Scrapbook Store Says No to Baby Loss Product

A friend of mine called a local scrapbook store asking to carry Just a Cloud Away Remembrance Kits on consignment, meaning, I would leave the kits in the store and only be paid when they were sold. He said no, I don’t want anything depressing in my store. Shit no, did he just say what [...]

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What Do I Say to a Friend Whose Baby Died?

If your girlfriend baby’s has died as an infant or early in her pregnancy she needs your support more than ever. These tragic losses not only affect her emotionally, but physically.  Most likely her baby was greatly loved even before conception and the following pain creates an overwhelming amount of grief. In the weeks after the [...]

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Scrapbooking and Memorializing Infant and Pregnancy Loss

Our children who have died as a result of miscarriage, stillbirth, SIDS and other tragic pregnancy losses are still a part of our family unit. There are so many beautiful ways to keep their memories close to our hearts through the art of many crafts. Remember your angels by creating something just for them.  Poems, sky journals, [...]

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Handmade Pregnancy and Baby Loss Magnetic Ribbons

If you have lost a baby or early pregnancy loss, spreading awareness is recognized by displaying pink and blue ribbons. I will show you how to create magnetic handmade ribbons, honoring your precious baby. This craft is not difficult and could  be given to grieving parents as a remembrance tribute or Love Memorial™ for their baby. Materials needed: [...]

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Planting Helleborus in Gardens Remembering Babies

Helleborus niger or Christmas Rose is a beautiful plant for memory gardens honoring a baby that has died early in pregnancy or other tragic loss. Sympathy giftsare sometimes difficult to fathom for a child that is supposed to be here. If you know the grieving parents would love an outdoor plant to honor their deceased [...]

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The Season your Baby Has Died and Became an Angel

Not only is the date of a baby or child’s death an emotional time for bereaved parents, also the season. Anxiety is usually present long before the tragic angelversary. The colors, the temperature, the amount of daylight, the landscape and possibly the holiday (songs and music playing on the radio) that are associated with the infants [...]

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Memories of a Forever Child

We never really know when a memory will be instilled within the file cabinets of our minds. Years later these thoughts will again be revealed to us. Some painful, some joyful and some are beautiful reminders of moments forthcoming, that no words can describe. One month before Tanner was stillborn, we had a baby shower at [...]

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