Calling for Notecard Inspiration!

[Jodi Kayler]

Hi all,
We are getting ready to start designing super cool notecard/generic gift packs that will be sold as a fundraiser for the foundation. The cards will be trendy and cool so that anyone might want to buy them but also have elements that reflect the spirit of the kids that fight this disease. That's where I need your help. I need inspiration!

A couple people have sent me drawings that their kids have drawn, which is great and I'll happily take more! Other things that could help are:
> Inspirational sayings or bible versus that have helped your family. Maybe a song with cool lyrics?
> Maybe there is a symbol or image that is meaningful to you or your kids?
> Your kids favorite things? (ie. a certain flower or animal?)

It doesn't matter how abstract the idea is. Email me anything or any idea that is meaningful to you. You never know what idea it may trigger in the design process or how I can work it in. Just message me and if you have attachments, I'll send you my email. Please send by this weekend! Thanks!

Jodi

[lisa ann peterson]

what if the tail of the dragon fly looked like the last 5 black pearls on our bracelets....just a thought

[Zofia]

Beautiful story.

[Cheryl Biermann]

Thank you for sharing this beautiful story, it is really a reflection of our lives.

[Phyllis Ann Talbot]

I really love the dragonfly story - it's precious!

[Jodi Kayler]

Love it!

[Linda Burke]

What a beautiful story, and one that so accurate reflects how I feel.... thanks for sharing this.

[Tony Silva]

Hi Jodi,
We've always used the symbol of a dragon fly since our son Noah passed away. We find the story one that brings us hope...
Once, in a little pond, in the muddy water under the lily pads, there lived a little water beetle in a community of water beetles. They lived a simple and comfortable life in the pond with few disturbances and interruptions. Once in a while, sadness would come to the community when one of their fellow beetles would climb the stem of a lily pad and would never be seen again. They knew when this happened; their friend was dead, gone forever.

Then, one day, one little water beetle felt an irresistible urge to climb up that stem. However, he was determined that he would not leave forever. He would come back and tell his friends what he had found at the top. When he reached the top and climbed out of the water onto the surface of the lily pad, he was so tired, and the sun felt so warm, that he decided he must take a nap. As he slept, his body changed and when he woke up, he had turned into a beautiful blue-tailed dragonfly with broad wings and a slender body designed for flying.

So, fly he did! And, as he soared he saw the beauty of a whole new world and a far superior way of life to what he had never known existed. Then he remembered his beetle friends and how they were thinking by now he was dead. He wanted to go back to tell them, and explain to them that he was now more alive than he had ever been before. His life had been fulfilled rather than ended. But, his new body would not go down into the water. He could not get back to tell his friends the good news. Then he understood that their time would come, when they, too, would know what he now knew. So, he raised his wings and flew off into his joyous new life!

[Heather Still]

I have no creativity and Ryan still thinks stick figures are art, so we're not much help there. My daughter got the art gene and loves to draw so she may have something for you. My sister just had this quote on her Facebook status and I don't know where she got it, but it's definately my way of thinking and pretty much how I live life. "Things turn out best for people who make the best of the way things turn out."

[Colette Ann Frysz]

Jessica and her sister Angie would always draw rainbows. When once I was asked by some religious ed kids I was teaching what I thought God looked like, I told them to me God is the rainbow. It is a never ending array of all colors and hues. My daughters always had a rainbow drawn somewhere. The brighter the colors were those were the ones Jessica would use. So for us it's a rainbow.

[Jessica Olivia Frysz]

I would be happy to participate. But, I need to know where I can send in my contribution.