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"Don't be afraid. I'm here to announce a great and joyful event that is meant for everybody, worldwide. A Savior has just been born in David's town, a Savior who is Messiah and Master. This is what you're to look for: a baby wrapped in a blanket and lying in a manger." At once the angel was joined by a huge angelic choir singing God's praises: "Glory to God in the heavenly heights. Peace to all men and women on earth who please him" Luke 2:11- 13
the music and message were beautiful.
it's not the way we would've chosen but trusting in Christ… continue to pray for the Macs. I’m so sorry…and praying for them. ♥ Amen! ♥ That is a beautiful picture of them…you captured a powerful moment there. thank you for sharing these pictures. the love and faith of you guys over there is such an inspiration… I often think of Cora and her beautiful little face. It’s a reminder of how blessed we are. I’m praying for happier days ahead for Joel and Jess. Thanks for sharing this with us. It’s still so fresh in my mind when I heard about Cora’s story. My heart is still aching for The Macs, but I hope the playground dedication helped heal their hearts just a little more, if that is even possible after such a loss. the prayers have never stopped… how is it that i’ve seen several pictures from the dedication and still it brings tears to my eyes to see those balloons. such a beautiful picture. and i’m certain that cora was smiling. My heart still breaks for them….but God is triumphant through it all….still, just makes me so sad for them 🙁 They are so blessed to have a friend in you to capture this day for them. God Bless! How blessed they are that you captured this day for them. The blessing of a friendship is priceless. I cannot imagine their pain, but I know it must be made a little easier with the surrounding of friends. Beautiful, and oh, so sad. Sometimes it’s just so hard to trust that God has a plan. Somehow, all those balloons made me feel better. Thanks for sharing! They are truly an awesome witness! I can’t even imagine. I have an 8 month old son. They are an amazing family and what good that sweet girl did in her short life. This breaks my heart. I wish I could absorb some of the pain, somehow cushion the blow. I can’t imagine going through something so heartbreaking. I think of them often. My prayers are with them. Thank you for sharing this. God bless you! Amen! annie and i stopped by the church last week to work on some sunday school stuff. she asked me if she could play on the cora playground. i said i wasn't sure….we asked the office and we were told "go for it!" so she did. i ran into kendall and she asked "oh are you here to take pictures?" i said "no….but i have my camera…soooo yeah." here are some pics of the almost complete cora playground.
can you believe how great this is? it is bigger and better than i had imagined. i looked at it and thought "this is perfect. it IS jess's personality…colorful and bright…so perfect" this playground will be loved by our church so deeply. love you jess. That is great! I Love it and glad I could be a part of the etsy contributions. What a great family. This has to be the best playground ever! How beautiful!! It turned out wonderful. Your photos are perfect! this is awesome! The one with the heart made me weep. The only relief is that Cora has no more pain, but her parents…ohhh! It stabs my own heart every time I read about them. You take glorious pictures. Oh, that’s just adorable. What a blessing! what a playground!!! You are unbelievable… I love seeing thru your lens! Great playground! Gorgeous pics. Awesome playground. I’m waffling between crying my eyeballs out and grinning ear to ear. How wonderful to see this project coming to its end, but really its beginning! Wonderful capturing of the playground. Annie’s feet in the pics are great! So cute. A.M.A.Z.I.N.G.! I absolutely love it. What an honor to Cora! That is SO COOL! I love this. Thank you for the update! cannot wait to be there. wow! that is a super cute playground!! it’s so fun to see it materialize. thanks for posting some pics Crying. Buckets of tears. I cannot stinking wait. Amazing. Praise God for the testimony of Cora’s life. Yay! So bright and happy! My heart also goes out to Cora’s family! Hooray for Cora’s playground!! It fits her perfectly!! THAT IS SO AWESOME!!!! Wow! Hey! This got me to thinking… I am having a contest on my blog where you can win $100… if you win, I can certainly donate that to the charity of your choice as well. Wow! That looks so fun, love those little feet!!! cora’s playground is simply perfect! So wonderful! wow!! that is amazing so much love went into that her little spirit is surely there each day <3 Oh WOW!!! What a GREAT tribute to such a special little girl 🙂 Still, can’t help but feel sad that they even have a playground in her honor 🙁 Praise be! Great to see such a wonderful place. 