Stella’s Angels Memorial Paw Print Stones

11/09/2023

It’s Stella’s day♥️ Facebook has memories from today, and every year on this day I get to read and remember how deep the pain was right after losing her. Our pets truly are like our kids. For anyone still going through this pain or for those who maybe recently experienced it for the first time, this is what this group is all about. You are not alone🌈♥️

10/21/2023

We loved this stone and getting to keep all the fur babies together on one rock. If anyone is ever interested, we are happy to accommodate as much as possible. Obviously, there can be space limitations, but we always do our best to make sure the stone is as special to you as it is to us🌈♥️🐾

10/18/2023

Customization Highlight: this stone request was for fur baby Matilda (aka Matti) where the owner wanted colors to match her coat coloring and the center to match her collar, which was black with pink paw prints🐾 I know rainbow is our default, but always know you can request any colors to make it special to you🌈♥️🐾

10/07/2023

Happy 11th birthday to our sweet Stella Bell. November 9, 2018 was the worst day for our family. Any pet death is awful, but especially one that comes unexpectedly with no time to prepare. Even still, I look at what has come of it and I know she would be happy that it was not in vein. Nothing has healed our journey more than spreading a tiny bit of hope and kindness to others. On behalf of Stella’s birthday, we ask that you consider donating a stone. Shipping cost is typically around $5. We stay committed to our original truth which is we will never charge for any stone requested. We rely fully on donations and our own funds because the truth is our world needs more kindness, especially in times when people are hurting such as this. Thank you all for the love and support you have shown both us and each other. Happy birthday Stella, I hope this always makes you proud🌈♥️

Hello my sweet Stella’s Angels Community! We are launching this to go through the end of the year. With… Alex Bonfiglio needs your support for Donate a Stone

10/06/2023

HELLO! I always feel bad when it has been some time between posts. Truthfully, I speak to most of you through direct messages, but I still need to get better at making more public posts. What better time to post than now as tomorrow is our sweet Stella’s birthday. She would have been turning 11 tomorrow. I often wonder what life would be like if she was still here today. I don’t think you ever really go a day without missing them when they are gone. Life goes on, but so does their memory and all the little ways they show you they are still here. Stella’s symbol has always been a rainbow, and I love seeing rainbows show up randomly in different ways. What are ways your pets have shown you that they are still here? Comment below🌈♥️

08/29/2023

It’s National Rainbow Bridge Remembrance Day. While our community might be small compared to others, we have loved all the beautiful stories that are tied to these rocks we make. Sending all our love to those who have fur babies waiting for them at the rainbow bridge, especially to our sweet Stella Bell🌈♥️

07/26/2023

Mid week happiness. Love that they are all together🌈♥️

07/22/2023

We will keep this pinned for donation information🌈❤️

Hello my sweet Stella’s Angels Community! We are launching this to go through the end of the year. With… Alex Bonfiglio needs your support for Donate a Stone

07/22/2023

Happy Saturday! I always feel bad when it has been a while since our last post, but any of you who have had experience with a baby understand that the first year especially takes up ALOT of your time. We are still here making stones though 🙂 I wanted to share a couple of fun designs from recently for some sweet fur babies🌈❤️ Never hesitate to reach out and request a stone! Also, thank you to everyone who continues to share our information to others. We love you🥺

05/13/2023

Wishing all the moms out there, including fur baby moms, the happiest of mother’s day! Enjoy your families tomorrow. Comment all the sweet faces that make you a mom below. Here are mine!🌈♥️

04/15/2023

Just a couple examples of color requests that were made for some sweet pups. We love the rainbow designs but we always encourage you to make these as personal to you as you would like. Here are Nellie and Molly matching their stones🌈❤️

