Aloha and welcome to my little internet home! Today I’m blog hopping with about 150 other bloggers to spread the message of Operation Write Home.
If’ you’ve come over from Shelley’s Creations , you’re in the right place ;) If you’ve joined midway, please do start at the top of the hop! and I’ll see you when you hop back around my way!
My name is Joscelyne Cutchens, but I go by Joscie, and that coincidentally rhymes with bossy. My husband is a warrant officer in the Navy and currently midway through a deployment. We live in Honolulu, HI. We have 2 sons who have also been dealing with difficulties that come with deployments. In fact, I was looking at some homecoming pictures this week and wanted to share– you can see our boys growing up through these pictures.
When we first moved back to the islands in 2003, Troy was on a new ship being home ported here in Pearl Harbor.
Our first deployment/homecoming with 2 kids 2005:
Next homecoming: 2008
Next homecoming: 2009
Also in our family, my dad was in the Army, my step dad in the Marines, 2 step brothers in Marines and one is now in the army, My mother in law and father in law both were in the Air Force.
Although we can communicate via email, we also LOVE to get cards in the mail. The boys love to read and reread cards from Dad. This is why I like to make cards to send to Operation Write Home. I have a few red white and blue missing you cards to share…
Are you thinking, WOW-that’s cool, how can I help? It’s very easy! You can make cards and send them in!
what? you’re not crafty? that’s okay, you can also make a contribution to help cover shipping costs!
To thank you for stopping by, I’m giving away a Hawaiian Prize Pack! Please leave me a comment and tell me something about you! I’ll draw a random winner on Tuesday.
Thanks for stopping by, Love Love and Blog you later,
Joscie, rhymes with bossy
your next stop is: Peggy at The Wired Angel
All of your cards are so bright and so happy…love love love them!!!! Thanks to you and your family for your sacrifices…we really appreciate you!
What a moving and beautiful post. Thanks so much to you and your family for your service and sacrifice!!! Wishing you the very Best!
and, :-) the cards are GREAT!
Aloha and hugs from Oregon State.
Love the simplicity and color of your projects that brings a smile and shares the love so wonderfully.
I’m a fellow card crafter and a Stampin’ Up demonstrator in addition to spinner and weaver.
Hug your boys and tell them their mama has friends in other parts of the world who are proud of them and their Daddy (and of her too!). It’s never easy being the one left behind.
Thanks for sharing – Jean
What a nice post. Thanks for sharing your story and photos. It really adds meaning to what OWH is all about. Pretty cards too!
I’ve been making cards for OWH since I discovered them during the blog hop last year! Thanks for the inspiration!
I love your cards! They are all so sweet. I love how your first card looks like a colorful envelope!
Thanks for sharing your cards – they’re great! I’ve been making cards for OWH for about 6 months now and love this great organization.
great cards – love the one with the hearts
thanks to you and your family for your sacrifices during deployments. I am a Navy vet (8 years service) AS2 Carnago reporting LOL which is why I am sooo glad that I found OWH so i can continue my service
Beautiful cards! My best to you and your family! Working at a military base (Ft. Detrick, MD) was close enough to serving for my tastes. I have 3 brothers that are all in the service and while I’m immensely proud of them for what they do, it’s definitely not for me!
Your cards all beautiful. CAS outstanding. Thanks for sharing. Thanks to your husband for his service. I am from Korea about four years ago. I make cards for heroes as a humble way of appreciation.
I’ve love the colors, and the butterflies !
love your cards! so great. and many thanks to your husband and your family for the many sacrifices you make on a daily basis. thanks for sharing.
Thank you for all that you and your family do for our freedom. I love all of your red, white and blue cards.
I’m also over at http://www.flickr.com/photos/caramews/
Joscie,
I love seeing all your crafty stuff! I do get sparks of inspiration from it, but rarely have the time to put the ideas down.
I miss Mochi! Haven’t seen it here on the mainland yet =(
Please give your DH our thanks for his service! And thank you for all you do as a military spouse! We are nearly mid-way in our own deployment as my DH is in Iraq this year.
Love your cards! Simple so often demonstrates an elegance difficult to capture. Love the two layered butterfly!
Beautifully simple cards! My favourites are the last two… God bless you and your husband!
Thanks to you and your family for service to our country. My husband was in the army but he stayed Stateside during his three years.
I love seeing all the creativity in this blog hop – so many ideas to try to use. Thanks for your encouragement.