Sunheart Boho Clothing Adding a Dash of Courage

June 22, 2022

Over the arc of our lives we have taken many roads to realize our hopes and dreams. All of us have tried, and failed countless times, but as all women, we dust off our harem pants, straighten our high-low tunic top, tighten the straps on our sandals and take time out for a cuppa tea or strong sweet coffee.

We know, that the "taking time out" is mindfullness activity, that may look like we are staring into space, but really we are re-adjusting our super powers, for the Next Possibility costumed like an obstacle. Then we grab and knot our Super Power cape on and try again, and again and again!

With a Dash of Courage & Keeping it Positive We Believe in Goodness!

Sunheart short-sleeve Block Print Dress Boho Hippie Chic Resort Wear Sml-4x+

June 10, 2022

Plus short-sleeve Dress

RAYON HAND-WASH-DRIP DRY ONE SIZE FITS SML-5X+

As an a creative artist, who has designed collections, fabric patterns, and immersed myself in tie-dye I am still in awe of the artisans who can create such beautiful, really intricate patterns thru their ancient craft lineage.

These are some of my new favorites, and they are so #affordable! Everything has gone up after the last two years, especially gas-shipping-flying product we are so lucky to have these to offer you lovely ladies.

These are slip on and go, Mary wears her favorite slip on boho shoes and she is ready to go on any outing in Santa Barbara. California leads the world in easy going boho sophisticated casual style.

Design details: easy scoop neck, short-sleeves flared dress that floats around the body.

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Cut Loose Silk Velvet PullOver Tunics

January 06, 2022

I just received my cut loose velvet top! It’s gorgeous!! Thank you for giving us the opportunity to order the colors. Wow! Can’t wait to wear it!

Happy New Year! Thanks again so much. Ellen B.

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I love this top and wear it with almost everything. It comes in lots of colors bright to muted and it's the basic staple to build a boho look. It a one-size generous designed garment with a boxy cut to hide all those candy bars. If you're slim like our model, she loves it cuz it's down-home cozy comfy style. Wear to work, to evenings with the gals, to card games, and lounging at home drinking hot coffee and a good book. Model is 5'9" and size Medium. Made in USA.

Design details; scoop-neck, three-quarter sleeves with a drop shoulder seam and two pockets

Resort Wear Kimono Plus Jackets Boho Beauties

June 15, 2021

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Just went live - our new plus size Kimono Jackets. They come in Brights, Neutral and this lovely Bell Sleeve Kimono Jacket below. click on photos to view info

WooHOO! Doing inventory discovered this beauty on the shoot rack, one of a kind batik Tienda ho Keyhole plus jacket.

The Kingfisher by Mary Oliver

The kingfisher rises out of the black wave
like a blue flower, in his beak
he carries a silver leaf. I think this is
the prettiest world--so long as you don't mind
a little dying, how could there be a day in your
whole life that doesn't have its splash of happiness?

There are more fish than there are leaves
on a thousand trees, and anyway the kingfisher
wasn't born to think about it, or anything else.
When the wave snaps shut over his blue head, the
water remains water--hunger is the only story
he has ever heard in his life that he could
believe.

I don't say he's right. Neither do I say he's wrong. Religiously he swallows the silver leaf with its broken red river, and with a rough and easy cry I couldn't rouse out of my thoughtful body if my life depended on it, he swings back over the bright sea to do the same thing, to do it
(as I long to do something, anything) perfectly.

ART REVIEW 2020 & 2 BOOKS PUBLISHED

December 11, 2020

Well we are coming to the end of the year, and What a Year! I just took the time to go thru my phone to grab some images from January-December. Also 2 books published on Amazon! So thankfully, I had time to be more creative and writing. I hope we all have a lovely Holiday time.

Losing Weight New Clothes - New Life - New Choices

August 04, 2020

Well friends, I did a girl thing. For the first time in Years! I bought clothing -more than one piece. Since losing 50 lbs I have to have clothes that fit and I feel good in, and don't have my "old story" attached to them. Like cutting my hair, getting rid of personal history. New Clothes, New Life, New Choices.

SUNHEART TRIBE PERSONAL STORY FOR OUR CHALLENGING TIMES

March 15, 2020

Hello SunHeart Members of the Tribe!

I want to assure all of you that we have been in the same place for ten years, and have enough stock to last for months ahead. For new stock, we know our providers personally for over 10 years. Everyone is staying safe and in California we take precautions seriously. Now to be safe as your Sunheart package has gone through the hands of the postal folks, simply sanitize your hands and the top of the box pull it open and throw it away. Inside the box is me packing everything currently.

I Hope you continue to support Sunheart through the next months as we enter our 16th successful year offering beautiful clothing to all sizes of women.

Now that being said, I want to mention a personal note. Perhaps none of you know that I have been in the field of art & healing my entire life. I have studied many traditions, religions and with indigenous shamans. When Art & Healing mentorships first tried to break into the arena of "hospitals" doctors protested vigorously against it. They did not believe "positive thinking" or "creativity" or "deep story" or "music" or "laughter" could make any difference for healing.

