remembering grandma

my beautiful grandma...Felicidad Bautista

she was an artist.   loving.         beautiful.     a fabulous cook.                avid gardener.          

            matriarch.                mother of nine.  grandma of eighteen.   great grandma of seventeen

world traveler.         creative soul.    

{above} a page in a handmade Rememberance book I created 10 years ago after she passed.

{above} a set of ceramic partridges she created. she designed hundreds of pieces.

{above} grandma in Hawaii, one of many trips she took with grandpa. they loved to go on cruises.
{above} the Bautista family. my daddy is on the far right.{above} more of grandma's beautiful ceramic artwork. every time I visited she was busy painting her ceramics.

{above} me and my sis with grandma in 1996

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

My grandma had a huge influence in my love for all things creative. She created ceramics with wildly painted colors and patterns, was a seamstress, dressed fashionably with matching handbags & jewelry and worked in her garden everyday. She was always baking or cooking and made sure everyone was well fed and taken care of. She gave me my first Speedball calligraphy pen set when I was 8,  I carried it around everywhere to practice my writing. She hand wrote letters to her friends and family and never missed a birthday. I am blessed to have so many wonderful memories of her...she was an AMAZING woman. 

ten years ago today, you left us to be with grandpa in heaven.

remembering you today and always...

you are forever in our hearts...

i love you and miss you grandma...boo

Comments

[iHanna]

What a beautiful tribute post to her, and such awesome family photos! Love the black and white photos you shared, makes me smile too.

[L'Tanya]

Beautiful. You look so much like her.

[annie!]

Lovely tribute Traci.

[Carol B.]

A truly beautiful woman with a beautiful legacy.
Blessings to you.

[Barb Javersak]

Traci,
What a beautiful tribute. She will live in your heart forever.
Barb
NC

[Gina]

Your grandmother is a beautiful spirit and you are so blessed to have gleaned talent from her at such a young age. Continue her legacy, Traci. Hugs!

[Geri Johnson]

I get my love of crafting and art from my dad's mother too! She used to sew, embroider, knit, crochet, make jewelry and make things out of cut and curled tin cans. She lived in Santa Fe New Mexico & we would often visit during Fiestas in September. She would make my sisters and I matching Fiesta dresses so that we could march in the pet parade with her pet Pomeranian dogs, Winkie & Twinkie. She used to work at the La Fonda Hotel in downtown Santa Fe and sold many of the things she made at their gift shops. She was very talented, loving and generous & I miss her also.

[Kay Goodman]

A beautiful soul. What would we do without the influential women who have guided us to be the women we are? We all give thanks to her for nurturing your talents so that we are influenced by you. Thanks to Spirit for giving us such gifts.

[mlenasoto@gmail.com]

Grandmas are the best. She sounded like a wonderful lady.