My girl-crushes are wide and out-stretching, but right now, I am crushing super-hard on my gorgeous, gorgeous Goddess-gal pal, Miss Leonie…The reasons for this love fest? Well, where’s a girl to freakin’ start with this lady o’ loveliness, that would be a blog post all of it’s own, but mostly, Leonie cups my heart in her beautiful hands, holds it firm and tells me everything is going to be okay, simply by being real and true and speaking from the heart…J’adore this woman.

My main reason for expressing the Leonie love today though is because she’s the creatrix o’ my most favourite end o’ year/start o’ new year tool – the ‘Creating My Goddess Year workbook and planner’ which I spent last night charging with full moon magick…

Each year, I print it out, choose a journal (any excuse to buy stationery, although this year I’m using a beautiful journal gifted to me by my BFF, Miss Cheryl) and then stick in the pages – voila, insta-goddess yearbook!

I’m not the only person who digs my Goddess Yearbook, Grendel the cat is obsesso with my new book, sitting on it, pawing at it, clearly he’s feeling the goddess love, why wouldn’t he? He’s got me as a mumma!

I LOVE this creation o’ awesome, mainly because it gives me an opportunity to really think about, and wholeheartedly celebrate all the goodness of 2011. And ohmystars, there’s been so many – moving in with, and swapping commitment rings with my hot viking beau, my BFF having a beautiful baby boy, seaside roadtripping, celebrating all the major sabbats in Glastonbury with my gorgeous fam, taking big steps to start my generation GRR revolution – then, and this is the best bit, letting go and releasing the bullshit stuff. I ADORE this bit. I write mine out and then I release it by burning them, that’s because that’s how I roll, but just writing them out is more than cool too. Then you can move onto the juicy ju-ju – planning 2012! The workbook is filled with over 100 pages of everything a girl needs to help her dream, manifest, set intentions, plan and cultivate an amazing year!

I’m currently working on the wrapping up o’ 2011 so that over Hanukkah and yule, while enjoying yummo food, giving thanks, and spending time with friends and fam, I’ll be able to get clarity on what I want to 2012 to look like – what I know for sure is that there will be a lot o’ pink, natch., my dreams will be big and beautiful, and will involve lots o’ smooch time with my hot viking, it would be rude not to, he’s delicious – but apart from that, I have a LOT o’ visualising to do, and will be doing it in the pages o’ my book o’ wonder in a beautiful warm cave of love and laughter in Glastonbury…happy sigh.

Get your copy o’ this rainbow-painted workbook and planner combo for the bargainous price o’ $9.95 from www.goddessguidebook.com you owe it to yourself to make sure 2012 is your year o’ awesome and this is your absolute must have tool to make it happen!

Now, I am still very much in love stuff with my kindle, it is a thing o’ beauty, but there are some books that I want to own in beautiful hard copy so I can touch, feel and smell, y’know?

As it’s the season o’ festive cheer when apparently we show our love by buying things, which I don’t altogether agree with, but I DO like books, so if you ARE looking to spend your money, I am currently coveting the following…(HINT, HINT)

Domestic Sluttery by Sian Meades £8.33

I have been a fan girl of the website, Domestic Sluttery for a few years now, so I’m all kinds o’ excited about their beautiful book o’ loveliness, mainly because they tell me how to create a deliciously gorgeous home while unapologetically cutting a few corners – hurrah! The book is a logical expansion o’ the blog, full of lifestyle tips and with a more in-depth look at home interiors (Hiding the Evidence, Design Porn etc.); food and drink (e.g., Veggie not Virtuous, Baking for Beginners); style and beauty (Fashion Lust, Crafty Clothes etc.); and living (e.g., Fabulous and Thrifty, Sluttery Travels). The word ’sluttery’ is used in it’s traditional form, to mean ’slovenly, a little messy’ – that’s me, that’s absolutely me! Sian Meades and her domestic sluts will teach you the quick and easy ways to do domestication on the hop. And, most importantly, will reveal how to make a damn good cocktail!

