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Welcome to my Blog! Yes, I have been in the fight of my life against Leukemia, insomnia, depression, side effects of medications, molting skin, pooping my pants and this list goes on.... however, I still love my life, and that's what this blog is about Real Life. I hope to meet others who trails have brought them closer to the Lord and molded them for the next step in God's will. In January 2011 , my family, physician, and Be the Match was featured on a Fox 5 news story about bone marrow donors and transplants. In March, I was interviewed on Atlanta and Company along with Be the Match. I was chosen to sing the national anthem at the Be the Match Run last year and will also be doing it this year, along with some other songs. My team, no thanks to me, raised over $4,000 and raised more than any other team! Please join my team this year or consider donating here at the Run those Stem cells out ! Team I was also chosen for a patient advocacy panel for the international council meeting at Be the Match in MN in November. How exciting!! I ended up not being able to attend due to the relapse. I had hoped I could help raise awareness about how easy it is to sign up to be a donor and how many people need your help! Please go to bethematch.org and sign up! I was able to have my bone marrow (same as stem cell) transplant at the end of March thanks to a 22 year old donor oversees that I hope to meet her one day. As I came up on my 6th month mark and continued to add more normal activities to our lives, I relapsed, meaning that the that the cancer had mutated and the leukemia came back. I spent 2 more weeks at Emory and some other nights here and there and now I'm on a drug from the FDA. I have a compassion waiver so I am able to get it. I have to take it day by day sometimes hour by hour. Time keeps moving and my little girl is growing up. I'm lucky that I'm getting to see it. I continue to praise God for his wonderful blessings he has shown us including my wonderful husband Jonathan, baby girl Evalyn Rose, supportive family and friend, great medical care, new readers, and the chance to make a big difference, even if that means being a Lab Rat.
God Bless You!

Please read, comment, enjoy, learn, grow, LOVE LIFE.

Most Recently I have started a booth at a local consignment store with handmade jewelry from friends, crafts, and my own art from recycled materials. It is called DAY by DAY. God was very clear with me starting this. Please look over to the right of blog and click on Day by Day to see some pictures. I'm just getting started but I am taking orders from people that I know. You will be able to personalize items, etc. I just haven't decided how I will be selling them via internet yet. But for now, the jewelry is at A Weekend A'fair in Athens, GA and will hopefully be at some stores downtown soon.
Showing posts with label DAY by DAY. Show all posts
Showing posts with label DAY by DAY. Show all posts

Tuesday, September 4, 2012

More Day by Day photos and paintings

This is just a short blog of art I will be having at Day by Day, on my website when i finally get it finished, and hopefully somewhere that people for silent auctions, etc, can go for the time being to look and see what types of art they could sell in the store. For those of you that don't know, I canceled my art show in September because there were too many darts, but there will be other ones. Right now, I'm trying to be chosen to be part of a silent auction for Be the Match since, especially since I haven't be able to really raise any money due to those dangers. I been busy putting on my body armor the Lord made for me. Please if you plan on singing up for the run/walk/tot trot/volunteering, don't wait. We will send you post cards to hand out and you can promote under you own name as well as the team. Remember, you can always just donate and we need a lot of volunteers. Most of all we need more donors to save lives  We are going to have great entertainment this year: music, dancers, kids songs, the tot trot, and many more fun events. You can go to our teams BE THE MATCH FUNDRAISING PAGE.



The following are some of my photographs and painting I plan on getting matted and/or made into note cards. At this point it depends on what is chosen for the auction but most will be available through the website and booth. Excuse the camera quality on some pictures, I’m still trying to figure this thing out but will replace them with larger pictures as I take better ones. Also remember to look back at “older posts” where there is some of the recycled jewelry and that I can personalize Item. I love wearing the coke a cola earrings with picture of my puppies. 















Monday, June 25, 2012

Day by Day items

Some more Day by Day products. \ I can go ahead and start taking orders from those I know and trust. We can discuss what you would like via email or phone, there are a lot of personalized choices but you can also just buy the ones you see the pics of. I will figure out how to order online soon. The jewelry is not expensive, nor the folk wood pieces, and recycled earring holders. I'll have some more pics up soon of other things also, more wreaths (will also custom make), as well as more jewelry holders. Please give my products a chance, pretty much everything will be going to medical and medication bills.


Gotta get a better pic, but these are personalized with my daughters picture. 

Small earring holder with a box for earrings that are not hook. Clip ons and be put on  the side..... can also personalize one of these for the little girl in your life! 

My step mother Fay made these succulant planters, so easy to take care of  and I think the candle holder stand is awesome with it but it is sold separably. 

Air Plants, I found out about these at the monestary , they do not  need any soil and I found some of the cutest ideas for the terriums! Coming soon. These can also be shipped. 


