October Rush!

Today, I have so much going on in my mind and it's all good! My husband just put our 30 days notice in for releasing our house, since he's getting out of the Marine Corps, so we have our inspection dates and check out times... I have jewelry bars going and I have the best team in the world!

So, this month will be us running around, trying to pack and clean and get a truck reserved for moving and drive across the country and then I get to love on my team from home in Missouri!

I know this one isn't very long, but we are booked with all good things! Catch you on the flip side! Oh yeah, our Holiday Line comes out on October 16th!
                                                                                                  <3 Jessica

Someone Needs Me

God put me on this earth to help those who need it. Tomorrow, I will be out of the office, taking a personal day and celebrating life with those around me. If you need me, you may absolutely message me, but I may not get in touch with you until Monday! I love you all! Have a great Sunday! You are more than welcomed to play the games posted and place lots of orders on any of the parties! 

(I will not be offended! Lol.)

                                         <3 Jessica

What Speaks To Your Soul?

It's important to give yourself time to do the things that speak to your soul. What speaks to you on that level? 

Recently, I have been talking a lot to a friend who wants to join my Origami Owl team and we talk about all kinds of things, all the time. She has HORSES! I cannot wait to get there so I can get to know her's and be able to get back in the saddle. 

When I was a kid, I grew up with horses. My horse's name was Ginger and it got to the point in about 8th grade that I could even ride her bareback. Riding a horse speaks to my soul. It's true freedom and happiness. The smell of hay, sweet grain and leather is the best smell in the world. Even better? Mix that with rain and the sound of it hitting a tin roof.

I cannot wait to get back so that I can be all of me again. I can't wait to get back to the me I was before I was everyone else. 

If you don't understand what I mean by that, read more of my blog.

Since childhood, the only thing that speaks to my soul, truly, is business and helping other people. I guess that's why Origami Owl spoke so enchantingly to me. I truly love them and everything they represent. 

I will post pictures as soon as I can, of me and my friend Amber riding. I can't wait for that rush again. That's true freedom.

<3 Jessica 

Dress It Up!

How would YOU use Origami Owl to dress up her outfit?

Alice in Wonderland

For those of you who don't know me, or don't know me well, I LOVE Alice in Wonderland. I love the quotes and the confusion and the curiosity and the abnormal being normal and the fact that we're all a little mad sometimes. As I have said before, my husband and I are leaving the military lifestyle and are hoping to buy this beautiful house in a small town in Missouri.

It has TWO balconies, columns in the front, a weeping willow tree and a Bradford Pear tree in the front yard and a big back yard with shed and it's fenced in.... 

And, I must say... I am planning on having Mad Hatter style tea parties under the branches of that willow. And I plan to set an easel on the balcony that overlooks our front yard and paint until my heart is content. My Origami Owl office will be downstairs, white, grey and teal with pops of pink and yellow.

It has it's own dining room, so I can make meals for the people I love and have them over for fancy (and not so fancy) memory making nights. 

I will have a therapy room that is Alice themed and all the misfits I gather in my life can come there on certain days and we can have group therapy. I want tiny doors on the walls like we feel like giants and I want a giant door somewhere where we feel so small. 

In this life, if I have learned anything, it's that we're all people and we're all worth getting to know. We all have scars and we can all be healed if we just work together, instead of shutting each other out. 

So, if you're ever near and need to feel a little bigger, come see me as soon as I get my house. I will welcome you because I know what's it's like to feel a bit small. I think we all do.

And now, I'm off to design my Alice in Wonderland locket for our vendor event on October 1st.

Lots of love!
                                                           <3 Jessica

A Revolution For Good!

This is our Force For Good charm for Designers. Origami Owl strives for it's Designers and all of it's employees to be a "Force For Good".

The world is a mess. Who knows what's going on and what's going to happen? Nobody, except me. I know that no matter what happens, I am going to strive to be a force for good. I am going to smile at strangers and I'm going to give people genuine compliments. I am going to pay for someone's coffee and I'm going to have a good time with my fellow man. 

Do you know why? Because, the world is a mess and hope is being lost in humanity. With all of the bad, I believe there is still good in this world and I am going to shine my light wherever I can.

I implore you to do the same. God has created this beautiful world in order for us to enjoy it and other man in order to take care of it and praise His name. 

So, let's start a revolution in this world! Let's create a goal to be a force for good and lift up the lives of others. Sadly, that's the only way some of us are going to get through it. 

Does anyone have any prayer requests I can be praying for? Please let me know. If you just need to talk, I'm always here! 

jessica.starwalt@yahoo.com

                                                           <3 Jessica

Bunco Night at the Officer's Club!

We had so much fun with Bunco Night and the Officer's Club!

This is me having fun with Olive as we were getting ready to leave for the awesome night it turned out being! I had never played Bunco before, in my life, but it was so much fun!

It turns out I am exactly average, so I didn't win anything. But, that's generally how it works for me. Won 9 games, Lost 9 games. LAME! Anyway, I had a great time and I can't wait for the next night! 

I also had the privilege of donating a necklace and bust, for one of the raffle prices. It was a wonderful time and I met a lot of people and got to spread the love of Origami Owl! (I gave out some cards, too!)  

A big thank you to Allison Hall of the Officer Spouse's Club for giving me the opportunity to help make someone very happy!

I love Origami Owl!!