Crystal Michelle Fallin: Angel Card Project

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Tuesday, April 4, 2023

Easter Tulips for Cheryl of Columbia, South Carolina

Easter Tulips for Cheryl of Columbia, South Carolina who suffered a stroke and has returned home from the hospital after 5 months. For encouragement, she is receiving a scripture bookmark that God’s Love never ceases but endures forever.

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Easter Blessing for Vill of Larose, Louisiana

Easter Blessings for Vill of Larose, Louisiana who is 50 years old and has stage 4 lung cancer that has spread. She is receiving a scripture bookmark for encouragement that God is with her and will never forsake her.

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Happy Easter to Beth of Waterbury, Connecticut

Happy Easter to Beth of Waterbury, Connecticut whose daughter requested Easter Cards for her mom. She is also receiving a scripture bookmark.

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Easter Prayer for Amber of Redmond, Oregon

Easter prayer for Amber who has kidney cancer and a silent heart attack. This may be her last Easter. Prayers for her.

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Pink Easter Roses for Donna of Mundelein, Illinois

Happy Easter to Donna who is 83 years old, religious and enjoys Easter cards. She is also receiving a scripture bookmark.

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Butterfly and Easter Flowers for Don and Becky of Willard, Montana

Happy Easter to Don and Becky who are elderly and have health issues. They are both receiving Scripture bookmarks.

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Easter Blessings to Ed of Lakeside, California

Easter Blessings to Ed of Lakeside, California who is 92 years old with a heart conditions and is living in a Rehabilitation Center. He loves Jesus and Easter so he is receiving a scripture bookmark and a Chateau de Chambord Greeting card.

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Easter Blessings for Janina of Hamilton, Ontario Canada

Easter Blessings for Janina of Hamilton, Ontario Canada who is 96 years old and lives alone. She is receiving a scripture bookmark too.

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Happy Easter to Penelope of Pittsford, New York

Happy Easter to Penelope of Pittsford, New York who is 92 years old, bedridden and lonely. She loves Easter and we are also sending her a scripture bookmark with flowers.

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Hello Easter Greetings to Jennie of Little River, South Carolina

Hello Easter Greetings to Jennie of Little River, South Carolina who is 92 years old. She is also receiving a scripture bookmark with flowers.

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Blue Easter Bonnet for Ellen of Bossier, Louisiana

Happy Easter to Ellen of Bossier, Louisiana who is in a care center and loves to receive cards. She is also receiving a scripture bookmark with flowers.

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Easter Blessings to Larry of Naples, Florida

Happy Easter to Larry who is in a Assisted Living facility and has dementia. He enjoys receiving cards and his niece reads them to him.

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Happy Easter to Jerry & Carol of Lancaster, Ohio

Happy Easter to Jerry and Carol of Lancaster, Ohio who are in their mid-80’s. Carol is suffering from cancer and Jerry is her caregiver.

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Wednesday, December 21, 2022

Group Christmas Cards for Yukon Kuskokwim - Delta Elder's Home, Bethel, Arkansas

Crystal Expressions mailed all 16 residents Christmas Cards at Yukon Kuskokwim-Delta Elder's Home located in Bethel, Arkansas. Each card is handcrafted with a Christmas Story Scripture on the back of each card.

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Group Christmas Cards for Warren Park Health & Living Center, Chicago, Illinois

Crystal Expressions mailed all 124 residents handcrafted Christmas Cards of various designs. The 124 residents are lonely and elderly and many of them have not received mail for years from anyone! We hope they enjoyed reading and sharing the cards with each other.

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Group Christmas Cards to The Gables at Pelham, Greenville, South Carolina

Crystal Expression mailed 60 handcrafted Christmas Cards of various designs to The Gables at Pelham located in Greenville, South Carolina. Each resident received a custom-made card with a Christmas Story scripture. There are 60 residents, and some do not have family.

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A Red Truck of Puppies for Bruno of Sainte-Marthe-Sur-Le-Lac, Ontario, Canada

Merry Christmas to Bruno of Sainte-Marthe-Sur-Le-Lac, Ontario, Canada who is 92 years old and lives in a nursing home. He is receiving a handcrafted card with cardinals and puppies to cheer him with a Wise Men Scripture bookmark with encouraging words.

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Group Christmas Cards for Stonebridge of Gurnee, Illinois

Crystal Expressions mailed 25 cards to the residents of Stonebridge of Gurnee, Illinois. It is an assisted living facility. The residents each received a custom printed Christmas card with a Nutcracker theme. The Christmas tree had dancing figurines and snowflakes.

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Group Christmas Cards for Joliet Community Based Clinic in Joliet, Illinois

Crystal Expressions mailed 40 cards to all the residents of Joliet Community Based Clinic, Dept. of Veteran Affairs located in Joliet, Illinois. Many veterans do not have family to visit very often. They received an assortment of Christmas Cards including the Chateau de Chambord. Art by Crystal Michelle Fallin.

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Christmas Kitten and Pup for Clara of Oregon City, Oregon

Merry Christmas to Clara of Oregon City, Oregon who is 85 years old and recently diagnosed with liver cancer. Christmas is her favorite time of year. She is receiving a handcrafted card with a fireplace, kitten and pup starring out the window.