Just some of the jewelry I have made out of mostly recycled, sometimes all, material. 



Not the best pic but you get the idea, how cute is this little plant that I can tough and hold becaue there is no soil. All you have to do is mist them 3 to 4 times a week and soak them once a month

I made this bracelet for Evalyn, but then decided to turn it into a necklace.  She loves the photos  on there.

There are matching earrings to go with this bracelet. 

Bottle caps on left side, made from recycled wood. 

Personalized magnets or chip cllips I made for my Dad for father's Day. 

Please email me at heather.cape@yahoo.com if you are interested in purchasing and/or personalizing items. Other pictures of items under the older posts under the labels to the right, Day by Day.




Air plants seem to be hard to take pictures of  sometimes. This one is make from a  used light bulb, sand, shells and coiled wire. I love personalizing them with small momentous. For example what are you doing with all those flatted pennies from vacation, or that broken necklace or watch piece of your grandfathers that is just sitting on the floor. 

Some of the air plants hang, other I  can use glass with holes in it, old bottles, wine corks, small jars. 



This is an example of a changable. The Georgia magnet on this bow and be switched to other magnets as you choose. I also do this with necklaces. 

Monday, June 11, 2012

The art inside me!!!

Finailly found a way to display by small collections of feathers and coins!

I'm making changable shadow boxes out of old drawers.



Owl earrings!!!


Hi, everyone. If you read my blog about finding my unfinished painting in a thrift store, you know that it was a clear sign that God wanted me to choose art instead of going back to school or trying to get a job but with the state. As my Pop said, I don't really need that stress right now but I need something that doesn't involve cancer or trying to take care of my family when i can barely take  care of myself.
I'm just now starting to get some inventory together so I don't have very much and I'm very slow at making things but you should have heard my first guitar chord or seen my first crocet piece. I also found someone that lives very close to give me free sewing lessons for free. She doesn't have any kids, just works outside the home and also make jewelry. I liked her a lot, maybe she will like Evalyn too!

So, my thing is going to be mostly making items out recycles wood, metel, bottle caps, anything I can find. That's where I need your help, if you live pretty close but even in c ville or near Atl, I'm there a lot, I could find a way to pic it up. So before you send stuff to good will, besides clothes, think about me. Here are some of the items I am looking for.... any bottle caps, including plastic ones from juice, gatorade, etc, frames with or without glass, old medal pieces even with rust with or without holes, if you go to the beach, I need drift wood and palm bark that has fallen off, fabric scraps, trinkets for jewelry, small old end tables, that one earring you keep holding on to, old wreaths, unfinished projects, old drawers for shadow boxes,old  beads that broke, or your welcome to ask also! I will be willing to purchase some of this stuff.

I've had a lot of interest and trying to figure our the best way for people to order online. Right now, I'm just going to let people order that I know to try out the products wear and tear.



The silver Jewelry holder, magnet bottle caps are "diva" style.  Also a place to hang neclaces, bows, etc.

One of my random wood/ bottle cap decorations for the kitchen. 


Stephanie Hunnicutt is one of my featured artist and has a few things in my booth. She makes the cutest things! I Love the match box car holder. 

Some of my featured artist, Lily, work from their place "Sailor Studios".  They make the most beautiful jewelry.

Evalyn was helping mom.... or so she thought. 

Feather earrings that I made. They have the word Love hanging from both sides, need  a better  pic.



More random work art.  Forgot everything it says because it's at the booth, but one says  something about  " our house is clean enough and dirty enough to have been lived it.   The other one says something about if it is not something you need or find precious then get rid of it. 

My Chloe earrings, the other one is wallace of course..... great for girts!. 

My Jewlry and Jewelry holder set up at the booth so far.


Cute " Be yourself earrings"

The Hello Kitty Jewelry holder, even has magnetic box to put  things that don't hang. These can be purchaed separtley or as a set.

This says cabin fever and there is a place to put your own fishing or camping picture 

Life magizine from 40's on recycled wood. 

"Do not wash or tumble dry means I wil never wash this"

One of my favorites.... "stop me before I volunteer again. 


Music notes earrings with hanging birds. Coca Cola on the back.

My Evalyn rose earrings turned out great! 

Sprite earrings with pearls. 

New baby pins.
They Hydrandria feather wreath. 
The Horseshoe crab/ shell wreath. 

I also paint acrylic paintings but I forgot to take some pics of those.... maybe next time.

Thanks for looking. Feel free to email me at heather.cape@yahoo.com or call at 404-307-5000 if you are interested in making a purchase that you see are talk about personalizing. 

pitching a fit when I stopped by the booth to pick something up..... she didn't agree with my prices.