January 10, 2010- A successful MESS
We have officially launched the Messy Girls Club!!! YAY. we had amazing women here and we had the best and messiest time ever. I will be posting photos soon (later today) so stay tuned. Thank you to all the women who came today! I’m so inspired to keep doing this the next one is January 31, 2110. Be there!
NOtes to see below:
Attention ladies, girls, women, divas, etc…
here is some info about tomorrow.
read and then please, *please* send me your *own* email (personal or professional) to
messygirlsf@gmail.com
Thank you messies!
With love and non-judgement- Alison Leigh
415-377-9851
Messy Meetup #3
Sunday, January 10th @ 10am-12pm
This messy meet up is completely about YOU! Bring whatever you think you would like to play with…art, makeup, tools, whatever. If you don’t have anything, don’t worry. WE’ve got some stuff! in the meantime, i’m emailing you one last time before tomorrow to tell you again
1) my address: 2121 26th Street #202 (type in google: RHODE ISLAND AND 26TH). BE AWARE: This is *not* i repeat *not* in the mission. 26th street stops (gets cut off) by a hill and then continues on the other side of the freeway. when you google this, park on Rhode Island, or DeHaro and walk onto 26th street (not avenue) and you will see STEEL GATES and go to the number 2121 and ring my bell #202. it will say, Alison Leigh, MFT
got it? if lost, call me 415-377-9851
Feel like reading something about this?
MEssy Girls Studios
Implication: “Don’t be perfect, be messy!”
Motto: Love your self, Love your mess and pass it along
Goal:
*To be messy and not judge yourself.
*To have fun doing creating messes
*To accept and love yourself for whatever you do
*Meet Great New Girls who support and love you just the way you are.
Description
The Messy Girls Club originated:
*Out of a love for your own individual artistic expression; for being able to create while accepting the mess you make along the way; for the appreciation of making a mess while other women, girls, etc accept you just the way you are and for not having anyone including yourself get mad or disappointed in you for it.
No matter what, each and every day we live is just plain messy. Relationships are messy, growing up is messy, life transitions are messy, and being human is messy. Nobody is perfect because there is no actual perfection. Perfection stems from our image, our lens for which we see and those perspectives are always changing depending on others, our self image, our personal experiences, and the world around us.
No matter if you think you are perfect, or do things perfectly, life takes you in different directions and pulls you toward non-perfection. This is our lesson. We can get angry or be mean to ourselves for it, or we can accept our own humaness and love ourselves anyway. We *get* to decide how we want to react and choose our own state of being. We also have the choice to honor ourselves no matter what life brings us and cope in a way that makes us stay authentic and real.
Artwork
My artwork and the culmination of the introduction of the Messy Girls Club was based on my over 30 years being a professional model and having to be “perfect” for every shot. I realized as an adult that putting too much pressure on what you look like and how you dress, put on makeup, etc is just not ever going to be good enough for someone else.
That is why The MEssy Girls Club was invented. Here, nobody judges you, nobody stares at you in a funny way, and here, you can be yourself,without worrying about what others think. We all accept you just they way you are and your own individual mess you make. Whether it be painting, mud fighting, throwing water ballons, chucking eggs off a building, breaking plates, or scrapbooking, just know, we love you no matter what.
Future
In time, my vision is to create MEssy Girls Studios nationwide so women and girls can come together and make messes, accept themselves more and meet others that have and are loving living the way they always wanted to.
—
Please Note: If you hit “REPLY”, your message will be sent to everyone on this mailing list (The-Messy-Girls-Club-list@meetup.com)
This message was sent by Alison Leigh, MFT (askalisonleigh@gmail.com) from The Messy Girl Club.
To learn more about Alison Leigh, MFT, visit his/her member profile
To unsubscribe or to update your mailing list settings, click here
Meetup Inc. PO Box 4668 #37895 New York, New York 10163-4668 | support@meetup.com
Messy Girl Studios/Girls Who Tool
Alison Leigh Siegel, CEO
2121 26th St. #202 / San Francisco 94107
messygirlsf@gmail.com
http://themessygirlsclub.wordpress.com/
http://www.meetup.com/The-Messy-Girl-Club/
http://www.meetup.com/San-Francisco-GIRLS-WHO-TOOL-meetup/
Ask your local messy girl for messy ideas…
each city will have a local messy gal whom will help direct you to a local messy studio where you can go if you’re feeling a bit strung out, tired, and plain ol’ sick of being g-d damn perfect! messy is good! Be messy, be proud!
Flubber your blubber
1. Build an exploding volcano
Supplies:
Dirt or playdough
35 mm film canister
White vinegar
Red and yellow food coloring
Baking soda
Liquid dishwashing soap
First, build a volcano by either mounding up dirt into a mountain shape, or forming a mountain out of playdough. If you want to make it lifelike, you can stick in some twigs and leaves to look like trees on the mountainside.
Press the film canister into the peak of your volcano.
Put two heaping spoonfuls of baking soda into the film canister, followed by a spoonful of liquid dishwashing soap. Add a few drops of red and yellow food coloring.
Next, pour in 1/8 cup white vinegar – and then stand back and watch your volcano erupt!
2. Paint your face with homemade face paint
Supplies:
Cornstarch
Flour
Light corn syrup
Food coloring – the liquid kind
Instructions:
First, mix 3 tablespoons cornstarch and 1 tablespoon flour in a small bowl.
Next, stir in ¾ cup light corn syrup and ¼ cup water until the mixture is smooth.
Divide the mixture into small containers like baby food jars. Add different colors of food coloring, leaving one plain for white face paint.
Use small child-size paintbrushes to decorate each other’s faces.
3. Make homemade finger paint and paint your masterpiece
Supplies:
Sugar
Cornstarch
Liquid dishwashing soap
Food coloring
Instructions:
First, put 1/3 cup cornstarch and 2 tablespoons of sugar into a small saucepan. Stir in 2 cups of cold water.
Heat the mixture over low heat for five minutes, constantly stirring. You should have a gel-like mixture.
After the mixture cools, add ¼ cup liquid dishwashing soap and mix thoroughly.
Divide into empty baby food jars and add food coloring until you get the colors you want.
Paint away!
4. Make Flubber http://www.omsi.edu/visit/playground/activities.cfm
Flubber is a polymer resulting from a chemical reaction. Visit the above link for complete instructions and information on why Flubber reacts the way it does.
5. Diet Coke and Mentos experiment
Supplies:
Diet Coke
Mentos
Instructions:
You’ll definitely want to do this one outside! All you need to do is drop a few Mentos into a 2-liter bottle of Diet Coke, and watch the fun. You can see a video of the original experiment at YouTube. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKoB0MHVBvM
The Messy Girl's Club 