Chic on a Shoestring, by Mary Jane Baxter £9.95

I am a wannabee craft-girl. I covet home made crafts more than anything in the world, but making them myself? Not so much. But this book looks to be the book that might change all that up! It’s filled to the brim with easy-to-make projects which I can use to revamp my wardrobe and update old items. I desperately want to make the ribbon corsage I saw on a recent flick through and maybe a Floribunda brooch to brighten up a t-shirt. Might also try the shoelace necklace too, I’m not sure, but I think Mary Jane Baxter may have reawakened my creative-girl instincts. The ideas are imaginative and useful, and use materials which are probably kicking around the house somewhere. Instructions and illustrations look easy to follow, and thankfully, you don’t need a sewing machine for most o’ them. I totes want this!

Style Me Vintage Make Up, Belinda May £5.59
If you didn’t know by now, I am totes in love with all things vintage, and very much like to indulge in retro glamour. Whether you want to a look you can wear day-to-day, or one for a special outing or occasion, this book has all you’ll need to recreate the decadence and fun of vintage styles. Filled with step-by-step instructions, tips and techniques, and detailed photographs for make-up from the 1920s to the 1980s, Style Me Vintage Make Up provides everything you’ll need to create authentic looks – whether you want to look like Marlene Dietrich, Marilyn Monroe or Madonna.

So, if someone might like to send my beau, BFF and fam this link, that would be awesome!

So, since September, I’ve been shakin’ what my mumma gave me at a burlesque class.
Now, I’ve always had big, big love for all things burly – the glamour, the sparkles, the make up, the body love – but getting out there and actually doing it myself? Not so much. I’ve always left that to the likes of Dita and Immodesty.

Well, ’til now, that is.

2011 has been a year o’ pushing myself outside my comfy zone, trying the things I’ve talked about trying but never got round to – belly dancing, getting fit, burlesque, doing scary things that make me freak out a li’l bit – presenting in front of big, influential dudes and dudettes at big influential organisations, taking ownership o’ all things SASSY and starting to share it with the world, completely and utterly giving myself over to the love stuff – that beau o’ mine is a very special kind o’ man, it would be impossible NOT too – basically, it’s been pretty incredz, which is why I now find myself sewing sparkly red sequins to a bra in prep for my first official outing with my gorgeous burly-girls, The Art of Motion.

Every Monday, the girls and I rock up to class with performer, model and dance teacher o’ awesomeness, Midnight Iris and we laugh, we share, we dance, we perform and we laugh a bit more. The dancing, whilst super-fun and good for me, seems kind o’ inconsequential to the connection I feel with my fellow girls when we rehearse. It makes my heart open up big and wide and positively gush with happy stuff.

There was a time in my not-so-distant past when I didn’t entirely dig on girlkind. All my friends were boys and I liked it that way, because boys were straightforward. I knew where I was with boykind. Girls? Not even. I know that sounds kind o’ weird when my purpose for being in the world is to work with girls and women creating awesomeness on all levels, but they say you teach what you need to know about most, right? And that’s deffo true of my ‘making peace with girlkind’ journey, so much of the work I’ve been doing, specifically with teen girls, is to help them to realise the importance of supporting, not dissing the sisterhood, and while I’ve never dissed on girlkind, that’s just not how I roll, I realised that I had to start opening up and connecting with girlkind on EVERY level.

When women connect, without an alterior motive, and support and inspire and encourage each other, something pretty awesome happens. Something my new gal-pal Donna calls, Girl Magick. It’s amazing, and it’s something that boykind will NEVER understand. I feel totally blessed that over the last five years I’ve gathered a very special girl tribe, gorgeous goddesses who get me, who dig me just as I am, and we share, openly from the heart, we support, celebrate, and we nurture each other. My girl tribe are scattered across the world, yet I know that wherever we are, we’re always connected.

My burly girls are now part of that tribe. These are girls that I’d previously have been afraid of: gorgeous, talented, loud and out there girls, but by putting myself out there, with an open heart, I’ve now made new friends. No trash talking, no gossiping, just big, big love stuff. Oh, and some killer moves that we plan on bustin’ next weekend.

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, there is nothing more magickal than when gorgeous goddess girls connect. It’s official, girlkind rock.

