
Welcome to my Journal
My name is Karen (aka Rainbow) and I live in South Wales UK. Here you will be able to read about my website updates, additions to my online shops, news and updates in my photography and anything else I might wish to add. Please take a look around, post messages, add links etc. Why not visit my websites whilst here... Karen`s Kreations is the place for beautiful cards, gifts, clothes and calendars which feature my original photography and artwork. You can see many of my photo`s on display at Rainbow Photography and you can also find me pottering around at Yahoo, Facebook and several other places on the web. Please feel free to let me know what you think of any of my sites and work, ask questions or submit requests, comments or suggestions for me... Why not sign up for the gift shop newsletter for regular shop news straight to your inbox, or subscribe to my journal to be informed of updates!. Thanks for visiting, enjoy your stay and I hope you will come back soon! 
I apologise if you have subscribed to receive my blog updates and have suddenly got several update notices. I am so far behind and am trying to catch up a bit, so am posting back dated news events that should have been posted at the time but I didn`t have the time to do so. Since passing my driving test I have been able to travel around a fair bit for my photography and spiritual work. I also spent just over a year training and working voluntarily with a local spiritual organisation, designing and helping them launch their own newsletter/ magazine and doing other things for them. Since I moved on from the organisation into another more local one, I have started up my own spiritual awareness & develoment and paranormal investigation centre so I can teach others and start up my own paranormal team. I am a trained paranormal investigator and trainee spiritual medium as well as a photographer, and I also work with two other paranormal groups, attend two other development circles, run a stall selling my cards, calendars etc raising money for my own centre, and run my home with two teenage children & the dog, so spare time is pretty rare!. I haven`t been able to update my 3 blogs, my 3 websites or my 3 online shops, my many online groups and photo galleries for some time, this is one of those rare occasions I have a little time on my hands so I`m trying to get some updating done now!. Sorry for the influx of sudden blog update notices!
Just in case you are interested in my spiritual/paranormal centre, here`s the website:
http://www.utopiaspiritual.co.uk
Another visit to North Wales wouldn`t have been complete without seeing at least one waterfall... so I paid a quick call to Swallow Falls in Betws-Y-Coed whilst there!. Although I was disappointed at the lack of viewing angles and amount of overgrowth blocking a lot of the viewpoints, as well as not being able to view the lower cascades, I was still pleased I went and got some nice photo`s of the middle and upper cascades. Here is a sample photo

You can see more photo`s at:
http://gallery135050.fotopic.net/c1717775.html
Enjoy!
I have another new waterfall for my collection, Pistyll Rhaeadr in North Wales. What a beauty, although not very easy to photograph all in one photo due to the size and lack of viewing angles & distances. Although I am pleased with the photo`s I got, I do hope to go back again another time.
Here is a sample photo which is my favourite as it`s about the only one showing practically the whole waterfall, as you can see I had to stand well back and get in a lot of the surrounding trees etc to get as much in as possible!

You can see the rest of the photo`s taken on this trip at
http://gallery135050.fotopic.net/c1697388.html
Enjoy!
I am a keen photographer and waterfalls are my speciality. Now I am independantly mobile I hope to travel around a bit to see some in other places. Although I love ours here in South Wales and will continue to visit them regularly, it will be nice to be able to add some newer ones to my portfolio!
I have just returned from a trip to North Yorkshire where I was lucky enough to see several of their waterfalls in full flow following recent heavy rain. Here is one example, this is Pecca Twin Falls and is one of my favourite photo`s from the trip...

I have many more photo`s of the waterfalls at
http://gallery135050.fotopic.net/c1558313.html
Enjoy!
I am so proud to introduce the new addition to my family, something I was beginning to think I would never have, my very own car!!!

Her name is Spirit, isn`t she beautiful!
Boy am I going to have some fun now I can drive myself around for my spiritual work and photography instead of relying on other people!

