Update and Request :)

Hello!

I hope everyone has had a wonderful first couple of weeks of August and the transition back to school and/or the autumn routine has not been too bad!

Jorie posted a week or so ago about a holiday theme donation. Many great ideas came her way including the idea of combining crafty and non-crafty items (a la Bag O' Sunshine). Jorie asked if the "See How Many People We Can Dress" initiative could be woven into the holiday idea. The thought is that so many of us are busy with the end of the summer shift and may be trying new projects that will take us a little more time to complete, so it seems appropriate to plan for a holiday deadline for this project.

Thus, I need to ask if there is anyone out there who would be willing to collect the non-crafty items and then send them to me in a few months. I am thinking around the first of November. I will then combine these items with the craft sets and send them to the charities in SF, Chicago, Philly, and Atlanta.

Thanks!

Howdy!

Well, I'm sure a lot of you are either getting ready for school or getting your kids ready for school. I hope the various transitions go as smoothly as possible!

FOs

I posted some FOs over at livejournal, but here the scarves I made for "overwhelm patty." I hope I'm not too late...they'll likely go out on Saturday...:)

We're changing names!

ETA: We are all moved now!! Everyone should still have all the same access as before! Thanks for your patience as we worked through this. And yes, we are still working on name changing things like the frappr map - I am but one girl.



On August 15th we are moving this blog to go with our new name. Please be aware the new community name will be Homespun Helpers.

I will be moving the information on the 15th and will post when the new blog is ready. Thanks.

Aimee

something else to consider

Does anyone have any non-denominational ideas that could correspond with holiday time?

I was thinking we could make 3-4" wide, 6" deep pouches and put in m&ms or kisses or something like that..maybe just the ones in the silver or gold wrapping...just to add a little sweetness. Maybe a little card as well. These could be sent enmasse to shelters everywhere, really. Still, the pouch might seem a little to "stocking" like.

What do you all think?

Also, I will change name of the lj community (not the User ID for now) and the myspace page tomorrow first thing so that it will jive with the new blogspot address.

Thanks everybody!

Jokes and stories and presents, oh my!

So, since we are all so busy in August, I thought this month might be a good time to share things other than FOs to tally (though we still like those too). If you are working on presents for new babies, new homes, new couples, or Christmahanakwanzika, post peekshures! (Just make sure no one counts them :)) If you have a funny or inspiring story about crafting, share!

I hope everyone's swampiness is not getting them down, and I hope the weather is not beating anyone down, too!

:)

ohhh the temptation

So my mom and I did our craft circuit today, and holy smokes was there some nice yarn at Jo-Anns...on SALE! :o I stood in the aisle for what had to be about 20 minutes, tormented by what to buy and how much. They had some chenille on sale, some sophisticates wool...ugh. I was troubled in part because I couldn't decide if I should buy enough of everything to make whole sets or buy more variety and just make one-offs out of it. These are the kinds of troubles that meet me when I go shopping :)

Id like to suggest that the "how many people can we dress" thing just become kind of an ongoing goal, much like the squares...what do you think? I think August is going to be hectic for a lot of folks and i don't want the idea to go kerflooey, nor do I necessarily what the concept to last just a month :)

Additionally, for lj folks...I am seeing that a lot of people that voted in our poll wanted to change the name, but our dear leftygirl brought up a good point. For the remainder of 2007, anyway, the "3000 in 2007" thing is very relevant. So as a compromise based on her statement, I'd like to propose that on August 15, we just change the community NAME here to "homespun helpers." In 2008 we can do the whole user ID change. I hope that will meet everyone's approval.

I think that's all of my odds and ends for today. That's enough, isn't it?!?