Crystal Michelle Fallin: Inspirational Dance Card

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Tuesday, March 21, 2023

“I’ll Be Your Legacy” a Poem

Crystal Michelle Fallin,

St Augustine, Florida

I’ll be your Legacy

I’ll be your Voice

You live on in Me

So I’ve made the Choice

To honor your Life

By sharing your Art

To encourage and

Give Hope

To the Lonely-in-Heart

I love you

I miss you

I’ll see you Again.

Sunday, February 12, 2023

“Reach for the Stars” Martha of Jarvisburg, North Carolina

Happy Valentine’s Day to Martha of Jarvisburg, North Carolina who is in a nursing home and needs encouragement.

Lola’s Smile Bunch

Let Your Light Shine Valentine to Mary of Half Moon Bay, California

Happy Valentine’s Day to Mary of Half Moon Bay, California who is 82 years old and loves frogs and flowers.

Lola’s Smile Bunch

Monday, October 24, 2022

"Dance Before Him All the Earth" Inspirational Dance Card for Lee of Eastaboga, Alabama

Lee of Eastaboga, Alabama is 90 years old and loves space and planets and is a Christian. She is receiving an inspirational dance card with dancer Crystal Michelle Fallin posing against a background of planets and stars.

Lola's Smile Bunch

Friday, July 15, 2022

Spanish Chocolate Dancer for Avery of Boston, Massachusetts

Avery is 14 years old and is scheduled to have her third heart surgery. She is a patient of Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts. She loves art. Crafts, dance and the color yellow. She is receiving an Inspirational Dance Card with yellow flower stickers and a galaxy bookmark.

Random Acts of Cardness - Extra Encouragement

Tuesday, July 12, 2022

“Dance is Movement and Movement is Life” for Isabelle of Mt. Morris, Michigan

An Inspirational Dance Card for Isabelle of Mt. Morris, Michigan who is turning 13 years old. She likes the colors green, black, pink, daises, Roses, giraffes and Woody from the Toy Story. She is receiving a harmony bookmark “Beauty is all around you and always within you.”

Random Acts of Cardness - July Card Shower

Thursday, May 5, 2022

A Inspirational Dance Card for Celia of Salina, Kansas

Reach for the Stars and may all her Birthday Wishes come true for Celia of Salina, Kansas who is turning 5 years old. Celia has multiple health problems and heart condition. She loves music and dancing. She is receiving a dance inspirational card for her birthday and a Multi colored bookmark.

Random Acts of Cardness - May Card Shower

Thursday, March 17, 2022

Dancer Crystal Michelle Fallin - “Searching the Sky for You”

Crystal Michelle Fallin

June 19, 1984 - August 18, 2019

In Loving Memory

I search the sky for you thinking that if I just look hard enough maybe I’d catch a glimpse of you in heaven.

Sunday, March 6, 2022

Make Music to Him with Timbrel and Harp

Inspirational Dance Card by Crystal Expressions of Crystal Michelle Fallin modeling a Lyrical Dance costume that she wore at an International Dance Competition, I Love Dance. Inside Card is Bible verse:

"Let them praise his name with dancing and make music to him with timbrel and harp."

Psalm 149:3 NIV

Saturday, February 26, 2022

Let Your Light Shine

Friday, February 25, 2022

Dance Before Him, All the Earth

"Give unto the LORD the glory due unto his name, bring an offering, and come before him: worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness. Dance before him, all the earth, the world also shall be stable, that it be not moved."

1 Chronicles 16:29-30 NIV

Wednesday, January 5, 2022

Christmas Card Projects 2021

Crystal Expressions mailed and/or hand delivered 867 Christmas Cards to seniors, homebound, hospitalize, nursing homes, children in foster care, teen centers, health care facilities, and to lonely and isolated people throughout the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Europe, Australia and New Zealand. 450 cards were custom printed and the rest were commercially purchased. This is the second year we participated in the Angel Card Project and in 2021, we expanded and joined four other groups Bring Smiles to Seniors, Three Wishes for Ruby’s Residents, From the Heart-UK, and Random Acts of Cardness.

Wednesday, December 15, 2021

Three Wishes for Ruby’s Residents - Holly Berries and Snow Angel for Wilma

Wilma is 102 years old in a nursing home in Harrison, Arkansas and enjoys receiving cards. She is receiving a Christmas Inspirational Dance with a Holly berry border.

Three Wishes for Ruby’s Residents

Monday, December 13, 2021

A Snowflake Card for Eileene of Portland, Oregon

A Christmas Inspirational Dance card for Eileene of Portland, Oregon. She is a Christian, 74 years old and recently widowed. She is also receiving a Manger Scene bookmark.

Angel Card Project

Warmest Christmas Wishes to Sue of Severy, Kansas

Warmest wishes and a Christmas Inspirational Dance card for Sue of Severy, Kansas. She is 72 years old and homebound due to a serious illness and loves cards.

Angel Card Project

Christmas Holly Berries for Helene of Loxahatchee, Florida

Helene of Loxahatchee, Florida is 70 years old, lives alone and is lonely. She is receiving a Christmas Inspirational Dance card and a Christmas bookmark of the manger scene.

The Angel Card Project

Sunday, December 12, 2021

Holly Berries and a Snow Angel for Becky of Northfield, New Hampshire

Becky is 64 years old and lives in Northfield, New Hampshire. She is receiving a Christmas Inspirational Dance card and a Christmas Tree Legend bookmark.

