson
The red balloons, full of wishes…stalling, then soaring….
Not only is the intent here fantastic, but your photographs…WOW Ms Fanciful, that was a beautiful adventure.
thank you!!! and I hope I’m ready for my wishes to come true.
x….x
s
Ahhhh, that was beautiful… The balloons were almost like a wild animal raised in captivity …shy and scared about leaving the safe place…but once they got their courage up they were wild and free again… It almost made me sad, for some reason, when they were so far away.
With tears in my eyes and a full heart I want you to know that that was the most awesome way to set those wishes free!! And they will come true! I know it!!! 🙂
Vanessa is Awesome!!!!!!!!!
So sweet of you to do this. You rule!
thank you…you made me tear up here…my wishes and those of many others are soaring and becoming…hugs, r
I always wish for pretty sunsets with pretty pink mountains in them.. so that’s one wish that already came true. 🙂
I loved this post. The balloons were too sweet! Am looking forward to seeing more of your work.
What a dear you are! *hugs* Sorry I missed the wishes post – I’ve been jetting about all over the place these last few days. In Dublin now, back to Paris tomorrow…
Oh my You are indeed magical! I have been so busy that I missed sending my own wishes off with the luft balloons!
Miss ya!
love the balloons in the trees…. so good.
[did you sing 99 red balloons? :)]
Oh, I wish I would have made a wish on time to be part of great soaring wish send off in the sky.
How fun!! You are just adorable!!
I love visiting your world! Wonders and curiosities! I’ve added a link from my blog to yours! And I {heart} your etsy shop too! Stop by and visit sometime! Happiest New Year Ever to you and yours. xo Lady Lavona
http://ladylavona.blogspot.com/
What a delight you are!!!!
This is why we adore you so much!!!!
Please see my blog for a mention
XX
Gypsy
You are one in a million! If everyone were more like you, the world would be a much better place!
That was so beautiful and filled my heart up with more hope than i have felt in ages. I remember lost whimsy, and begin my journey to find it anew. Thank you for the magical inspiration, lovey!
Must venture out to find the new Sommerset….can’t wait to see your girls dancing in the pages!!!!
What an absolutely moving post and a lovely thing to do. I just found your blog and wish I had made a wish!
Karla
Wow, your blog has been a breath of fresh air for me this morning. I just found you and so glad I did. Your wishes post was a phenomenal idea, I’ve enjoyed reading all about it.
Have a great day, love your work, very unique and one of a kind.
Oh Vanessa- this was a beautiful gesture, sentiment, and post. YOU are the poster child for the the balance in the universe. You are a good, good, person and good things are happening in your life. No surprise.
XO
D.
What a beautiful idea!~
I have the 99 red balloons song in my head after seeing those balloons !!!! Very lovely. Have a delightful week. Mica from Garb-oodles Soup
Vanessa, you are totally mad! And I love it! This is just wonderful! 🙂
I feel my wishes coming true already! You are indeed thee most marvelous person I’ve yet to meet 🙂 may all your wishes come true too!
Hello doll!
It is YOU with the enchanted world.. Let your spirit run wild with design my friend…Your a special talent…
Love to you , Jo-Anne
*oh*my*
i think on your last birthday
you got younger.
🙂
!! thank goodness !!
hurray for wishes
and
balloons
and
being younger
and
wooden bird cages
and small deer at christmas…
You have one of the purest hearts in the world my dear. What an incredible post and poignant words to go with splendid photos. I cannot tell you how much I needed to read something like this tonight!
XOX
Kristen
really lovely idea….we often let our balloons go up at birthday parties and make a wish..the kids love to see them soar up to the sky…and hope that they don’t get caught on a tree…
thanks,
carol
Sigh…..what beautiful pictures!! Is that really where you live? Stunning! And do you REALLY have a fairy princess gate? We used to release balloons for our book read-a-thon in elementary school and it was the most exciting day of the year…hundreds of balloons going up in the air…i get teary just thinking about it! Thanks for the memories!
This morning I started out at Corey Amaro’s blog and did a little clicking and ended up here at your place ! Don’t remember how I got here exactly but oh my gosh I’m so happy to have found you !!!!!
