BUSY WEEK

As you all know my friend and Etsy Team member passed away suddenly a couple of weeks ago. She had no Will so all of her belongs will go to probate. Her only living relatives are her Aunt Barb and her Father Richard. Aunt Barb came down last week to go through things such as papers and personal belongings. Our team offered to help pack up the house and Aunt Barb was so kind to let us help and also go through all of Kathleen's crafting things and take what we wanted. Kathleen had her own crafting shop in San Francisco years ago and moved all of her supplies with her to Coos Bay but her health was failing and after 6 years it still sat in her garage untouched. She also had things inside her home that she had recently purchased to do crafts with. Two full rooms full of crafting supplies.

Needless to say, it took us four days to go through all of these things and sort through all of her belongs. We all took things home that we could use and I can just hear Kathleen say "take this sweetie and make something wonderful". I can just see her smiling face and hear the kindness in her voice because that is what she was, the kindest, sweetest, person I have ever known.

A few of the girls took loads to Hospice over the past few days and today Aunt Barb had everything inventoried for the attorney that will be handling the estate. We met in Kathleen's beautiful garden style back yard and had coffee and remembered her. She was there in spirit enjoying the coffee and conversation as she always looked so forward to each week.

"Peace"

This week's challenge at Digital Whisper the theme was "Peace". That is what Kathleen has now, total peace. No more pain, no more surgeries, no more medical bills, no more worries. She is at Peace with God. I created this digital collage in honor of Kathleen.

"Ulla Loved Music"

Kathleen always inspired me to create especially when I would get in to a funk about creating. I would have no ideas or ambition to create. She would tell me something or show me something or suggest something and then I would be in the mood. Her very best friend and partner in crafting, another Etsy Team Member, Nadine, sent me an email last night of a collage that was for Sale on Etsy. It was a beautiful collage transferred onto canvas and it measured 10 x 10. The price on this collage was............drum roll.................. $250.00! All of the collages come in different sizes according to what you want. The 4 x 4 size sells for $65.00!

Nadine said to me, "Patti, you can do this!" 2 hours later I did and this is what I came up with. The size of this collage is 8 x 10 and will be for sale in my Esty Shop for $50.00. It was created using photoshop and then embellished with gold leaf paint, a stick on jewel, corner piece from Kathleen and gold ink.

Thanks Nadine, I am happy to know that you are and Kathleen still is inspring me through you!

I have so many ideas now. It is amazing how each of our Etsy Team Members that took some of Kathleen's crafting supplies just can't wait to get busy creating....WE ARE INSPIRED!