Happy New Year !

Wishing everyone a great and healthy 2023!

Merry Christmas to All!

 May the spirit of Christmas remain in your heart and home throughout the coming year.

Merry Christmas everyone!

Update on the parcel sent to the Orphanage in CDO Philippines

The parcel of handmade dresses, t-shirts, boys' shorts, undies and pairs of socks for boys and girls, handmade totes and backpacks has finally arrived and received by the head of the Calabrian orphanage last Friday, 28th of October (parcel sent 11th of October, 2022). No pictures were taken but the feedback I got was that the children were giggling and very happy to have received new clothing. My sincere thanks to Yolly Templa of the Calabrian Foundation for Girls for making this distribution possible.

2022 : Christmas Handmades and Fabrics to the "Make-It Christmas" project for Lismore

 Christmas is just around the corner and in the spirit of Christmas I donated the following christmas handmade items and several christmas fabrics to the Make-it Christmas project for Lismore.

1) Handmade christmas ornaments such as fabric christmas trees, christmas hearts, christmas houses, christmas stars, christmas cubes -

2) Christmas fabrics -

Maybe christmas will mean a little bit more with these non-bought-from-store Christmas Handmades for the people of Lismore.

Dress Distribution #123 - To an Orphanage in the Philippines

 Finally, today, a parcel has been sent to an orphanage(Calabrian Foundation Home for Girls, Cagayan de Oro City) in the Philippines. A few of the handmade dresses were donated in late 2019 which did not make it to the 2019 Christmas distribution and a donation made in the early 2020. The rest of the items are donations from Dress A Girl Australia which were not distributed due to the pandemic.

This is the parcel that was sent -

and these are the contents of the parcel -

• 29x handmade boys shorts
• 29 handmade boys t-shirts
• 3x handmade girls t-shirts  
• 10x handmade dresses
• 18 girls undies and 22 boys undies
• 17 sets of handmade t-shirts/boys short/undies
• 6 pairs of girls socks
• 3 children's puzzles
• 2 backpacks
• 3 handmade totes
• 1 lunchbox

It is not easy to make dress distributions these days due to financial constraints and difficulty finding people to make distributions on my behalf so this parcel sent today is a big win in my desire to make a difference. Thank you to all who helped facilitate this distribution. Your contribution is very much appreciated. 

For any future distributions, updates will be posted here in my blog and/or facebook page.  Thank you.

Walking to Restore Sights

 It is that time of the year once again. August month. I will be walking once again for the Fred Hollows Foundation to restore sights around the world.

I will be walking 150kms or more for the Foundation. So please help support my 150km challenge to restore sight. To make a donation, click on the image above or click on the image below or please click here.

Thank you for whatever donation you can give. Thank you for making a difference.

 

Day 66/100 : the100dayproject

April 22, 2022 at 10:05PM

Day 66/100: I made these earth buttons to celebrate the Earth, know more about the environment and promote conservation. Click here or click on the image below to check them out. Proceeds from the sale of these buttons will go to the postage fund of Dress A Girl Australia's dress distributions and education without borders projects perhaps later in the year and definitely in 2023.

via Instagram https://instagr.am/p/CcpxgTTpS4-/  

#the100dayproject #dothe100dayproject #makeadifference #button #buttons #loveourearth #connectwithnature #earthbuttons #plantatree #breathetheair #recycle #reuse #repurpose #green #earth #begreen #buttoncraft #handmade #handcrafted #100daysofgardeningtravellermadethistoday #softtreasures

Happy Easter everyone!

Love for Lismore Banners

 I made these 2 heart banners for the Love for Lismore to offer a visible symbol of love and hope to residents and businesses of the Northern Rivers (NSW).  Each banner size is approximately 70 x 110cm. These will be posted tomorrow. 

86K for a Cure for Kids with cancer

 After days of non-stop rain since the 1st of March, I finally started logging my kilometres. I have now walked 11 kilometres over 86kms' commitment to walk this month of March to help find a cure for kids with cancer. If you want to help to raise funds for the Childrens Cancer Institute, please click on the image below to support my commitment to walk '86k for a Cure' this month of March or you can click here.

#curingchildhoodcancer #childrenscancerinstitute #makeadifference #softtreasures #86Kforacure

Day 3/100 : the100dayproject

 February 15, 2022 at 12:28AM 

Day 3/100 : 'what is a day like for a crafter'...for a few minutes and/or a few hours a day...and for the next 100 days (97 to be exact) ....as the possibilities are endless and limited only by one's imagination.

i enjoy making buttons so for today (Day 3/100 of the #the100dayproject) I made myself these '86K for a cure' buttons. I committed to walking 86km in March for the 86kids who are diagnosed with cancer each month. Any of these buttons pinned on the hat that I wear every morning when i go for a walk will remind me of the 86kids.

#curingchildhoodcancer #childrenscancerinstitute #makeadifference #the100dayproject #dothe100dayproject #100daysofgardeningtravellermadethistoday #softtreasures #86Kforacure

Spotlight's Craft for a Cause

If anyone wants to get involved, please join their Facebook Group, Spotlight Crafts for a Cause, where you can find the info you need to get started. Patterns for Scrubs and Scrub Caps can also be downloaded from their Facebook Group and/or Website. Just click on the image or any of the links below.

Spotlight Website - https://bit.ly/scrubsatspotlight

Spotlight Facebook Group - Spotlight Craft for a Cause

Thank you.

Happy New Year!

 Happy New Year to All!