The Vision Board Book by Joyce Schwarz

How to create a Mother's Day Vision Board: Special hints for Nursing Homes or Assisted Living from Joyce Schwarz, author THE VISION BOARD BOOK

 Mother's Day: How to create a Mother's Day Vision Board!

by Joyce Schwarz at 2:04 PM PDT, May 10, 2009

  The Vision Board: The Secret to an Extraordinary Life 

Would you like to honor your mom or grandma or even your greatgrandmother today or this week or anytime of the year!

Then follow these 5 steps from best-selling author Joyce Schwarz,  The Vision Board: The Secret to an Extraordinary Life    from Harper Collins Publishing, Collins Design.

 

 

FIVE STEPS TO CREATING A MOTHER'S DAY VISION BOARD!

 

1) Gather together some pictures of you and your mom together throughout the years either real photographs from old albums that are falling apart or scan some photos that you may have framed already.

 

  You can use the inside top lid of a gift box as a 'shadow box' to make your Mother's Day Vision Board says Joyce Schwarz, author THE VISION BOARD the secret to an extraordinary life, www.visionboard.info for free newsletter.

 

2) Make sure you have the following on hand -- a) a posterboard -- if you don't have one you can use a bulletin board or a corkboard or the inside lid of a box that may have held the robe you game mom for Mother's day! The inside lid of a nice box -- becomes almost like a Shadow Box for the Vision Board creation. You can also use an old shadow box you may have on hand.

 

 

3) You can do this with mom or grandma and your kids too. Sit down with some colored markers or crayons and do it together. Brainstorm some of the fun times you've had together with mom --here are some ideas a) going out to dinner on mother's day -- if you're going out today be sure to take a picture of mom with your family or you! Mom out gardening, mom doing some of her favorite things -- playng the piano, holding you as a baby or even finishing running her first marathon.

 

4) Paste the pictures on some colorful paper you line the inside of the box with -- maybe the colored tissue paper (pink or green or yellow that you wrapped that robe with. You can use tape or glue to hold the paper in place. If you want double up the adhesive tape so that it sticks without seeing the bits of tape. OR if you don't have tape make some glue. OR if you don't have either mix a tiny bit of flour and water together and it will form some glue for you just be careful to use just a dot of it so that it doesn't show through. BUT If it does -- don't worry you can cover that with a sticker or a little design from your kids or you. Or another picture.

 

 

You can use any box -- see the wine box at the left it would make a nice Mother's Day Shadow box once the wine is consumed at dinner or put on a shelf or wine cellar. See the HGTV box -- that is symbolic -- you can cut out pictures and put in flowers from the day or ribbons or whatever. And whatif you don't have any pix of mom -- well, consider doing a real nature-themed Mother's Day Vision Board with pictures of wild animals and their children like these Polar Bears and elephants. So much fun!

 

5) Pick a theme for your Mother's Day Vision Board: here are some possibilities: a) gratitude-- what are you thanking your mom for a) her guidance b) her support c) her understanding or d) just being there when no one else was.

 

a) But what if you and your mom don't get along perfectly -- don't worry most moms and daughters or sons aren't like the LEAVE IT TO BEAVER TV families of the 20th century.

 

b) If you feel more comfortable just honor your mom's heritage and her life -- include pictures of her mother and grandmother. a copy of a map of the country where her family is from such as Mexico or France or Hungary. And include pictures of your mom throughout the years -- a picture (or copy of one when she was a kid) or a copy of a wedding picutre or a copy of a picture of her holding her first grandchild etc.

 

PERFECT FOR NURSING HOME OR ASSISTED LIVING:

This kind of remembrance Vision Board is ideal for moms who are in the hospital or a rest home or in assisted living where her roommates and visitors and nurses and attendants can see mom in her prime.

 

20 PAGES FROM THE VISION BOARD BOOK -- free Mother's Day Gift:

To see 20 pages free from the book   The Vision Board: The Secret to an Extraordinary Life go to http://tinyurl.com/seeinsidebook

or see an additional free chapter at http://tinyurl.com/visionboardamazon

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

For questions or comments about creating vision boards for special occasions like Mother's Day please contact author Joyce Schwarz directly at thevisionboard@aol.com or joyceschwarz(at)gmail.com

 

For more free instructions and sample vision boards sign up for the free newsletter at www.visionboard.info.

