I’ve “met” a lot of people in the course of giving away my stuff for the last two months. Real, wonderful women with great, inspiring stories to share (whoever said scrappers are a dull lot have no idea what they are missing! LOL). I am touched each time one shares a memory or something deeply personal. I feel humbled to be on the receiving end of such “gratitude.” Those who post, those who share, those who email me are the very people I make my freebies for. I call them the wonderful five percent of those who download my work. They are the ones who truly matters. I can ignore the remaining ninety-five percent as just “stats” or numbers… It’s the five percent that gets back to me that counts.
I’ve received pictures of LOs too for the last several months. I am amazed at how scrappers could design pages with my work in a variety of ways and techniques. Receiving LOs never fail to make me smile. Getting cited for credits, make me smile wider. Such gratitude! I consider “these” my rewards….
By far however, the best “reward” I’ve ever received to date was when someone shared that my “Missing You” paper included in the last kit of My Granny’s Place was just perfect to scrap her father’s LAST photograph. That comment brought me to near tears and my heart felt full. I feel not just rewarded but truly blessed… Whoever said I must be crazy to be giving away the result of so many hours of work and sleepless nights have no idea how three sentences can make you feel so wonderfully happy…
“I just had to tell you that your kit Sun Porch touched my soul with the page of “Miss You”. It is exactly perfect for the last photo I have of my father before he passed. Thank you so much for creating that page. – Georgene”
Layout by Georgene
This LO might be way too simple for some…but beats any “award” and “reward” I’ve ever gotten for scrapping to date. This is what makes doing this worthwhile. Thank you Georgene for making me feel soooo wonderful!
October 20, 2007 9:35 pm
I think what makes you a GREAT designer is that you have a BIG heart. So you scrap and design with love! This LO was tender and sweet. Thank you for sharing it with all of us.
October 20, 2007 11:20 pm
The entire kit can be used for a wonderful tribute to our loved ones…each page was created with such thought and feeling!
Grannys Place is not only beautiful visually it is very touching to my heart as it brings back so many loving memories.
Georgene, I’m happy you found the perfect page for your father and thank you for sharing your lovely layout!
October 21, 2007 2:59 am
Thank you for posting the beautiful and heartfelt layout. It reminds me I need to dig out the last photo I have of dad and I together and do a layout for it.
October 21, 2007 7:36 am
God works in His way so well! As a person who also lost her father and husband, I find myself often missing both. The tribute here brought a tear to my eye, one that brought a rainbow to my heart and a smile to my face.
Bless you.
October 21, 2007 8:58 am
I think it’s a beautiful layout and a beautiful product. And I agree: receiving something like this from someone who has used your designs is the very best form of praise in the world. What a beautiful tribute and lasting memory. Thanks for sharing.
Hugs,
Mel
October 21, 2007 11:34 am
By sharing your stories about your grandmother with us, you’ve allowed us to share our memries with you as well. I have some time coming up which I will put to good use scrapping my memories with your beautiful gifts. Thanks so much for sharing! HUgs and blessings
October 21, 2007 1:35 pm
oh that is so sweet… *sniff*sniff* you’ve touched so many hearts with your beautiful creations ms mabelle…
even if i don’t get to your stuff “that quick”, i am so proud of you! i love your stuff! (even if i don’t get all of it lol!)
October 21, 2007 7:57 pm
Thank you so much for all your beautiful freebies. It’s obvious that there’s an enormous amount of “you” in them. You are very generous – and talented – and I appreciate it. I plan to use the Miss You page and tag for a page of my mom. I lost her 11 years ago and there truly is an empty spot in my heart. You never outgrow your need for your parents. As for Georgene’s page, less is more in this case. The background says it all. It’s lovely.
October 21, 2007 8:01 pm
I haven’t been on the web in a couple of days and saw this tribute to my dad. I am sitting here crying my eyes out. It will be 4 years this January since I lost my dad and I haven’t been able to scrap this last photo of him until this kit came out. I’ve never had such a reaction to a page before this. I’ve been going through a lot of trauma recently and then this page showed up. I believe it spured the begininning of healing for me.
Your page did a lot more than you know. I can’t thank you enough.
October 22, 2007 3:34 am
I want to tell you how much your Sun Porch set meant to me. It has been 30 years since my grandmother passed away – but sometimes it seems like yesterday! This kit brought all the memories back and now I know exactly what to do with some pictures I still have of her. Thank you so much – you are so talented and generous! I really appreciate it!
October 22, 2007 8:33 am
I am just thrilled with everything you do. I think part of it is the words that you share with us… I know I feel like I am coming to know you. Not only did you hit the whole feeling “bang on” with the way I feel/felt about my grannies, but the things you made, make it almost okay to me, that I don’t have a lot of photos of them… I can scrap and write my memories without needing much more than what you have given. And take pictures of things that remind me of them, to put on the pages.
Paula, I too lost my husband, 10 years ago. I have not yet lost my father. I lost my first granny when I was 7, and my granny-who-raised me, when I was 22 years old, 2 weeks after I had given birth to my only child, and I was totally devastated. I longed for her so much, these past years, and I remember before my grandfather died, his memories became confused, he thought I was my granny, and he called me by her name. I look just like her, I am told… I don’t have any living grandparents now, and my own parents are getting on in years.
It’s been so nice to come here and not just get beautiful treats from Mabelle, but to connect with all of you. We are a family…
And, MABELLE, honey, it IS a matter of STYLE, and everyone knows that is YOU, not the usurper! We love you, XOXOXO, Elaine