Operation Write Home

So, today, we have a 75-blog hop in the works to celebrate Veteran's Day and to encourage everyone to write letters to our service people (Any Hero cards), or create cards to contribute for them to write back to family and friends. This really touches my heart. You see, I'm a BRAT (Baby of Real American Troops), the child of a military family who traveled to every assigned post. I owe the military a lot, and I continue to honor our service men and women.

Letters from home were received with more delight than a well-anticipated toy on Christmas morning. I don't think that has changed, even though the method of delivery has. Even stories about someone you've never met help relieve the boredom, remind you of your own memories, and bring to the forefront why you are serving so far from home.

You should have started your journey today from Operation Write Home's blog. If not, please click that link so you don't miss a minute of all these volunteers' posts and projects! They are truly inspiring!

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I created the following projects to send to Operation Write Home. These will be sent to troops stationed in various bases overseas. Mine will be blank, so that they may carry important feelings back to loved ones. But I will also include at least one card that tells them how much they mean to me.

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I realize a lot of our soldiers are young, so I wanted to include some "younger" styled cards to be sent back to their younger siblings.

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Soldiers tend to miss a lot of birthdays. This card will let their loved ones know they care!

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Many of our service people are married. This hand-colored, gold embossed card is perfect for anniversaries, or other memorable occasions. The inside is decorated as well.

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I know you have a lot to do today, so I'll keep this short. Details about my projects are at the very bottom of this post. Next, you are heading over to Barbara's site (http://barbarade.blogspot.com/). Thank you so much for stopping by - I'm honored!

Remember, you may be only one person in the world, but to one soldier, you may be their whole world.

Ta for now! ~ky

Recipes:

Rock On: Gina K Pure Luxury Rich Cocoa and White cardstock; Basic Grey patterned paper; Unity images heat embossed in gold; Copic markers for coloring; Nestabilities die cut; SU ribbon.

Wish: Gina K Pure Luxury Green Apple, Vibrant Violet and White cardstock; SU patterned paper; Unity sentiment stamped with Versamark ink and heat embossed in silver; SU images stamped with various Memento colors, then heat embossed using the emerging technique and clear powder from SCS; Gina K silver cord; Making Memories flower brad.

All My Love: Gina K Pure Luxury Sweet Corn and White cardstock; Gina K Designs image by Melanie Muenchinger - Arranged With Love set heat embossed in gold, sentiment in Memento ink; Offray ribbon.

All My Love inside: Gina K Pure Luxury White cardstock; Making Memories pink paper; EK Success border punch; Gina K Designs Many Wishes set, stamped in Memento inks.