I left our conversation with one of her brand new necklaces, just recently launched in her store. A visible reminder to all who see it ~ that our babies were here and motherhood is forever. I want to create a piece of commemorative art that a family can hand down through generations.
I want parents to have something visual, beautiful, tangible and ‘sharable’. is to add something special to hospital memory boxes throughout the United States. ~StephanieĪnd she donates her art cards to hospitals so that the women, the couples, leave the hospital with something beautiful to remember their baby’s by. I have experienced both and find healing in the painting of each. and this has become the subject of my art. I don’t think there is anything more beautiful than the relationship between mother and child. She’s passionate about helping women through their grief and hopes that her artwork can offer some healing to wounded hearts. I truly believe that it had been a lifeline a way for me to crawl out of the devastation and help others by creating beauty from pain. The genesis of Beyond Words Designs had given me something to hold onto as I awaited Amelia’s birth. She endured for 40 weeks against all odds.Ĭhoosing to create was a driving force for me during the last part of my pregnancy. We were blessed with 16 weeks to plan and prepare for Amelia. I spent the next 16 weeks of my pregnancy falling in love with my baby knowing that we would not likely ever see her alive. We were told she would most likely NOT make it to the third trimester, let alone term. Twenty-four weeks into pregnancy with my fourth child, Amelia Rose, my daughter was diagnosed with multiple congenital anomalies that were not compatible with life. And as I looked at each one and listened to her tell her story of miscarriage and stillbirth, I began to get teary.
She sat down and spread her business card out in front of me, each one had a different replica of her paintings on the back.
(thanks Fran!)Īnd Stephanie began telling me her story. Actually, it was Fran from Small Bird Studios that brought her over to introduce to me. I had the pleasure of meeting Stephanie, from Beyond Words Designs, at Blissdom (a women’s blogging and business conference) this year.
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