Card Making Event

Today 18 people gathered at the fellowship hall at the United Methodist Church where I work. I am so blessed that a number of the women in my church are stellar card makers and are willing to help me with a card ministry to cancer patients. They came and brought friends and created pre-made kits so that new card makers could do something spectacular. They brought cards they had made or collected over time and piled them on the tables as good will gestures to the event.

What a marvelous time we had, sitting around the tables, chatting and making cheerful messengers of encouragement to send to people in the infusion center. I am amazed at the creativity and the wonderful, professional cards we generated. In only 4 short hours, I had 260 cards to take to Wilmot! What a great event! The best part, other than the fun and fellowship, was to hear many of the card makers say that they are happy to have a reason to make cards.

All the materials were donated and shared. The center table was loaded with bits and scraps and stickers and glue-ons and ribbon and lace and every imaginable kind of decoration under the sun, plus tools to use like scissors and colored pencils and stamps and ink pads and cutters. Several people came with suggestions for sayings that could be written inside the cards. I am purely delighted with the whole morning's activities.

Today's theme was fall. Lots of leaves and pumpkins and squirrels and acorns and scarecrows dance across the cards. Our next meeting will be December 1 - another Saturday morning - and will have a holiday theme. Save the date and join us here if you can. If you are too far away, invite your card making friends to a time of creating cards that you can donate to your local cancer center. They are most welcome envoys in a dreary and pain filled world.