It's only been a year...

...since our last blog! Since then we've evolved in so many different ways.
Our cards and prints have been a phenomenal success both in direct sales and shops the length and breadth of the country.

We've been in primary schools via Culture & Sport and Glasgow City Council with our 'Magical Unicorn Workshops' and are set to revisit with our 'Chill Out Sessions'. Our children's parties continue to be popular and our monthly meditation class at Opal Moon is selling out on a regular basis now.

Build it, and they will come!
We feel like we've been building something these past four years with Lunicorn, and every day throws up new opportunities. Ever inspired by the good will and support from those around us, we feel we are going from strength to strength.
We're hosting more talks about unicorns, being invited as far in advance as 2010, and generally getting over our fear of public speaking (well, in truth only one Lunicorn had that particular barrier to break)

If you haven't already heard us bang on about it in our newsletters, Diana Cooper's book 'The Wonder of Unicorns' was published last October, and we feature on pages 23 & 24...Diana Cooper is going to be at Body & Soul in August in Glasgow hosting workshops, and one Lunicorn provided the artwork for the leaflet. Can you guess what it might be? Unicorns of course.

We're getting organised today for Body & Soul in Stirling tomorrow, which should be good, as there is a strong unicorn presence in Stirling.

Word has it that Royal Mail is to release a new series of Myth and Legend stamps in June, and the first one is, of course, a unicorn! Yay.

We have a competition running this month in kid's comic Pretty Pony Club for our Magical Unicorn Meditations for Children CD, so if you haven't got your copy yet, then this is your chance to win one.

We were heartened at the last Glasgow Body & Soul Fair, to see so many people approach us and ask for a cd, either they'd heard from someone about the beneficial effects for children, or they'd lost their last copy. And the number of folks who told us that they'd got the cd previously and how much their child loved using it.
And we were well chuffed by ten year old Esme's review of our cd in the latest issue of the Witchhiker's Guide. To quote our favourite line "Listening to the meditations is like beauty being printed in your mind"

On another note, one Lunicorn has found herself back in the realm of the music and media industries, but with a much different perspective, and is thoroughly enjoying it.

Meanwhile, Badger and his tales continue to develop, and meetings with TV and publishers have been encouraging, so not long now till you can see him immortalised on pages and screens.

So onwards and upwards and very good things ahead for 2009.

Love and unicorn sparkles
The Lunies

Tsk tsk, so long since our last blog

Well, we've been busy, c'mon?

As well as launching our new website (thank you Jasper B!), we've been discovering our 'Magical Unicorn Meditations for Children' cd is listed online on the likes of HMV, Japan, Tesco.com and many more. Oh the joys of having a distributor!

Plus we've been doing our 'Unicorns, Fairies & Wizards' children's workshops galore.
Added to which we've been busy procuring an agent to take a look at our illustrated 'Badger the mystical mutt' childrens book.

In between all that, Lyn Lunicorn has been witch hiking, whilst Laura Lunicorn has been setting up her Channelled Art offerings and Meditation classes with our friends at Opal Moon.

Phew!

And we've got a new print and greeting card - 'Beacons of Light', so we've hardly been hibernating.

Oh, did we mention, we've got a new run of the cd, and this lot are sello-wrapped. Sad, that this should excite us as much as it does, but hey ho.

And Lyn Lunicorn has joined facebook, and feeling quite pleased she has been appointed an officer of the group 'unicorns are awesome'.

Oh, and we had a terrific article in 'Spirit & Destiny' magazine which resulted in a heap of orders for us.

Getting more and more e-mails about the effect the cd is having on kids, particularly those with autism etc., so that's got to be good.

Hokey dokey, enough for the noo, but will check back in very very soon.

Lots of love and unicorn speckled sparkles
The Lunicorns

Going round in circles in Dundee

So here we are at the end of the week, having only just recovered from our first big fair of 2008 - Dundee Body & Soul.

Decided due to the high winds of last Friday, to avoid the 180ft high Friarton Bridge that bypasses Perth, and instead take the long way up and go via Perth City Centre. As this was an executive decision made en route, it meant that the route planner was therefore kaput, so we literally did end up going round in circles in Dundee trying to find the trusty travelodge. Especially when stopping to ask directions, everyone referred to 'the circle' somewhere in their advice. Circle? Yes, well this is what Dundonians refer to as roundabouts. Confused? Well, actually it probably makes more sense to call them that rather than 'roundabout' - seems a roundabout way to describe something that is clearly, almost always usually, indeed 'a circle'.