 

To see the official website for THE VISION BOARD by Joyce Schwarz go to http://www.ihaveavision.org

VISION BOARD: How to create an ecofriendly vision board by Joyce Schwarz, author, THE VISION BOARD by Collins Design

Good news, Joyce Schwarz, author,being contacted by various recycling organizations and foundation to set up workshops across the nation to show why creating Vision Boards is eco-friendly.

 

Shown above is Aras Baskaskas, $1 million CBS Survivor show winner who is featured in THE VISION BOARD by Joyce Schwarz talking about wellness and Yoga and the environment.

 

CARBON NEUTRAL:  First we want to assure that the book itself --208 page, 4-color throughouts, hard cover, 100 color pix IS "carbon neutral". A quick check online shows that News Corps, who owns Collins Desing, an imprint of Harper Collins Publishing does buy eco-offset credits.

 

  The Vision Board: The Secret to an Extraordinary Life 

by Joyce Schwarz, Collins Design, an imprint of Harper Collins Publishing, official pub date 10/28/08 with pre-orders now on Amazon.com, http://www.amazon.com/visionboardamazon

 

 

 

 

REMIX: RECYCLING MAGAZINES & OTHER PRINT MATERIALS

 

Be assured by creating Vision Boards using images from old magazines and other printed material such as direct mail flyers, invitations, posters, wallpaper and even newspaper clippings, you ARE RECYCLING!  There are several regional and national programs organized just to recycle magazines (more on those later, especially the ones from the MPA (Magazine Publishers Assn) and the City of New York.

SO TO START CREATING AN ECO-FRIENDLY VISION BOARD:

A) Gather old magazines, newspapers, printed materials including greeting cards, cartoons from newspapers, grocery circulars and catalogs in a large basket.

B) Be sure if you purchase any new background paper or materials that they are recycled too. Recycled posterboard is available but you may want to create your board using such eco-friendly materials as flax or organic cotton fabrics or even the back of old paintings or posters you already have on your wall--continuing the recycling circle.

C) Gather up found objects, paperclips, broken jewelry, ribbons from a birthday party or wedding shower, stamps and stickers from envelopes (you can re-attach with a glue stick later)

D) Be sure any paints or marker pens you use are also eco-friendly. In fact considering buying a whole pack of these and sharing them with your neighbors so that they can create an eco-friendly board too!

E) Consider making your own recycled hand-made paper from old paper (we will provide you a link on that later).

F) If you're framing your board, be sure to recycle an old frame that you have in your house or garage or to pick one up at a flea market or thrift store in your neighborhood.

CONSIDER ECO-GREEN INITIATIVES FOR YOUR BOARD:

Today we are featuring the vision board created by CBS SURVIVOR $1 million winner, Aras Baskaskas when he was working with THE VISION BOARD author Joyce Schwarz with help by artist Annie Kaycora. Note more info on Aras board is featured in THE VISION BOARD by Joyce Schwarz, Collins Design and you can sign up for a free newsletter at www.visionboard.info.

Aras vision became even greener during the creation process as he decided to design his future dream living and working environment which will feature both his planned Yoga retreat center and a living area too. By creating the board Aras realized he wanted to combo his life so that work and living would be in more harmony versus having two locations for those parts of our lives as many people still do.

Take a look at Aras vision above and read more about it in THE VISION BOARD by Joyce Schwarz, www.tinyurl.com/visionboardamazon. The website for the book is www.ihaveavision.org.

For more information about designing your eco-board, email: thevisionboard@aol.com

THE VISION BOARD Book by Joyce Schwarz Featured Online

The Vision Board book by Joyce Schwarz, Harper Collins Publishing fall, 2008 continues to gather more momentum and articles online and offline. Here are just a few of the articles in the past week. For more info go to www.ihaveavision.org or email: thevisionboard@aol.com.

