Above image: Creating Visionboards or Dreamboards is a powerful way to attract experiences, people and places for your 'dream life'. Above is one I create in the Mantra Mandala class.
This podcast is Episode #7 on the listening list and includes information and insight into creating a visionboard for the year ahead. I hope this episode inspires you to dream big and perhaps create one for yourself, maybe forging a greater connection with nature for the year ahead.
Dear friend, as promised in my previous letter, below is all the info on how to Create a Vision Board! This year, my board will have even more natural elements added to foster an even greater Creative Connection with Nature for myself in the year ahead.
Spending relaxing time with old magazines, gathering images that inspire us and embody what we want our year ahead to look like is a wonderful way to set intentions.
Every January in-between the NEW & FULL MOON, without fail, you will find me creating some kind of vision board for the year ahead. I would usually plan this to coincide after the new moon and before the full moon in the Big Dreams, Small Wonders online class when I run that live and for many years, I also hosted an in-person event at my home (with friends, snacks and lots of lovely champagne!).
Below is my board from last year. There is always an element of nature and creativity (of course!) in my boards. This board is up on the wall of my UK Garden Art Studio and I keep all of my boards with a hope of framing them and putting them up on a wall somewhere someday!
Above: My 2024 VisionBoard
Before you vision your year ahead, it is also a really great practice to review and celebrate what has passed, you can work through many of the processes I do for each year in my FREE Big Dreams, Small Wonders Planner.
Words and Images together are so powerful and those of you who have been following my work for a while know how much I love visionboards and using these tools to create a life I love! Below are a few of my vision boards from previous years.
What is a Vision Board?
A vision board is simply a board of any size, which has pictures, words and other items collaged on to it. The purpose is to create a picture or vision of what you want to attract into your life; this could be where you’d like to visit or live, changes to your existing environment, life or how you would like to feel.
Why is it important?
Having a physical representation of what you want posted up where you will see it everyday, will tune your brain (like a little radio signal) into these things as you go about your busy life! Visuals are powerful as they tap into your subconscious more than words do. I really like to use a combination of visuals and words as the words will also help increase the emotional response. I usually keep my vision board in my bedroom so I wake up to it everyday or in my studio to look at throughout the day. AND of course, it looks pretty in your home. 🙂
From personal experience I have seen the power of these beauties from leaving my job and reconnecting with a creative life in 2010, moving to a home with a studio in 2011, living a more simpler life in 2012 and changing my life completely and moving to Spain in 2013! In 2014, it was more about how I wanted to feel and slowing life down a little! (I also manifested a trip to Morocco!). 2015 and 2016 were all about nature, creating and enjoying life by the sea. 2018 was about my new book and so on!
Above: One of my most favorite boards. This is from 2016
I still keep all my boards close by as there are still a few things on them manifesting. 🙂
Materials and Getting Started.
Thick card or poster board of any size.
Magazines of all kinds (you never know where your visions will be found)
Glue – I like to use acrylic medium which is what I use in my mixed media creations or you can use modge podge – I find it doesn’t ripple the pages like elmers does and lasts longer than a regular glue stick.
White sage (optional)
Music – something restful to help your mind be quiet and open. I like soft classical or spa music. (something without words or singing so you don’t get easily distracted with the words)
Remember you don’t have to do this alone. You can invite your family and close friends to take part.
Before you begin, get yourself grounded.
Put on some uplifting or relaxing music and breathe deeply.
If you can find yourself a space where you wont get interrupted or plan an event with friends, even better!
Burn some white sage for purification in the air and to create a clear environment. You can read a blog post of mine on how to make your own smudge stick here
Close your eyes, focus on what you would like to invite into your life. Set the intent for the activity.
Above image: VisionBoard from 2015. This was all about color in my life.
Types of Vision Boards
There are three main types of visions boards that I have created over the years:
1) The Inviting, allowing and open to the universe Vision Board
Create this vision board if…
You are not sure what you want yet
You need to lift your spirits after a time of feeling down or uncertainty
You know you want to make a change but just not sure how and what.
How to create your board:
Start to go through your magazines and simply tear out images that speak to you, don’t ask why yet, just continue to collect the images and words. Once you are done with collecting these, look through and ask yourself what this image or word might mean for you. If you are not 100% sure, but really like the image or word that’s okay, still put it onto your board, the answer will present itself soon enough. Let your heart and intuition guide you.
Above image: Another favorite one from 2013!
2) The "I know what I want in my life” vision board
Create this vision board if….
You know what you want to invite into your life
There are clear things you want to manifest in your life
You want to change your current situation, environment and surroundings
How to create your board:
Go through your magazine and look specifically for images and words you know you want to manifest or bring into your life. i.e. I wish to live in the country and have a veggie garden – look for images of vegetables, countryside and all things relevant.
3) The themed vision board or “Mood board”
Create this vision board if:
There is a particular area of your life you are looking to work on – your career, health etc
A big event like planning a wedding, party or holiday
You are planning on redecorating your home or buying a new wardrobe of clothes and want to collect inspiration
How to create your board:
Go through and choose images and words aligned with your theme. This can also be very much like a design mood board. I like to use these on pinterest mostly to collect images of lets say, a space I want to decorate or how I want my balcony to look in the summer.
and…. of course in addition to the vision boards above, you can also create a monthly collage to dive deeper through Moon Dream Boards like the one below. I used to create these every month too.
Steps to Creating Your Vision Board
Go through your magazines and start collecting images and words that resonate with you (don’t glue anything yet!). Don’t rush, this is a powerful exercise to attract your visions. Then grab the images and words you have collected.
Start to go through your images and lay them out on your board. This is highly intuitive part of the exercise so feel free to move them about, take out ones that no longer feel right, you may see a theme starting to emerge.
Firstly position a photo of yourself right in the center, smiling happily to show the expression when all these things come true in your life.
When you are ready, start to glue your images and words onto the board. You can also draw and add additional words yourself as you build your imagery.
When you feel like you have completed your board, hang it somewhere prominent for you to see everyday.
There’s no right or wrong way here, just go with your instincts and be open – this is the most important thing. You may be surprised with what comes out!
Most importantly, enjoy the process!
Above: A photo of my when stranded in Costa Rica, March 2020! I made my Dream Board on my balcony!
Class Sale Extended!
Due to many of you asking, I will keep the Dream Life Classes sale price until the end of the month. So you can still get the Mantra Mandalas Class for only $34, Big Dreams, Small Wonders for only $59.99, Spring Clean Your Life Journal class for $59 OR get all 3 classes for $127.50 (valued at $235) 50% off all Dream Life classes in the bundle here. Offer ends at 11.59pm ET on Friday, January 31.
There is still time to dive deeper into creating an Awesome 2025! Join me for the Dream Life package and get 50% off!
Ready to live your Dream Life? I have used these exact tools to create a life I love!
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This bundle includes:
Big Dreams, Small Wonders Program (value $99) On sale for $59.99
Spring Clean Your Life (value $79) On sale for $59
Mantra Mandalas, affirmations and intentions (Value $57) On sale for $34
Another great way to find guidance for the year ahead!
As a little side note, another lovely way to set intentions or receive guidance for the year ahead (or anytime you feel pulled to do so really!) is to pull cards from a card deck. These can be any types of oracle or vision cards, but I love to use my own Chakra Color Affirmation Cards. Below is my pull for 2025.
I use the clock as a way to choose cards for each of the 12 months of the year and then one for the overall theme which goes into the centre.
A printable pdf of my 84 card deck is available for $19.99 here (with video instructions) and you also receive them for free when you join me in my Chakra Color Art Journal Class which is also on sale until the end of January.
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