Travelodge all peaceful on Friday night, but then bumping into a shinty player in the lift on the Saturday, he forewarned off forthcoming revelries in the wee small hours. However, it was the lassies on the hen night in the room opposite that resulted in no sleep for the Lunies that night. Forty somethings dressed as schoolgirls deliberately presumably, they did not do the usual pre-going out drinks in the room, then in at 3am, so inebriated that they crashed out, but instead had an all night party actually IN their room. One Lunicorn usually has no problem sleeping through anything, including a tenement collapse last year in her street, however at 6am on Sunday morning, even she was in the corridor begging for mercy...

Big thank you to the manager of The Globe hostelry who every night lent us a big jug of ice for one Lunie's tipple, and then as we faithfully returned on Sunday, he told us we could take it home. As if one Lunie didn't have big enough jugs already...

Still we had an amazing time at the fair. Lots of magical messages and very good friends. Friends we've come to know and trust and well....love in these past few years. Our cd went down a storm, our new range of original unicorn greeting cards were tres popular, and we had a lovely time slipping back into our unicorn hooves.

One Lunicorn DID have a brush with the law on the Sunday though, and can only sing the praises of the gals in blue (well, more black really). Rather naughtily she had moved a couple of police cones when unloading at the back of the Caird Hall on the Saturday morning, not realising she was in fact, blocking access to the cop shop. Ooops. She held her hands up when asked to move aforementioned lunimobile on Sunday, lest she had been recorded on cctv...When she found the jimny jeep, that she had left from the day before, it was unlocked, everything intact, and a rocky robin biscuit had been left under her windscreen wiper. The police giving a little gift? No wethinks it was minxy witch hiker! All the same, we had asked our unicorns to protect the lunimobile on the drive up, and clearly the protection worked on.

Meanwhile back at Lunicorn HQ, there's been a bit of converting going on. Previous conservatory now official office, and we are now fully routed and booted so to speak.
Lots of creative ventures happening in this here space, so keep an eye out for future Lunicorn projects.

Thankathon for this blog includes Agenes Slash McCluskey, The Donalds, Dr Roy, Frankmary & Rose, Doreen & Michael, John Ballantine, Audrey (who also has a magical wink she revealed at the weekend), Ewan (who's very good with a pesky wireless router doodah wotsit), Nikki (as ever), Jasper (for reminding us about the important stuff), Mairead (for feeding us), Rachael (for letting us spend time with Holly), Martha, one Lunie's young friend in NZ for her fairy messages and er....everyone who knows us.

In the meantime, to nick a sign off recently sent to us, have a wonder-full weekend and speak virtually soon.
ttfn
The Lunies
x

Jings, crivens, help ma boab....

It's all happening here at Lunicorn HQ!
Just when we're told it was the most depressing day of the year yesterday (Blue Monday), it would seem we are having a relatively 'undepressing' time of it.
Ripe with opportunity, we're all set to make our debut in Asda Maryhill and Bearsden next week, as part of National Storytelling Week, with our cd - Magical Unicorn Meditations for Children.
Grateful as we eternally are for the independent 'mind, body & spirit' shops that have taken a punt on us, we are keen to spread the 'magic' that is in the cd to a wider audience....
Added to which the national magazine that is 'Spirit & Destiny' is writing us up a wee feature on our cd in the March issue (out 7th Feb), so hurrah, huzzah, and ring them bells....
Speaking of which, why is it when we look out our back windaes, we can see three spires, all at some point or another, ringing their bells, yet at Hogmanay, at the turn of a new year, all is silent? Point to remember for any first footers standing in the cold with a rock of coal, a whisky miniature, and some food in their pockets....
Meanwhile Lunicorn has been multi-tasking with The Witch Hiker's Guide, and a very merry marriage has it been....new issue out very very soon.
So, here's a thing, what with this whole Sweeney Todd furore, it got my father to telling me how a distant relative was in fact killed by Jack the Ripper (cheery!). It seemed she had mistaken a hat stand and coat for the aforementioned and then died rather quickly from a heart attack. However, it does beg the question, how did anyone know that is what frightened her into an early grave? Note to self - must ask dad for more info....
So, we're itching to get back into the 'Body & Soul' Fairs, and pleased to say we have a double whammy at the weekend in Dundee's Caird Hall. Oooooooh, it'll be good to get back in the groove. Meanwhile, we're predicting a complete website overhaul, with all our new products, so keep tuned to the www.
One Lunicorn has taken on a wee task to publicise a grand master of all things hypno and resonating with initials like NLP, EFT, HGE, so watch this space for more info on that very very soon.
In the meantime, we wish you 'happy year of the rat' (Yes, we watched Ratatouille recently, and it was fab!) and brightest blessings for 2008
Lots of love
The Lunicorns