This year has seen me start to get serious about creating a SASSY business brand. Now, I’m a suck-it-and-see kind o’ girl, which has worked for me ’til now, but I want the SASSY brand to rock it out in the business world, and for sure, I don’t EVER plan to play by the rules, but you do need to know the rules in order to break them, so I’m getting savvy. I’m seeking out brands that I heart, working out why I heart them, I’m writing a business plan, and I’m reading EVERY business book I can get my mitts on…I’m not going to lie, some of them are incredibly boring-snoring, but others, like my current read are freakin’ AMAZEBALLZ…

Enter Innocent our story and some things we’ve learned.

This is the most kick-ass ‘business’ book I have EVER read. Fact.
Innocent was started by three friends in 1999 and now they have completely taken over the smoothies market in the UK and some other major countries. I am a huge fan-girl of their products, they’re a li’l bit pricey, but having read about the manufacturing process of these absolute fruit smoothies, they really shouldn’t, and couldn’t, be priced for less.

Innocent REALLY practice what they preach. And if the book reflects in any way their day-to day operations (which I’m pretty sure it does), their ethical ethos drives everything they do. Even the book itself is published on 100% recycled paper with vegetable-based inks.
It’s such a great read. The boys are happy to share what went well for them, as well as the things that didn’t and their honesty is positively infectious. The main reason I’ve love Innocent is for their cheeky copy on each bottle. This book is written by the dude behind this copy so it’s smart, funny and to-the point.

It’s packed full of advice for entrepreneurs, ’start small, but DO start’, but beyond that, it’s a story about entrepreneurial success. From three guys thinking ‘Hey, it would be really good to go into business together’ to ‘Hey, Coca Cola’s invested £30 million in our company and we can still run it as we want to’.

LOVE this. A lot.

Buy your copy of Innocent: Our Story and some things we’ve learned from the Store o’ Sass now!

Despite my unbridled love for the land o’ the free, I’m not an American-o, and while I like to think I have an attitude for gratitude every single day, I really am rather fond of the American-o’s love for their day o’ thanks, so I’m totes jumping on the bandwagon and riding the thanks train all the way to gratitude land…

My biggest thanks is for my beau and our soul fam. I feel nothing but total and utter love stuff when I spend time with them, and I mean when I actually spend time with them, when I’m present, in the moment. When we listen to each other, share our hopes and dreams, support and nurture each other, laugh – loud and often, smile, eat and cry together. I’m so grateful that I am surrounded by awesome people – inspiring, motivational, loving people. I spend SO much time on my ‘puter working, building a career, taking calls, that in order to REALLY appreciate the amazing people in my world, especially that hot Viking beau o’ mine, I need to pull the plug on all things techno and plug into the people that matter, because people make memories, ‘puters don’t.

Happy Thanksgiving American-o’s, everyone else, give thanks to the people in your world who matter, no matter what day it is!

Hi, my name’s Lisa and I’m obsess-o ’bout pugs.
I live in a flat, so having the dog o’ my dreams, who will be called Frodo and love his mumma very much, is not an option right now, but it’s okay, because I’ve discovered the answer to my pug-dog prayers.

Are you ready? Prepare for the awesome cuteness that is….The Stella Dog.

OHYMYFREAKINGSTARS.

This silver-sequinned Stella pug is a bag o’ beauty and has angel wings. I. AM. IN. LOVE.

There’s a purse-friendly version too and it’s from Fuzzy Nation online and is priced at £14.99. Don’t you just love him?! If like me, you fell deep into these doggy eyes, you will ADORE the rest of the range, so even if you don’t dig pugs, (really though? Is that actually possible?) there are other freakily fabu dogs to choose from…I’m also rather taken by the leopard-print Chinese Crested Leopard wristlet – ca-ute. Fuzzy Nation model their pieces on a TON of doggy breeds from Pugs and Poodles to Terriers and Chihuahuas, there’s something for every doggy lover and they make amazing gifts – hint hint!

Fuzzy Nation creations are available online and also from AdHoc London – hurrah!

