Midsummer Festival TODAY

Don’t forget to join us TODAY for the Mind Key Midsummer Festival in Ringwood. 

The weather looks like it will be beautiful, and we’re gearing up for a day full of music, events, and lots of fun and inspiration.

CLICK HERE for a full listing of vendors, activities and a schedule of the day’s events. This family-friendly event is also a great opportunity to get some physical healing, learn about membership and view our beautiful hardcover book: The Mind Key Project: An Anthology for the very first time.

We will have live music, an open mic, and round out the day with a bonfire by the lake.  There will be awesome give-aways and gift certificates every hour.  Need a last minute gift for Dad?  Pamela Dzbenski will be taking photos and portraits all day long!

Stay for a few minutes or the whole day.  

We hope to see you soon!

Blessings,
Danielle

The Mind Key Midsummer Festival is Tomorrow, Saturday June 20th

The Mind Key Midsummer Festival is an opportunity for the Community at large to meet vendors and educators whose goal is to help you find healing and passion.  At Mind Key, we believe that when you are on a path that leaves you fulfilled, inspired, and always striving for the next best thing, then health and happiness follow. 

We’ve planned a day of events with this belief in mind.  Self discovery through dream interpretation, creative activity, and different health modalities are only a few of the ways we’re sharing our path with you.  Musicians are encouraged to bring their instruments and play at our open mic.  Poets and writers can read their work between demonstrations throughout the day.  Children will have an opportunity to explore their creative side with activities and events just for them.  There will be talks on discovering those who have passed on, revealing your past lives, and more. The day will wrap up with a Shamanic Journey to bring in the Summer Solstice at 8pm with Cristina Maria RojasFernandez. Bring a mat to sit or lay and blankets/shawls to be warm and comfortable as well as handheld instruments: drum, rattle, any thing to make music.

 Check out the schedule of times below, and if you have any questions please contact danielle@mindkey.me

We’re also offering visitors a chance to sample some of our great services.  The Mind Key Project: An Anthology, a book of art and writing put together to inspire passion and love for life, will be available for the first time to hold and purchase.  We will have giveaways every hour that include awesome merchandise and gift certificates for services such as reiki healing, psychic readings, and therapeutic massage.  This is not an experience you’ll want to miss!


Interested in what being a Mind Key Member is all about?  Get a chance to talk to us on Saturday and find out!  Plus, meet some members and learn why they're part of this fantastic community.

Lake Riconda Drive
Ringwood, NJ
June 20, 2015
Vendors 10 am - 5 pm
Evening activities to follow

Stop by for a few minutes, or stay for the entire day. 
In case of heavy rain this outdoor event will cancel
Visit www.mindkey.me for more info

Schedule of events

10:30 am: Past life regression (with Patti Lehman)
11:00 am: Start your own ghost hunting group (with Vera Remes)
12:00 pm: live music (with Gary)
1:00 pm: live music (with Eric Bunk)
2:00 pm: Interpret your dreams (with Jefferson Harman)
3:00 pm: live music (with Mike Oakes)
4:00 pm: Open mic (with Pat Durkin)
7:00 pm: Shamanic Journey to bring in the Summer (with Cristina Maria RojasFernandez)

All Day Long:
Father's Day and family portraits with (Pamela Dzbenski)
Cento (poetry collage) (with Tara Ann Lesko)
Poet and writers' open mic (between music)
Prizes and giveaways

For the kids:
Decorate your own cupcake (with Sweet Sweet Wonderland)
Make your own collage (with Tara Ann Lesko)
Sidewalk chalk and bubbles
Coloring pages and games
Duck pond, ring toss and prizes
Sandcastle building contest

Vendors attending:

Sweet Sweet Wonderland - cupcakes and baked goods
Reiki Ruth - Reiki healing
Vera Ann Remes - shamanic readings
Dana Bree - fantasy art
Sarah Loukos - tarot readings and more
Tara Ann Lesko - writer, artist and English teacher/tutor
Joani O’Driscoll massage therapist and Celtic healer
Kathleen Santora - spiritual healings
Patti Lehman - intuitive readings
Danielle Rose - writer, intuitive reader and faerie healer
Jefferson Harman - dream interpretation

Sweet Sweet Wonderland: Meet Dina

Sweet Sweet Wonderland is a family owned specialty bakery in the Pocono Mountains of Pennsylvania.  They offer a seasonal selection of baked goods from their signature cupcakes to their  brownies, cookies, cake pops, cakes, pies and more… all as delectable to the palate as they are to the eye.


Founder and lead baker, culinary artist Dina Gilmartin first realized that she had a need to bake while taking a Home Economics class in High School.  Not only was she at the top of her class, but she also received a award for outstanding ability in the culinary arts.  She was going to school for early childhood education, but her work was so exceptional that they allowed her to accept this monetary prize that was generally awarded to students in the culinary field.

Baking connects Dina with her creative side.  She has been baking for many years, and always strives for beauty, flavor and uniqueness in her creations, whether it’s crafting a Drunken Leprechaun, root beer float cupcake, or snickerdoodle cookies.   Even before opening the bakery this past year, baking for others gave Dina a place and a connection to her community.

Not a natural risk taker, Dina, who works as a registered nurse by day, decided to open the bakery after becoming inundated with orders from friends and colleagues at work. 

“I wanted to share my creations with the world,” she said.

Today her bakery is a place where people can go for what she calls a "small piece of heaven.”

Dina’s favorite part is seeing the excitement her baked goods create in others.


“The best is when someone said to me, ‘I was having a really bad day until I ate one of your  cupcakes,’” Dina said.  “It’s an escape for just a moment.  No matter how bad their day is going.”


As a mother of two young girls Dina prides herself on providing quality baked goods that aren’t full of preservatives, and offering options that are allergen and gluten free whenever possible so all children can taste the joy of a sweet sweet wonderland.

To Dina spirituality means connecting with her inner peace, and her creations certainly seems to come from a place of inner peace and beauty.

Find Dina in Northern NJ this weekend at the Mind Key Midsummer Festival.  She will have a wide assortment of cupcakes and cookies, decorate-your-own-cupcake activity for the kids, and her brand new creation inspired by Charla's winning poem from Charlapalooza last month.