New moon on Wilton Street

Happy New Year Lunicorners! On this the eve of a new moon, the week ahead is ripe with opportunity.
It's been a quiet time over the holidays here at Andromeda Heights (with one exception, New Year's Day at the Duchess's - thank you to the stranger who helped me get up, as I stumbled home, who turned out not to be a stranger after all, and recognised me from my previous life -ahem! Turns out I wasn't the only one from that gathering who had a few mishaps on exiting the Duchess's and hitting fresh air. Champagne quaffing should halt after one glass, and should come with a warning re use of legs thereafter).
Had an adventure in Edinburgh yesterday at the Joan Eardley exhibition with our friend PP. Travelling transpired to be more adventurous than expected, as a simple train journey from Queen Street to Waverley, translated into a train to Falkirk then bus to Waverley. The bus journey was relatively entertaining as one chap rather loudly revealed through a series of mobile telephone calls, his exploits of the night before. Then enroute homewards, we were similarly party to a one sided conversation with a girl and her boyfriend. Me? I am mortified if my phone rings in a public place, and whilst I do answer, I then explain where I am, and can I call back when surroundings are a bit more private.
Meanwhile back in the land of lunicorn, we hatched our million dollar idea last week, and plan to have it complete by the end of this week, so ta da, all will be revealed sooner than we think.
Short blog today, as we are busy, busy, busy, building and all sorts of things, but just wanted to greet the new year and the new moon and our Lunicorners with a flourish.
Ching ching, may all of our phones ring with good news this year.
The Lunicorns
x

You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one - There will be answer let it be- There's something about Joe...

Greetings fellow lunicorners,
Well, what a magical time of it?

A few weeks ago, we received a call from 'Joe' who had seen our card in an artstore recently, and wondered if we could draw some images for him. Interesting thing was it was the Lunicorn's card who wasn't the artist, not the one who was, and nowhere on the card did it say ANYTHING about being artistic. Yet, as luck would have it, one Lunicorn is very, very gifted in that field and was able to produce what he was looking for. Flashback - We met him, he gave brief reference to what he wanted, paid half up front, we offered a receipt, and he winked, kissed us both, and said he trusted us. Two weeks later, Lunicorn delivered, and tonight he collected. Again, a fleeting visit, but from the moment Joe walked into our house we knew there was magic in the air. He said he'd left some books in the lounge for us that we might be interested in, and that he didn't need them back. Once he'd gone, we unwrapped the books, like it was Christmas morning, and oh my goodness. They were completely up our street - Doreen Virtue's 'Angel Medicine', another 'Saved by the Light' and two more in a similar vein. Now, Joe is a stranger to us, yet how odd, we both feel like we've known him all our lives. Clearly, a spiritual man, yet how did events conspire that we should meet? And now we have books? It's all a bit amazing.....don't you think?

Now, he walked through our door at approximately twenty past five this evening. After he'd left, and we'd got over the excitement of the books, I checked the e-mails. At approximately twenty past five an e-mail had come in from the commissioning editor of a national magazine, who, having received a copy of our 'Magical Unicorn Meditations for Children' cd, was interested in our story and wanted to know more, in terms of writing it up for a feature....don't know what Joe is doing, but we like it. A LOT. It came at exactly the right time for us, and re-inforced even more our belief in what we're doing and why.

We were at Holmwood House's Christmas Cracker at the weekend, and then as the sleet started to fall, we found ourselves heading down the M8 for a Lunicorn Experience party in Ayrshire on Saturday evening. My, my, what a tuned in bunch of people we met when we arrived? Aside from the psychic man reading in the adjacent caravan who depressed everyone who had a reading with him, we managed to (we think) explain a LOT about the ethos of Lunicorn. The reception was amazing. Ranging from a ten year old to a lady in her pensioner years, we were blown away. The warmth that was in that room was electrifying. We were tired. We were mindful of the weather and the drive back to Glasgow, but goodness, the evening we enjoyed took us back to the days of community and caring.

Meanwhile, we've been chasing a national buyer at a particularly large international supermarket re our cd. He has just, ta da, we're pleased to say, given us the opportunity to trial our cd at a local store in the New Year. If it works in the local, he'll buy nationally - yay! That said, we already have twenty shops stocking us nationwide, which just goes to show, that despite being judged on other children's meditation cd sales, we're being given a shot, based on shop-owners actually listening to it. Thank you Findhorn, Opal Moon, Tir na nOg, Waterfront Gallery, Burnside Gallery, Akasha, Merlin's Grove, Spellbound, Doon Hill Books, Esoteric Earth, The Wyrd Shop, Studio 26, Bewitching Beauty, Jim Bews, Woodland Herbs, Shamanic, Beyond The Waterfall, Glory Hole, Middle Earth, The Rapha Centre, Sacred Moon and Doyle's Psychic Emporium in Kent.

And of course, the feedback we've had from Mairi at the local Montessori nursery has been phenomenal, who bought a copy recently, put it on, went in to her office, and returned to hear'and now your unicorn will be with you forever' and witness all 42 children and 6 members of staff out for the count on the floor...

