Hi Ladies
I have a proposition, well actually it is an idea in very very early infancy. If any of you are interested please send me a pm or comment.
After a long, dignified and inspiring 5 year battle with cancer a very close family friend passed peacefully away this morning. I have decided that instead of flowers for the funeral that I am going to make some jewellery for Lizzi and auction it on e-bay (any other ideas welcome) giving the proceeds less the e-bay/PayPal charges to Lizzi’s family’s choice of charity.
Now this is where you all come in. I was thinking that twice maybe 3 times a year that we could, as a collective, put pieces up either for auction or on our sites for sale; stating that all proceeds will go to charity. We could all nominate a charity each time we put the pieces up for sale; and either split the money equally between all of the charities, or pick 2 or 3 from a hat and split all of the money between these.
I think as talented and people we are in a great position to raise some real money for charity and I am pretty sure (remember infancy stage I have not approached yet) that Bead/ Beads and beyond/ make jewellery etc would run at least a small piece on the sales if there are a few of us involved.
Let me know what you think, I take absolutely no offence if you feel that you do not want to do this, equally if you know of another artist/ jewellery designers/ crafty people that you feel may be interested please pass this on.
I am happy to administrate this (I may regret saying that)
Take care and thank you for taking the time to read this
Have a great Bank Holiday weekend and don't forget to enter the giveaway I am running, the draw is on Monday at 7 pm
http://kookiedesigns.blogspot.com/2009/05/flower-give-away.html
Mel xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
About Me
- Mel P
- I hand make jewellery using beautiful handmade lampwork beads, pearls, semi precious stones and sterling silver along with Karen Hill Tribe silver. My work can be found on ESTY and The Look Boutique. I also make jewelllery to order. All of my jewellery is Bespoke, pieces may be simmilar but no 2 are ever the same. I am also a qualified Nail Technician so all thing lovely live here! http://www.folksy.com/shops/kookie1 You can also now find my jewellery on my website: www.kookiedesigns.co.uk
4 comments:
Hi Mel
I am very sorry to hear about your friend.
Re the charity bit, I was thinking about doing something similar myself but it makes much more sense doing it with a group of people to get more exposure for the aution...therefore, please count me in!
Kelly
KEBO Jewellery
E-mail: Kelly at kebojewellery .co . uk
Count me in Mel - fab idea x
Thank you Ladies. I am away next week and will be ding Lizzi's auction the week after. So maybe if we touch base the week after half term, this will give us time to have a think and exchange ideads then? Thank you so much again, have a great Bank holiday
V good luck at Henley
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