🙂 I think I want a pair of red high tops and monkey socks. It looks like the coolest playground I have ever seen! Such a sweet tribute to a precious girl. Thanks for sharing those pictures. It’s perfect. And your pictures of it are beautiful. That is amazing! I didn’t know the family, except through your blog & I just well up in tears thinking about that sweet baby & her beautiful family, their story has reached so many. What an absolutely beautiful, fun & whimsical playground! awwww, i didn’t know you and jess are friends!! the pictures are fabulous and i can hear cora’s precious laugh sprinkling down from heaven. together (photos + playground) y’all are an amazing team. BEAUTIFUL! So incredibly fantastic! Great pics! Cora will be laughing in heaven when she hears all those children giggling at the fun they are having at HER playground. Love, Love, LOVE the fact that I helped to build this amazing place for children to have fun. SO cool! Amazing. What a great way to honor sweet Cora. That playground is heaven on Earth. I have tears in my eyes just looking at it. That is so bright and beautiful! My little girl saw it and said—–oooooohhhhh can we go there!? i love your pictures it looks great! I get goosebumps every single time I see or hear about this wonderful place we all built together. It’s such a beautiful reminder of, not only a sweet precious girl, but the wonderful body of Christ! Thanks for sharing these! I still cry when anyone talks about Cora. . . I have so enjoyed watching the playground come together on Jess’s blog. Your photos of the playground are wonderful! I’m sure Cora is very proud of her mama and daddy. Wow, that looks like an awesome playground! love the colors! awesome. That is seriously one cool playground… how awesome.. so exciting!!!!! Wow! I have never seen a playground come close to how awesome that one is! Thanks for sharing! 😉 beautiful bright colors….lots of fun to be had! Fantastic. Just think of how many happy smiles it will bring! Oh how I love it ! God is so good. It looks amazing. Wow, what a great playground 🙂 It is a STUNNING playground!!!!!!! My heart goes out to that sweet family ♥ ok….as of 3:00 the Etsy Cora Playground Project has raised
$15,667.93
How great is our God.
What a MIRACLE!!!! Beyond words! Awesome!!!!! FANTASTIC!!! Praise the Lord! Wow, I am impressed! I continue to be so so so moved by this story…What is it about Cora that hits you so hard, causes such a PAIN in the heart?? As another poster said somewhere, there is SOMETHING about that little angelic face…I have no idea, but I am following all this and crying over it daily…And tried to do a little bit of good by buying some pinafores for my own daughter on etsy. I look forward to hearing how it went when the donation was given to Joel and Jess…I know they can’t possibly be feeling joyful, but I do hope there is some way that they can feel a bit less PAIN from this…My oh my but that baby of theirs was, and IS, loved!!!! Awesome! I wasn’t able to make a purchase, but this project has been in my prayers. God is so good! Amazing!!! YIPPEE! God is an awesome God! And it will be an amazing playground not just because it has the funding behind it, but because it will be built with love. Great job!!! Yes, indeed, how awesome is God. Wouldn’t it be awesome if people could always work together to accomplish something? It’s sad that someone has to die before some people open their hearts and wallets when there is a need. There are many people in this world that need metaphoric playgrounds to be built. Let’s build them before the child dies that would have liked to play on that playground. I know, I know, that does sound socialist. that is just amazing! i’m glad i had a chance to be a part of all this, and got some adorable handmade stuff to boot! YEA! Thank you for sharing the total! I’m all goosebumpy and teary! WOW!!! WOW!!! that is amazing, awesome, wonderful, a true blessing! what a miracle…when i read your post before this one…i just could not stop reading it over and over….answers to prayer…our God is great…..praising Him today. that’s amazing. good good good. awesome! Kelly oh my.. amazing I kept praying today that the amount would be evidence of the Lord working in and through the