Spanish Chocolate Dancer for Avery of Boston, Massachusetts

 Avery is 14 years old and is scheduled to have her third heart surgery.  She is a patient of Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.  She loves art. Crafts, dance and the color yellow.  She is receiving an Inspirational Dance Card with yellow flower stickers and a galaxy bookmark.

Random Acts of Cardness - Extra Encouragement 

A Ocean Princess Mermaid for Bailey of Fostoria, Ohio

 Happy Birthday to Bailey of Fostoria, Ohio who is turning 12 and loves princesses and all things girly.  She is receiving a sticker sheet of Disney princesses and a bookmark.

Random Acts of Cardness- July Card Showers

Seas the Day! Ocean Princess for Camille of Truman, Arizona

A Ocean Princess Birthday Card for Camille of Truman, Arizona who is turning 7 years old.  She likes unicorns, Barbie and Minnie Mouse.  She is receiving a sticker sheet of Unicorns.

Random Acts of Cardness- July Card Showers
 

“She is far More Precious then Jewels” - Patricia of Kirkwood, New York

 

A Stella card to give extra encouragement for Patricia of Kirkwood, New York who is 74 years old and battles diabetes, a heart condition and depression.  She was recently evicted from her house and living in a motel with her daughter.

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Starlight and Dewdrops for Shirley of Towanda, Pennsylvania

 

Encouragement card for Shirley of Towanda, Pennsylvania who is 82 years old and is battling depression, loneliness, and arthritis.  She lost her husband 5 years ago and her daughter last year.  She is a Christian and the card has a Bible verse with love.  She is receiving a Vincent Van Gogh bookmark with red roses.

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Faith * Hope * Love - Encouragement for Nancee of Caldwell, Idaho

And now these three remain:

Faith, Hope, Love,

But the greatest of these is love.

1 Corinthians 13:13

 Nancee of Caldwell, Idaho is 66 years old and battles a chronic illness, depression, diabetes and arthritis.  She like dogs, birds, horses, the color blue and bodies of water.  She is receiving several pictures of the coastal waters and beach at Ft. Matanzas Park.  The art print on the card is Sisters of the Sea by Artist Crystal Michelle Fallin.

 

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“Dance is Movement and Movement is Life” for Isabelle of Mt. Morris, Michigan

 

An Inspirational Dance Card for Isabelle of Mt. Morris, Michigan who is turning 13 years old.  She likes the colors green, black, pink, daises, Roses, giraffes and Woody from the Toy Story.  She is receiving a harmony bookmark “Beauty is all around you and always within you.”

Random Acts of Cardness - July Card Shower

Sunflowers and a Chateau de Chambord Card for Charlotte of Rocky Mount, North Carolina

 

A card filled with sunflowers for Charlotte of Rocky Mount, North Carolina who is turning 27 years old.  She likes the color yellow, sunflowers and dogs.  She is receiving a Van Gogh Bookmark with his painting of a dozen sunflowers.

Random Acts of Cardness - July Card Shower

A Girly Mermaid for Vickie of Rienzi, Mississippi

 

Sending Vickie of Rienzi, Mississippi a Beautiful Life Mermaid Birthday Card.  She is turning 13 years old and likes Disney.  She is receiving an Ariel Sticker book.

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“I Praise you for I am Fearfully and Wonderfully Made”

Psalm 139:8-16

If I go up to the heavens, you are there; if I make my bed in the depths, you are there. 
If I rise on the wings of the dawn, if I settle on the far side of the sea, 
even there your hand will guide me, your right hand will hold me fast. 
If I say, “Surely the darkness will hide me and the light become night around me,” 
even the darkness will not be dark to you; the night will shine like the day, for darkness is as light to you.
For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb. 
I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well. 
My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in the secret place, when I was woven together in the depths of the earth. 
Your eyes saw my unformed body; all the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be.

Beauty in the Storm

There was a rawness about her

That many didn’t understand

She was chaos in the wind

And fire across the sky and 

Not everyone could appreciate

Beauty in the Storm.

