Crafted by Grace

I don't usually create a post about one item , BUT this one deserves a shout out.  I think it's beautiful, and could be used in SO many different applications.  I see ... - beaches  - florals - spring  - vacations - Easter - tropical  - baby showers - birthday ... what do you see?  PAINTED ILLUSIONS is an Exclusive item: - only available one per person - featured in February only - just $5 for the entire paper pack Just add $75 of product to your order, and you'll see a pop-up letting you know you qualify. 

Just in case you haven't signed up for my Stampin' Up e-mail list yet, and may have missed the FUN NEWS, here's one last call! I don't want anyone to miss out. PLUS THERE'S MORE! Something new is happening at Stampin' Up!  (very similar to our popular SOTM program with CTMH!) : PRODUCT OF THE MONTH!  Here are some things I love 💕 about it ...  1. It's a new featured product each month ... not just stamps !  2. Only $5 with any $75 order.   3. IF there is product left from previous month's offers, you can choose from those while supplies last!  This month, for example, I see at least two choices and I 🩷 the blue paper suite from December, so I am hoping to choose that.  4. DOUBLE AND TRIPLE DIPPING !!  These are purchase opportunities that are available ON TOP of our ongoing Rewards loyalty program (10% of all orders given back to you in credits to spend on futu...

Registration is now open for March 5-8, our annual spring all-inclusive retreat at Asbury in Silver Lake.  This is your chance to be creative for hours uninterrupted, sleep in every day if you like, snack and visit to your heart's content ... and even be served two excellent meals each day! Come get away to spend time with your friends, or make new ones!  And the best news?   I have decided to extend my 2025 pricing to both of my 2026 retreats! 🩷 Here's your 3 minute form to Register!   https://form.jotform.com/240698730317158 Don't forget, you can also get acquainted with us in our  Facebook Group , just for local crafters. And please follow my page there, as well! See you soon! 🌷❄️  🩷 Rebecca Next Retreat:  Fall Crafters Getaway:  October 2026  on Silver Lake, NY

Recently I have been remembering a poem I wrote, upon losing my mother to cancer in 2020. Our story is a unique one.  Our mom has two daughters, who both adored her very much, and were both living on the other side of a closed border during the pandemic. My sister and I refer to our grief as "complicated."  Without the chance to help our parents, being barred from that one last hug or the chance to say our goodbyes, the process has come in fits and starts, and has taken a lot longer to move through the healthy stages of grief.   During one such swell of awareness, the pain of losing her was nearly overwhelming. So I wrote. Some people drink, I suppose, but I write. I pray, I cry, I remember, and I write. Though it hurts, I would do nothing to deaden the pain -- for it cries aloud, telling of my love for the woman who gave me life, and who nurtured me through every stage from birth to marriage to motherhood to ministry and beyond.  Until one day she couldn't. She...