life and death of precious little Cora. To HIM be the glory! Such an awesome praise!! So Amazing, Praise God! I’ve been waiting to hear that total. How exciting! How exciting to know that it will continue to grow to. Thanks for sharing the total… I have goosebumps — and tears in my eyes! That’s fabulous. They lost so much — but hopefully they can see too, what an impact that lovely little girl made… 🙂 Praise God! AWESOME!!!! ALL PRAISE BE TO GOD!! He’s greater than we can even BEGIN to imagine!!!!! He is good. Oh is He good. Bless you all for your time and talent in such a beautiful work! wow!! awesome!!!! i am so in awe…god has definitely revealed himself in all of this. amazing! That is amazing. I think you should add how great are the people that helped raise that money though! It is so amazing! And to think there’s still tons of sellers left to report! Whoohoo! Praise the Good Lord!!!!!!!! A W E S O M E!!!!! Ya’ll all ROCK!!! That is so GREAT!!! Our God is AMAZING!!! I can’t wait to see the playground. What a great way to honor beautiful, sweet Cora!! That is fantastic news!!! I hope that the money will go a long way toward the wonderful playground. AMEN!! That is incredible!!! WOW God is so so good! I’m so happy! Thank You! Our GOD IS GREAT! Hooray! That is JUST AWESOME! How amazing & wonderful. Praise the Lord! That is AWESOME! Praise God! Can’t wait to see the playground come to life to honor this sweet angel! i have no words….just praise. amazing truly…. wonderful. Tears! What a wonderful thing. Thank you for keeping us in the know. 🙂 Oh. My. Goodness. I am soooo excited!! I knew it would be a big sum, but THAT is AMAZING!! You should all feel proud of what you were able to do. Imagine how loved Jess & Joel will feel…awesome. wow!!praise the Lord !!! ohmygoodness, that made me burst into tears! congratulations, you all must be so proud! 🙂 PreTTy GREAT!! There are no words…amazing…just amazing 🙂 how wonderful is THAT! beautiful!!!!!! that is AMAZING!! go Cora!! All I know is he had plans when he brought little Cora home and obviously he has other big plans in store!! God is so good! Congratulations! How Great are all of you! Such Inspiration.. absolutely beautiful & amazing!!! This past weekend, our pastor preached on God’s ability to take our meager offerings (in terms of service in the Body) and transform it for His purpose and multiply those efforts – – as with the fishes and the loaves where he fed thousands with a boy’s meager meal. All each of us had was a humble desire to take part in something to bless this precious family – God has moved and is continuing to work. Blessed be His Holy Name! I WANT TO JUMP UP AND DOWN AND SCREAM!!!!! This is INCREDIBLE!!! Absolutely incredible! I am so happy I could be a part of it! You seem to be an amazing group of people that have inspired so many of us. Awesome!!! Oh my! I read your previous post and headed over to the site today to make a straight up birthday donation in her memory and I wondered what the total was. How WONDERFUL that it has all added up so quickly. God is great. My heart just skipped a beat. This is amazing. WOW that’s amazing. So glad I could be a part of it. Looking forward to getting the hoodie for my daughter. Congratulations! What an inspiring story in memory of a precious angel. monday night i could not sleep. my mind was swirling…thinking…making lists as i laid in the dark.
ideas of projects to make…planning the weeks events….
all while craig snored next to me.
thursday is the day the etsy shops are going to give our donations.
all 194 shops on the same day so the account will show one big jump from etsy.
that is so exciting.
exciting because i can't wait to see the number.
exciting because it will show jess and joel's more love.
exciting because it's humbling to be a part of seeing God's hand in action in many ways each day!
to God be the Glory.
God knew when he whispered to julie "make something for her" what was to come.
God knew that over 50 of us would want to make something too.
God KneW that we were planning to end the fundraiser last friday…
so He had the etsy article run on that day…adding over 144 more sellers to the cause!
God knew that Cora's first birthday would have been on thursday and THAT was the day we should give.
God knew that joel & jess would be meeting with the playground builders that day.
And our gift would be there to welcome them.
HE KNEW. (do you have goosbumps?)
so…back to the idea that came in the dark.
i have one day left.
everything i made has sold and shipped out (yay!)
i have nothing more made and ready to sell.
