My proudest achievement thus far

It's close to end of the year and as usual I'm doing some reflecting. The older I get the more pressure I feel to be at a certain point in my life and I realize I'm no where near that point. I was thinking, have I accomplished anything worthwhile, anything I can be proud of? Have I accomplished anything worth sharing with my nieces, my future children and grandchildren? My proudest achievement so far is speaking at Mamie Till Mobley's funeral. For those who don't know Mamie Till was the mother of Emmett Till a young man brutally murdered in 1955 for allegedly whistling at a white woman. Ms. Mobley was my Sunday School teacher and a woman whose courage I always and continue to admire. When she passed I was asked to say some words at her funeral. Initially I was intimidated. How could I speak on such an historical figure and in front of the hundreds of people that attended her service? What could I say in the presence of countless media outlets, prominent politicians and civil rights leaders and other greats? I couldn't find the words and I was sick to my stomach with grief and fear. I began to write and when I finished this is what I had and this is what I read in front of all those people.

Five Feet One
A Woman who stood maybe five feet one,
Slew many giants in memory of her son.
A son brutally murdered because of his color,
She did what no other would because she was his mother.
She took on a system corrupt from within...
Armed with faith and favor, destined to win.
Determined to see that justice was done,
A giant among many and yet, only, maybe, five feet one.
A woman of grace, integrity and great strength,
Working diligently until her body was spent.
A great task God assigned her the day that she was born,
He knew in her lifetime her son’s death she would mourn.
Yet, he fashioned and molded her to be a woman of unparalleled power,
He alone knew her appointed time, the day, the moment and the hour.
Her desire to make this world better for you and for me;
Fueled her crusade against injustice and inequality.
She won the battle in preserving the memory of her son.
Her work on earth is complete, finished and done.
She fought the good fight her prize she obtained.
Her stand against injustice intact it remains.
A woman who stood maybe five feet one.
Finally reunited with her beloved, only son.
Written by: Trinice L. Barron
Dedicated to Mamie Till Mobley Copyright©2004 Trinice L. Barron (Sentiments of the Soul)

Beautiful Barron Babies

Here are some new pics of my niece Kylee isn't she beautiful. The Barron's make beautiful babies LOL. She looks just like her dad and my other niece when they were babies.
Here's Kylee at 7 weeks:


Here is a pic of her dad when he was a baby they look like twins:

Here's a pic of my other little lady T2:

And finally a pic of both of my ladies, they r beautiful just like their aunt Niecy LOL!

God is good/Happy Birthday Marcus

We've needed a new washing machine for months. At the end of the cycle the machine won't spin, so the clothes are dripping wet and you have to wring them out by hand which can be difficult. But money has been a little tight so it was something I put off until after the holidays. Anyway my brother Marcus came home for about a week and a half he left on 11/18, my mom was telling him she needed a machine he said maybe he would get her one for Christmas (we all doubted it), he's the youngest and only boy and yes we did spoil him so he's a little selfish. Well yesterday Sears left a message that they would be by with her delivery today at 3. She asked if I had bought something I told her no. Well what do you know my brother surprised us with a new washing machine. It is beautiful. I would have never thought he would have done something so wonderful. We got a gift and today and it's his 22nd birthday Happy Birthday Marcus!!!!! God promises in His word He will supply our needs and He is true to His word!!!!

Happy holidays

I got this idea off the Bitten By the Bug blog the challenge was to use the cars from the Mickey and Friends cart and make a christmas card. I used the toon car. The base paper is plain forest green cardstock layered with paper from the Holiday Cheer pack.


I made this card using the paper dolls cart the words are computer generated.

Vintage Christmas

I love pink and black and even though they are not traditional christmas colors I thought it would be cool to try a Christmas card using these colors. The picture doesn't show it but the jewels on the tree are actually pink.


I used the Christmas Solutions cart on this card. Used plain green, burgundy card-stock.


I used the Christmas Solutions cart on this card. Used plain green, burgundy and gold cardstock. I used diamond stickles on the roof and snow part of the house to make it shimmer.

Tis the Season

This card was done using the new Christmas Solutions cart, the paper is from DCWV the Ultimate Christmas Stack


This card was done using the Joys of the Season Cart. The paper is from DCWV the Ultimate Christmas Stack

MMM good

This is a thank you card I made for my niece to give to a friend. A friend of the family bought my niece several packs of the candy M&M's from the M&M store in Vegas. I wrote a little poem to include in the card:

I wanted to thank you for the M&M’s they were mmm good.
I thought about sharing I really thought I should,
But then I thought “hey” you bought them all for me;
But then I felt a little bad and gave everyone three.
Copyright © 2008 Trinice L. Barron (Sentiments of the Soul)

Supplies used:
Paper dolls cart
George cart
DCWV for the top layer of the card
plain green card stock for the base of the card
Wiggle eyes

Kylee Makayla Barron

My younger brother Marcus and his wife welcomed a beautiful baby girl on 10/16/08. Her name is Kylee Makayla Barron, she weighs 8 lbs 1 oz. She was delivered by C-section. My brother is in the Navy and is currently on his ship and missed the birth of his first child but we have been bombarding him with emails and pics. I am blessed to be the aunt of two beautiful girls both born in October. Isn't she lovely!!!! My dad would be so proud.

