Our Editor, Liz Dean, is Featured in Take A Break's Fate & Fortune Magazine

Liz tells the story of how she fulfilled her dreams by putting her trusting the tarot:

"It was time to consult the cards again. As I laid them out, I could barely believe my eyes – out came The Moon, the Nine of Cups and the Ace of Cups. I gasped. The Moon card advised me to follow my instincts, while the Nine of Cups symbolised dreams coming true, and the Ace of Cups promised all my wishes would come to pass...so placing my trust in the tarot, I finally took the plunge and handed in my notice at work...The following spring my tarot kit The Art of the Tarot hit the shops and sold over 300,000 copies worldwide."

You can read Liz's story in full in the June issue of Take a Break's Fate & Fortune.

Liz's most recent tarot kit is The Golden Tarot available from www.cicobooks.com. All books are available at a 15% discount.

Thrifty Chic – Style on a shoestring

Thrifty Chic by Liz Bauwens and Alexandra Campbell shows you how to reuse and restore, revive and revamp, and recycle and reclaim.

Here are some gorgeous images and great tips from inside the book:


Thrifty Tip: A collection of quirky glass vases on a marble mantelpiece. It's far cheaper to pick up odd candlesticks rather than pair: if you adhere to a theme–such as glass, wood, bronze, silver or china–they will look good together.

Thrifty tip: This fashionable interior was put together by combining items from store sales, pillows from leftover scraps of fabric and a mixture of modern art and children's paintings on the walls. Frame the children's work with as much care as you would the artist's pieces.

Thrifty Chic tip: The most economical way to decorate any room, to update thrift-store finds, or make chain-store purchase look more expensive is to use paint.


Thrifty tip: The surface of this painted table is battered and scratched after many years of constant use, but it is still beautiful. When you buy a piece of old furniture such as this live with it for a while before deciding whether it needs painting or renovating–the patina of age has its own special charm.

Read an interview with the authors of Thrifty Chic

You can get your copy of Thrifty Chic at www.cicobooks.com


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