I love Sun Porch and I wasn’t expecting many to love it the way I did — it had almost no touch of tapestry so I wasn’t expecting as much enthusiastic response to it like say, The Sewing Room or the Colors at Dusk lines. Apparently, I was mistaken. You did love it… and you love it as much as I do! Because of the great comments posted… Because of the memories you shared and the gratitude you’ve shown (being on the receiving end of it was truly awesome!) here’s a small parting gift from “Granny” so you can scrap pages for people you miss much — be it your grandmothers, your dear ones.. or anyone who left a big hole in your heart. If I only knew that doing freebies would be this rewarding I would have done it a looooong time ago and I would have “met” you all sooner.
This one is lovingly dedicated to all those who posted comments below most specially to Sharon, KDA, Indy, LynnD, B2, Cefalu, Rarole. Elaine, RLH, Grammy201, Tink, Paula, Barbwire, Lily and Georgene and her wonderful post that made me feel 10 feet tall. These are the people who made my cry good tears as I was reading through all the posts – Lily always had the knack to say just the right words at the right moment (I wish I can hug you back from across the miles!) while Sharon never fails to make me laugh!
I doubt if those of you who posted back have an idea of how much your words have made me forget the sleepless nights, the long computer hours, the doodling and the planning that went into making the Sun Porch kit (Its always a detailed process each time I plan a line — like this coming one I call Island Girl and its 134MB HUGE just for the 1st set!) I forgot everything when I read your posts below. Thank you for making me feel wonderful… and blessed. Thank you for taking the time to post back so I will get to know you more. This one is for ALL of you – I’ve done this to thank you back for the wonderful words you posted here. I know my Grannies would have asked me to. My deepest thanks. Have a great week ahead! Enjoy! Click here.
October 21, 2007 9:07 am
OMG girl this is absolutely beautiful!!!!!!!
TY so very much for it & for making me cry even more this evening because I’ve been sitting here missing my husband but I know that he’s watrching oveer us along with my Grannies & his parents!!!!
HUGS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Love Ya!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
October 21, 2007 9:43 am
Thank you this is gorgeous. Glad to have found your site
October 21, 2007 9:44 am
This is absolutely gorgeous! I love the entire kit. Thanks so much for sharing your talent and your memories.
October 21, 2007 10:03 am
Thank you so much. This is lovely as is the whole kit. I love it all.All your work is just beautiful.
October 21, 2007 10:26 am
Ahhhh. Shucks, now you got me all misty eyed here. *sniff sniff* All this emotional talk and then this absolutely gorgeous and touching tag for us has got me all choked up.
No designer has ever touched that emotional chord for me with her work as yours has. This tag is perfect to express the feelings of loss I have for my Aunt Shirley, who passed away from lymphoma two years and 4 days ago. It feels more like the 4 days rather than the two years though.
When I look at these kits, I can actually feel the love you had for your beloved Grannies. You have infused every piece with that love. I am glad you are willing to share that love by sharing the kits you so carefully create.
People like you make this a better world, and hopefully all of us more caring loving people.
Thanks for being you,
Hugs
Barb
October 21, 2007 12:14 pm
I just found your blog a few days ago. Just wanted to thank you very much for sharing your talent with the rest of us. Your work is gorgeous!!
October 21, 2007 4:08 pm
Bless you, sweetie! You make so many happy by your talents!
October 21, 2007 4:25 pm
All your work is soooo great, but I’m going to miss “Granny” really bad!
October 21, 2007 8:04 pm
Hi.
Thanks for your comment on digifree! I’ve added you, but your freebies won’t show until your RSS feed is set to full. The system can only see what is in your feed here:
http://myscrapworks.com/mswdigi/?feed=rss2
Thanks,
Maria
October 21, 2007 8:28 pm
Mabelle, you blew me away with this tag!
God has blessed you with this talent – protect it, hold on to it and run with it. You are onto something big with this!
October 21, 2007 9:56 pm
Gosh Mabelle, I am such a cry baby and reading your words of thanks made me all teary eyed..it is you I have to thank because your work is beautiful and not only that, we know that you put a lot of love into the kits you make. The same love you have for your grannies. It evokes so many good and happy memories and makes us nostalgic and wistful. Thank you for the new add on pack, this will really go well with a page i want to make for my mom who passed away last December..she will alays have a special space in my heart. Have a great weekend!
October 22, 2007 12:10 am
Thank you for lovely kits. These are wonderful. I wish I had pictures of my grandparents that I could use this with but I don’t have any but I think I will use this for my father in law who passed away in 2004.
I am having trouble downloading the tag though….I haven’t had trouble before with the rest of the kit…..advice?
Tammy
October 22, 2007 12:12 am
Mabelle,
I am a nut. I got it to work. I must need more caffeine this morning. Thank you again.
Tammy
October 22, 2007 2:34 am
Absolutely beautiful…I love every bit of this whole kit, and
hope you will have the time to add rooms to it from time to time.
Thank You
Linda
October 22, 2007 2:35 am
thank you so much, once again….your talent and dedication is amazing.
October 22, 2007 3:00 am
Hello, I love your designs so very much, but everytime I try to downloads from this site, Popups takes over and there are not pleasant pictures. I’m very sorry that I have to leave the download area as quickly as I can. Which means I will no longer be able to downloads your wonderful freebies. You do such marvelous work, it’s too bad. Thank you and love going your way.