Wishes. Oh wishes are a powerful thing aren’t they?
I’m off to see what else you have to say. Nice to meet you ! I’ll be back often !
Here’s to great wishes and dreams come true for us all.
Lovely indeed.
Blessings
Love Jeanne
I feel my wishes coming true ALREADY!!!! 🙂
THANK YOU!!!!
Hugs!
Michelle
What a wonderful thing to do with wishes! May everyone’s wishes come true!!
A beautiful post, my dear. Lovely photos and sentiment.
That was amazing!
Very well done job by you and the help of the Universe!
God bless your sweet heart!
You have such a great heart!
Beautiful post and beautiful photos,as always 🙂 I love your miraculous “A Fanciful Twist” world!
And yes,that’s a photo of my ferret Fritzy playing in the snow there on my blog..she’s five months now..she’s so cute 🙂
oh what a great idea! i will have to do that when I get back from my trip!!
I cannot believe the mountains turned pink!!!! amazing!
Ellen
What a perfectly wonderful thing for you to do! You do light up the world.
Oh this is such a lovely idea. How thoughtful! A Happy New Year to you! Hope you enjoyed the festive season!xx
Boy, can I tell this is Arizona! Driven through there many times in my life—from or to California.
This is really an inspiring illustration and word of encouragement. I got a little girl smile on my face! I could feel it!
Sorry I missed the wish making part. I’ll just have to do this myself.
KJ
By far the sweetest thing I have ever read and a marvelous idea! I do believe in wishes and dreams and that you should never give up. This quote came to my in box just this morning from The Foundation For a Better Life… “Most people never run far enough on their first wind to find out that they’ve got a second. Give your dreams all you’ve got and you’ll be amazed at the energy that comes out of you.” May all your dreams and wishes come true in 2008! Suzy
Ah shucks, I am a tad bit bummed that I did not find your blog a week or two ago. Bummer, I need my wishes sent off with glitter (always love glitter) too! Great artwork and your photographs are amazing! I look forward to following your blog – really amazing stuff! I found you on by chance reading Ellen’s blog!
Darling girl….What a wonderful and magical way to release the wishes. Proving once again just how amazing you are! I could almost hear music as further and further the balloons sailed away. Hmm, maybe your brother will see this and write some…..”Wishes on the Wind”.
I have missed you while I have been going in various directions lately!
Sending you love on the wing,
Lisa
XOXOX
What a wonderful photo sequence, and just the right commentary to go with it!
What an amazing thing to do. I love it! And I love balloons! And this is so sweet of you!! thank you thank you thank you! And the journey of a dream that you have shown us is so absolutely true… Learned a lot from this… thank you! Well I think I’m up stuck in that tree at the moment! I’m sure I’ll get out of there and that it will become true then… I always believe in dreams and I think that’s the thing with dreams, you have to believe in them (yes how corny, disneyland like…) But thank you, you are too sweet!! xxxx Les
oh my!! this is beautiful!
so happy I found you, through Gypsy Purples Blog~
you are truly an inspiration!
will be back often 😉
xo ~Izabella
magical!
I love it! And I love balloons! Breath-taking. I can hear the excitement as you type. x x
We did that at my sisters funeral..we gave each person a balloon with a blank tag and they wrote on it whatever they wished, and then we all let them float away together.
I’ve been away from bloglandia for a few days. My little 2 year old grandson adores balloons. I will have to share this one with him! Now he can see them for what they really are; wishes! And anyone knows that the very process of the wishing is the journey of joy itself!
Christine
You angel, this is such a beautiful post, and the photo’s and weather and final shot are so perfect. Even Mr P was impressed by the loveliness. We lost our net connection and when it finally got re-established you were the first thing I opened to test if it was working :0) so glad I did.
May all the wishes come true.
Lovely. Simply lovely.
I came across your page and this posting through some other page on Blogger. I find it so touching and beautiful -your friends are lucky to have you as a friend. And the work is stunning. May all your wishes come true.
I came across your page and this posting through some other page on Blogger. I find it so touching and beautiful -your friends are lucky to have you as a friend. And the work is stunning. May all your wishes come true.
I can honesty say that the imagery of these ‘wishes’ made me tear up a bit.
You are very wise!