BUT I COULD TAKE ORDERS.
so i am filling the shop with possible orders.
 fabrics that will be made in to pillows.
 t-shirts and hoodies that will be all cute after YOU decide what i should put on them just for you.
there is one more day.
order a birthday gift….for next month or this summer.
order something for your best friend or your sister.
order a christmas gift!
it may not work….and that's okay.
i will be alright if you don't like this idea.
but it was worth a shot to raise the bar one last time.
and i will faithfully keep sewing till every order is filled.
contact me through etsy with your questions.
(click contact cdduekrsen a bit under annie's glasses picture)
If you already have a custom order…you are good.
if you need to change any of it…that is fine too.
i am going to attempt to send invoices for those orders…when i figure out how to do that.
thank you for being so patient with me.
i feel like i have all these cheerleaders behind me cheering
"SEW SEW SEW! Come on megan you can do it!!"
thank you so much.
now….hit the shop!
I am SO happy for you! You, and all the other Etsy peeps are amazing! And today I found this: http://www.freshbooks.com – might be perfect for invoicing? Might not, but hey, thought I’d share. I ordered a pillow today! Yay! I am glad it will be counted towards the total. I also bought an 8×10 Silhouette Print a few weeks ago, also for Cora. I can’t even begin to imagine how much money has been raised. Goosebumps indeed! Bless you for all your hard work and creativity! You’re a SUPERSTAR! I, too, had goosebumps just before you asked,”Do you have goosebumps?”. What a wonderful thing to read, all the “behind-the-scenes” stuff. Thank you for taking the time to put it down like that. I made a purchase last week, but I have been praying for this sweet family every day for over a month. What an amazing community of friends they have! God bless you! The Lord is AWESOME…and you were obedient to HIS voice. right before I read (do you have goosebumps) I was covered in them! This made me smile. Thank you! I have spread the work everywhere I know for the last day of buying stuff for Cora. I feel so honored that I got to be a part of this…can’t wait to see that number tomorrow! Thanks for doing this! I ordered two pillows this morning, hope it wasn’t too late to be added to the total? The check to the playground fund is what I call a REAL stimulus plan! Look at all the love and business it stimulated! Can’t wait to see what the total is. Just ordered a pillow. Hope it was in time to make the donation cut off! You’re amazing… Covered in goose bumps! OH and SEW! SEW! SEW! You can do it! 🙂 Have a wonderful day! I feel like crying I’ve had such a tough time with school this semester and I’ve got two more months of it before I get a break but God KNOWS and he knows how to handle it even if I don’t thank you for uplifting me and refreshing my mind its like I hit that little button on my mind browser haha I think I’m good for another two months now, thank you so much! Wow!!! You are all simply amazing!!! And…I finally got the pillow I was waiting for!!! Can’t wait to see it and hear about the amount for Cora’s Playground! you’re awesome. Goosebumps for sure. Amazing. I ordered a pillow..sew, sew, sew! 🙂 i will swing by. goodness…He knew that i was on the fence about buying something for kailyn too…and now i will….and when i blogged this a.m. about the super cute shirt i had already got for meg…i had no idea it was the last day, but He did and so hopefully now that will encourage my friends and family over to the etsy shops and give on this last day as well!!! thank you meg for your blog, your etsy, and your devotion to Him! meg…you are totally rocking my stinking face off! yeah for god and all he is doing in honor of cora… GOD IS SO GOOD. MEG, I REALLY TRUELY GOT GOOSEBUMPS READING THAT POST!!! you are SEW awesome!! this entire project is amazing!! I am too late, I missed this yesterday! I started a conversation with you on Etsy. I would love to order something – even though I am one day late. : ( Goosbumpin’ all the way here in TX! I do have goosebumps 🙂 I’m so excited to see what God is continuing to do here! I can hardly wait to find out how much money has been raised! Thank you for being such a sweet friend to them. It gives us unknown and far-away “friends” such comfort to know that Jess and Joel have so many great people in their community supporting them 🙂 perfect meg. i just ordered a pillow that is going to look great on my chair in the studio. i am so excited. God also Knew to place you in joel and jess’ life!!!! i have goosebumps…you are an inspiration! i am placing my order right now! i had to get a hoodie for my little one. more importatly i had to help Cora’s memory live on. Hi Meg, you DO have cheerleaders! they’re cora’s angels! God bless you for all you’re doing and for glorifying Him in all of this! Keep up the great work! You make amazing crafts! Hello there…I have been waiting for the red pillow with the red soft dots and the damask type look..will you be selling that??? GOD IS SO GOOD. HE DOES KNOW, AND IT IS AMAZING ISN’T IT! Thank you. Thank you for letting me know that the money will be posted to the account tomorrow. I placed my order tonight so that it could get in on time. Just sent you a convo! for every comment left on her blog today up to $250
toward Neuroblastoma Research.
