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November 08, 2016

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The loss of a child is something no one is ever prepared for. A few weeks back, a news report popped up on my personal Facebook page. The odd part of this story is I don't follow the news going on on the other side of our state, but for whatever reason this story popped up. It piqued my interest.

I opened the story and read that a car was stolen. Yeah everyday occurrence. However, this one was a bit different. The thieves scraped off the back decal and emptied the car out which held non replaceable memorabilia of baby Isaac.

Immediately, I knew what I needed to do. One mother to another, I felt for this family. I volunteered to make them a replacement decal for free.

While many people see cards on this page, my favorite thing to work with is vinyl. I have done many decals for indoors and out. Knowing that I can offer my services, it was just a given to give this family anything they requested.

I offered to do anything; original footprints, a profile of their child, any wording, color, and so on. They requested two 12" long decals that will hold a powerful memory for them.

After finding out a bit more about baby Isaac, I wanted to make a personalized card as well.

I started with a fairly popular memorial piece of a feather with birds flying away.

I knew I wanted to replace the birds with wings though. But, I didn't feel that the feather was well placed after replacing the birds. So then I started looking through my files in my library and found this perfect sleeping baby boy angel. I added a few clouds, a sentiment, and I had a finished product!

The wings, clouds, and halo are cut from sparkled paper to bring a bit of bling. I added some highlights to the clouds via Craftwell's eBrush so the clouds were not washed out.