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https://www.facebook.com/Leaves-of-Dreams-1883563641867952/?fref=ts

The link below is updating you on the fact that this evening we have our first  open mic night! If you’re in the area and can come along to perform or be an audience member we look forward to seeing you! :)

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/809230740/leaves-of-dreams

The link I’m sharing is for our kickstarter campaign! :) As I’ve explained in the project info itself, at least to start with, we do need this while we get ourselves off the ground. The good news is though that slowly but surely people are coming in so hopefully we won’t need to fund raise, so to speak, for too much longer. :)

http://www.independentleavescreativedreams.blogspot.co.uk/2016/01/valentines-2016-for-under-200-wattons.html

We had already decided and now we can happily declare than January will be ‘Fantasy Fest’ month!

In general but this month particularly we want to showcase fantasy artists, novelists and designers. So, if you fall into any of those three categories (and let’s face it, they’re fairly broad so if you’re unsure just inbox us) we want to hear from you!

Here on Tumblr, we’d love to get a rolling gallery going of the work of lots of fantasy artists and designers and if there are novelists who want to share their work do let us know too. :) (For artists and designers, if you’re happy for us to reblog and share your work please do let us know and either way, when we see something we like we’ll reblog with due credit obviously. :)) So, if there’s something you’re particularly proud of, inbox us to let us know and we’ll be happy to share it on the blog with all due credit given.

Well, the good news is, we have the rent! :) Ash’s mother gave him the last £300 we needed though as she can be very changeable about such things, that was why we didn’t rely on her to start with.

Anyway, a big thank you to everyone who was able to donate, reblog etc. :)

Two song parodies, both rather tongue in cheek as I'm sure you can see, but if you'd like your own (say you have a favourite song that you'd love to see how the lyrics look if they're parodied) we can give you a copy of your chosen song as a parody or indeed one of these for just £3. So, now you've all got a number of things to choose from for under £5, pretty good hmm? wink emoticon I'll leave you to read and enjoy these but if you'd like either a copy of one of these or your own chosen song as a parody, payments can be made to paypal: [email protected] or [email protected].

Hello (from Spirit) Adele parody

Hello, it's me. I was wondering when we'd get to talk, this medium's pretty great.

They say that time's supposed to heal you, but now that I'm here, I don't need healing,

Hello, can you hear me? I'm in the Otherworld sending you, dreams, about me. Of when we were together, and at peace. I'd forgotten how good it is to talk so I guess I'm using this mouthpiece.

Hello from the Other Side! I tried to call a hundred times. To tell you I love you and I wish I was there, but the mediums were all rubbish. It drove me to despair, every time.

Hello from the inside! I've opened up this Channel wide. To tell you I'm so sorry, for leaving you all bereft, but I see that you're alright so it's time that I left. We'll speak again.

Hello, how are you? It's so typical to not get time to say all that I want to. I hope, that you're well. Oh sorry, I've got to,go, it seems I'm in a queue.

It's no secret, where I hid the will, And I really have to tell you, if this Sensitive will just sit still!

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Hello (I can't come into work today)

Hello, it's me. I wanted to come in today, but my dog is really ill. I know, it's inconvenient, but I can't do anything.

Hello, can you hear me? I'm in Costa waiting for you, I told work my dog was sick. I know that, I don't have a pet, but I'm sure that you can agree, they don't need to know that yet.

I can't hear you, you're breaking up. Never mind I'll come and find you, once I've finished this cup.

Hello from this side of the mall! I can't hear you at all. Shall we go outside, where I can hear you better? Oh I'm so sorry, have to grab that sweater and those shoes!

Hello, now we're outside. I had to tell a little lie, so that we could meet up, but that doesn't matter anymore, because now that you're here, you can give me all, of the gossip.

Hello, how've you been? It's so typical of me to rant on like a drama queen. I hope, that you're well. And by that I really mean, what have you got to tell?

I’m sorry to sound like a broken record but the fact is, we still need £300 and at that by tomorrrow. The thing is, people are just starting to notice us and if we can make it this full month we are SURE we’ll be ok. 

So, the best way you can support us right now is this: If you want to go with one of the pledges already mentioned FANTASTIC, PLEASE DO! If you can’t afford that, that’s ok we understand, but please please, like, reblog etc.

Having said that, a pledge of £5 will get you a digital photo poem using a photo of your choice. You send us the photo and we send you the image back with the poem overlayed. As a minimum, but still a good deal, £3 will get you a 3 tarot or oracle card/rune reading. Both of the latter options do not require any postage so you’re paying nothing more than £3-5. 

With your help we can cross this last hurdle and then we’re certain we can make it.

Well, amidst all the rather soul destroying news from our page recently, I do have a small bit of good news. Today I had a couple of lovely ladies come into the shop who were very interested in what we're trying to do and said that they'd put the word around for us. As they said, 'When you're getting started in Watton it can be tough, but once people know you, you're sorted.' From what we've seen of Watton and other villages like it, this is very true. There is a fantastic communal vibe. We've both been welcomed very warmly by different shop owners during set up, which shows that community spirit is very much there. However, while that community spirit is still 'warming up' so to speak, we are still desperately in need of rent. Now, we are not in the least ungrateful, we have already received very generous donations from Josee Tisdale, Victoria Bartlett and a mysterious benefactor, Joanna Weston. As things stand though we have £150 and we need £430 as a bare minimum (my apologies for miscalculation previously, I thought the rent was £450 when it's actually £430). That means, of what we have, there is still £280 left to generate.

As I know that the world of social media is extremely fast paced, I will give you another break down of what we're offering:

A £10 donation will get you either a framed photo poem or a decoratively bordered poem for you to print off and frame yourself from Ash, as well as a psychic reading of your choice, using whatever tools you wish me to use and that includes a 'forecast of the year' or a 'creativity reading' the latter being something we offer as one of our services anyway but you can get completely FREE. Depending on which you choose, a pledge with a photo poem reward will need to include postage which would probably be around £5-10 bringing the cost of the pledge to £15-20. The first option of a penned poem to print off and a reading obviously requires no postage at all as everything can be emailed.

£50 will get you a FREE framed postcard and print from our resident artist, V.J. Bartlett. The postage for this is likely to be at a guess between £5-10 which would bring the cost of this pledge to £55-60. (though if people pledge this amount we can put up a post detailing postage once properly researched when rent has been sorted)

A pledge of £100 will get you a FREE session of one of our business services, which are: Ghost writing, copywriting/editing and proof reading. Once again, the results of these sessions require no postage and can be emailed.

Finally if you're feeling REALLY generous, a pledge of £280 will get you anything of your choice from the first three pledges (within the limits stated) PLUS a FREE short story from our resident short story writer, the Dreamweaver, Tim Anderson.

As I said, hopefully, once we've gotten over this first hurdle people will warm to there being a new shop in town and business will take off, BUT if you want us around to be able to participate in that lovely community spirit with us, you need to help us now.

If you can, please do, and if you can't please still like, share, etc.

paypal for all pledges is [email protected] or [email protected] if that doesn't work. The email for requests relating to pledges is the same at [email protected].