Neuroblastoma is what took Cora McClenahan and Danyele's friend Tuesday all too soon.
go leave her a comment! :)
way to go danyele!
You have been busy my friend! It’s incredible to see the outpouring of support, love, and creativity that this heartbreaking event inspired in so many people!!! Its so amazing… Amazing! This is a great idea! Thanks for pointing us in this direction!! DONE! With all the gloom and doom on the news and in the papers, it is a blessing to see and hear that peole are interested in each other, and that they are willing to roll up their sleeves and get involved! God is good… What an amazing way to support the research and honor their lives. I’m in! fabulous. This is heartbreaking news! I would love to help support Neuroblastoma Research!! Count me in! Such a fantastic way to honor their lives. Awesome! Tuesday’s mom actually purchased an apron from me for the Cora benefit, and told me her story. She passed away the same week as Cora. What a great way to honor her! did you hear julie's great idea? (click) julie has a tender heart for mommies who have lost their babies much too soon.
she has never even met jess and joel.
but she took action…followed her heart.
after selling MANY of her messy flower headbands for cora paige
realizing how much we all want to give
she decided to ask us for help.
she came up with a super duper plan.
there are lots of crafty ladies are out here in blogland.
many have Etsy shops already…
we can do our own cora paige items and each give to the playground.
what do you think?
i am ready!
i want to craft my heart out for cora, jess and joel.
i want to open an etsy shop for cora, jess and joel.
sooooooo……what should i make?
what do YOU want to see in my brand new etsy shop?!
i need your help.
speak up blog readers.
(can you tell i am excited?!)
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if you'd like to hear cora's service you can find it on our church's website. (click)
it was such a beautiful and emotional service.
everyone loved cora so much…and those chubby cheeks.
the entire family is such a gentle example of faith.
I too admire all you’re doing. Your designs that everyone loves so much on t-shirts and pillows: how about flat and framed with a painted frame? Aqua or hot pink frame on the cupcake design? Anything, anything you make will be so beautiful. I would love to see you make some cute t-shirts, like the ones you made at christmastime. Maybe some with playground equipment sewn on; like a swing, or teeter-totter…. I think anything you would decide to make would be wonderful, and would most likely sell it within hours! I am excited to see what you make!! I am already selling things on my etsy to help baby Cora!! I am so excited to see people really care & are purchasing things!! I love the idea….i think you should make whatever you like the most…..I love your playroom so go look around there for ideas… Sheesh, apparently I’m a little slow to add my two cents. i think anything you make will sell out very quickly – so i recommend you make something that is easy for mass production. i like the bottle caps – seems like you might be able to get an assembly line going. I vote for the girls initial shirts that your girls have worn, also, the cupcake one too! as well as the bottle caps… BIG QUESTION: Once we make the money, where would Jess & Joel request that we send it? Directly to the church at the address already given? (I think I saw that on their blog somewhere?) I think you need to auction off a week-long stay at your house! 😉 We’d all LOVE to come hang out with you and your fun crew and be able to LIVE your blog! 🙂 I was seriously thinking just a couple of days ago… I wonder if meg would make a super cute t-shirt that I could buy for a birthday gift. just thought of another. your polka dot camera strap!!! i would definitely buy one. i’m in. Oh my goodness…you are truly great! I would love to see anything…the skirts you make for your girls..I would love to buy for my ladies..the shirts..the bottlecap magnets..anything! I can’t wait to shop! OH YAY!!! I want some of those little shirts you made for Annie and Talby…but the male gender kind!!!! Oh I’m doin’ a little dance right now…at home, by myself because Meg is opening an Etsy shop AND I get to help Joel and Jess 🙂 Oh heck Meg, I’d buy anything you made 🙂 Things that I’m always looking for on Etsy are cute older kids clothes (size 4-8), maybe i’m not looking in the right areas but they are hard for me to find. The