Celebrate All Soul's Day in Champaign Urbana, Central Illinois

Celebrate All Soul's Day with a Group Channeling Party

According to Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Day_of_the_DeadDay of the Dead (Spanish:
 Día de los Muertos) is a Mexican holiday celebrated throughout Mexico and around the world in other cultures. The holiday focuses on gatherings of family and friends to pray for and remember friends and family members who have died. The celebration takes place on November 1st, in connection with the Catholic holidays of All Saints' Day
and All Souls' Day (November 2).

In honor of these and other traditions, Karen Gottlieb is offering a Group Channeling Party on Thursday. November 1st from 6pm to 8pm. While Karen cannot guarantee that everyone who attends will get a personal message, her channeling about this event says:

"Come join us for an evening that will lighten your hearts and lighten your spirits, lifting you up to the higher planes of loving to love the new songs of/for joy."

"All Souls have descended into earth at this time to elevate to their highest level of consciousness available to them during this transitional moment in time for both planet earth and for the return back to The Most Loving Plane of Loving Existence for the All.

"Join us (The One United Intentional Energy of/for Uniting All Hearts Back to Love) for an evening of wine, woman and song as We sing the praises of/for the All, and explore ways that All can become lighter, more joyful hearts of love, each singing their own joyful/filled tunes/songs of/for love."

Light-Hearted Refreshments will be served.

Not only is Karen Gottlieb an archetypal consultant certified by the Caroline Myss Educational Institute, she is also a channel for bringing people in touch with their souls and higher selves. In addition to group sessions, Karen offers private, individual consultations by appointment.

For this event, the suggested donation is $20 or more. Please call the shop at 217-365-9355 to reserve your space at this event.

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Ribbon Cutting Ceremony at Beads N Botanicals In Urbana

Ribbon cutting at Beads N Botanicals(Pictured l to r, Urbana Mayor Laurel Prussing,
Beads N Botanicals Owner Catherine Novak and Ethel Womble)

Urbana Mayor Laurel Prussing officiated at a ribbon-cutting ceremony at a new shop in downtown Urbana, Beads N Botanicals, at 117 N Broadway Ave.

News-Gazette article about Beads N Botanicals

Don't let the headline fool you! The article gives us a nice mention about our new location in Urbana, Il 61801

Store moves to Urbana

Beads N Botanicals, which sells scented products and beading supplies, has moved from Hoopeston to downtown Urbana.

Now at 117 N. Broadway Ave., the shop also offers classes and consultations with owner Catherine Novak.

Novak also operates Wise Weeds Botanicals, a handmade oils and incenses retail/wholesale business she has had for 16 years.

Novak first opened her store in Hoopeston three years ago. She decided to relocate to Urbana, she said, because she has lots of potential customers there who know her through the tarot card readings she does in the area.

Her new Urbana store sells crystals, beads, semiprecious stones, crystal stones and clusters, medicinal and culinary herbs, handmade jewelry, tarot cards, teas, incense, hand-blended oils, books, candles, custom-blended perfumes and bath products.

Classes focus on jewelry-making, beading, aromatherapy, medicinal herbs and personal development.

Novak said she is available for consultation about herbs, aromatherapy, hypnotherapy, Reiki (a Japanese relaxation technique) and tarot readings.

For the complete
article check here.

Urbana Farmers Market Gets Ready to Heat Up

Tarot Readings by Phone


http://www.news-gazette.com/news/business/2008/11/02/its_your_business_urbana_farmers_market_gets_ready_to_heat_up

Beads N Botanicals Class Schedule for Fall/Winter 2008 in Urbana, IL

BEADS N BOTANICALS Fall/Winter 2008 Classes in Urbana, IL

Please feel free to pass this information on to whomever you think might find it of interest. Please remember I am also offering tarot readings, herbal consultations, hypnotherapy for relaxation, behavior modification and past life regression, as well as Reiki energy heali
ng....Catherine

P.S. We will also be hosting a reflexologist, a Medium and other psychic readers by appointment.

Body/Mind/Spirit Classes Fall/Winter 2008
Held at Beads N Botanicals
117 N Broadway Ave, Urbana, IL 61801
217-365-9355
Please pre-register and pay for all jewelry making and craft classes
at least two days in advance of the actual class.

Wednesday, October 29
Basic Wire Working: How to Make Earrngs: A great starter class! You’ll make two pairs of earrings. Cost: $15, materials included. … 6 p.m. Please Note: This class is a pre-requisite for our Wire-Wrapping Pendants class.

Meditation for Relaxation … Cost: $5. Calm your mind and let go of stress, easily & effortlessly. 7:15 p.m.


Wednesday, November 5
Basic Stringing: Necklace Design: Want to learn how to put together a necklace, but not sure how to begin? Or, how to end it? Cost: $18, materials included. … 6 p.m.

Crystal Healing… Cost: $5… … 7:15 p.m.