Vision Boards The Secret to an Extraordinary Life

15 hours ago by californiablogging  Joyce Schwarz, author, THE VISION BOARD book, Harper Collins Publishing, Collins Design, fall, 2008 — You can get a free newsletter and other freebies even prior to the launch of the book! Check it all out here. ... Rave Early Reviews Joyce Schwarz, The Vision Board book fall, 2008 8 Aug 2008 ... BOARD book and the shooting star behind all the stars IS Joyce….SIGN UP FOR FREE NEWSLETTER FROM THE AUTHOR: Here are some of the early reviews for the book “The Vision Board”… Original post by The Vision Board Book by Joyce Schwarz. Books and Magazines Blog - http://www.pigmig.com/ Health-Esteem Secrets to attract and maintain Health, Wealth and ... 3 Aug 2008 by Judith Parker Harris  Author and techno-trend expert, Joyce Schwarz, interviews Judith on “Health-Esteem Secrets to attract and maintain Health, Wealth and Happiness.” Hint: You’ve got to know you are WORTH being Healthy, Wealthy and Happy. ... Blocked To Blockbuster - http://blockedtoblockbuster.com/blog Too.... Busy.... to.... Blog.... 30 Jul 2008 by Buddhist_philosopher  Getting featured in a book, the upcoming Vision Board, Unlock the Secret to an Extraordinary Life by Joyce Schwarz; Commenting on the above mentioned exciting book proposal; Hopefully Co-editing a book on religions and the golden ... American Buddhist Perspective - http://americanbuddhist.blogspot.com/ Mokbel.ca was selected as Vision Board of the Day 22 Jul 2008 by amokbel  Joyce Schwarz, author of The Vision Board Book, is running a blog where she will post the “vision board of the day” and mokbel.ca was her first pick. It is such a great honour and I do appreciate the recognition immensely. Thanks Joyce! ... My Success Journal - http://www.mokbel.ca Respect Rx - My Vision Board: It Ain't Boring!- 3 visits - Jul 12 Jun 17, 2008 ... Christine Kane and Joyce Schwarz who has a new book coming out this fall, THE VISION BOARD: Unlock the Secret to an Extraordinary Life. ... www.respectrx.com/archives/courtneys_blog/my_vision_board_it_aint_boring.html - 47k - Cached - Similar pages - Note this Amazon.com: "Find out what a vision board is?" Aug 9, 2008 ... The Vision Board: Unlock the Secret to an Extraordinary Life What ... A guide by Joyce Schwarz "The Vision Board" (Marina Del Rey, CA USA) ... m.amazon.com/gp/richpub/syltguides/fullview/RDFQ2N701F0BD - 109k - Cached

HOW TO MAKE A VISION BOARD early preview THE VISION BOARD book by Joyce Schwarz

LUSCIOUS PICTURES & GLOWING REVIEWS FOR  THE VISION BOARD book by Joyce Schwarz, fall, 2008.

Good news, Collins Design, Harper Collins Publishing is posting some early pix from THE VISION BOARD book by author, speaker and producer, Joyce Schwarz on the Amazon.com website.

So as the author, (Joyce Schwarz) I feel now that I can share these three advance pictures with you and some additional glowing advance book reviews.

VISIONS OF FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS.

.how can you harness the power of a Vision Board to improve your relationships with family, friends and colleagues, find out ore in the upcoming book "THE VISION BOARD" by author, speaker and producer, Joyce Schwarz, published by  Collins Design, Harper Collins Publishing, fall, 2008!

STEP BY STEP HOW TO CREATE A VISION BOARD with more than 160, 4-color pictures!

This is a draft sample page from THE VISION BOARD, Unlock the Secret to An Extraordinary Life, Harper Collins Publishing, Collins Design. The image was posted on Amazon.com by HC .

HOW TO CREATE FAMILY VISION BOARDS: This image was created by artist Pamela Moss. More info on the image and how to create a Vision Board in upcoming articles and of course by ordering the book NOW!

It is set to be in the VISIONS OF FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS section of "The Vision Board" by Joyce Schwarz, fall, 2008.

LOVE MAKES THE WORLD GO AROUND

Discover how to empower love and relationships in a special chapter in THE VISION BOARD by Joyce Schwarz, author, speaker and producer : Harper Collins Publishing, Collins Design, fall, 2008.

Above see just one of the 160 four-color pictures that are set to be featured in the book. See how you can create a vision board that will enable you to create more Love IN YOUR LIFE!

Go to www.ihaveavision.org to sign up for a free newsletter on how to create Vision Boards for health and profit. Email the author directly for speaking engagements and press interviews at: thevisionboard@aol.com.