I haven’t done one of these for ages, and after reading The Beauty Belle, it made me allsorts o’ happy so feeling a li’l frivolous and superflous, I’ve filled it in too…

Makeup!
Blush or Bronzer? Blush. I’m Kelly O pale, so bronzer is NOT for this english-rose-y complexion.
Lipgloss or Lipstick? Ohhh, that’s hard. Right now, I’m a li’l obsess-o by MAC and Illamasqua lipsticks. Sigh.
Eyeliner or Mascara? Eyeliner. Mainly because I wear eyelash extensions so don’t need mascara – they put me in a time-saving happy place. I use rimmel black eyeliner. LOVE it.
Foundation or Concealer? Concealer. ALWAYS concealer. Thank the Goddess for Benefit.
Neutral or Coloured Eyeshadow? Colours. I am not a neutral kinda girl.
Pressed or Loose Eyeshadow? Pressed. Mainly, because if it’s not it will end up on cheeks, dresses and generally everywhere apart from my eyes.
Brushes or Sponges? Brushes. I’m no make-up artist, but sponges just aren’t proper.

Nails!
Long or Short? I keep them short, but if I could grow them, I’d LOVE long nails.
Acrylic or Natural? Natural. I’ve worn acrylics and they look lush, but I can’t keep up with the maintenance of it all, so instead I just paint them. Every day. Hot pink usually.
Brights or Darks? Brights. Darks show up every mistake, and this girl o’ SASS does not have a steady hand!

Body!
Perfume or Body Splash? Perfume. Mainly because I don’t entirely know what body splash is?
Lotion or Body Butter? Lotion if I’m short o’ time, body butter after a bath.
Body Wash or Soap? Soap. Lush soap. Deelish.

Fashion!
Jeans or Sweat Pants? sweat pants. I don’t own ANY trousers apart from my gym pants. Just call me Dita Von Teese!
Long Sleeve or Short? Short sleeves. I love an excuse to show off my ink.
Dresses or Skirts? Dresses. Always.
Stripes or Plaid? Neither particularly rock my world.
Flip Flops or Sandals? Flip flops. I’m still wearing mine in November, only to the shop, but I’m still wearing them!
Scarves or Hats? Oh I do love a hat and have a particular penchant for a beret. Oh la la.
Studs or Dangly Earrings? Ohhh, I love ANY excuse to work the Pat Butcher look. The bigger the better.
Cowboy Boots or Riding Boots? Um…motorcycle boots?!
Jacket or Hoodie? I’m not going to lie, I DO love a hoodie. Comfort wins out.

Hair!
Curly or Straight? Straight. I have NOT got a face for curls.
Bun or Ponytail? Ponytail and when I have enough hair, a high ponytail that swings when I walk.
Bobby Pins or Butterfly Clips? Bobby Pins. Finally the bob is long enough for Victory rolls and other such pin-up goodness – hurrah!
Hair Spray or Gel? Hair Spray. Gel is soo…well, 80’s innit?
Long or Short? Oooh tough. Long. I’ve been working a bob for long enough, I want vixen-length hair. Hurry up, already!
Light or Dark? Dark. Brunettes rule the world. Fact.
Side-swept Bangs or Full Bangs? Full Bettie Paige-esque bangs. Always.
Up or Down? I am a lazy moo, so up. With a floral accessory of some description.

Random!
Rain or Shine? Rain. I love the rain, but I do love winter sunshine, it throws a very nice, uber-flattering light on the world…
Summer or Winter? Winter. The summer is no friend o’ mine.
Fall or Spring? Fall is by far my most favourite season o’ all, mainly because it’s my birthday, but the colours are pretty, the light is gorgeous and did I mention it was my birthday…I did? Oh.
Chocolate or Vanilla? I am a choc-girl fiend, so chocolate it is.

I have been dying my ‘do for at least 15 years now, and the only way I’ve found NOT to stain towels and the bathroom is to do it topless, perched on the edge o’ the bath – classy, eh? – and despite that, I STILL manage to get a splodge of total-not-shifting dye on my personage which is why I’m now doing star-jumps o’ joy ’bout the Tie Towel.
Enter the Tie Towel.

Designed by style-dude to the celebs, John Woods MBE , the Tie Towel is totally bleach and tint resistant, perfectly sculpted to fit the neck (so there’s nowhere for the dye to escape underneath and onto your skin – yep, I’ve been there too g-friend!) and features a toggle to keep the towel securely in place until your dye job is done – hurrah!