Christmas

Christmas Cards

Happy Birthday T2

Today is my favorite person in the whole world birthday...my niece Trinice aka T2. She turned 8 years old today. So Happy birthday to my favorite girl!!!

Purses, Purses, Purses

I saw these purses on the cricut message-board, I think the person who shared the instructions was Michelle Thomas. I thought they were so cute so here is my attempt. I used plain card stock for the base of the cards and All Dressed Up from DCWV, Designer Paper from K &C Company.

Happy birthday Daddy

Last month was the 15th anniversary of my dad passing. Today would have been his 77th birthday. He is still sorely missed. I thought as life went on the pain of his passing would lessen but it hasn't. This is a poem I wrote for my father that was included in his obituary.

A TRIBUTE TO OUR FATHER
It seems life is much too short and things aren’t said and done.
We woke up this morning and found we had lost a loved one.
All of a sudden our mother’s husband was gone,
And our father went with him too.
No warning, no sign God called for him out of the blue.
I know he would not want us to cry,
Or bid him farewell or say good-bye.
What he would like is for us to smile,
Instead of goodbye, see you in a while!
I know he would say, “I’m in a better place,
Close your eyes and imagine the smile on my face.”
I can hear him as plain as day, saying;
“I lived for God and him only,
I walked this walk and never grew lonely.”
Don’t feel sorry for me because I’m gone,
I’m finally at rest in my heavenly home.
Cry no more tears, dry your eyes,
I fought the good fight and captured my prize.
I can hear my dad loud and clear,
Don’t feel lonely I’m always near.
Focus on the good and not the bad,
Never allow the enemy to make you sad.
Don’t think of this as the end
It’s just the beginning,
Your time will come; I’ll see you soon.
Gotta go now, the angels are singing my tune.

Written by: Trinice L. Barron
Dedicated to my dad Robert Barron Copyright©2004 Trinice L. Barron (Sentiments of the Soul)

More Christmas cards for my upcoming craft-show. The gingerbread man and house are from My Community cart. The Christmas tree card was done using the Lace tree and snowflake embossing folders from provocraft. The jewels are fashion jewels purchased at Hobby Lobby and the glitter is diamond stickles purchased from scrappersmusthaves.com. The sentiment is computer generated. The other card is done using the winterhouse embossing folder. Last but not least, the fire place card was done using the Joys of the season cart.

Halloween

I thought I'd do a few Halloween cards for a craft show I'm participating in. The Mickey and Goofy Halloween card is done using the mickey and Friends cart. The ghost and pumpkin are from Paper dolls. The paper is some Halloween paper I found on sale at Joann's. The witch card is also done using the Paper dolls cart. Minnie is also done using Mickey and Friends.

Christmas again

Ok, more Christmas cards. The two nativity scenes were done with plain card-stock paper. I used the Paper Dolls cartridge. It took hours to cut and piece the characters together. The outcome is pretty good if you ask me.

More Christmas

These cards were done using the Paper Dolls Cart which is such a fun cart and Joys of the Seasons. don't you just love the Raggedy Ann & Andy one, they look so cheery.

Christmas

Well Christmas is approaching fast and I thought I'd get an early start. Here are more disney cards. As I've mentioned previously I love the disney cartridges. I used the Pooh and Friends Cart as well as the Mickey Font cartridge. For the titles I used Beyond Birthdays, Jasmine used for photo corners and Mini monograms used for scalloped circles. I love the colors associated with the Christmas season, they are so bright and cheery. The base of the cards were done using plain card-stock purchased from Michael's. The beautiful paper used to layer the cards is from the Holiday Cheer packet purchased from Walmart.

More Disney!

These are some more disney cards I've made over the past couple of days. The patterned paper on all the cards comes from a paper pack I purchased on sale at Walmart. Donald and Pluto are from the Mickey Font cartridge. Ariel and Belle are from the Dreams Come True cartridge and Pooh and Eeyore are from the Pooh and Friends cartridge. Putting the layers together for the cards, especially the disney princesses is such a task but fun. You have to cut a black base then the hair, eyes, face and outfits are all different colors and then you have to gently piece it together; time consuming but well worth it. It is difficult to glue the small pieces such as the eyes and lips but in the end you have a beautiful product.