Sunday, August 19, 2012

Fundraising

I have a big announcement to make.  I have opened my very first Etsy shop.  For those of you out there who don't know what Etsy is, it is a place to sell your handmade goods.  My shop is called Fish Sticks For Africa.  I opened a shop in order to help raise funds for our adoption of twin boys from Africa.

It would make me so happy if you would spread the word to your friends and family through Facebook (which I don't do), Twitter or email.

I made a few sling bags out of blue jeans and they are listed individually.  If they sell well, then I will make more.  My daughter LOVES hers to hold her Kindle Fire.

The main item is my t-shirts.  I applique them by cutting out the t-shirt and adding a backing knit fabric.  I started by making one for our school last year, reading GCA.  Then recently I tried one of the country of Africa with our country marked with a hand sewn heart.  I have been stocking up on adult, youth and children's t-shirts at discounted prices so that I can make these to order.  I am in the process of making some for our cousins with the cut-out of Turkey and trying a sample shirt of Tennessee with a heart on Nashville.

Please pass my etsy link on and help us bring our boys home.  Thanks a ton!!

 http://www.etsy.com/shop/FishSticksforAfrica?ele=shop_open

1 comment:

  1. Hello,
    I hope you remember me from ECS. Congrats on your new little boys. We are currently bringing home two little girls from Ethiopia and have three children from Liberia. I will look forward to following your adoption and feel free to ask any questions that I may know (?) We are planning to bring our girls, Selah and Isabella, home next month. We traveled for court, and met them, in June; they are almost 5 and 2.5.
    God bless and I'm so excited for you,
    Jenny
    www.ourplansmultiplied.blogspot.com

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