Random Acts of Cardness

A Christmas Tree of Cards

A Senior from the Angel Card Project made a wall mural of the Christmas Cards she has received. Our Christmas Inspirational Dance card of Holly Berries and a Snow Angel in a sleigh is on the third row from the top. The card is custom design and very unique with Crystal as a snowflake model.

Angel Card Project

Saturday, December 11, 2021

A Snowflake Card for Tami of Victoria, Minnesota

Tami is receiving a Christmas Inspirational Dance card and a Christmas Tree Legend bookmark.

Angel Card Project

A Snow Angel for Amanda of McAdam, New Brunswick, Canada

Amanda of McAdam, New Brunswick, Canada is receiving a Rustic Snowflake Christmas card with Christmas Tree Legend bookmark.

Random Acts of Cardness

About the Artist

This Blog is dedicated to honor Crystal Michelle Fallin's artistic and creative spirit; her love of writing and drawing, and her passion for performing arts and dance. Crystal loved art and was a self-taught artist and color pencil was her favorite art medium. Her techniques of multi-color layering and blending gives her drawings the effects of a painting with intricate details. This is a collection of Crystal's colored pencil artistry consisting of creative drawings of her own unique interpretations of classic Disney characters. The collection includes Chateau de Chambord and Belle from Beauty and the Beast, and Ariel inspired mermaids from The Little Mermaid. Her art graces the covers of Greeting and Handcrafted Cards, Notebooks and Journals. Crystal Expressions© Cards were developed to continue Crystal's legacy as an artist, to give hope and encouragement to the needy, and for the lonely-in-heart. Her coloring techniques, concepts and artwork is the inspiration and vision for the cards. The cards are distributed throughout the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, United Kingdom, and Europe to Hospitals, Nursing Homes, Home Bound Seniors, Foster Children, and many others.

Biography

Crystal Michelle Fallin was born in Newnan, Georgia on June 19, 1984 to Douglas and Peggy Fallin. Crystal grew up in St. Augustine, Florida where she attended St. Joseph Academy and First Coast Technical College where she received her high school diploma in May 2002. She attended St. John's River State College, majoring in business. She worked in the hospitality and retail industries in St. Augustine and Auburndale, Florida. Crystal was a lover of Performing Arts, dancing and listening to music. As a child and youth, she was a member of the St. Augustine Premier Ballet Company and Academy of Performing Arts. She danced in the Nutcracker Ballet for seven seasons and won multiple dance awards at international championship competitions held in Orlando, Fort Lauderdale, Tampa, Daytona Beach, Florida, and Columbia, South Carolina. She was a member of the award winning APA Group “Theater Street Express” and the musical theater ensemble, “The Stage Door Players.” She performed in musical theater productions such as Alice in Wonderland, Cinderella, Robin Hood, and The Chorus Line. Theater Street Express won multiple awards for Song & Dance and Production numbers: “Patriotic Tribute, Café De La Trebein, Gangster Drag, and A Salute to America.” She was creative, artistic and loved art. In school, she was awarded a Certificate of Academic Achievement in Art. She became interested in color pencil drawings in her twenties. She was a self-taught artist in color pencil drawings and techniques and it became her favorite art medium. She shared her love of colored pencil art and writing with her beloved grandmother Mary. She often exchanged her drawings with her friends and grandmother. She collaborated with her mother to design greeting cards; particularly ones with nautical and mermaid themes. Designing greeting cards, drawing, and writing notes to family and friends were her favorite pastimes. She developed a love of Disney characters as a child and practice drawing and coloring them throughout her life. She used her art to show love and support to her family and friends. Crystal was caring, kind-hearted and always reaching out to people in need.

Dance Biography

Crystal Fallin was outgoing, independent and had an indomitable free spirit and loved dancing. She received her dance training at the St. Augustine Academy of Performing Arts; Master Workshops at Santa Fe College (Gainesville), European School of Ballet (Ormond Beach), FloArts (Palatka), and Master Classes at International Championship venues (Orlando, Tampa, Ft. Lauderdale), and at the APA summer dance intensives. Her choice of dance genres were ballet, tap and Lyrical dance. She was a member of the St. Augustine Premier Ballet Company and the La Mirage Jazz Club. She performed multi-roles in the classical ballet 'The Nutcracker' for seven seasons: Spanish Chocolate Soloist, The Solider Doll, Harlequin Doll, Arabian Coffee Soloist, The Arch Angel, Snowflake Demi-Soloist, Marzipan, Waltz of the Flowers, and many others. Each season, the Premier Ballet Company performed two full length performances for the community as well as six condensed performances of “The Nutcracker” for St. Johns and Putnam Counties school children. Twenty-Five schools from both the public and private sectors attended the performances. Crystal and her dance troupe performed on stage at Flagler College Auditorium, Kirk Auditorium at FSDB, and numerous community venues throughout Northeast Florida. She was a senior member of the Academy of Performing Arts competition team. The dance team completed annually in "I Love Dance" International Championship Competitions in Orlando, Fort Lauderdale and Tampa, Florida, and in Columbia, South Carolina. They also competed in Champions of Excellence by "Dance Troupe, Inc." in Daytona Beach. Crystal and her team won awards in ballet, jazz, tap and modern/lyrical dance in all major categories as well as top honors in “Song and Dance” and group ensemble theater “Productions.” As a Soloist, she won multiple awards at International Championships in Ballet, Lyrical and Student Choreography, and Gold Awards at “Champion of Excellence” National and Preliminaries Competitions. The Inspirational Dance Collection emulates her free spirit and love of dance. Inspirational dance symbolizes the freedom of spirit and captures the joy of worship: “Let them praise his name with dancing and make music to him with timbrel and harp.” Psalm 149:3