Thursday, November 6
Introduction to Aromatherapy: Learn about aromatherapy--its historical and modern development. Discover the therapeutic uses of essential oils for healing, and why they work. Gain confidence in your own abilities to evaluate, purchase and blend essential oils.

Cost: $10… 6 p.m.

Saturday, November 8
Basic Wire Working: How to Make Earrings. Cost: $15, 1 hour, materials included … 11 a.m.

Making Solid Perfumes: Solid perfumes are spill proof and make great gifts, especially when they are made in nifty little containers
. Learn how easily basic solid perfumes can be made, for personal use and for gift giving…Cost: $18, materials included.…1 p.m.


Wednesday, November 12
Basic Stringing: Bracelet Design: Want to learn how to put together a bracelet, but not sure how to begin? Or, how to end it? $15, 1 hour, materials included. …6 p.m.

Basics of Psychic Protection … Cost: $5…7:15 p.m.

Thursday, November 13
Building Immunity Herbally: Find out about alternative approaches to building immunity. Learn how to fight colds
and flus. Includes information not only about appropriate herbs but also essential oils and other natural aids. Cost: $10…6 p.m.

Saturday, November 15
Basic Stringing: Necklace Design: Want to learn how to put together a necklace, but not sure how to begin? Or, how to end it? Cost: $18, 1 hour, materials included. …11 a.m.

Making Dream Pillows: Get a good night’s sleep by using herbs and oils to enhance sleep and dreaming…Cost: $10…1 p.m.


Wednesday, November 19
Basic Wire Working: How to Make Earrings. A great starter class! You’ll make two pairs of earrings.Cost: $15, 1 hour, materials included. … 6 p.m. Please Note: This class is a pre-requisite for our Wire-Wrapping Pendants class.

Tapping into Your Intuition … Cost: $5…7:15 p.m.

Thursday, November 20
Overcoming Stress Herbally: Find out about alternative approaches to overcoming stress. Distinguish between types of stress: resulting from overwork, physical injury or emotional upset. Includes information not only about appropriate herbs but also essential oils and other natural aids.… Cost: $10…6 p.m.

Saturday, November 22
Holiday Home Fragrancing Techniques …
11 a.m. and 1 p.m.
Cost: free

Wednesday, December 3
Basic Bracelet Design … Cost: $15, 1 hour, materials included… 6 p.m.

Meditation for Relaxation …Calm your mind and let go of stress, easily and effortlessly. Cost: $5… 7:15 p.m.

Thursday, December 4
Secrets of Herbal Teas & Tinctures: Tasty and healthy brews. The differences between a cup of tea, medicinal teas and herbal tinctures. How to prepare a medicinal herb tea. Cost: $10…6 p.m.

Saturday, December 6
HOLIDAY OPEN HOUSE: Stop by for hot cider and holiday goodies.

Spicing up the Holidays: Mulling Spices for flavoring hot seasonal drinks …
11 a.m.,1 p.m., 3 p.m.
Cost: free

Wednesday, December 10
Basic Stringing: Necklace Design: Want to learn how to put together a necklace, but not sure how to begin? Or, how to end it? Cost: $18, materials included. … 6 p.m.

How to Work with Pendulums... Cost: $5…7:15 p.m.

Thursday, December 11
Introduction to Chinese Medicinals: This class highlights the differences between Chinese and Western descriptions of body systems. Learn about some commonly used Chinese herbs. Find out about the concept of Yin/Yang as it relates to health. Discover how easy it is to incorporate Chinese herbs into your everyday diet.

Cost: $10…6 p.m.

Saturday, December 13
Basic Wire Working: How to Make Earrings …. (See Description listed above)… Cost: $15, materials included.11 a.
m
Basic Bracelet Design … Cost: $15, materials included…1 p.m.

Scent of the Week: Crackling Firewood

Told a friend last weekend that I just got a "Crackling Firewood" oil in and she went gagga. For anyone who has ever attended a festival with a great bonfire...like Sirius Rising or Starwood, when you can't make it one year (or, in my case, several years), the scent of flaming wood can be rather nostagic.

Never mind that wood burning fireplaces can be so romantic, anyway!

The special at Beads N Botanicals this week (well....we're extending it through next Saturday November 1st because I'm just kicking it off) is....CRACKLING FIREWOOD incense sticks and Reed Diffuser Oils. Here at the shop (brick-and-mortar) it will be discounted.

We'll be featuring a new scent each week

Scent of the Week:Crackling Firewood

Special Discount

Incense Sticks

$2.50 per pack

Reed Diffuser Oil

$4.00/ounce $7.50/two ounces $11.50/four ounces

Deciphering Destiny at The Buzz

In the news, again.
What fun!

A week and a half ago, Bruce Harrington showed up at Carmon's, the restaurant in downtown Champaign where I do tarot readings on Tuesday evenings.

