A Mirliton Dancer

Crystal Fallin as a Mirliton in the Dance of the Mirlitons or as “Dance of the Reed Pipes”, or “Marzipan”, this is one of the most famous numbers from The Nutcracker Ballet.  Flagler College Auditorium, presented by the St.Augustine Premier Ballet Company.

Cards for Kindness - Inhale the Future

New Handcrafted card of encouragement painted in watercolor for Cards of Kindness Program.  Mailed to scrapbook.com Gilbert, Arizona to be distributed to one of the not-for-profit organizations they sponsor.

Crystal Belle age 4 in her blue leotard exercising, inhaling and exhaling with her best friends Jessica and Marsha having fun.  

 

Braid Mission Cards of Hope - Leave a Little Sparkle

Handcrafted encouragement card painted in watercolor mailed to the Cards of Hope Program of Braid Mission to be distributed to a foster child or youth in the Bay Area of San Francisco California.  
 

Crystal sparkling as a snowflake in the St. Augustine Nutcracker Ballet at Flagler College Auditorium, St. Augustine, Florida.

Blowing Birthday Candles

 Crystal Belle blowing her birthday candles and making a wish, June 19, 1987, Palm Coast Florida.

Make a Birthday wish upon a star, the Chateau de Chambord art print by Crystal Fallin.  Beauty and the Beast was one of her favorite Disney movies.  The castle in the movie is Chateau de Chambord and is located in Chambord, Loire-Cher, France.  She gave her art work as a gift  to her dad. 

Littlest Flower Girl

 Crystal Belle a flower girl age 4 in her Uncle John’s wedding, Columbus Georgia.

A Magical Butterfly Fairy

 

Crystal Belle age 3 as a Butterfly Fairy with her magical wand and pink wings and fluffy sleeve fairy dress in October 1987. 

“Believe in the magic as fairies do and they will appear to watch over you.  They dance in the flowers and they sing songs of love, spreading joy and laughter from the stars above.  They skip through the forest in the bright moonlight, childhood memories of pure delight.”

Today, I Honor My Beloved Daughter

 Crystal Michelle Fallin, June 19, 1984 to August 18, 2019

Cards for Kindness - 'I Shut My Eyes In Order To See'

 

New handcrafted card from the Little Belle Series painted in watercolor.  'I Shut My Eyes In Order To See' is being mailed to Cards for Kindness Program of Scrapbook.com in Gilbert, Arizona to be distributed to one of the following organizations:  Operation Gratitude, KIDSAVE, Sunshine Acres Children's Home, Bring Smiles to Seniors, Dignity Health, Lemons of Love, Impact One Breast Cancer Foundation.

Cards for Kindness - 'Happy Mind 💓 Happy Life'

 

New handcrafted card from the Little Belle Series painted in watercolor.  Happy Mind 💓 Happy Life is being mailed to Cards for Kindness Program of Scrapbook.com in Gilbert, Arizona to be distributed to one of the following organizations:  Operation Gratitude, KIDSAVE, Sunshine Acres Children's Home, Bring Smiles to Seniors, American Assisted Living Community.

Lola's Smile Bunch - Encouragement Card for Nancy of Montana

 Encouragement card to Nancy age 67 of Cohagen, Montana who is at home under hospice care.  Silhouette of Little Belle and Dusty glazing at the stars.  Enclosed the Priest Blessing from Numbers 6:24-26.

The Lord bless you and keep you; the Lord make his face shine on you and be gracious to you; the Lord turn his face toward you and give you peace.

Kind Cards for Cool Kids - Mermaid Card for Payton of Pennsylvania

 

Peyton of New Derry, Pennsylvania is celebrating her 11th Birthday on September 13.  Peyton has OCD and is autistic with anxiety and will not have a birthday party so her mother requested Birthday Cards.  Sending her a handcrafted card with "It's a Beautiful Life" mermaid print against a ocean background.  Inside the card are stickers of The Little Mermaid Ariel.

Kind Cards for Cool Kids

Goofy and Crystal

 At Disney World Magic Kingdom, Crystal posing with Goofy.  Crystal had a cast on her hand.  She was in the 4th grade, age 9.  She loved Disney animated films, particularly, Beauty and the Beast, Ariel the Little Mermaid and The Lion King.  As an adult, her hobbit for color pencil drawings was coloring Disney characters and mermaids.

Riding Her Bicycle barefooted

 Crystal Fallin age 3 learning to ride her bicycle with her friend Marsha.  She was always smiling and full of joy.  She was a little nature girl who loved to run in her bare feet.  Our little Crystal Belle riding her bicycle barefooted.

