My Top favorite was a guest blog written up by a new favorite author of mine. Charles A Conyers, popped into ThavinMarcob To share a little bit about himself with our fantastic readers. Have any of you guys read his book yet? I loved the outside of the box details to his novel 
"The Maximilian Emancipation"
​If your looking for a good winter read go ahead and pick up his book the link can be found over in his Blog Post.
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I was extremely excited when Clair reached out to us!
​I not only enjoyed working with her, But I loved her work as well. I'm excited to share that Clair Hastings has contributed more then once to ThavinMarcob Lifestyle this year!
I loved all her fresh fashion sense that she shared with all of us. 
​Here are a few of my favorites by Clair. 

One of my Favorite parts of my job is Finding, Procuring, and Supplying Handcrafted Fashions to you guys! I love Meeting the Artist who put so much love and thought into each piece. I also love seeing each and everyone of you enjoy these Special pieces of Fashion.

Today I'm excited to introduce a New Product that we will be carrying in both our La Conner Boutique as well as on our Online Boutique.

These earrings imaged below are Astonishing Handcrafted Tassel Earrings from Denmark! They are Trendy Sophisticated Jewelry Pieces will help to add a Chic and Stunning look to any Outfit. 

The artistes' who Handcrafts these Beautiful Tassel Earrings offers them in a Variety of Colors. Giving you the opportunity to add a Pop of Color to an outfit or to help you tie all of your accessories together. 
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They are over all a Great product. They are Chic and Trendy enough to be worn on Messy Hair Monday, Friday Night Drinks with the Girls, or on a Sunday Adventure. These Tassel Earring seamlessly fit into anyone's wardrobe and with any outfit for any occasion. 

Be a Trendsetter!
​Every pair is Handcrafted! Leaving each pair different than the next, which also means every set is Unique! 
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Our Danish Artist allowed us a sneak peak into her Work Space.
​It was fun and interesting to hear her explain how she Crafts each set.

You want one right!
Know someone who would love these as a gift?
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​We do only have a Limited amount in our possession.
So Order or Pick your up ASAP!
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​These Gems are once again Handcrafted.
​Which is why we only have a limited quantity available. 

​These Tassel Earrings are Special One of a Kind pieces. The artist and I worked really hard together to keep the Cost Down for you. 
​Here it is these Beautifully Handcrafted Tassel Earing from Denmark are only $39.99 each  That's it!
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​These Earrings are Amazing and the Perfect Gift for any Loved one this coming Holiday Season. I in fact pick up Several as Gifts.

​Pick yours up Today! 

​Happy Monday!

In Honor of National Author Day I thought it would be a Great Idea to have the Wonderful Novelist Charles Conyers write a Guest Blog Post.   

If you were to tell me 10 years ago that I would be a novelist, I would have laughed in your face and called you insane. 10 years ago, I had no intention of writing a novel. I was a screenwriter above all else-- that’s where my heart was...writing for the screen. ​

​I fell in love with filmmaking when I was 10 years old, when my dad brought home a black and white video camera. From those early first attempts, making kung-fu movies with my brother Preston and our friends, and animated adventures with clay and action figures, it was clear to me that I connected more with filmmaking than anything else. At that time, I was known as an illustrator and painter-- that’s what my parents were expecting of me, that I’d go off to art school and be an animator at Disney Studios, or something like that. After seeing Terry Gilliam’s “Brazil,” that was the end of drawing for me. After that,  all I wanted to do was make films.

Over the years I made several attempts to break through as a screenwriter. I wrote over a dozen screenplays, went to screenwriting conferences in LA, pitched stories ideas to agents, all that stuff. Unfortunately, the only feedback that I was getting was, “You’re a good writer, but this is unfilmable.” Which is B.S., I mean if you have the imagination for it,  NOTHING is “unfilmable.” I also heard “I wouldn’t know how to sell this,” and that pushed me into taking a 10-year stint in the advertising industry to learn about “selling” creativity. ​

​Ten years ago, after over a decade in the ad industry, then moving over to broadcast, I still wasn’t thinking about writing a novel. At that point, I had built up a library of intellectual property but had absolutely nothing to do with it. Filmmaking had become less expensive, but ten years ago I was a single father with a 2-year-old daughter. I had rent and bills to pay, and a little baby to love-- I didn’t have the time OR the energy to produce an indie film. At that point, I hadn’t been writing on my own for a couple of years (again, no time). Every once-in-a-while though, I thought about a story that I had first developed in high school and over the years would take swipes at, and add to it. It was a story that over time got bigger and more involved. It was a story that I tried to write a screenplay but got 34 pages in before I realized that there’s no way I was going to be able to sell OR make a 6-hour movie (this was pre-Netflix/Hulu/Amazon/etc). Even though I had no outlet at the time, I kept developing what I was calling “The Maximilian Emancipation.”

​Nine years ago, I was sitting in my Brooklyn apartment. I had just put my daughter to bed (it was our weekend), and I was sitting on the couch watching my VHS copy of the BBC TV version of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy for the 100000th time. I can’t remember exactly what triggered this, I just remember the thought hitting me: “What if it was a novel? What if I wrote ‘The Maximilian Emancipation’ as a novel?” At this point, I was sure I was NEVER going to get it made as a movie. I just knew I had all this writing, all this work, this big story...and it was just collecting dust. After that internal dialogue, two words came out of my mouth: “F*ck it.” That’s when I decided that I would write my first novel.

