Paper Bird

The Spirit Of Sweet Friendship

Christmas has come and gone and a new year is soon to start!  I am always amazed at the SPEED in which this holiday season seems to come and go and I always feel a bit of sadness when it is over.  Although the Christmas holiday can be busy and hectic, I love all the details that make it magical and beautiful and filled with tradition.  For me it always starts with trimming my tree and decorating my house.  I love unwrapping each decoration that has been packed away.  My heart sighs at the memories unfolded as I pull out each treasured decoration. Each one is special and holds meaning as many of them are handmade and given with kindness and thoughtfulness. And as I pull out each wonderful gift of friendship I think how very blessed I am for these beautiful things but mostly how very thankful I am for the spirit of sweet friendship that brightens all year.   

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I have two new Christmas treasures to add to my collection.  I won this sweet handmade stocking from Jillayne of a Fine Seam.

And this sweet mitten 

I participated in a wonderful swap that was hosted by Heather from The Speckled Egg.  This was the beautiful Christmas mitten I received from Danielle from The Vintage Dragonfly.  Each handmade mitten was filled with tiny treasures from each person who participated in the swap.

 Wishing you sweet blessings and the spirit of friendship that brightens all year.

 Happy New Year!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Small Acts Of Kindness- Something Extraordinary!

Winters first snowfall.  Do you have a sweet memory from your childhood days?  As a young girl I would watch anxiously as the first few flakes would drift down to lay the beginnings of a winter's blanket.  I can remember looking out the window late at night with nobody around, watching the quiet flakes dance in the street lights, the beauty filling my heart with a feeling of peace.  Each flake so beautifully different.  Each so very small alone, but magnificent together.  Each frosted drop of heaven did it's part to dress the earth in a white crystalline gown.

It is the small things in life that add up to greatness.  A smile.  A word of complement.  A warm greeting.  Time given out of the business of life...  a charitable donation for those in need.  Tiny individual flakes of kindness that GROW into a beautiful blanket of love and happiness.  Small acts of kindness that become something extraordinary!

 The total from the winning bids of each Christmas kitty came to $510.00.  But with a few added "flakes" of charitable kindness we were able to donate $1000.00 to the Haiti Gospel Mission.  Thank you to each tiny wonderful snowflake that helped Grow our cause into a BIG beautiful blanket of love.  

My heart is filled with gratitude.     

Merry CHRISTmas! 

 

 

Kitty Needs A Home- Charity Auction

 

The auction is closed.

Thank you to each of you who have helped us with this charity event and for the kindness you are rendering to the Haitian people- they are still in need.  

I will email each person who has won the bid for their kitty.  Kitties will be mailed Monday morning (in time for Christmas) if payment has been made.

Merry Christmas from Utah Artful Gatherings

Holly Kitty created by Julie Collings

Thank you Jeanne you have the winning bid for Holly Kitty- $35.00 

 

Little Mary Margaret created by Senta Plyer 

  Thank you Suzanne you have the winning bid for Mary Margaret- $50.00 

 

 

Clara Kitty created by Amanda Elton 

 (Thank you Maija, you have the winning bid for Clara kitty- $55.00

 

 

Katherine Kitty created by Liz Kempe 

 Thank you Ellen, you have the winning bid for Katherine- $35.00 

 

 

Miss Kitty Du Chateau created by Cheryl Burton

Thank you Julia, you have the winning bid for Miss Kitty Du Chateau- $50.00  

 

 

Gwenda Kitty created by our guest artist- Judy Wise 

Thank you Gwen, you have the winning bid for Gwenda- $40.00 

 

 

Aleksandra Petronova created by Heidi Nebeker 

Thank you Lisa, you have the winning bid for Aleksandra- $50.00 

 

 

Birdie Blue created by Courtney Bird 

Thank you Sandra, you have the winning bid for Birdie Blue- $55.00 

 

 

Lola Monroe created by Eden

 Thank you Suzanne, you have the winning bid for Lola Monroe- $50.00

 

 

KiKi LaRue created by Lorraine Lewis

Thank you Lori, you have the winning bid for Kiki LaRue- $50.00 

 

 

Created by Candice Elton 
Thank you Judy, you have the winning bid for baby kitty- $40.00

 

 

Fa La La La La La La La La La  

Merry Christmas everyone! 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Kitty Needs A Home- Charity Auction

It is the personal thoughtfulness, the warm human awareness, the reaching out of the self to one's fellow man that makes giving worthy of the Christmas spirit. -

Isabel Currier

 

 

I am so excited to share this charitable event with you.   

Each sweet Christmas Kitty, comes with a name and a story. 100% of the funds received from the auction will go to the Haiti Gospel Mission.

This Wednesday, December 15th, ten little Christmas Kitties created with love will go up for auction... I hope you will be here to support this wonderful cause.

xoxo

Lorraine

 

 

 

About Family

 

The family. We were a strange little band of characters trudging through life sharing diseases and toothpaste, coveting one another's desserts, hiding shampoo, borrowing money, locking each other out of our rooms, inflicting pain and kissing to heal it in the same instant, loving, laughing, defending, and trying to figure out the common thread that bound us all together.  ~Erma Bombeck

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Family... sweet family