October 22, 2007 3:47 am
What a beautiful post. It brought tears to my eyes just reading it. Your grannies would be so proud of the kind and generous person you truly are. Thank you for making it possible to remember my loved ones in such a positive and beautiful way.
October 22, 2007 3:51 am
The tag is beautiful, thank you so much for your kindness, your generosity is greatly appreciated.
October 22, 2007 5:00 am
Thank you so much for this gorgeous kit! It’s so beautiful and moving.
October 22, 2007 5:36 am
Thank you so much for this gorgeous gift. {{hugs}}
October 22, 2007 5:49 am
Thank you so much for all the time and hard work you put into this awesome kit, and for sharing it with all of us! I was born on my grandma’s birthday–our birthstone is ruby. When I graduated, my mom gave me a special gift from my grandma (even though she had been gone for many years): my grandma’s ruby ring. I wear it on special occasions. Last night was my daughter’s first color guard competition. Thanks so much to you and this beautiful gift of yours! As soon as I saw the red heart it reminded me to wear my ring. Thank you, thank you, thank you!!! I was really young when my grand mother passed away; the one memory I have of her is sitting in her lap. I’m so thankful for that memory. The other part of this special tag set reminds me of the Christmas and birthday cards I received from my other grandma (she lived far away). <3
October 22, 2007 6:20 am
This is so beautiful, and for such a wonderful memory. Thank you for sharing.
October 22, 2007 6:40 am
I have only just worked out how to leave you a message duh!!!
Just want to say thank you so very much for your wonderful gifts. You are so talented your Grannies would be so very proud of you.
October 22, 2007 6:53 am
Thank you so much for sharing!
October 22, 2007 7:11 am
Thank you so much for once again sharing your talent with us. Except you don’t just share your talent – you share your heart, and that is what sets you apart and what makes your work so much more beautiful.
Your grandmothers would have been so proud of you and I am sure they are smiling in heaven.
(((hugs)))
Caryn
October 22, 2007 8:38 am
Oh, my goodness, hon, I never expected to be named in a post! I am blown away again by your beautiful work. I agree with others, you have a gift from God, and it’s so lovely to have you share it with us. I hope one day to meet you, and I know I will… though it may not be in this world, surely in the next. We will have a tea party with our grannies, together! Love and hugs, always, Elaine
October 22, 2007 8:41 am
Beautiful!!!!!!!!!!
October 22, 2007 8:54 am
Thankyou so much for this fabulous tag….and for the whole Granny set.
I never knew my Grannies, both died before I was born, so never knew what it was like to have a Grandma.
This tag and your words touched my heart through the “anyone who left a big hole in your heart”
That would be the man that was my best friend, my soulmate, my dream come true….and whom I lost at the beginning of this year. Thankyou for your gracious talent with both words and design.
October 22, 2007 9:21 am
This reminded me of my dear sweet Aunt Betty that passed away in 2005! What a thoughtful and kind person you are! You are also very talented!
Thanks for this gift!
October 22, 2007 10:04 am
Life is hard, no doubt. I changed my life venue to care for my own mom, now 86, who’s about 60 per-cent sharp and 40 in the dementia stage. Frankly, it’s difficult to like her all the time and yet I love her so. Accusations are beginning to arise from her paranoia that I gave up nothing so I could have her everything and it hurts so deeply. Each day I place a situation or more in God’s Hands but am sometimes unable to leave it there. Anyway, to the point, thank you for this beautiful, beautiful tag; you are so wonderful and have through your original gift have touched so many others and me.
God bless you!
October 22, 2007 10:58 am
Thanks so much for the new goodie!
October 22, 2007 11:19 am
Wow, what a wonderful tag! Thank you so very much! I love coming to this site and reading everything you’ve posted as well as all the comments. I always leave with a huge smile on my face. A big thank you to everyone!!!
((hugs))
October 22, 2007 1:13 pm
this is a wonderful idea, in memory of our grandmathers and those who are close to us. I was left seveal letters, old books and such and you have given me the idea to scan and photo these things to use in scrap pages. Thank you for sharing your heart and your creativity…..Deb
October 22, 2007 1:34 pm
Thankyou so much again for your extra gifts. You are so talanted and caring. God bless you. Hugs
October 23, 2007 6:37 am
Thank you for the great kit and the additions. I have very fond memories of sitting on my Grandma’s porch in Iowa on the big swing.
October 23, 2007 7:55 am
Another, just stunning work. Thank you so much.
October 24, 2007 11:56 am
Thank you.
I feel I’m not ready yet to scrap my grand mother. She was close to my heart and she’s gone too fast AND too slow at the same time. When I’ll be ready, I’ll use granny’s kit for sure.
October 25, 2007 2:38 am
Thank you very much for this wonderful extra gift. All your work is just wonderful. I´m glad to have found your site again, I lost it because I forget to bookmark (now I have a bookmark).
October 26, 2007 8:19 am
Thank you so very much for such a lovely way to remember….this one I will use for my beautiful daughter whom we lost when she was 25. Huggers
November 2, 2007 9:56 am
Maravilhoso o seu trabalho!
Beijos…Dirce
November 2, 2007 9:59 am
Magnifc. Tanky You!
Dirce