And so, as we limber up to another 'talk' at the Psychic Centre in Paisley this coming Friday, we got ourselves to thinking, why would anyone want to listen to what we have to say?

And the thing is...

We have to believe, that in some small way, we are making a difference. By constantly spouting the merits of positive thinking and creative visualisation, we are helping (along with many, many others)promote the fact that we can assist the shift in energies. Light can overcome dark, and whether we choose to carry on in our materialistic worlds and ignore, or whether we choose to up the ante, is key.

And so we get close to Christmas. Scarily close. Of course, my mother had her Christmas shopping done back in August. Me? I'm waiting till our last fayres of the year, and then I'll start to get Christmassy. How did that happen? I used to be organised. Christmas cards written at the start of December. However, life, things get in the way, and people start to get awful judgemental about the giving and receiving of cards....

So after next weekend, we as Lunicorn shall take a trip to George Square and undoubtedly scream and shriek as we take our shot on the carousel, buy some tacky Christmassy gift at a stall and retire to a nearby pub for a Christmas dram.
So, with the holly and the ivy ringing in my ears, I bid you Noel,Noel, Noel, Noel, and speak to you all again in 2008
with much love and light
The Lunicorns

We feel it all around us....

...we feel it in our toes. As a previous publicist of that 80s band (now enjoying a much welcomed comeback), I feel it's ok to purloin these lyrics, but truly, what is going on? Is it the November hibernate, or are energies shifting so much, that it is flooring us completely? Ok, so we probably should technically be gathering nuts and bedding down till Spring, but what with those pesky mortgages and whatnot, we feel we must keep going....

And so we did exactly that today, despite all natural rhythms, we set the alarm, and got up quick smart and reported for Lunicorn duties. And what a day it has been? People giving us information quite unhindered, like direct contacts for buyers at fairly major outlets, and more than that, just being 'nice' with it.

So domestically, we've been chuckling about our low flying toast from our jet propelled toaster. Somehow, a few months ago when Russell Hobbs gave up the ghost, Lyn Lunicorn decided to plump for an Avanti forty five degree angle malarkey which has now translated into awaiting the toast propulsion lest it land on the floor. Not good. Why fix it if it ain't broke? Toast shoudl pop up at ninety degrees. I'm a sucker, clearly, for marketing. Still the Warburtons survives...

A big thank you to Kendal Crystals and his ever obliging DIY skills, we now have the longest shower pull in the world, but it works, and it didn't involve a tradesman and a sharp intake of breath, and a "it's gonna cost you love" conversation. Kendal, god love ye, you're no bad.

Hey, we saw the Recovery Club play in Cottiers, Glasgow on Wednesday night (google them on My Space) and oh my goodness, how they held the room. Love the new song - Red Pen. Ok, we're biased.

Hello Merle, thank you as ever (of course, I know you of yore), hello Maggie (see you at woodlands?), Jen, well done on the abseiling - the things you do for charity, eh? Rach, we miss you, Andy ditto, but hey, who has a social life when you're building a business...? Agenes, well done! with the event and everything else - Laura Lucky Cats, I feel we have forged a new union, and will be honoured to be selling your soap soon...Lorna (can I out you as Shang a Lang?) in York, I love you and miss you and love the fact we can remember events from over twenty years ago (we'll always be true pals), Nikki (Fly Broomstick), have loved the Botanics and toilet adventures with Jasper and secret trips to the Salon, Amy, what can we say, truly genius, ditto Allan and Graham. (The Recovery Club, case you wondered, Ewan (Jasper b)with your very dry humour, we love it, but don't want to flatter, so will simply say 'no bad'. And Velsha for trusting...och, and Linda and Nikki at kallkwik, it's not JUST business, is it? We love you too. Ok, before I start to make everyone sick with my unalduratedthankathon...(sorry, got carried away there)Oops just remembered wonderful letter receieved recently from Stella in Strathblane re her 6th year Lunicorn party - it's ON OUR FRIDGE! Thank you Stella!

Finally (nearly), as we headed out to Helensburgh on Weds for a fair that we then decided not to do, we passed the 'Dumbarton Joint Hospital' and apologies to any kids reading this, but we can't bypass the gag....giggled for some time on the vision of people arriving, somewhat stoned, with broken spliffs...

Anyhoo, we digress, this weekend sees us rock and roll at Kelvinside Academy Christmas Fayre on Saturday (2 - 4pm) and then Woodlands Market on Sunday before we limber up to the Holmwood House Christmas Cracker on 8th & 8th and 15th & 16th December. It's all very, very good, and website orders galore, so watch this space for postings of new products soon, soon soon.

Anyhoo, night night, as ever love and positive light. I can feel Christmas songs start to fester....
The Lunicorns.
xx