I
am SO over the moon happy for one of my nearest and dearest friends,
Jennifer.
Let me tell you about this
amazing gal…she’s the faithful daughter of the King, supportive wife to her crafty
husband and doting mom to two energetic boys. She’s also an incredibly talented
graphic designer, skilled photographer and crafter extraordinaire! She also just happens to be Everly’s Angels
Foundation’s very own Lead Creative Designer!!!
Over
the years, she has blessed our family with her skill sets. However, she just went above and beyond in
such special ways this past year plus. Because she is so obedient and humble
about her God-given abilities, talents and giftings, many are unaware of just
how talented Jennifer truly is and how her heart is led to minister to
others.
She
is the silent force behind SO much of what you see for Love for Everly, Team
Everly and now all Everly’s Angels. I
would be remiss if I didn’t share with you all that she does for “us” as a
collective whole. Here’s literally just
a sampling of what she has created for us because of her servant’s heart and
her love for Everly and our family:
priceless photos of Everly at 2 months old (the infamous book shot and
me holding Everly); series of photos of both boys a couple of years ago and most
recently Garren’s 16th; our handout business cards; Love for Everly
Etsy shop and website, including all
graphics and photos of products; designed the bookmarks for the shop and a few
new things I can’t wait for you to see that are ready to make their appearance
in Everly’s shop as well. In addition,
Jen channeled her creative juices into creating a beautiful vision for Everly’s
Celebration of Life…from the bucket list frame she and her husband surprised me
with to the topiaries adorning the tables to choosing and enlarging of photos
used. Needless to say, she has a vision
for design, color and style that is unparalleled. We are SO lucky that she is our creative
designer for Everly’s Angels!
Her family is also wholeheartedly behind her and what she does for us. Not only are they supportive, hubby Jeremy even puts his muscle and woodworking into projects she's made for us and her kiddos Noah and Xander willingly share their mama with me.
One
of the two biggest gifts she has ever blessed us with came days after Everly
passed away. Jen came to the house to
photograph Everly when she “came home” for the weekend. She also photographed each of us with our
sweet angel and it was a precious time for us.
However, it isn’t easy for someone who is unfamiliar with a family to do
such a thing, let alone someone who is so close to the family. And the photos, most of which we’ve chosen to
keep as private family memories, are some of the most touching and intimate we
have and will always treasure.
The
second gift that is noteworthy is the creation of our Love For Everly
website. Words really can’t express the
gratitude I had in my heart when she surprised me with it! Up until Everly’s passing, I was writing on
the CaringBridge website. Then after sissy’s Celebration, Jen shared with me
this secret she had been quietly working on for weeks…www.LoveforEverly.com. Not only was it the most beautiful thing I
had ever seen...colors chosen specifically for Everly, little details picked
out just for her…but each element fit Sweet Pea’s personality just right. The mind-blowing part was that Jen had
painstakingly copied ALL of my blog posts, pictures and captions one at a time
and in chronological order from Caring Bridge and placed them into the new
website. One at a time. All 76 of them. And all hundreds of photos. What
an amazing gift to use your talent to uplift and encourage someone else!
Jennifer
has sacrificially spent hours upon hours upon hours creating, designing,
uploading, working to bless our family.
She continues to do this and does so willingly.
Not
only does she spend precious time creating and designing for us, but she also
spends time with us. She’s been coming
over to be with me…laughing, crying, shopping (yikes!!), planning, cleaning,
organizing (the pantry still rocks, girl!), photographing (#gottahavethecamera)…one
day every week since Everly passed away.
It is one of the highlights of my week and the day I most look forward
to! There were a couple crazy weeks on
my side that prevented her from being able to come over and even Garren asked
where Jen was after noticing it had been a whole week. She brings so much joy and fun into our home
while she’s there that all of the family loves having her stay! I’ve kept her so busy
(#reallyjusthavingtoomuchfun) a couple of times that we’ve had sleepovers at
the house!
That
brings me to this…
Jen
just opened her own Etsy shop called Pocket Full of Kisses (do we not just LOVE
this title??)!!!! I’m so very proud of
her for the work she’s put into designing her products! And, yes, every single one is handmade! Her creative mind works 24/7 and so it’s only
a matter of time before PFOK Design Studio is stocked full of designs! I would LOVE to have everyone check out her
Etsy shop...click here…like it on Facebook, favorite it on Etsy and let her know how
talented she is by ordering some of her new designs! I just ordered mine and can’t wait to put
them to use!! Oh, and in case you were
wondering, she does custom orders so keep that in mind!
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