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About the Artist

This Blog is dedicated to honor Crystal Michelle Fallin's artistic and creative spirit; her love of writing and drawing, and her passion for performing arts and dance. Crystal loved art and was a self-taught artist and color pencil was her favorite art medium. Her techniques of multi-color layering and blending gives her drawings the effects of a painting with intricate details. This is a collection of Crystal's colored pencil artistry consisting of creative drawings of her own unique interpretations of classic Disney characters. The collection includes Chateau de Chambord and Belle from Beauty and the Beast, and Ariel inspired mermaids from The Little Mermaid. Her art graces the covers of Greeting and Handcrafted Cards, Notebooks and Journals. Crystal Expressions© Cards were developed to continue Crystal's legacy as an artist, to give hope and encouragement to the needy, and for the lonely-in-heart. Her coloring techniques, concepts and artwork is the inspiration and vision for the cards. The cards are distributed throughout the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, United Kingdom, and Europe to Hospitals, Nursing Homes, Home Bound Seniors, Foster Children, and many others.

Biography

Crystal Michelle Fallin was born in Newnan, Georgia on June 19, 1984 to Douglas and Peggy Fallin. Crystal grew up in St. Augustine, Florida where she attended St. Joseph Academy and First Coast Technical College where she received her high school diploma in May 2002. She attended St. John's River State College, majoring in business. She worked in the hospitality and retail industries in St. Augustine and Auburndale, Florida. Crystal was a lover of Performing Arts, dancing and listening to music. As a child and youth, she was a member of the St. Augustine Premier Ballet Company and Academy of Performing Arts. She danced in the Nutcracker Ballet for seven seasons and won multiple dance awards at international championship competitions held in Orlando, Fort Lauderdale, Tampa, Daytona Beach, Florida, and Columbia, South Carolina. She was a member of the award winning APA Group “Theater Street Express” and the musical theater ensemble, “The Stage Door Players.” She performed in musical theater productions such as Alice in Wonderland, Cinderella, Robin Hood, and The Chorus Line. Theater Street Express won multiple awards for Song & Dance and Production numbers: “Patriotic Tribute, Café De La Trebein, Gangster Drag, and A Salute to America.” She was creative, artistic and loved art. In school, she was awarded a Certificate of Academic Achievement in Art. She became interested in color pencil drawings in her twenties. She was a self-taught artist in color pencil drawings and techniques and it became her favorite art medium. She shared her love of colored pencil art and writing with her beloved grandmother Mary. She often exchanged her drawings with her friends and grandmother. She collaborated with her mother to design greeting cards; particularly ones with nautical and mermaid themes. Designing greeting cards, drawing, and writing notes to family and friends were her favorite pastimes. She developed a love of Disney characters as a child and practice drawing and coloring them throughout her life. She used her art to show love and support to her family and friends. Crystal was caring, kind-hearted and always reaching out to people in need.

Dance Biography

Crystal Fallin was outgoing, independent and had an indomitable free spirit and loved dancing. She received her dance training at the St. Augustine Academy of Performing Arts; Master Workshops at Santa Fe College (Gainesville), European School of Ballet (Ormond Beach), FloArts (Palatka), and Master Classes at International Championship venues (Orlando, Tampa, Ft. Lauderdale), and at the APA summer dance intensives. Her choice of dance genres were ballet, tap and Lyrical dance. She was a member of the St. Augustine Premier Ballet Company and the La Mirage Jazz Club. She performed multi-roles in the classical ballet 'The Nutcracker' for seven seasons: Spanish Chocolate Soloist, The Solider Doll, Harlequin Doll, Arabian Coffee Soloist, The Arch Angel, Snowflake Demi-Soloist, Marzipan, Waltz of the Flowers, and many others. Each season, the Premier Ballet Company performed two full length performances for the community as well as six condensed performances of “The Nutcracker” for St. Johns and Putnam Counties school children. Twenty-Five schools from both the public and private sectors attended the performances. Crystal and her dance troupe performed on stage at Flagler College Auditorium, Kirk Auditorium at FSDB, and numerous community venues throughout Northeast Florida. She was a senior member of the Academy of Performing Arts competition team. The dance team completed annually in "I Love Dance" International Championship Competitions in Orlando, Fort Lauderdale and Tampa, Florida, and in Columbia, South Carolina. They also competed in Champions of Excellence by "Dance Troupe, Inc." in Daytona Beach. Crystal and her team won awards in ballet, jazz, tap and modern/lyrical dance in all major categories as well as top honors in “Song and Dance” and group ensemble theater “Productions.” As a Soloist, she won multiple awards at International Championships in Ballet, Lyrical and Student Choreography, and Gold Awards at “Champion of Excellence” National and Preliminaries Competitions. The Inspirational Dance Collection emulates her free spirit and love of dance. Inspirational dance symbolizes the freedom of spirit and captures the joy of worship: “Let them praise his name with dancing and make music to him with timbrel and harp.” Psalm 149:3