However! It does not only work, it can cure, and has done in thousands if not millions of cases. So shamans with their "crazy" ways of herbal medicines and healing practices have made a strong comeback as well as homeopathy and creative arts practice in most hospitals across US. What you may not know, is that artist's were the prod, prompt and first intrepid knockers at the door of those august institutions of healing.

When I was at Berkeley in 2000-2002 at JFK University in the MA program of Transformative Arts & Consciousness we had one of these artists come & give a talk. She was (funnily enough) a children's clothing designer, and after 9 years she needed to something else, so she did the Transformative Arts program. It took her 2 years to get accepted for 2 days a week FREE working artistically with the kids at Children's Hospital, Oakland a few hours each day.

Now she worked Tuesday & Thursday and the doctors started to notice that on Tuesday's and Thursdays the children were Less Scared of the procedures, Did Not cry as much, and were in Better Moods. This they noted in the daily rosters. However, as the weeks went by the doctors did not know WHY the children were "better" on these days. It took a nurse to mention to the doctors that THOSE are the Days the Artist comes and works with the Children for some hours. You can imagine the struggle - which did take time- as the doctors were not going to believe that artsy stuff. But this gal was almost single handedly responsible for the now many artist in resident programs at all Children's Hospitals.

I was so moved by her story, that I curated the Dolls for Peace project. Here is an image of my year long Generosity Dolls for Peace community arts project after 911. I worked with Children's Hospital to make dolls for the children the entire year doing community arts, so everyone came in to make dolls!

Now this brings us to the super hype going on. Yes, we have to face this future of a virus. But even the top doctors in charge of C-virus are saying CALM DOWN, Life Life, Laugh, take all precautions necessary but do not get mob mentality. This is where daily meditation practice kicks in with inner strength.

And where we can practice loving kindness, unplug from the hype and counter the fear based upsurges with positive thinking, good organic cooking and creativity! Lots of herbal teas! Because our good mental health makes a stronger physical body.

Some reference books off my bulging shelves if anyone is interested:
Larry Dossey M.D. any of his books I just finished One Mind
Healing Dreams by Marc Ian Barasch -one of my personal favorites out of hundreds
Art as Medicine Shaun McNiff
Creative Healing: how to heal yourself by tapping into your hidden creativity Michael Samuels M.D.

All that being said, I have trust there will be toilet paper and organic rice the next time I need it. We are all in this together!

Your fashion consultant and artist friend
Kristena

Santa Barbara Casual Lifestyle Sunheart Boho Clothing

January 29, 2020

Santa Barbara is a beautiful town, it was a sleepy town, even with all our Hollywood stars, but we politely ignore them when we see them in parks, or at organic food groceries.

But then there was that soap opera; Santa Barbara 1984-1993. And suddenly we were put on the Map of the World. These kinds of things have consequences. Everyone wanted to live here suddenly, so landlords became rapacious and rents first doubled, then trebled, and then?

A house that was renting for $1,200 a month suddenly was $3,500 and could they get more $4,500? My friends and I, renters of course, were tossed on the sea of greed as well as everyone else. There was a great exodus of locals that left this lovely hometown because of it. But we lived through that too.

We do have the Sea at the foot of our town, the sea, the sea, the shining sea.... and like Mary Oliver countless dawns, days and sunsets have I seen at all the different beaches here.

Mostly we are a perfect example of California casual lifestyle clothing. We like comfortable casual clothing, natural fabrics of course, and we wear sandals eleven months of the year.

Sunheart's choice of apparel is influenced by being born in Santa Barbara; the colors of the beach, rippling bougainvillea vines, Mexican food and folk art, and the casual sand from shoes and wet pants from strolling along the beach.

Sunheart celebrates our 16th year online offering beautiful clothing in luscious fabrics, fashionable style for small to plus size figures.

We are still a small shop focused on providing lovely women's wear and now branching out to home goods too.

Thank you for being part of the growing SunHeart tribe and we look forward to surfing the waves and staying on our board....amid all the sea changes.

We Are Grateful to be Home after Cave Fire Thank You FireFighters All

November 30, 2019

When you drive around SB, children put up signs of flying Hearts, Thank you Fire Fighters! We toot at the big red fire engines as they toll up and down the ridges, and come back dirty, dusty and smokey. Champions. Heros. #cavefire

PLus Size Fashion for Full Figure Goddess Gals - checking in after 15 years in the fashion biz

November 16, 2019

You know in America we are saturated with the media Photoshopping women so no one has wrinkles, every piece of clothing doesn't wrinkle either, it's all smooth smooth and smoother. But that is not reality when you face yourself in the mirror every morning, and open the closet, sighing, "What am I going to wear today?" which translated can mean, "What do I have that I will feel good in to hide my belly-hips-buttocks today?"

How To Create a Better Halloween Costume with Items in Your Closet

October 25, 2019

How To Create a Better Halloween Costume with Items in Your Closet What you might not know about me, is that I have a background in costuming, theatre as well as fashion design. The Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum hired me every year to be a Guest Costume Artist

Autumn Fashions Trends and Being Comfortable in our Skin

October 01, 2019

In the "fashion biz" we order the fall line in spring, so it's a weird time world we live in. But the Cut-Loose order for fall came in last week, and my friend Mary (who is loosening up as a model right?) comes over and we did a shoot on Sunday morning.

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