Reposting of Operation Write Home Cards

Here are the last few I needed to repost due to some mix up on the computer.

Operation Write Home Cards

Something went crazy on my blog so I have had to repost some of the older post to get it back up and running. As stated before I have been involved in making cards for the Operation Write Home (http://www.operationwritehome.org/) for the military to send to their loved ones cards and let them know they are thinking of them. Little hard to locate cards when you are far away from any store and from what I understand there isn't much for them to purchase in PBX, so by doing this, it helps boost their morale by sending love and hugs to family members at home. For the month of March we sent over 65,000 cards and that included Mother's Day Cards! Care packages are filled with hundreds of homemade blank cards for them to select from. You really need to go onto the website and learn more as this is a worthy cause ladies! Here are some more cards that have been posted previously, but due to the glitch must be reposted again. If there ever was a cause other than the cause for Cancer to send cards I would have to say this is it! There is coloring pages that you can download for your students, sunday school children and grandkids to color and to even a form for them to write a hero a letter. This means so much to them. I hope you will take the time to dedicate some cards. As Sandy said its not the quantity but the quality of the cards. So if you can only due 5 a month great and if more than that is awesome! Be sure to check the schedule of when they are needing certain holiday cards. But mostly needed is birthday, thinking of you, miss you, thank you and especially cards that are aimed at children. They love getting mail from their mommies and daddies! Enjoy!

OPERATION WRITE HOME (OWH) CARDS

Thought I would share a few pictures of the cards that I have been making in multiples to send to the OWH. I am a real fanatic on detailing and wanting to add extra embellishments but to sticking to the required guidelines, I have to have them just a little more plain than I would like too but then again the loved one receiving it from their loved one doesn't care that its fancy or not. Its the thought of them thinking about them and thats what is important. Did you know that Operation Write Home sent out 14,709 cards alone last month to our miltary? Is that not awesome? To date more than 800,000 have been made by crafters nationally and internationally. Not going to bother giving descriptions of the stamp names, cardstock use and so forth. I really am hoping you all will get on the band wagon and help make our servic men and women smile when they receive these wonderful boxes of cards that are gathered not only from USA but also internationally. The comments that are received by the loved ones and the military themselves makes you want to do more for them. Enjoy

OWH!

I just signed up to become involved in the "Operation Write Home" for our service men and women. Making cards and sending them to our troops to write home is such an awesome way to say thank you to them for keeping us safe and "Land of The free" and not to mention how much the loved homes back home love getting a card that is handmade! This past weekend I made 6 cards and am hoping to have at least 100 done before the deadline of February 20th. If you are just making cards to be making them or receiving them from swaps and/or they are collecting dust in a box on your shelf, pull them out and donate them to this worthy cause. Check out the guidelines of what is allowed and isn't as well as allowed embellishments for all in the good of keeping our soldiers safe!

The thank you letters sent back to Sandy on the OWH blog just makes your heart melt as they are sincerely appreciative of receiving them and able to let their loved ones back home know that they are in their thoughts. Here is the OWH link to check out this amazing organization. You'll feel good knowing you are doing something for our "Awesome Soldiers"! There is even coloring pages for your children to color and write to them to include with your cards! So get on board for this wonderful cause you'll be so gratified knowing you are doing something to bring them a ray of sunshine and a smile during their difficult times over there. :)

Cards Made: 30/100

Its a New Year..

Hello Fellow Bloggers! I hope you had wonderful holidays and that the new year is bringing you new creativity ideas and renewed strength. The last time I was on here I posted about a friendship that had gone away. Yes, it hurt and took me almost two months to finally recover (about 1/2 way). Through the help of another sweet Christian friend, I have been able to see the light at the end of this dark tunnel I was traveling through. She reminded me of how much my talent was needed in this world of uncertainess and awful attitudes people seem to be experiencing. She reminded me that the talent that I have was given to me by our Lord Jesus Christ and reminded me that I needed to use it to reach others and show the love that he shows me on a daily basis. Her email was long but I know that her words were from the Lord himself as she so eloquently typed it with such love. I have started creating again and hope to have something to show you within the next week. I want to thank you for staying with me through this difficult path. I know I'm not the only one who has experienced this, but it just seems harder and longer to recover from it compared to when I was 20 years younger. I'm leaving this post with a picture of a rose that my husband took last year. Its beauty and warmness reminds me of the light that God sheds on me daily and that the color of the rose is the deep red for heart felt love he has for me. I pray you have wonderful weekend and I will be back in a few days to post what I have been working on. Again thanks for your understanding through my trying time. Hugs!

Happy Thanksgiving

Its hard to believe that the holidays are upon us. Life has been really complicated these last few months and the loss of a close and deep friendship has just sent me into a spiraling whirl. I have pretty much put all crafting aside as I cannot get my crafting juices flowing after this loss and with a move ahead of me in December it will be sometime before I will be able to craft again. I just wanted to share that I have not forgotten about my followers or other blogging friends. But right now I am staying really close to my hubby and to the Lord in this path that I am now walking and I know his love will be the one thing I can count on to get me through this trying time. Never knew how much it could hurt and disable you when you lose a close friendship. So with that being said I will be taking a hiatus from blogging or crafting until I am back to being myself. I wish all of you a wonderful Thanksgiving. May all the blessings that you have in your life continue to bless your lives. I promise to be back sometime in the near future. Thank you for your understanding during this time.