03/31/2023

Since it has been a little while since we initially started, I figured now would be a good time to go in to who we are and how we started. Back in 2012, my son Noah and I had our hearts captured by a sweet little golden retriever puppy who we named Stella. Stella was everything. She was there for the joy, the tears, the moving of houses, the major life events and everything under the sun. Our world changed day by day but her love never changed. In November of 2018, I was making a trip to Virginia Beach when I received a phone call from our room mate frantically yelling ”Stella” through tears over the phone. She hadn’t even told me what happened yet and I could already feel my entire world go black. Our sweet girl had gotten out of the front door and was hit by a truck directly in front of our house. That phone call changed my whole life. Hours before she was playing, happy and full of energy with years left and just like that it was taken from her, and us. I lived with the guilt that I wasn’t there and feeling like she died alone for years. All of my friends and family would reach out and try to say that they “knew” what I felt but I was convinced they didn’t, and that no one could really know. With every family member that I had lost in this life, I felt like I cried more over that dog than anyone else. Fast forward a couple of years to a relaxing stroll on the beach where I came across the most beautifully shaped flat stone which in turn sparked the set up of Stella’s Angels. We cant get Stella back, but we can help her live on, and that’s what we decided to do. Our mission has always been kindess, love and support of those who need it. We made a pact to always keep everything we do on donations only and that no one is to ever feel like they can’t ask for a memorial stone. It’s not much, and as a small family of 4 I know we don’t always get these done super fast, but we will always promise to put every ounce of love that we can in to the rocks that we make in memory of your pet. All are welcome, and our hearts are full as we see Stella’s legacy of love live on.

03/11/2023

02/22/2023

❤️🧡💛How to request for a stone💚💙💜message me personally through this page with your pet’s name and any color requests you may have (default is rainbow) You may also include a little about your pet and photos to make it more personal to you and us while we paint it. We will send you a picture of the stone completed on both front and back to confirm name is spelled right and colors are as you like them and then get your address at that time to ship it to you. We do not charge for our services, this is simply to spread joy in a difficult tome. Donations are accepted but never required, we just ask that you share the love to others who are hurting so we may help them too🌈♥️

02/18/2023

Our fur angels are always in our hearts no matter how many years have passed🌈❤️ we are always thinking of you that are feeling the loss of your fur family members. Every Saturday is shipping day and it reminds me every time just how many there are that just need a little light in a dark situation. Keep sharing our mission to others, we love watching this community grow❤️

02/07/2023

Our littlest painter has a ways to go before he can join the big leagues of official rock painting… but he sure is cute in the process! 🥰🌈❤️

02/06/2023

We are so overwhelmed with love from the response to our last post and excited to get working on our wall ☺️It feels so good getting back in to the routine of painting stones again. We are just about done with last week’s batch and they are looking beautiful! Quite a few have asked about donations so I am reposting our gofundme page that we had made from a few months ago. We are so grateful for those who believe so strongly in what we do to keep us going and bring joy to others at such a difficult time in their lives.

Hello my sweet Stella’s Angels Community! We are launching this to go through the end of the year. With… Alex Bonfiglio needs your support for Donate a Stone

01/29/2023

Fun interaction that I need everyone’s help with! For the longest time I have wanted to create a Stella’s Angels community wall in our apartment of all the sweet babies we have made stones for. If you would like your baby added to the wall, please comment a picture on this post for me 🙂 After it’s complete I can post and show you guys all of them together like we all know that they are 🌈❤️

01/25/2023

Hello friends! I know it has been SO long since our last post, we’ve been super busy (and exhausted) with our newest family member… everyone meet Ryder 🙂 We are finally at a point where we can start (slowly) doing rocks again. I know I have some on a list to do already. Thank you all for your patience in our new life adjustment… we have missed you and all your fur babies🌈❤️

11/19/2022

Hello friends! I know it has been some time since our last post, we are expecting our newest Stella’s Angels member within the next week or so. I just wanted to touch base and let you guys know we are still doing memorial rocks… we aren’t able to get them out at a faster pace like before for obvious reasons but please don’t hesitate to reach out to us and I promise to get back to you as soon as I am able🌈❤️

08/06/2022

I thought this would be a fun interactive post. I know not everyone who has received a stone follows the page, but if you do, post a picture of your stone and what state you are from. I’d love to see how far Stella’s Angels has reached… and more importantly would love for all of you to see how beautiful this community is. Feel free to include a little about your fur baby as well🌈♥️🐶

08/03/2022

Hello sweet friends! As the time for our newest Stella’s Angels member approaches 🤱🏼💙 we are finding it a little more difficult to put in as much of our own money towards shipping costs and supplies as we used to. This gofundme page will be open for the remainder of the year. Each stone costs an average of $5 to ship so we did a rough estimate of costs from now to the end of 2022/ beginning of 2023. Please remember donating is NOT required to receive a stone. We will always keep to our mission to send these out to you with as much love as we can give in a time of hurting. We know so many of you have already donated to us which has gotten us to this point and we are so excited for the plans for Stella’s Angels that are coming in 2023. You guys are just as much a blessing to our lives as these rocks are to you. Thank you all for sharing and supporting what we do🌈♥️

https://gofund.me/e86e4131

Hello my sweet Stella’s Angels Community! We are launching this to go through the end of the year. With… Alex Bonfiglio needs your support for Donate a Stone