super craft shirts you make for the girls!! You are doing God’s work here Meg…I would love to see anything made from fabric from you…maybe little pillows, girly t-shirts. I also love: I love your crayons and bottle cap magnets too! What if you picked a few things to put in your shop, like the pillows, bottle caps and crayons, but took orders to make them personalized? That way you wouldn’t have to invest too much in something that doesn’t end up selling well. I have a friend who makes stitch markers, she has a couple of samples in her shop but will custom make whatever you want (within reason, of course.) Meg, Anything you come up with would be awesome, seriously. I love all of the ideas folks have already suggested, the crayons, tees, magents & the cute notebooks! Love them all. Oh & your photography (as someone sugegsted) is amazing, I bet some stills of things you shoot would totally sell! Just a few ideas of what you might sell- the neat shirts with sewn on fabrics(cupcakes,flowers etc) Any of your prints on colorful objects. They are all beautiful and I’d love to frame some in my house 🙂 This is such a great idea. Count me in- how can I help? well, after attempting to make your cool letter crayons and failing miserably (they all turned out one yucky color) I would buy those. or your bottle cap magnets! I love them and don’t have the patience to make them! I would love to have some of the adorable pillows you designed around Christmas time. The ones that look like little houses. I would love to be your neighbor in one of those little houses. Bottle cap magnets – I would buy hundreds of ’em!!! How about bottle cap necklaces – the tweens (and their moms) seem to love them. you can make EVERYTHING. Your work is amazing! maybe scrapbook how-tos, actual scrap books that people can just put pix in. Curtains!! I looooove the red ones you made. I’d purchase just about anything from you! 🙂 But….I would special order two little, short sleeved t’s. Size 3 and 6 please! I keep meaning to give them a try, but would love to support the Cora playground at the same time. I vote for the embellished tees. But from what everyone else is posting, it sounds like you could fill a store with all of your crafty-ness! Thank you Megan for all you have been willing to do for Jess & Joel. I’m Jessica’s friend from Colorado…I spoke with you the other day about the pics for the slideshow that we made for the service. Your pictures are beautiful and sooo treasured by the family. I think whatever you make it should be bright green and pink since those were Jess’ favorite colors on Cora 🙂 ….I’m thinking cute bags or purses?? Nothing too hard or time consuming but something we could carry each day. Lot of great ideas on here! God bless you. oh gosh, great idea! I think others have mentioned it…but I really like you bottle cap magnets! The abc crayons – maybe in Cora’s initials and favorite colors? I am going to start making some doll quilts tomorrow to sell in my etsy shop (need to start an etsy shop too 🙂 I would definitely like to see some of those bottle cap magnets. Pillows…like everyone is saying. Your hand towels are a must. Oh and anything else you might have up your sleeve. pillows! like the ones in your playroom. anything you make out of all of that beautiful material would be great! i would also take 5 of your christmas stockings!!!! lamp shades. 🙂 pillows! like the ones in your playroom. anything you make out of all of that beautiful material would be great! i would also take 5 of your christmas stockings!!!! what a great idea! i have been wanting to start an etsy shop. i have a six week old, but if i can get my act together, i would love to contribute. as for you, i definitely think you could sell anything you sew and the magnets that you had so much fun making at christmas. i can’t wait to see what you come up with! This idea excites me and Im thrilled you are doing it!!!!! Im miss this baby and I dont even know her…I just KNOW I would have loved her and her family looks precous. You are very talented…whatever you make will be a HIT and ALL FOR CORA!!!! Definitely the t-shirts! And hand towels! What about some note cards of your photographs? Definitely pillows and magnets! What a great idea, Meg. Megan, I have been considering opening an etsy shop for some time now. I have never met Jess or Joel but was so moved by their story like so many! I would love to make a few special dresses in honor of precious Cora’s life! I believe I have some pics