ShareASmile Project

Smile-a-Thon Finale

April 6, 2012 By Deb Chitwood 4 Comments

My Smile-a-Thon Spontaneous Smileys

Our bloggers’ Smile-a-Thon technically ended last Saturday. But, fortunately, Share a Smile doesn’t have to be over. I see spontaneous smileys more often than I ever did, and anyone can still upload spontaneous smileys to the Spontaneous Smiley website, raising $1 per smiley photo to help Operation Smile.

We didn’t reach our goal of 5 operations to correct cleft palate, cleft lip, and facial deformities in children around the world. But we did raise enough money for about 1½ surgeries … and every bit helps!

If you’d like to help the Operation Smile crusade, you can search for spontaneous smileys at any age. I have a post with lots of smiley-inspired activities for kids: Go on a Smile Hunt with Your Child. There’s more smiley fun for kids with Smiley Face Crafts by Amanda at Crafts~N~Things for Kids. And check out the Spontaneous Smiley posts by Elizabeth at Broken Treasures. Elizabeth organized our bloggers’ ShareASmile Project and has more kid-related smiley fun!

You still have until tomorrow to enter the giveaway at Broken Treasures to win a signed copy of The Smiley Book of Colors by Ruth Kaiser (and you’ll have an EXCELLENT chance of winning)!

Before I leave the Smile-a-Thon, I must have a finale. And what better than some smile inspiration from Annie!

“You’re Never Fully Dressed without a Smile” Word-Art Freebie

The Participant List of ShareASmile Contributing Bloggers

Special thanks to Elizabeth from Broken Treasures for organizing the ShareASmile Project,

special thanks also to Ruth Kaiser, and thanks to all the participants!

Broken Treasures
Crafts~N~Things for Children
Play Dr. Mom
Jaihart
Boo Boo Princesses
Raising Figure Skaters

hands on : as we grow
Courts Craft Corner

Linked with Thought-Provoking Thursday.

Filed Under: Share a Smile Tagged With: Annie, Operation Smile, ShareASmile Project, smile, Smile-A-Thon, Spontaneous Smiley, You're never fully dressed without a smile

“You’re Never Fully Dressed without a Smile” Word-Art Freebie

April 4, 2012 By Deb Chitwood 5 Comments

Here’s a word-art freebie from the quote “You’re never fully dressed without a smile.” from Annie, Lyrics by Martin Charnin.

To download word art, click here, then right click on the image and choose “Save Picture As . . .”

Background image by Olga Yakovenko.

Check out the ShareASmile Project!

I have lots of word-art inspiration at the Raising Figure Skaters Facebook page and on Pinterest!

Filed Under: Freebies, Share a Smile, Word-Art Quotation Freebies Tagged With: digital scrapbooking freebie, ShareASmile Project, smile, word art, word-art freebie, You're never fully dressed without a smile

Smiley Fun

March 30, 2012 By Deb Chitwood 9 Comments

“I’ve Never Seen a Smiling Face That Was Not Beautiful” Word-Art Freebie

By now, you probably know that I LOVE smiles and smiley faces! We have two days left of our Smile-a-Thon for the ShareASmile Project. If you’d like to join us in helping provide surgeries for cleft palate, cleft lip, and facial deformities in children, you can help now – or anytime. Just check out my post for ways you can easily make a difference.

I have a new focus on smileys and am amazed at smileys I see now that I never noticed before. That’s a good thing. Each spontaneous smiley I see brings a smile to my face and $1 more toward Operation Smile when I upload my smiley photo to the Spontaneous Smiley website.

Neighborhood Car Smiley

You can search for spontaneous smileys at any age, whether you’re an empty nester (like me) taking a walk in your neighborhood or a parent with young children. I have a post with lots of smiley-inspired activities for kids: Go on a Smile Hunt with Your Child.

More smiley fun for kids: Smiley Face Crafts by Amanda at Crafts~N~Things for Kids. (There are even handprint and thumbprint crafts for a special project worth saving for future smiles!) And check out the Spontaneous Smiley posts by Elizabeth at Broken Treasures. Elizabeth organized our bloggers’ ShareASmile Project and has giveaways and more kid-related smiley fun!

Here are my favorite smile quotes and all my smile word-art freebies in one place: Best Smile Quotes.

This made me smile! Not a spontaneous smiley … just a bit of smiley fun: “World’s Largest Smiley Face” Mahwah, NJ (over 2,000 people!) June 30, 2011