Itsy Bitsy Spider

 Crystal Fallin age 5 as the Itsy Bitsy Spider in her Kindergarten school play.  She attended Hartley Elementary School from Kindergarten through 5th grade.  Her mom made the costume and Crystal was so proud of her spider costume.  She loved performing arts and this started her interests in dance, singing and performing.

Lola's Smile Bunch - Encouragement Card for Maxine of Tennessee

 A encouragement card with a Rose art print for Maxine of Knoxville, Tennessee.  She loss her only child on November 2020.  She needs support and love.  I briefly shared my story and Crystal's artwork with her and enclosed a  Vincent Van Gogh "Field with Poppies" bookmark with a small magnetic bookmark attached to it.   I explained to her that sharing Crystal art on my cards helps me to cope with my grief.  A parent's grief is a journey with no end.  We are there to listen and support each other on this treacherous journey of sorrow.  Praying for Maxine.

Lola's Smile Bunch - Encouragement Card for Frances of Maine

 

Beautiful Dreamer Card with Belle art print mailed to Frances of Bangor, Maine.  She loss her 52 year old daughter June 2020.  I shared Crystal's artwork with her and enclosed a scripture bookmark.  Only another parent understands the grief of losing a child.  It's a bond we share on a long lonely journey of grief that never ends.  Frances is in my prayers.

Angel Card Project - Sending Good Wishes to Chris of Sydney, Australia

 

A handcrafted Card for Chris of Wattie Grove, Sydney Australia.  She is in lockdown due to Covid-19 and feeling isolated.  She loves the outdoors and camping.  The card is from the Little Belle Series and designed with both watercolor and color pencil drawings as well as die cutouts of plants.

Angel Card Project - Sunshine Card for Brantley of South Carolina

 Encouragement card for Brantley of Lexington, South Carolina.  He has bacterial meningitis and has been hospitalized.  His mom requested up lifting cards to hang on his wall.  Inside the card are a dozen Sea life stickers sending Brantley a Ocean of Love!

Crystal Expressions Notebook “Live Dream Love”

 Introducing 'live dream love' creative notebook using Crystal Fallin's art print of It's a Beautiful Life mermaid.  The notebook's cover includes beach wildflowers, sea life and a ocean sunset.  Photography by PL Fallin. 

Crystal Expressions Notebooks “Heart of the Sea”

 

Introducing 'Heart of the Sea' Creative Notebooks with Crystal Fallin's art print of Sisters of the Sea mermaids.  The top notebook has a watercolor floral background.  The bottom notebook has a nautical theme with mermaid scales painted with a gradient tint of pastel colors from pale yellow, pink to light blue.

Cards for Kindness - Inspirational Dance Cards

These are several of the Inspirational Dance Cards mailed to Cards for Kindness Program of Scrapbook.com in Gilbert, Arizona to be distributed to one of the following organizations:  Operation Gratitude, KIDSAVE, Sunshine Acres Children's Home, Dignity Health, Lemons of Love, Impact One Breast Cancer Foundation, Compassion Prison Project and American Assisted Living Community.

Little Red Dress

 Crystal age 3 wearing her favorite little red dress working in the garden.  She loved that little dress with the blue flowers.  She wore it everyday.  Mom would wash it at night so it would be nice and clean for Crystal to wear the next day.

Blowing Bubbles

 

Crystal Belle at age 3 and her best friend Marsha blowing bubbles.  

Attitude and Heart of a Cowgirl

 Crystal Belle on a pony dressed as a cowgirl age 5.

"It ain't the clothes that make a cowgirl, it's the attitude and heart." 

 

Little Crystal had the heart of a cowgirl.  As a little girl, she was always smiling, hugging, fun loving and free spirited.  She loved Disney movies 'Beauty and the Beast, The Little Mermaid, The Lion King' and so many more.  She loved her talking Mother Goose that played music and rhymes.  She hugged that goose like it was her favorite pet.

Crystal Expressions Notebook “Dream Big”

Introducing  new notebook with Crystal Fallin's art print of Belle in color pencil.  "Dream Big" is a creative notebook with a full scale print of Lady Belle on the cover.  

Inspirational Dance Card for Maddie of Florida

 Inspirational Dance Card for high school graduate Maddie of St. Augustine Florida.  

Spanish Chocolate Soloist from the Nutcracker Ballet performed by Crystal Michelle Fallin at Flagler College Auditorium.

Braid Mission Cards of Hope - Paint Your Dream

 Inspirational Dance Card “Paint Your Dream and Follow It” mailed to Braid Mission Cards of Hope Program in California for foster children.  

