Welcome to the Spark a Smile blog! Check here for projects we’ve created, inspirational ideas, and stories about our mission to spark smiles in our community!
Last month’s Spark a Smile happened to fall on a very special day – September 11th, Patriot Day. To celebrate our continued freedom, we decided to make red/white/blue postcards to send to the military. Our local school kids will be writing greetings and notes of thanks on the back of …
We had a great little turnout for our August Spark a Smile! Since we had just been to the CG Elementary Business Showcase, we had two new faces! They both didn’t think they were creative, but I think they did great for first-timers! Miss Kristin and Janie joined us, as …
Every year, Dr. Phil and Dr. Janelle attend the Casa Grande Elementary Community Showcase to welcome teachers back for the school year. We also provide cute gifts for the new CG Elementary School District’s new teacher welcome baskets! This year, we made these Arizona mini-cards to thank ALL the CGESD …
For our June SAS party, we decided to clean house a little! We had a few unfinished projects laying around from earlier in 2013 – Thinking of You, Thank You, and Missing You/Birthday cards. We got so many cards finished! We had some help from Miss Kristin, who also brought …
One of our SAS regulars, Miss Pat, is the director for the 3rd-5th grade department at Trinity Southern Baptist Church. She’s been sending out birthday, “miss you”, and “thanks for coming” cards to the kids, and she can see what a difference it makes for the kids to receive something …
We had a great turnout for April’s Spark a Smile! Miss Tyler and her mom joined us again, and even brought Tyler’s grandma! We were also joined by our family friends, Eric and Claire. It was fun to see Eric wielding stickers instead of bicycling gear, and giggle with his …
For March, we focused on making a bulk batch of Thank You cards for several organizations/businesses to send, including our awesome neighbors at the Casa Grande Alliance! We had three cute designs to choose from. For this design, it was fun to mix-and-match the pieces to make something unique. The …
Instead of Valentine-themed hearts, we focused on strong hearts this February, in honor of my dad, Gene Yang. This February marks the third year since his tragic passing, so we wanted to acknowledge his strong physical and emotional presence in our lives. Blue was one of his favorite colors, and …
We recently had a request for some Get Well/Thinking of You cards for patients at 21st Century Oncology, a local cancer treatment center. We wanted them to be bright and happy cards, so we combined a bold stack of solid paper with some of Miss Marlene’s favorite patterns from our …
Welcome, 2013! But first, here’s a look back at our last SAS of 2012. We wrapped up the year by wrapping up the “leftovers” from over the years. Remember these pink cards we made in October for the American Cancer Society? Miss Kathy and Pat finished those up, making over …