Thanksgiving-Our American Holiday

This is one of my favorite picture of the fall scenery. Its beautiful! Another part of its beauty is it pulls our families and friends together in a way that no other holiday does. It brings us together to celebrate our thankfulness. We do have so much to be grateful for, don't we!

We've had a wonderful first year in our non-profit card making project. Our team has grown in size. We've made a progress in learning more about our craft and  what it takes to have this kind of  commitment.
We've had to fun, loads of fun!  Of course, I personally,want to thank our group of "card makin' cuties," with out you, I can do nothing--- with you I can do everything. You are all wonderful. The women of CMC have shown me they are all  a very high distinguished caliber of person indeed---I am so thankful God brought them by our door.  By the end of this year, we will have made and sent to OWH (Operation Write Home) over 526 cards to send off to our troops so they may mail them home to their families. Wow!

This is a great picture of our recent fund raising booth we had at the Hancock  Co. Homemakers Holiday Bazaar. It was a wonderful way for us to connect with people and get our name out there in the public eye. The thing I was so grateful for was the encouragement and the support we were given. Some people really got the whole idea of what we were doing. Every single item in our booth was made of card stock or paper, it was all hand made.That's including Garry's handiwork in building the booth,  doing the lighting and installation on site.
While we were given recognition by the visitors to the booth, one of the participants also wanted to help us.
I want to link you to a lady who has been in the business of giving others a hand up ever since she started--- Jana Bass and the Bass Farm, who are makers of Goat Milk soaps and lotions. Jana has sent their products to cancer patients. Jana  have sent many, many of their lotions out to our troops in the home front care kits. They have some great products for hands who deal with  cracking and dryness in winter months. I'm sorry you can't feel how wonderful and silky it is! Soooo...Take a look at her web site:

www.bass farms.com  ---all their products are on their site. If you order anything for the holidays use our code : CMC on your order and Jana will give you a 10% discount on the total. (And a must try is:  "Baby Butt Butter"!) This is Jana's way of helping you as one of our supporters.
This has been the theme of this year, good tidings and great joy have come to us in many different places, in many people and through  many different sources. To all of you I am extremely grateful.

It is my deepest prayer for all of you that you have a wonderful and blessed Thanksgiving holiday--- that your homes are graced with the meaning found in an attitude of gratitude and that this one day of thankfulness may grow and spread in our hearts and in the hearts of others throughout the whole year.

Most of all, our prayers go out to the troops who serve to keep our freedoms in this land. May we give them honor and praise for their bravery.