somewhere on my blog of my designs! what a great idea!!! i loved those bottlecap magnets you made. and the cute little tshirts you made for your girls. heck meg, everything you create is awesome!!! Oh boy…I have wanted you to create an Etsy shop for awhile! And now for little Cora…perfect! There are so many things you have made – your etsy could just be a bunch of different things…pillows…bottlecap things…lots of fun stuff! I would love to have some of your fun and bright pillow cases!! Anything with fun and funky fabric for my home, I will purchase! I loved your tshirts and hand towels (that you showed off at Christmas). I think my FAVE are the bottle cap magnets though. I would purchase any (or all) of those. i would love to help support cora’s playground! i’m a big fan of your pillows so i request those! and aprons! i love the idea of a playground in her memory, what an awesome way to honor such a strong little spirit that touched so many people who never even met her or her family… I think the t-shirts you made were adorable, but I also think your duvets, curtains and pillows, etc. are adorable! You could maybe even customize and offer various fabric choices? oooh, those adorable notebooks with the fabric fringe. i can’t stop thinking about those and would buy one for sure! or two or ten. The t-shirts! YES! Do you do girls hair bows? They are hard to find that are super cute! i love being crafty but I am in the middle of moving, so when you all get more your items posted on etsy, please make postings on your blog so I can SHOP!!! I am always looking for homemade gifts to buy. I would love to donate some pieces from my shop: I’d love a chance to buy one of the cute aprons you made last year at Christmas- and I’m sure others would, too! I’d buy anything to help Cora, and also anything you make (you’re so crafty) – so this is a GREAT IDEA!!!! sounds smart. sounds smart. Hi Meg! you have made so many cute things. but I would love to see some of your photos (prints) up for sale. you take such vibrant beautiful photos. Oh and I’d love to see your adorable bottle cap magnets in YOUR etsy shop!!! they are too cute! xo I posted on my blog earlier today…I’ve come up with a Cora Paige tee! http://www.iloveplum.etsy.com xoxox great idea!!! btw, there will be an honorary gift bag donation of 100 goody bags to Sam Ministries (Homeless Shelter) Am I really the first to comment? Wow… I think should you sell your ABC crayons… they’re so fun and since it doesn’t require a sewing maching you could even get the kids in on it!!
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Karen Gerstenberger - I love this translation of the Scripture passage – and your card! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you and your family!
Grace - Merry Christmas, Meg! God’s blessings to you and your family in the new year. 🙂
Sandy - One more thought – do I recognize that picture as the one Annie took of mom & dad???
Sandy - As I was scrolling down the page I thought to myself that you have an extra square for another baby, but then I saw your name and date in that square. I guess you really are done having kids. lol You are a terrific mother & father and your children are as blessed to have you both as you are to have them. Merry Christmas to the Duerksen’s; I hope it was great and can’t wait to hear about it and see pictures.
angela - Love the card!!!! What a great family!
CLOE - AMEN SISTER IN CHRIST ….. FROM THE NORTHEAST
Michele - Merry Christmas!
Tammy - Hope you had a blessed Christmas with your beautiful family!
danielle - merry christmas, you beautiful family, you!!
our hope has come! glory to the newborn King!
jackie chappell - amen !!! from florida
Jenn A. - Merry Christmas to your family, too!
Lisa - Hope you have a white Christmas in Kansas like we do in Illinois
Becky @ Farmgirl Paints - Hope you are having a great day with the fam Meg. Lots of love:) Merry Christmas!!!
kat - You card is beautiful! Merry Christmas!
Lorilee - Christmas Blessings to you and your family!
Lorilee
Julie - Merry Christmas Meg to you and your family!
Jennifer - Merry Christmas to you Megan! Hope you have a special day with minimal meltdowns!
Melanie - Hope you have a great Christmas! Your pictures are gorgeous!
elma riedstra - Merry CHRISTmas to you and you family and a BLESSED new year!!!
Susan - Merry Christmas Megan!
~Debra - Merii Kurisumasu from Japan!
Nikki - Merry Christmas!
T Galle - MeRrY ChRiStMaS to you Megan! Have a wonderful day with your family!