Check it out...and make sure to Add My Flair! ;)

After some careful thought and a fair amount of time and energy, I'm am so very pleased to present the unique and beautiful blog design that the amazing Franchesca at Small Bird Studios created for me.

If anyone who currently reads my blog hasn't heard about this gifted individual yet...then please make sure you check out her website.  Fran is talented.  Fran is gracious.  Fran is humble.  But most of all, Fran is a baby loss mother herself.  And she is has found ways to exhibit her energy and her talent by creating masterpieces in the form of web designs, business cards, her very own card line with another amazing BLM, Carly Dudley, decorative headbands and flourishes, etc.  So, basically, Fran can do it all.  Plus, be a mother to her little boy on Earth and her little girl in Heaven.

I cannot begin to thank her enough for the care and precision she took in developing this blog design.  She and I both wanted it to be perfect.  And in my mind, it couldn't have turned out any better than it did.  As always, I am amazed by the gifts that this community provides me and others, and I am touched to call you my supporters and friends.  Thank you, Fran.  Thank you for sharing my vision of this blog and seeing it through to the end.

As an extra incentive to checking out Small Bird studios and my new blog design, I have finally decided to hold my giveaway.  This giveaway is in honor of so many things.  As of right now, this post will be my 100th post.  I recently reached a year of blogging.  And obviously, I am honored to share this new design of On KK's Butterfly Wings with you all.  The giveaway is going to be a delightful mixture of goodies from some of my very favorite people....the inspirational Jessica at Too Beautiful for Earth: Memorial Art, the brilliant Tiffany at Written from the Heart and the phenomenal Franchesca at The Flourish Shop.  Each of these ladies have created beautiful pieces of art, some in memory of lost loved ones and others just for fun.  I am blessed to know each of these ladies and to call them my friends.

Here are the items that will be given away to the winner:

personalized magnet from Too Beautiful for Earth

Memory Stone from Written from the Heart

Decorative flourish from The Flourish Shop or Small Bird Studios on Etsy

And in honor of Miss Mikayla Grace's birthday and heaven date this week, I would also like to award another winner a copy of one of my favorite good grief books. The Good Grief Club by Monica Novak, is a true story of seven women who meet and become friends after experiencing the loss of their babies through miscarriage, stillbirth and infant death.  They form a "club" to help unite them on this journey through grief and to support each other in the journey that lay ahead without their children. 

 I absolutely loved this book.  It reminded me so much of my blogging and support group sisters.  I am so blessed to have a world of people that support me through anything.  I know that you were brought to me through the grace of my beautiful daughter.  She knew I would need someone...and led me your way.  In particular, Kennedy helped me find this beautiful friend of mine.  That is Mikayla and Chase's momma, Melissa.  I thank Kennedy and God everyday for bringing her into my life.  We found each other when we needed a friend who "got it" and will always be bonded for life by our children in Heaven. 

Melissa and I on our daughters' bench on Memorial Day

To enter the giveaways, please leave a comment below.  Winners will be chosen by June 22, 2011.  Looking forward to hearing what you all think of my new design and the giveaways. :)