Wednesday, March 13, 2013

Mother's Day Name Event ~ Creative Photo Project

To celebrate Mother's Day and the month of May, I would like to host a Name Event so we can all remember our precious babies together.

The purpose of this project is to support one another on Mother's Day, find healing and peace, remember our babies, and connect with other mamas in the babyloss community. We all love to see our babies' names written by others and hopefully find peace in sharing this simple comfort with others.

Here are the details/rules (please read before signing up):

1. To participate, you will need to creatively write the names of other angel babies and take a photo of each name.
2. In return you will receive photos of your angel's name(s). You will receive one photo for every name you write.
3. If you have more than one angel, your angels' names will be divided. For example if you have 2 angels and you choose to write 10 names, you will receive 5 photos of each of your babies' names.
4. You must physically write or spell out each name. You can use your computer to print out names as part of a craft project, but please do NOT write names digitally.
5. You can use pretty much anything to spell out names: construction paper, magazine letters, clay, rocks, wire, fabric, seashells, paint, crayons, chalk, beads, string, stickers, markers, wooden or cardstock letters, twigs, cereal, glitter, colorful sharpies... basically anything you have laying around your house, or whatever is on sale at your local craft store. Try to be creative and have fun! (I've created a Pinterest board with some really cute and easy ideas.)
6. No group photos. You can write names together, but they must be photographed individually.
7. All names do NOT have to be written the same way.
8. You will NOT have to ship anything (of course you can if you want to), but only photos are required.
9. You can post photos on your blog or public facebook page as long as others can download them. Otherwise, you will need to email your photos.
10. You can post 1 picture per day, or you can post in batches once a week, or post all of them together at one time. (All pictures must be taken and shared during the month of May.)
11. If it is not possible to spell out names or if your project requires a lot of purchased materials, you can choose to make initials only. For example instead of spelling "Gabriel", you can just write out "G" or "G.S.F."
12. Please do not get stressed out or overwhelmed by planning a major craft project. The point of this project is to experience both healing and joy, so do something that you think will be fun.

The last day to sign up will be April 18th and a list of names will be emailed to you by April 21st. (If you decide to drop out, please email me by April 30th.)

At the end of May, I'll choose 2 winners who will each receive a $20 credit to use at The Sacred Seashore. Contest rules will be emailed to all participants along with the list of names. 

SIGN UPS ARE NOW CLOSED. 

22 comments:

  1. Oh Catherine, what a beautiful idea. I am going to go sign up now. How exciting to have this project! Hope you are keeping well. xx

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    1. Yay! So glad you'll be participating mama!

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    2. Hi Catherine, is there a way to contact you via email? I have a question about the Name Project. Your email is probably here on the site somewhere, and I've just overlooked it... You can always email me at sj.invinciblespring@gmail.com

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  2. I LOVE this idea!!! Mothers day is so hard, especially since I miscarried Hope over mothers day weekend. I hate mothers day and have dreaded it ever since. This will help me find a little joy in that day again.

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    1. Thanks for joining in Shauna! Mother's Day and May is hard for me too... The day after Mother's Day last year we received Gabriel's fatal diagnosis.

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  3. I love this idea and project too! May is my "special' month, so tis project fits me perfectly!!! I am signing up!

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    1. So grateful to have your support Gale! I know that May & Mother's Day will be easier if we have each other to lean on <3

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  4. Love this! Can't wait to start... I have been trying to figure out how to get through Mother's Day... I have already signed up!

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    1. Oh Yay!! So glad to see you signed up RaeAnne <3

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  6. Catherine,

    This is such a wonderful idea! I was thinking of ways to help other BLMs on Mother's day, and this is just perfect! I have signed up! <3

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  7. I just signed up too. I am following the pinterest board as well. Great name ideas! You such a creative mama and you are bringing such comfort to others. Hugs to you!

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  8. I am just so excited about this project! I can hardly wait to begin actually creating the names I get!!!!

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  9. Hi, I signed up, and I see my name (unless there's another nicole), but didn't receive an email. Was I supposed to???

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    1. Hi Nicole, I have not sent out emails yet... will be doing so at the end of this month. And yes you are the Nicole on the list :)

      xx

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  10. Hey Catherine,

    I wanted to double check to make sure I was the Lindsey on the list. Thanks for doing this.

    Thanks,

    Lindsey Henke

    Still Breathing....Lindsey

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  11. Have signed up, can't wait! :) x

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  12. I was just wondering if there was any way we could find out if the mommies wanted to share what reminds there of there Angels so that way if we wanted to incorporate that some way we could??

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  13. I signed up to take the spot of one of the mothers that dropped out. Please email me at debee@live.com, I emailed and messaged you on Facebook. I am hoping to take part as I am very excited to do this!!

    Thanks,

    Debee Hassan

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