Busy Birthday Season!

After doing over 115 umbrella 'favors' for the Columbiettes charity tea, Megan has been busy making birthday cards! 

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Sneak Peek

Megan is making favors for a fundraiser in mid-April.  The fundraiser is being run by the Manresa Columbiettes Auxiliary- of which she is a member- and it is a "spring tea"  with the theme of April Showers.   These cute umbrellas will all have labels on the back thanking attendees.  The fundraiser is to rebuild our Council in  Staten Island  since it was demolished by Hurricane Sandy. Couldn't wait till that day to share- look at her face and how happy she is.  She decides- and there is no arguing with her- what colors and how to decorate each one.  She made over 70 and is about halfway there!

happy Birthday, Uncle Joe!

Today is a very special uncle's birthday.  He has always been a source of support and prayer for our family.  He has shown us the spirit of being a Knight of Columbus and a family man. He and my godmother have volunteered for their church and community.  I have been the luckiest person in the world in terms of godparents and Megan has received so much love from them. Wishing you love  and happiness always, Uncle Joe! 

Hope your Valentine's Day was lovely!

Megan wanted every student in her school to have a homemade valentine- so last Saturday we were on a mission.  Each card and dog was cut from the Expression and inside were labels printed with a message. 

Birthday for a dear friend

Love the Disney Classics Cricut cartridge

Happy Birthday, Joseph!

Special Tae Kwon Do teacher card

Megan made this card for the birthday of a very special Tae Kwon Do teacher.  Warm wishes to a wonderful person!  (Yes, Michael, we mean you!)

Sweet sixteen diva

Megan attended a great sweet sixteen this weekend. She used the Paper Dolls Teen Scene cartridge with the Cricut Expression.  The leopard trim is Duck Tape. Megan's favorite part of this was the girl's pocketbook which had purple glitter paper.  She hopes her classmate liked it!

moose skiing with snow

  Megan used her new Animal Antics Cartridge to make this moose skiing. Since the physical cartridge did not arrive yet from Provocraft, she used the digital image from Cricut Craft room.  Megan wanted snow, so tinsel glitter was perfect!

with gratitude and good will

The last few weeks have been hard. There are so many things to be grateful for, and yet we lost some good friends in the last two months.  Megan has had some setbacks with serial casting on the fingers of her left hand- and yet she never stopped making cards for others- even with casts, swollen fingers, and much pain.  We are so very grateful to the friends we have- holidays are so hard and yet they continue to make us smile. 

We are grateful and most of all hopeful for new chances - and perhaps blessings- in 2013. 
(Above- Megan with thank you notes she has made- and her healing left hand- which is getting ready to begin casting again in the coming weeks.)
Happy New Year and God Bless you in 2013!