Holidays

You are Loved

Miss Marlene took over the prep for our January SAS party. She designed these Valentine’s Day cards for Miss Judy to deliver to the homebound. She did a great job of preparing all the pieces – there are so many intricate details! I love the embossing, and the tiny (shiny silver) …

Happy 2015!

SAS2014 ended with something a bit different: we made projects to take home! We’re always crafting things for strangers, so we thought it would be fun to share with our own friends and family. Miss Marlene had some pieces cut out for gift tags. They turned out so cute. Join …

Christmas in August

At our last Spark a Smile party, we celebrated Christmas in August by making blank Christmas cards for Operation Write Home, which sends boxes of blank greeting cards overseas to the men and women in the military, so they can write home. We came up with a few “stick it …

Happy 4th of July!

At Spark A Smile in June, we celebrated the 4th, early! We had a great turnout! Here’s just a sample of the mini cards we created. Aren’t these tiny firecrackers cute? Miss Linda came up with that ingenious design! Miss Marlene and I collaborated on these – she cut the …

May: In Bloom for Hospice Compassus

This month, in honor of my grandma (the face of Spark a Smile) who will need hospice care someday, we created Mother’s Day cards for Hospice Compassus of Casa Grande. Miss Marlene and I had been browsing Pinterest (feel free to follow me!) and created these inspirational samples, but I …

Can’t Smile Without You

We had a small group in February, but we still had some good conversation and great laughs! Look at these cute little Valentines tags we made. We attached them to toothbrushes and handed them out to random people. :) Were you a recipient of our random act of kindness? Let …