Letter from the Founder

It’s time to tell you my secret!

WARNING: This may be a bit woo woo for some, but I know if you’re reading this, you’re one of us. A Rainbow Warrior.

This magazine was not created as simply something pretty to look at, although I think it is. It was not born just to give you industry tips, although there are many. It’s not even here to help you grow and expand your creative business, but it will. It was created to show those that choose to read it, that colour goes so much deeper than what we learned in school.

My secret is this magazine was created to take you on a colour journey with me (because a journey is always better with friends)! Along the way, it is my hope that we all learn more about how to take charge of our own spiritual healing through the gentle rays of colour. And in so doing, the industry tips included on these pages will be of service. It’s through this exploration of colour that the business advice will soak into your DNA and alter limiting patterns. It’s through the energy of light, that you will be inspired to create and collaborate with other Rainbow Warriors on this planet!

This path is not an easy one. We throw our fragile hearts out on the proverbial table every day with our designs and art forms. We open ourselves up to criticism and public opinion like no other profession does. So why do we do it? What gives us the ability to be judged over and over and still wake up wanting to create more? I believe we do it because we are dancing with a partner that has our backs. Colour.

Colour fuels us, colour protects us, colour empowers us. We have the ability to enrage one person and enlighten another with the same creation. We can attract a potential client or repel them. We can walk in a room and be the centre of attention or we can hide in plane view, all with our choice of colour.

Colour is a mirror. Picture this, you get up and you’re in a fabulous mood and you choose your favourite colour to wear - a gorgeous red dress. You feel amazing and are energized by the brightness of your outfit. Now imagine you meet your BFF for lunch and after your hugs hello you notice they are a bit ‘off ’. Your passionate red hues may be triggering a possible money issue, or maybe they just had a fight at home and your red dress has now become a mirror they are facing head on, hence their ‘offness’.

I never gave much thought to how the colour of my clothes was affecting those around me. I would wear what I want to wear, not really understanding the messages I was saying about myself or what I was triggering in others. I only became conscious of how colour works when I began to study with the Colour Mirrors system in 2016.

I was attending a conference in Toronto, Canada and I was drawn, like a moth to a flame, to a booth with a wall of coloured bottles and a woman with an accent I couldn’t quite place. I heard her say the bottles were part of a dynamic energy system called Colour Mirrors, created through Melissie Jolly out of South Africa.

She had me at coloured bottles!

I have spent the last 5 years completely immersed and enamoured with the lessons Colour Mirrors has to offer. There is colour, light, energy, numerology, astrology, past life connections, scent and so much more packed into each coloured bottle. For the first couple of years I studied for my own personal healing. I faced shadows head on, I was open to seeing where my blocks were and began, colour by colour, working through my own shit. Essentially, spiritual Olympian comes to mind when I think of all the healing and mirror facing I have done lol!

But here’s where things get JUICY!!

In late 2018 I was at a networking event, and as networking events go I was wondering around answering the “What do you do?” question with “I’m a

graphic designer”. Again and again the response would be, “Oh that’s great, my cousin is a designer” (or my sister/brother/neighbour is a designer). Since I could not compete with someone’s sister or cousin I would walk away feeling defeated.

Near the end of the night I decided to answer the same question with “I am the only designer on the planet who incorporates your soul colours into your brand story” and BOOM! Suddenly I saw a jaw drop. Suddenly I had their attention. And when I told them they could take my colour report (mental note: add ‘create colour report’ to my do do list asap) to their own designer if they like, they were hooked!

Since then I made a promise that I would only work with clients who are interested in more than a quick logo or book cover. I work with people who want to know, understand, be inspired and make use of their soul colours when creating their brand story. It’s what makes me unique, it’s what sets me on fire, it’s why I’m here on this planet at the time of mass global awakening. If we don’t add some soul into our business, our business won’t survive. You’ve heard the saying “We buy the why.” Essentially your why is inspired by your soul’s purpose and your soul’s purpose can be revealed through colour and numerology.

I’m not telling you this to sell my services, I’m telling you this because this shift in my business was the catalyst for this magazine. i want you to be inspired by the stories hidden in colour and then use this information to consciously create, consciously serve, consciously do business.

In choosing to do a magazine about colour and it’s psychology, it means that I, and those who choose to read, write for, or advertise in, are entering into an intimate relationship with each colour. We are all impacted by the edition in both the positive aspects and the healing properties of each colour.

Don’t believe that even though you had no idea I was creating this, you were also going through the process with me? Check this out:

Prior to and during the creation of the first edition (Black, July - October 2020) I was taken into my own dark night of the soul. What will I do to survive during this pandemic? Am I too old to start something new? Will people want to read such a magazine? Can I support the creative community in a positive way?

The pull to keep going was stronger than the fear to stop. Think of the timeline above (July to October of last year) were you afraid? Were you rethinking your career? Did you go into a dark place? On the other side of that dark place, was there inspiration found? Did you start something new? Were you pushed by your fear to create? This is all a black story and we went through it together!

Again, as I and the columnists were busy creating the second Copper edition (November 2020 - January 2021) see if any of these aspects applied to you. Had you had enough of the world being put on hold? Were you ready to get clear on your ideas born in the dark? If you were laid off were you looking to finally do something that served your soul? Did you engage the services of a coach or teacher? Or perhaps you were hiding, depressed, not feeling safe on this planet? I was beginning to understand that this magazine was going to be a real thing! That people did want to read it and be a part of it and if that was the case I had better get clear on what it was going to be. I used our copper spritzer throughout the entire production schedule to ensure that I was grounded and kept my focus. There are tools to support you as you walk this path with me! Just ask :)

Now we’re here with Red and boy o boy it’s been an action packed ride. I wonder what this last 3 months has been like for you. Let’s see if we’re still on the same colour path!

Red is first of our lower chakras and together with the sacral and solar plexes they hold a lot of the human issues that we spend our lives working through. Everything that it means to be human spins around in these energy centres. Money issues, family issues, confidence, physical energy, wealth, drive, ambition, greed, sacrifice, pain struggle all live in the colour red. Over the last 3 months I have definitely struggled with money issues, family issues and my body has not been co-operating! All these are my shadows popping out to see if I’m really serious about this project. I’ve used red to support me over the last 3 months. I’ve worn red, eaten red food, sprayed and bathed in red bottles. I have faced red and made friends with it. Have your shadows come into play to stop you from taking action on a new project? Have they tested you to see if you’d be thrown off track?

Every columnist who writes for this magazine is given a brief on what each colour means and how they can relate the colour to their expertise. Many of them are Colour Mirrors practitioners or teachers like myself and are here to support you no matter where you are on the rainbow path.