Now, I’ll be honest, I wasn’t expecting too much from the Tie Towel. BB contestant, Louise manages to make it look hot in the ad campaign for deffo, but could it get me through one dye-job stain free and without ruining my entire towel collection in the process? Turns out the answer is a resounding, big fat YES!
For real. It’s light, and you don’t have to worry about it falling off while you’re applying dye because the toggle ACTUALLY works and keeps it fixed in place – hurrah!
Of course I had a few spills, what can I say? I’m a messy-girl, but because this towel o’ awesomeness is bleach and tint-resistant, if you use it to wipe away the spills, you can simply pop it in the washing machine and it’ll be as good as new in one cycle – double hurrah!

Seriously, you could try and argue that a towel tied round my neck will do just the same job, and feel free, but I will not listen, because I will be too busy being stain-free, with a airing cupboard filled with stain-free towels, which makes me VERY happy, k?!

The Tie Towel is available from Asda, Boots and Superdrug for £9.99 – if you’re a regular dye-girl, it’s a deffo SASSY must-have.

Now as you know, I’m one of those woo-woo types, so today, as I do at every full moon, I’m channeling the ju-ju, but I didn’t altogether understand too much about all this 11.11.11 malarky, so I’ve done a li’l research, and basically it seems the deets are unimportant, what IS important is that it’s an opportunity for us to begin afresh, individually and collectively, which makes it a perfect-o day, and weekend, for focusing on where, and how, you want your road trip of life awesomeness to go from here.

So I got to thinking, how fun would it be to offer up a SASSY tarot reading for the purse-friendly sum of £11.11!

Book your reading today, I’ll send you a paypal invoice, you’ll let me know what questions you’d like me to ask the cards, and I’ll use this weekend o’ special wipe-the-slate-clean and get-focused energy to help you point the compass, turn the map the right way round and set you safely on the road to Destination Awesome – woohhooo!

To book your reading, email me at: lisa.sassysorceress@gmail.com – offer ends midnight on November 13th 2011.

Well, are you? Is it a question that you’ve ever stopped to ask yourself? Am I being kind? This book, Am I Being Kind, by Michael J Chase kinda stopped me in my tracks because I like to think o’ myself as a kind and caring girl, in the world, yet I’d never actually asked the question.

Do it now.

I’m a li’l bit in love with this book. If you ask my mumma, she’ll be sure to tell you about my obsess-o need to make the world a better place as a kid. I’d pick up litter – I was like a freakin’ womble – I’d nag incessantly not to use aerosols as I didn’t want the ozone layer to get bigger, I was a kid possessed, then I became a teen, felt an unhealthy need to fit-in and got caught up in the joys o’ consumerism, but as an adult I’m slowly returning to my planet obsessed childhood. I may not dress like a hippy and wear patchouli oil (although I do love it) but I very much have a hippy heart. We simply MUST be more kind. To ourselves, to others, and to the planet. Kindness is like a magickal ju-ju that creates love stuff in abundance, it’s like the gift that keeps giving and giving – what’s not to love about that?

This book is a huge helping o’ awesome sauce. The author, Michael J Chase shares his slightly harrowing personal story, including abuse and attempted suicide and shares why at the age of 37, following a life-changing epiphany, Michael ended an award winning photography career to found The Kindness Center. what motivates him to be kind to others, and his need to spread the word. He believes that the key to happiness and living a great life is about being o’ service to others. High fives to that, MC!

Kindness is the key to happiness – but with all the pressures of work, finances, relationships, parenting and health issues, living a kind-hearted life isn’t always easy. Inspired by the Dailai Lama’s philosophy that “world peace must develop out of inner peace” Am I Being Kind shows you how by simply asking yourself ‘am I being kind?’ you can change your life, and the lives of those around you.
Am I Being Kind is being published to coincide with UK Kindness Day on the 13 November 2011, and gives simple lessons that anyone can implement!

UK Kindness Day encourages everyone to perform at least one act of kindness or a good deed – cool, huh?! After all, kindness is free to do and we all know that it really can make you feel good!

For more information about the day you can visit: www.kindnessdayuk.com

Buy your copy of Am I Being Kind by Michael J Chase at the Store o’ Sass – it’s really rather fabulous!

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