New beginnings…
Here we are in a new year, facing new beginnings and I am actually feeling very excited. The Harmony Tree House is launching Nature immersive play and holistic craft programs here in little old Port Lincoln and I cannot believe the series of events that has led me to this exact place. If you believe in divine timing, perhaps this is exactly what this is!
So today is launch day and I just wanted to share a little bit about my vision for the year ahead. Almost seven years ago The Harmony Tree House Instagram was born. I actually started the page as just the little old ‘Harmony Tree’ and it evolved to include the’ ‘tree house’ not long after. If I am really honest, back then I was alone a lot, I didn’t have very many mum friends as the boys were quite little I had very little family close by and a husband who worked away a lot. It was an excellent way to build connections with other likeminded mums who felt just like I did, and there was just something so inspiring about sharing crafty ideas and supporting each other along the way that was just so wholesome and connecting. I made some incredible friends and had a constant stream of inspiration and ideas it was just amazing. The account grew in following and with that so did my vision. Alot of my online following have been with me supporting me since the very beginning and it is so heart warming.
I actually found an email yesterday dated back to 2020 that was between a beautiful woman who was giving me coaching sessions and I and so I opened it and in that email I saw everything I had been dreaming about creating and it turns out it is exactly what is unfolding for me right now. It actually brought me to tears. Especially considering that before that very point I had been dreaming up this vision for years. I also found, in an old notebook from 2019 the program outline for the creative programs I am dreaming up with the exact names that I called them written down, I don’t even remember doing that! it gave me goosebumps!
When reflecting on my journey I remembered that actually tried to start a kids book and craft club not long after my second son was born, however I think I underestimated how much actually went into looking after two bouncy little boys, and it never really took off! But, I am sharing this to remind you that your ideas, dreams and musings are valid and already exisit somewhere in time, just don’t give up on them!
My dream has always been the same over the years and that dream has been to be able to hold space and support for community and families by providing beautiful nature-based play and creative programs to nurture and guide, but above all to build connection, memories and community..
over the years I have grown and evolved with my children, studied here and there and worked with beautiful communities locally by facilitating playgroups and it has been such a incredible little unfolding.
When 2023 brought me to my knees and I was left raw, vulnerable and cracked open, somewhere along the line when I fully surrendered. something shifted and some very divine signs led the way to where we are today.
I have been referring back to some of my old content from when the boys were little and we had so much fun being fully immersed in nature play and craft, I have well over 1000s posts archived on my Instagram it’s pretty crazy. Walking down memory lane has led to a burst of inspiration for the programs I am creating, and they are looking so beautiful.
I have just started stitching beautiful characters for the first story I will be telling, my son and I have been so busy getting that ready and over the next few weeks it will be a flurry of paint and craft and nature bits and bobs as we prepare the terms content which is already sketched out and planned ready to be birthed into the world. We will be preparing our craft room at the beautiful house of creative learning as well as our garden space, so the next few weeks will be full, busy and bursting with creation, its so exciting!
I honestly didnt see this coming, but I am glad it did, I think the dream seeds planted took their time and now they are ready to be shared with the world. I always find it funny how that happens, nothing can happen until it is meant to happen!
A big thank you to all who have shown interest and for those who have already booked in, my heart is so full. I cannot wait to share this journey with you.
Much love,
H x