Raffle for Japan

You are bidding for this group of Swirlyarts handmade goodies. There is a buttontastic doorstop chicken, a pincushion/paperweight chicken, three sets of recycled envelopes, four blank cards and eight sets of gift tags. In total this set of goodies is worth £50. (see below for more detailed photographs)

Bids are to be made in GB£ and each raffle entry must be a donation of £5. To enter, go to Global Giving and make a £5 donation, when you have done it come back to this post and leave a comment with your receipt number and you must also leave a valid email address. You can write the address in the format of mymailname ‘at’ hotmail ‘dot’ com. You may enter as many times as you like but each time you need a new receipt number. If you wish to donate £10 then donate two lots of £5 and enter the raffle twice! For help with the donation you can refer to this post http://jojoebi.blogspot.com/2011/03/how-to-make-donation.html

Raffle closes at 12.00pm GMT 26th March. If you make a mistake or forget to add you email address please delete the first comment and re-write it. Winner will be drawn randomly. I will ship internationally so feel free to enter wherever you live!

The giveaway / raffle / auction is being held on this blog, in cooperation with a Bit of This and a Bit of That. We are in no way affiliated with global giving, that's just our chosen method of getting funds safely to the affected area.

Lots of sets of gift tags including Richard Scarry, chickens and recycled story books.

Set of four blank cards made from upcycled catalogues and magazines.

Charlie Brown, French and English dictionary recycled envelopes.

The chickens!

Good Luck and lets see how much we can raise :)

A few things

1. When I get out of the habit of blogging everyday it is very tricky to get back into it - does anyone else feel like that? It's not that I have nothing to talk about but I just can't seem to find the time! I will try to find the time this week but I am attending a fair on Saturday (more later) and need to get organised for that. Also point number 4 might get in the way of that too!

2. I have bought the binding for the baby quilt and only have two more squares to quilt before I can start attaching it. I don't think it is going to be ready for Monday as it will need washing and drying before it is gifted but hopefully this week.

3. I have loads of stock ready photographed to list but again it is all about finding the time! I have lots of chickens, hundreds of badges (and I'm not exaggerating - Matt is speedy on the ol' badge machine!) a few stickers and some gift tags. Oh and a bag full of stock that has come back from a stockist that I need to go through and see if I have photographs before listing it all!

4. I am taking part in the Quake Appeal for Japan that is being organised by Jo. I'm not sure yet if I am going to do a raffle or an auction and as yet I am not sure what exactly I will be donating but more on that later in the week. There are some good crafty names involved so far and if you want to join up then Jo would be ever so grateful I'm sure. Just get in touch but be aware that she is in Japan and they are being urged to conserve energy so it might take a little while for her to get back to you.

5. Anya woke me up at 6.05am this morning (on a Sunday too!) but I am going to take the extra time given and get on with our day. We might go to a local car boot sale but I will see if we get organised enough. We haven't had breakfast yet......

6. That is all!

Two friends

Two friends who are at this very moment winging their way to Australia to meet up with the lovely Pip from Meet Me at Mikes. They are for the annual Softies for Mirabel campaign which Pip helps to organise. Crafting for a good cause is always excellent crafting. This is the second year I have made softies for this good cause and I will be doing it again next year - will you be joining me?