Happy Birthday to My Heavenly Angel

 Crystal Michelle Fallin June 19, 1984 - August 18, 2019

A Flower with a Graceful Soul

 

She was a flower with a graceful soul

Filled with passion and dreams…

A SENSITIVE PLANT in a garden grew,
And the young winds fed it with silver dew,
And it opened its fan-like leaves to the light,
And closed them beneath the kisses of night.
And the spring arose on the garden fair,	5
Like the spirit of love felt everywhere;
And each flower and herb on earth’s dark breast
Rose from the dreams of its wintry rest.

I Heard your Voice in the Wind

 

I heard your voice in the wind today 

and I turned to see your face;

The warmth of the wind caressed me-

as I stood silently in place.

I felt your touch in the sun today 

as its warmth filled the sky;

I closed my eyes for your embrace 

and my spirit soared high.

I saw your eyes in the window pane-

as I watched the falling rain;

It seemed as each raindrop fell-

it quietly said your name.

I held you close in my heart today 

it made me feel complete;

You may have died…but you are not gone 

you will always be a part of me.

As long as the sun shines…

the wind blows…the rain falls…

You will live on inside of me 

forever for that is all my heart knows.

THE CAT AND THE MOON

 The cat went here and there
And the moon spun round like a top,
And the nearest kin of the moon,
The creeping cat, looked up.
Black Minnaloushe stared at the moon,
For, wander and wail as he would,
The pure cold light in the sky
Troubled his animal blood.
Minnaloushe runs in the grass
Lifting his delicate feet.
Do you dance, Minnaloushe, do you dance?
When two close kindred meet,
What better than call a dance?
Maybe the moon may learn,
Tired of that courtly fashion,
A new dance turn.
Minnaloushe creeps through the grass
From moonlit place to place,
The sacred moon overhead
Has taken a new phase.
Does Minnaloushe know that his pupils
Will pass from change to change,
And that from round to crescent,
From crescent to round they range?
Minnaloushe creeps through the grass
Alone, important and wise,
And lifts to the changing moon
His changing eyes.

Carried by Love

 

I made you, and I will care for you.

I will carry you along and save you.

Isaiah 46:4

She does not need wings to fly

 

She does not come 
With wings on her back,
She comes with fire in her soul
And strength in her spirit
She does not need wings to fly.

Dancing on the Streets and Setting Fire to It’s Sky

 

She didn’t just walk 
on the wild side
She lived there,
Dancing on the Streets
And setting fire to its sky.

Steps of the Heart

 A man’s heart plans his way, but God directs his steps.

Proverbs 16:9 

“Hope” She Carried it in Her Heart

 

Crystal Michelle Fallin

The most beautiful thing about her was the hope she carried in her heart.

A Poem Inside of Her

 

There was a poem inside of her that paper could never handle. She danced  to the beat within her own heart.  She was unique, always adventurous, a free spirit that soared with the stars.

Sun Kissed Girl

 

Dance and Feel the Music

 Dancer Crystal Michelle Fallin Academy of Performing Arts, St. Augustine, Florida

A Girl and her Bunny

Crystal Michelle Fallin, St. Augustine, Florida

 

Crystal’s Flower Garden - St. Augustine Florida

 

Spanish Chocolate Soloist - The Stars they Shine for You

 Crystal Michelle Fallin, Soloist as Spanish Chocolate in The Nutcracker Ballet 1996.  Presented by the St. Augustine Premier Ballet Company at Lewis Auditorium, Flagler Auditorium.  

Mother’s Day - ‘She Laughs without fear of the Future”

 

She is clothed with strength and dignity,
 and she laughs without fear of the future.

Proverbs 31:25

Angel Wings - “The Moment that you left ”

 Crystal had angel wings tattooed on her back as a teen.  The wings in this image reminded me of her angel wings.  In her twenties, she had them removed and in her thirties, the angel wings became real.

Mermaid Sisters for Kailee of Davenport, Florida

 Happy Birthday to Kailee of Davenport, Florida who is turning 14 years old.  She likes girly things and she is also receiving a “Keep your Heart Light Shining” Bookmark.

Angel Card Project

Grandma’s Spring Flowers for Angela of Somerset, Kentucky

 Happy Birthday to Angela of Somerset, Kentucky who is turning 47 years old.  She is Crystal Michell Fallin’s sister and granddaughter of Mary Hillhouse.  The Birthday card is one of four custom designed cards by Crystal Expressions featuring Mary Hillhouse flowers. 