I enjoyed our interview. The article presents the basics very straightforwardly...One note, though, the printed version (and today's online version, although it will eventually be corrected) mixed up one thing...I do ten-minute readings for $15 at Carmon's.


Deciphering destiny
Tarot card readings offer insight to life’s unanswerable questions
4:00 am Jul 17 - by Bruce Harrington – buzz Writer

If you’re tired of relying on your daily horoscope, and your fortune cookies just aren’t cutting it, a one-on-one with a professional tarot card reader might be the answer to discovering your destiny.

Every Tuesday from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m., Catherine Novak of Beads N Botanicals in Hoopeston, Ill., can be found at Carmon’s, 415 N. Neil St. Novak, a professional Tarot Card reader, uses the cards and her intuition to give people insight into their lives.

For the complete
article check here.

Deciphering Destiny

Catherine
Tarot Readings by Phone


http://the217.com/articles/view/deciphering_destiny

Closing of Danville's Hobby Lobby Silver Lining for Hoopeston Businesses

I was looking around for some other info and found this article online.

Apparently our local weekly paper is posting more articles on line
nowadays, which is great.

This article is about Danville's Hobby Lobby closing and how Hoopeston
has a lot of shops that can fill the gap.

The upcoming closing of Danville's Hobby Lobby craft and home décor store has local crafters in a panic. However, local businesses in Hoopeston are stepping up to fill the gap.

Beads N Botanical's owner, Catherine Novak, says, "I've been hearing that a lot of people are very upset about Hobby Lobby's closing. Most of them haven't realized that several Hoopeston businesses carry the crafting and home décor items that they need."

"For instance, at my shop, we offer a nice selection of charms, seed beads, semi-precious stones, sterling silver beads, sterling silver wire supplies, Swarovski  crystals, jewelry, herbs, herbal products, handmade incense, more than 200 fragrance and essential oils, reed diffusers, origami and other crafting supplies. Plus, I will always special order items not in stock."

Novak adds, "Anyone looking to learn how to make jewelry can take one of our basic classes in making earrings, bracelets, necklaces, or wire wrapped pendants."

While Novak teaches many of the classes herself, an upcoming class on making dream catchers, on Saturday, March 29, will be taught by Woodland's Marlita, also known as Rainbow Buffalo.

BTW, I was the one who submitted this article, although the Chronicle staff included information on corporately held stores, not just the small businesses that I had listed. Just the Facts printed
this article, but only keeps up links for a week.

Chronicle
News Article

Not sure if any other newspapers put this out.

Aromatherapy: help or hype?

The monthly magazine, Central Illinois Health Magazine, just published an article on aromatherapy in its February 2008 issue. The article: “Aromatherapy: help or hype?” by Kelsey C. Blackwell, takes a close look at whether or not aromatherapy can help people become healthier.

Although the article is credited to Blackwell, Greta Hale, the magazine’s editor, is the person who interviewed me in December 2007. Considering the skeptical tone of the article (which, overall, was very balanced in its presentation), I am very pleased with how I was identified and quoted (although I’ve actually been studying and teaching for more than 15 years, rather than the 12 years noted in the article.)

Normally I would just include a link to the article, but unfortunately the magazine is not web-friendly right now. The following quoted material is from p. 33

Catherine Novak also knows the value of essential oils. She owns Beads and Botanicals in Hoopeston and the online business Wise Weeds.net [Please note: this should be wiseweeds.net C.N.] …She believes aromatherapy is a useful and non-threatening tool to complement traditional medical treatments.

“What I see a lot coming into the shop are people who have already seen a doctor and they’re looking for more relief, she said.

Novak sells custom blends and essential oils. One blend, named banish pain oil, contains essential oils mixed in with another oil infused with St. John’s wort. Her customers have found that it works to relieve arthritis and chronic muscle pain and even helps with pain from carpel tunnel, Novak said.

The article also included information on some of the types of aromatherapy blends I offer clients and customers, including my Banish Pain and Clear Air formulas.

I found it sad that one of the scientists quoted in another section of the text said that peppermint oil was not effective for headaches or migraines. I say sad because I’ve seen where a little bit of peppermint oil mixed into a carrier oil has given relief to headache/migraine sufferers.

Still, all in all, this is a great article with a lot of information.

Central Illinois Health Magazine is published by the News-Gazette in Champaign, IL

80,000-year-old Beads Shed Light on Early Culture

Heather Whipps

Special to LiveScience
LiveScience.comMon Jun 18, 8:50 AM ET

Even the very first modern humans may have spruced themselves up with beaded bling.

Twelve shell beads discovered in a cave in eastern Morocco have been dated at more than 80,000 years old, making them one of the earliest examples of human culture. The beads are colored with red ochre and show signs of being strung together.

Similar beads have been found in other parts of Africa and the Middle East, suggesting the first Homo sapiens literally carried their penchant for baubles with them as they populated the world.

Read more at

80,000-year-old Beads Shed Light on Early Culture