07/31/2022

Off to do our monthly rock collecting! One of the worst parts of moving away from the beach is we didn’t have access to all our beaches loaded with stones, BUT we are still close enough to make it here every few weeks to collect until the next visit. And of course River loves to join in and help 🐶🌈♥️

07/20/2022

Hello everyone! I know its been some time since we have posted... we spent a little more time focusing on the pregnancy the past few months. It’s a BOY!💙 we have still been getting stones out and taking requests. I wanted to encourage all of you struggling with the loss of your babies by showing you just a portion of all the stones that have been done (facebook only let me post 80 photos but there are SO many more.) I just want you guys to know you aren’t alone, that was the whole purpose of this community. Also super important! We are having trouble accessing some of our original requests from when the PEOPLE article came out. So! If you requested a stone from back in November/December of last year and havent heard from me PLEASE send me a message (comments are okay but messages keep the requests organized.) I want to make sure no one gets missed. And finally, thank you for everyone who has shared our mission, supported and donated to keep us going. We love you guys!💕🌈♥️

05/23/2022

Hello friends and family❤️ I just wanted to post real quick to apologize on the slowing of some of the rock completion. This morning sickness has really thrown me for a loop the last 2 months and is still continuing. We should be turning the page toward the end of this here soon as I‘m approaching 2nd trimester. We finally did get to collect more rocks this past week which was very needed. I am doing my best to get another batch out this week. Thank you all for your patience and understanding!

05/01/2022

Good morning friends! I just wanted to stop in with a quick post to say thank you all for your patience as I have been battling morning sickness which has slowed down the rock painting the past couple of weeks. Next, I do want to encourage you guys to keep spreading what we do to others so that they can be part of this amazing community we have built. Lastly, I just wanted to extend a major thank you to those who have donated as we could not have kept up with the amount of postage without you. For those who are interested in donating, I will add donation info at the end of this post. Our next mail out day is Tuesday (and its alot!) so I hope you all enjoy! Happy Sunday 🌈💕🥰

Donation Info:
Paypal: [email protected]
Venmo:
Cashap: $alexbonfig14

04/23/2022

So we’ve been a little quiet lately and I was eager to tell you guys why💕 looks like as of December 2022 we will have a new little rock painter! I’ve been dealing with morning sickness, or all day sickness as I like to call it, so I‘ve been a little slow getting some of these stones done and out to you guys. In fact this week was the first week I genuinely set Stella’s Angels aside to focus on the moment and on wellness. We are excited to have you guys along on the journey and, as always, appreciate your love and support and for sharing what we do to your friends and family. We will be back to painting next week, feel free to message for any questions or concerns🌈❤️

04/16/2022

Wishing ALL of you a very Happy Easter! Thank you for being a part of our family and for your love and support🌈❤️

03/21/2022

I love when I see all the stones together, it reminds me that all our fur babies are together on the other side of that rainbow🌈❤️ Thank you all so much for your continued kindness and support of Stella’s Angels. I know that many of you are still waiting on stones and I dont mind if you guys message me to ask where you are in the batches coming up, I promise you dont bother me by doing that. I never want any of you to think Ive forgotten you or that your fur baby has been left out. Sometimes I even need encouragement because I feel behind when normal life/ job/ unexpected events take from my time on these stones. Regardless, no one has been left out and all of your kindness, encouragement, donations and love is what keeps us going and continuing to honor your lost pets this way. A lot of you have also passed on our information which is so appreciated! You guys really are a family to us. Here’s to a wonderful week for all of us🌈♥️

03/03/2022

Hello Stella’s Angels community! I just wanted to pop in and say that I’m thinking of all of you. Seems like theres been a lot of sweet pet passings lately 😕 Please feel free to tell friends about us or request stones for friends. Also! Just a reminder that the stones are only part of the community.. we also encourage you to share your pet’s story on the Stella’s Angels group so that others can share in a piece of your pet’s life as well. Here is the link for those who need it:
www.facebook.com/groups/stellasangels