{ It’s Danielle Daniel!!! Visit her blog here! }
You know those moments you get to come right up close to a SuperStar and you could be oh-so-cool about it, but instead, you are SO your regular uncool self and you start drooling and babbling because you can’t get over the fact that it’s HER?! Well, that was pretty much my reaction to Danielle Daniel when she contacted me to collaborate with her, on this very personal and special project.
If we let Danielle and her son’s story and its message all the way in, it (and all others like it) will deepen us, bother us, and draw out our Mama Bear hearts into the light of day, even if you are a Papa, Friend, Aunt or Teacher...
I am so humbled at how all of this transpired and how God gave grace to all of us—me, Danielle and her son—and out of it how God was able to redeem the painful, hurtful parts into a declaration of love for our children, and now, yours:
{ “Mama Bear, a Letter to my Little Cub” :: A Collaboration by Danielle Daniel and Jan Avellana :: 8 x 10 Print :: Available now thru Dec. 31, 2013 }
We are excited to offer you our heartbeat in this collaborative print:
“Mama Bear, a Letter to my Little Cub”. It is available right now, through Dec. 31st my Etsy shop here. (After Dec. 31st, we will retire this print so it won’t be available after that date.)
Thank you for letting me share a small part of myself—and Danielle—with you. Her story, my illustration...how amazing is that?! Thank you for being that fierce protective bear that keeps offering up support and liberal doses of encouragement...without you, I might’ve quit a long, long time ago.
And for those you love, and those that love YOU, let the Mama Bears ROAR!
Love,
Jan
so gorgeous Jan! I love everything about it x
Posted by: Zoe | September 24, 2013 at 12:47 PM
this is beautiful Jan! great work, i love it! x
Posted by: Kat Kalindi Cameron | September 25, 2013 at 10:46 AM
Jan, this is soo beautiful. Love it !
Posted by: May Leong | September 27, 2013 at 03:44 AM
Wow, it's beautiful!
Posted by: Lynn Richards | October 03, 2013 at 06:14 PM