Graphic Buds Committee would like to Honor
These special Ladies for all the hard work that have done
 volunteering for the Graphic Buds. 

We Thank you all!

In Honor of Lana

Lana was a very special member of our Graphic Buds Family. She was with us almost from the beginning. It was very clear that Lana was more than a passing name online, she was a real person who liked to help others. It is hard to find people that will work for free for any length of time. And we do understand that. Your family should always come first. But with Lana, she brought her family along!  Bethy, her daughter, was our youngest member ever. We weren't sure if a teenager would be happy hanging out with us and doing graphics, but Bethy did. Not only that, she was also very talented and won several ribbons in our contests. Well, what would you expect of Lana's daughter? Lana became extremely talented as time went along, and many of us said that Lana learned more than anyone else. Lana didn't stop there though. She gave of her time to help others learn to make beautiful graphics. In her time working with the PSP Classes, she must have helped several hundred people that would all remember her as the kindest teacher. Some of us would get a little grumpy now and then, but Lana always found something nice to say.

Angel, that's what she was. She would tease us all about her being an angel, one whose "halo" had just slipped a little. That's because she had this great sense of humor. Sometimes it would be Lana who had to make us smile when we would all be too tense about a situation. Angels do good deeds often unseen. That was Lana. Maybe many of our members didn't know she was there working all the time. But she was, and she is one of the reasons we wanted to have a group like GB. To get to know people like Lana makes it all worth while. She came into our lives and gave us much more than she ever thought of taking. And like many other good members, she also reached out and shared her personal life. We felt like we knew her family as our own. It takes a lot of trust to open up to people you have met online, but Lana had a trusting spirit And we trusted her too. If we all lived closer, then Lana would have been part of a group that met for real and hugged and shared and had some coffee together. You just know when you have met a really nice person, and Lana was.

It's very hard to say goodbye to someone who has meant so much to us. That's why we might not have to. What? Well, Lana was an angel here on Earth, so maybe she is going to hang around still and keep an eye on us. We all need someone like Lana to keep us heading in the right direction.

Lana was taking online classes herself and she was so very proud of what she had learn and what she created herself.. You can find her web site here: Shae's Nanny.   She was so very proud of herself for what she could do!

You will be missed very much..

In Honor of BJ

BJ
BJ's Haven

The Service Committee would not be what it is today without BJ.  So many of the ideas and plans were instituted by her and her great love of this forum and its members.  The beautiful Creed was a gift from her heart to this forum, and she showed us the way to exist together online in mutual respect of one another.  Although she semi-retired, we aren't letting her get too far away! 

Anne was our co-chairperson for the Service Committee. BJ and Anne started our Service Committee from The Birthday Wishes, The Treasure Hunt, and The Get Well Wishes.  Anne's love for our forum and it's members will be always be a part of the Graphic Buds.  We thank you very much for the time you did share with us and will continue to share with us on the boards. Although she retired, she will always remain close in our hearts! 

Nancy was in charge of keeping track of everyone's birthdays.

The ideas and plans for the Graphic Buds Postcard Center and the Graphic Buds Virtual Cookbook were instituted by DebbieM.   A lot of hard work went into creating it and keeping them both updated with all the new cards and recipes that were sent to her.  She was also the moderator of the Graphic Service board and announced a new Site On Parade each week.

She retired but NOT forgotten and she will still be around the forum from time to time.

Destiny used to take care of the Get Well pages, Challenges board and also mounting the Challenges in many different ways.

She will be very much missed in the admin, but she will still be around on the boards from time to time.

Co-Chairperson:
Jana 
Ladynorth Designs

Jana was our Co-Chairperson for Graphic Services, the moderator of the PSP Beginners & Tips board, was in charge the Blooms area, helped DebK add postcards to the postcard center, and took care of updating our Resource area.

Jana also helped to mount many member collections in interesting ways.  What a busy bee she was!  We are really going to miss this human dynamo.

She was a Moderator for the Talk, Birthday & Get Well message boards.

She was in charge of updating our Birthday pages and making beautiful birthday images for our members when their birthday come around.  She also post on our Graphic Service board wishing our members a Happy Birthday each month.

She was in charge of updating our Get Well pages and adding new names to any of our members that was not feeling well.

Oh...Jana was also helping out with the PSP Tutorials classes.  We think she might need a vacation.

 Country PJ
Pieces of Penny

Country PJ was the moderator of the PSP 7 board and in charge of the PSP 7 Recourses.  Whenever we had a question that no one else knew the answer to, you could always trust PJ to be there with just the right answer.  As a Graphic Buds member, we consider PJ to be one of our best resources!  So we want to thank PJ for all her hard work and for being so darn technical.

Carole used to take care of the Challenges board and also mounting the Challenges in many different beautiful ways.  Thank you for all your hard work!

She will be still be around on the boards having fun with everyone else in learning and creating! 

In Honor of LC Roussel

LC Roussel
CHERISH TUBES
 

Lisa C was the moderator of the Challenges board and took care of any questions you had about that board.  She also collected all images on the board and put them into a collection.

In Honor of Lisa

Lisa
Canadian Angel Graphics

Lisa was taking care of the Chats and keeping the chat lesson page up to date.

Lisa was taking care of our Get Well area. She listed members that are not feeling well.  

Lisa was helping out with assorted jobs and message board help.  

In Honor of Vilma

Vilma
Simple Pleasure Designs

Every Friday Vilma was announcing the new Members Sites on Parade. 

In Honor of Ragdoll

RagDoll
Bajeca's Vistas

RagDoll is one of our newest Service Bud. She will be finding tutorials for all of our members, updating the tutorials pages and helping out on the tutorial board.

In Honor of Jane

Jane
Jane's Place - PSPTubes

Jane helped out with memberships and the PSP 7 help board. You will still find her on the PSP 7, as they are having some problems with some Kitty's and Dragons too!  :)