The Inspirational Dance Card is from the Waltz of the Snowflakes from The Nutcracker Ballet.  The Snowflake dancer is Crystal Fallin, Flagler College Auditorium.  

Braid Mission Cards of Hope - ‘Reach for the Stars’

Little Belle and her cat Dusty reaching for the stars.   Inspirational card painted in watercolor for Braid Missions in California. To be given to a foster child in the Bay Area. 

Pixie Tail Crystal Belle

 Crystal Belle with a side pixie tail age 5 in Kindergarten.  A poem for Crystal Belle:

A LITTLE BIT OF SUNSHINE

She was a little bit of sunshine,
She had a smile to light your days,
She would steal your heart and 
keep it with her warm endearing ways,
She's my precious little daughter,
With a sweetness from above
Who filled our years with laughter
and our lives with lots of love.

By PL Fallin

Cards for Hospitalized Kids - Girl on a Tire Swing

Handcrafted card painted in watercolor from the Little Belle Series.   ‘Celebrate Every Tiny Victory’ was mailed to ‘Cards for Hospitalized Kids’ in Chicago, Illinois. 

Cards for Kindness - Little Belle and Dusty

 

Little Belle and her cat Dusty gazing at the moon.  ‘Thinking of you’ card from the Little Belle Series.  It is handcrafted with multi media art techniques and embellishments .  The card was mailed to Cards for Kindness in Gilbert, Arizona to be distributed to a military family.  

Princess Crystal Belle

 Crystal Fallin age 3 as a Princess.  Always our Little Princess Crystal Belle.  More beautiful then any Disney Princess could ever be.  Forever in our Heart!

Swing High Crystal Belle

 Crystal Belle Swinging high.  Our Little Belle she’ll always be.  Swinging high with her grandma Mary and the Angels now.

Crystal Expressions Little Belle Series

 

Crystal Expressions new Handcrafted Card is painted in watercolor and stamped with an old Irish saying "May the Wind be always at your back and the sun shine upon your face."  It is part of the Little Belle series.  The new series depicts a young girl's imagination and her sense of wonder in nature. Crystal Fallin's nickname as a child was Crystal Belle so Little Belle is a reminiscence of her childhood experiences.

RAOC - Mermaid Kisses for Hailey of Wisconsin

 

Mermaid Kisses and Starfish Wishes for 7 year old Hailey of Madison, Wisconsin.  She is having surgery. Requested by her grandmother.

Random Acts of Cardness

RAOC - Rain Brings Rainbows for Aspen of Mississippi

 

Encouragement card for 10 year old Aspen of Mize, Mississippi.  She is going through a sad time. Requested by her grandmother.

Random Acts of Cardness

Artist Crystal Michelle Fallin - Art Print 'Rose'

 

Rose art print in bold brush technique.  Color pencil drawing by Crystal Fallin.

RAOC - August Card Shower for Isabella of Alaska

 

A Unicorn in watercolor with birthday wishes for Isabella of Anchorage, Alaska who will be turning 11 years old in August.  She loves animals and horses so a magical unicorn is coming her way.

Random Acts of Cardness - August Card Shower

RAOC - August Card Shower for Evelyn of Alabama

 

A Happy Birthday using a Chateau de Chambord art print for Evelyn of Phenix City, Alabama who is tuning 7.  She has a traumatic brain injury and loves dancing and singing and Disney Frozen so a Frozen stickers are included with the card.

Random Acts of Cardness - August Card Shower

RAOC - August Card Shower for Sibelle of Lingayen, Pangasinan Philippines

 A Birthday Card with Sisters of the Sea art print was mailed to Sibelle of Lingayen, Pangasinan, Philippians.  She is 44 years old and likes the color red.

Random Acts of Cardness - August Card Shower

RAOC - August Card Shower for Kelsey of Kingston, Ontario Canada

 

A Rose art print with Birthday Wishes was mailed to Kelsey of Kingston, Ontario, Canada.  She turns 21 years old on August 7.  She likes red and black colors and the Lion King which was Crystal's favorite colors and Disney Character.  Kelsey also received a magnetic Bookmark.

Random Acts of Cardness - August Card Showers

RAOC - August Shower for Gurman of Tuen Mun, Hong Kong

 

Handcrafted Birthday Card for Gurman of Tuen Mun, Hong Kong who will be 27 years old on her birthday.  Tuen Mun is a satellite town near the mouth of the Tuen Mun River.  

Random Acts of Cardness - August Card Shower