{"id":845,"date":"2008-05-28T17:56:02","date_gmt":"2008-05-28T21:56:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.com\/blog\/?p=845"},"modified":"2008-05-28T17:56:02","modified_gmt":"2008-05-28T21:56:02","slug":"celebrate-a-lif","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/2008\/05\/celebrate-a-lif\/","title":{"rendered":"celebrate a life well lived"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Wow3\" alt=\"Wow3\" src=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/photos\/uncategorized\/2008\/05\/28\/wow3.jpg\" border=\"0\" style=\"FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 5px 5px 0px\" \/>Meet Karla Kretzschmer and her darling daughter Kristina.&nbsp; Even though she lives right in Farmington Hills, Michigan &#8211; I met Karla at my <a href=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/catching_fireflies\/2008\/05\/a-weekend-with.html\">recent art adventure in Alpena<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>At any rate, after chatting with Karla (<em>who happens to be a catching fireflies fan<\/em>) during lunch, I found out that she creates these wonderful <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wow-spaces.com\/celebrationcollages.php\">celebration collages<\/a>.<a href=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/photos\/uncategorized\/2008\/05\/28\/wow2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"image-full\" title=\"Wow2\" alt=\"Wow2\" src=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/photos\/uncategorized\/2008\/05\/28\/wow2.jpg\" border=\"0\" style=\"FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 5px 5px 0px\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>A Celebration Collage<sup>\u2122<\/sup> helps people produce unique mixed-media art keepsakes to capture the essence of special events, milestones, memories, people, or places. This is a participative process\u2013 input and special objects are sought from friends, family, teammates, co-workers, more. Favorite sayings and colors, photos, tiny toys, figures, newspaper clippings, birth\/adoption documents, and achievement certificates are just a few examples of the type of materials that can be included. The Celebration Collage expert will transform this input into a glorious, truly personalized gift for display at home or at work. A Celebrations Collage can also serve as a loving, life-affirming memorial.<a href=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/photos\/uncategorized\/2008\/05\/28\/wow1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"image-full\" title=\"Wow1\" alt=\"Wow1\" src=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/photos\/uncategorized\/2008\/05\/28\/wow1.jpg\" border=\"0\" style=\"FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 5px 5px 0px\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Another great feature of these pretties is the clever back pocket.&nbsp; This is where people who know the person being celebrated can write down special memories or stories on tags.&nbsp; And all the tags nicely fit behind the one-of-a-kind canvas.<\/p>\n<p>What a wonderful way to remember or simply celebrate a life!<\/p>\n<div id=\"flaresmith\" class=\"feedflare\"><script src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~s\/http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/catchingfireflies\/TyNo?i=http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/2008\/05\/celebrate-a-lif\/\" type=\"text\/javascript\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div><div class=\"linkwithin_hook\" id=\"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/2008\/05\/celebrate-a-lif\/\"><\/div><script>\n<!-- \/\/LinkWithinCodeStart\nvar linkwithin_site_id = 944859;\nvar linkwithin_div_class = \"linkwithin_hook\";\n\/\/LinkWithinCodeEnd -->\n<\/script>\n<script src=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/widget.js\"><\/script>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/pixel.png\" alt=\"Related Posts Plugin for WordPress, Blogger...\" style=\"border: 0\" \/><\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Meet Karla Kretzschmer and her darling daughter Kristina.&nbsp; Even though she lives right in Farmington Hills, Michigan &#8211; I met Karla at my recent art adventure in Alpena. At any rate, after chatting with Karla (who happens to be a catching fireflies fan) during lunch, I found out that she creates these wonderful celebration collages. A Celebration Collage\u2122 helps people produce unique mixed-media art keepsakes to capture the essence of special events, milestones, memories, people, or places. This is a participative process\u2013 input and special objects are sought from friends, family, teammates, co-workers, more. Favorite sayings and colors, photos, tiny toys, figures, newspaper clippings, birth\/adoption documents, and achievement certificates are just a few examples of the type of materials that can be included. The Celebration Collage expert will transform this input into a glorious, truly personalized gift for display at home or at work. A Celebrations Collage can also serve as a loving, life-affirming memorial. Another great feature of these pretties is the clever back pocket.&nbsp; This is where people who know the person being celebrated can write down special memories or stories on tags.&nbsp; And all the tags nicely fit behind the one-of-a-kind canvas. 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