Unicorns, Rainbows and Llamas for Aislynn of Tremonton, Utah

 Happy Birthday to Aislynn of Tremonton, Utah who is turning 6 years old.  Aislynn likes unicorns, rainbows, painting and reading.  She is receiving a Llama handcrafted card decorated inside with rainbows and unicorns.  

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A Inspirational Dance Card for Celia of Salina, Kansas

 Reach for the Stars and may all her Birthday Wishes come true for Celia of Salina, Kansas who is turning 5 years old.  Celia has multiple health problems and heart condition.  She loves music and dancing.  She is receiving a dance inspirational card for her birthday and a Multi colored bookmark.

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A Llama Birthday Card for Callie of Ardmore, Alabama

 Happy Birthday to Callie of Ardmore, Alabama who is turning 6 years old.  Callie likes unicorns and paw patrol.  She is receiving a handcrafted Llama card decorated inside with Unicorns and rainbows along with paw patrol stickers.

Random Acts of Cardness - May Card Shower 

An Ocean Princess Card for Ana of Kiester, Minnesota

 

Happy Birthday to Ana of Kiester, Minnesota who is turning 7 years old.  Ana likes anything girly so she is receiving a Ocean Princess card with Disney Princess “Ariel” stickers.

Random  Acts of Cardness - May Card Shower

Tyb the Dog Birthday Card for Susan of Columbia City, Indiana

 Happy Birthday to Susan of Columbia City, Indiana who is turning 80 years old.  She is receiving a Tyb the Dog handcrafted card by Crystal Expressions.  She is also receiving a Claude Monet Bookmark.

Random Acts of Cardness -  May Card Shower

Twin Mermaids for Sharron of Gateshead, NSW, Australia

 Happy Birthday to Sharron of Gateshead, New South Wales, Australia.  She likes the color blue so she is receiving a Claude Monet Bookmark of the Bridge.

Bring Smiles to Seniors - Lola’s Smile Bunch

Wish Upon a Star Card for Carolyn of Penticton, British Columbia

 Happy Birthday to Carolyn of Penticton, British Columbia, Canada.  She is turning 80 years old.  She is receiving a Song Of Solomon Bookmark.

Bring Smiles to Seniors - Lola’s Smile Bunch 

Starlight and Dewdrops for Nancy of Winston, Georgia

A handcrafted Dreamer Card to wish Nancy of Winston, Georgia Happy Birthday.  She is 80 years old and loves flowers.  She is also receiving a Vincent Van Gogh bookmark. 

Random Acts of Cardness - May Card Shower 
 

A Seahorse and Mermaid for Haylee of Arnold, Missouri

 Happy Birthday to Haylee of Arnold, Missouri who is turning 7 years old.  She likes mermaids and unicorns.  She is receiving a seashores bookmark.

Random Acts of Cardness - May Card Shower

A Chateau de Chambord Card for Karen of Auckland, New Zealand

 Happy Birthday to Karen of Takapuna, Auckland New Zealand who is turning 60 years old.  She likes creative things, art history, sunflowers, walking the beach and Christian or inspirational notes.  She is receiving a sunflower bookmark.

Random Acts of Cardness - May Card Shower

A Ocean Princess for Alayna of New Albany, Mississippi

 Happy Birthday to Alayna of New Albany, Mississippi.  She is turning 9 years old and loves the color pink and animals,  She is receiving a Ocean bookmark with a whale.

Random Acts of Cardness - May Card Showers 

Sister Mermaids - Color Pencil by Artist Crystal Michelle Fallin

 Sisters of the Sea Mermaids

Color Pencil Drawing

Artist Crystal Michelle Fallin

Dancer Crystal Michelle Fallin - “I Look for You in the Stars”

Only from the heart you can touch the sky and shine like the brightest star.

Crystal Michelle Fallin

Lyrical/Modern Dancer

Heart Light

I look for you in the stars

Wondering how you are

Are you looking on from afar?

How beautiful it must be where you are.

Your heart light always shined bright

Like the brightest star

So I know you’re twinkling in the stars

And everywhere we go

You’re guiding us with your light

within your heart.

“Stella” by Artist Crystal Michelle Fallin