I`m delighted to say I passed my driving test!... 
K
In This Issue:
1. WELCOME
Hi and Welcome to the June Newsletter.
There are some great new designs in store and many new greeting cards in various themes and occasions. I hope there will be something of interest to you!
Link: http://www.cafepress.com/ra1nb0w
2. CRITTERS
Some exciting new critter designs for animal lovers...
BUDGIE
www.cafepress.com/ra1nb0w/5555032

BUDGIE 2
www.cafepress.com/ra1nb0w/5555033

SNOWY OWL
www.cafepress.com/ra1nb0w/5555036

GOOSE
www.cafepress.com/ra1nb0w/5555034

FROG 2
www.cafepress.com/ra1nb0w/5555197

GEKKO
www.cafepress.com/ra1nb0w/5555198

BLUETIT
www.cafepress.com/ra1nb0w/2944462

3. OTHER DESIGNS
Some other great new designs...
TWINFLAMES
www.cafepress.com/ra1nb0w/5554930

RALLY FAN
www.cafepress.com/ra1nb0w/5554996

I (HEART) PARIS
www.cafepress.com/ra1nb0w/5555011

I`VE GOT RHYTHM
www.cafepress.com/ra1nb0w/5108793

I`M DANGEROUS!
www.cafepress.com/ra1nb0w/3494213

HAPPY DAY
www.cafepress.com/ra1nb0w/5495575

4. GREETING CARDS
Many new greeting cards in store , New occasions now added...
ALL SAINT`S DAY (UK November 1st)
www.cafepress.com/ra1nb0w/4905510

SAINT GEORGE`S DAY (England April 23rd)
www.cafepress.com/ra1nb0w/4905512

SAINT ANDREW`S DAY (Scotland November 30th)
www.cafepress.com/ra1nb0w/5589703

GUY FAWKES NIGHT (UK November 5th)
www.cafepress.com/ra1nb0w/5589717

CHRISTENING/BAPTISM
www.cafepress.com/ra1nb0w/3277509

GRANDPARENT`S DAY
www.cafepress.com/ra1nb0w/3277487

MOTHER-IN-LAW DAY
www.cafepress.com/ra1nb0w/4905511

KWANZAA
www.cafepress.com/ra1nb0w/5589704

FAMILY MEMBER BIRTHDAY
www.cafepress.com/ra1nb0w/5589611

BELATED BIRTHDAY
www.cafepress.com/ra1nb0w/5589697

DIWALI
www.cafepress.com/ra1nb0w/5589716

ZODIAC SIGN BIRTHDAY
www.cafepress.com/ra1nb0w/5609324

MEMORIAL DAY
www.cafepress.com/ra1nb0w/5589718

ARMISTICE DAY
www.cafepress.com/ra1nb0w/5589719

(Donations to Royal British Legion Poppy Appeal from sales in this section)
Plus new cards in Driving Test, Birthday, Anniversary, Wedding, Engagement, New Baby, Invitations, 4th of July, Saint David`s Day, Saint Patrick`s Day, Thank You and many more...
Hi
I have become aware of technical problems with emails sent to my personal domain email addresses which are linked to my websites and shops. No emails have been received either redirected through my ISP (my preferred method) or at my personal domain host webmail, for some time.
I have no alternative but to close the email addresses in question and open new ones to take their place. If you have emailed me at any karenskreations email address, or through either of my websites or shops and have not received a reply, I apologise, it is likely your message was not received at all.
Please feel free to write again, you can find the new addresses at my websites or you can use the guestbook... if you don`t wish the entry to be made public just mention this in your message!
Thanks for your understanding
Karen
1. Welcome
Hi there
Welcome to the May newsletter.
I have added a few new designs to the shop since the last edition and have some more to add in the near future...
Link: http://www.cafepress.com/ra1nb0w
2. Boxing
A new design especially for young boxing fans....
Mama`s Li`l Champion
www.cafepress.com/ra1nb0w/5278760

3. Critters
A new photographic design in Wildlife...
Mouse
www.cafepress.com/ra1nb0w/5209228

4. New Age
New designs in New Age
Namaste (UK)
www.cafepress.com/ra1nb0w/5332621

Namaste (US)
www.cafepress.com/ra1nb0w/2395502

Ty Enfys Spiritual Centre
www.cafepress.com/ra1nb0w/5482534

5. Other Designs
Three other designs in the shop...
Tower Bridge 2 (London)
www.cafepress.com/ra1nb0w/5081436

Hi! (North Wales)
www.cafepress.com/ra1nb0w/3361628

I Passed (Driving test)
www.cafepress.com/ra1nb0w/5482402