As I write this, “The Maximilian Emancipation” has been out for 4 months (released in June). There’s a part of me that still can’t believe that I actually got this book done-- years of writing, draft after draft, saving and shelling out money to get it edited, and using my skills as a fine artist, I was able to design the cover, layout, and design of the book. It’s an amazing feeling to work on something so hard, and to have people respond positively to it-- ask any artist, you can get high off of those fumes for WEEKS! It’s motivated and inspired me to continue writing. I have two more books to follow up the story started in “MaxEman” (my shorthand name), the next of which will be out in June of 2018. On top of that, I can announce that this year I am entering the National Novel Writing Month event-- which means that on the 2nd week of December, I will be releasing my 2nd novel called “Shifters,” based on a sci-fi vampire story I wrote back in the 90s. ​

​A lot will be said about the year 2017 (mostly bad, for obvious reasons), but I will see this year as a new beginning for me as a storyteller. 2017 is the year that Charles A. Conyers, Jr. became a novelist. This journey has been a long time coming, no matter how long I’ve deferred and ignored it. I’m glad I took the chance, and I’m excited to continue.

Stay tuned…

​Learn more about Charles A. Conyers, Jr., his books “The Maximilian Emancipation,” and “Shifters” (coming December 2017), and blog at: https://www.stopslaverywithtimetravel.com/

​Have a Wonderful Wednesday!
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This week Thavin & Marcob has teamed up with author Gail Rognan.
Gail created the amazing content for this week's guest blog series and we couldn't be happier that she chosen to share it through us.
Throughout the week Gail has opened herself up and shared her personal journey with breast cancer, her struggles as well as her triumphant moments.
Today Gail has provide a poem for her last segment with Thavin & Marcob. I truly hope you enjoy it as much as I have!
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I find Gail to be an amazingly strong, independent, thoughtful person. To learn more about her journey Thavin & Marcob is offering autographed copies of her book right now!
​Please remember to share so that others can find us!
Sincerly,
Raquel
Owner of
​Thavin & Marcob

           I radically changed my diet and physical activity. Years before my diagnosis, I had taken away gluten, wheat, dairy and soy.  seven years before my diagnosis. After being diagnosed, I cut out all sugar and mostly ate as a flexitarian (eat some organic, free-range chicken and fish) and I try to eat more organic foods and very little processed foods.
Physical - I started walking a bit
​              each day with my dog a few weeks after surgery. I increased walking distance after about three months. About six months after my surgery, I started taking Razzl Dance class, then started training for a flash mob about three months before the actual mob. I continued with the individual yoga sessions I had started before I was diagnosed but I soon found a group of other cancer survivors to do yoga with. To date, I am now walking 30-60 minutes a day.
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            I took control of my health and I got in touch with my inner healer. After I stopped panicking and made a decision to start listening to my body, I was able to relax and not be afraid of the cancer in my body. I began to take an active role in dealing with my health. I used critical thinking and did research. I re-activated my rebel nature and started “bucking the system” and used my medical professionals more as consultants. I wrote my own self-prescription for health living. I quit my stressful sales job and my new job became healing myself.
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          I released suppressed emotions. A few years before my diagnosis, I had worked with an EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing) therapist to release trauma left in my body from past issues. My therapist was a breast cancer survivor, so she was one of the first people I called when I was diagnosed. We set up an appointment about two weeks after my surgery when I still had my drains. It was exhausting as I had to drive about one and one half hours plus take a ferry ride to get there, but it was worth it. It immediately helped me feel less anxious. Facing death was my greatest   challenge as I dealt with a reoccurrence of my cancer at the same time as my best friend, Janice, was dying of cancer. Janice was an example to me of what it was to   live well and die well. She taught me that dying is a natural progression of life. We just aren’t part of a body anymore but our spirit or soul continues to live on I knew intuitively that if I were to be fully present for her in her dying, I had to face my own fears of dying in order to talk openly to her about how she was feeling about death. Whether it is a fear of increasing pain, suffering indignity, dependence, a fear of having unfinished business, that the life we have led has been meaningless, fear of separation from those we love, of losing control, losing​ respect or the fear of fear itself, we are all afraid of some aspect of death was Watching her journey to death, I was confronted with my own death. I didn’t know when it would happen, just that it would at some point, so I might as well face the truth and prepare for it. Around this time, I wrote one of my soul poems to express how I was feeling.​

          I connected with my strong reasons for living.  I knew I was not done with my work on the physical plane and that my experience with cancer was what I was to use as a way to help others use their intuition to heal. I now do reiki and coaching to help others re-connect with their divine self and their own unique path of healing whether from cancer or any other traumatic     life challenge. My message is don’t wait until you get sick like I did or experience some other traumatic wake-up call. Take my story and learn from it. Live your life well now and don’t put it off until tomorrow. Put God first. Surrender control daily.  And then everything in your life will be right and good.
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