Bags 4 Darfur: Crazy Daisy /Bloomin sakes

Saturday, May 2, 2009

Crazy Daisy /Bloomin sakes

Well, it's been blogger complicateous this week. Not exactly annus horribulus (sp?) but not that far off either. (she sighs; dramatically).
I hope my knight in shining blogger armour shows up this weekend. The husband couldn't figure it out either; and he's the only knight around the place.
$25 Cdn will start us off on this daisy beauty. I don't often post bags on Friday, but this week is a little different, Ja? I'll leave the auction open until midnight tonight: Friday, May 1, 12:00 am cst.
Thanks for your patience!
Posted by Brian the Mennonite at 7:25 AM 7 comments
Wednesday, April 29, 2009

For Bloomin' Sakes!
This blog is experiencing a hostile takeover. If you are here to drool over Brian's mouth-watering culinary expertise, move on. I don't want your filthy spit on my bags for darfur.Well, this week didn't go nearly the way I'd dreamt that it might.
So, I've
I combined the button tree with the tote bag. AND I pulled out my fun-lovin' flower sheets from the 70's again. There's something wonderfully springlike about those flowers.The orange and butterfly pictures show the bag turned inside out. Those butterflies form the inside pockets.

This button tree on a hankie forms a pocket on the exterior of the tote.
Bag measures 17 x 15 inches.
The bids begin at $25.00.
This auction will conclude on Friday, May 1 at 7:00 am, cst.
Posted by Brian the Mennonite at 7:06 PM 9 comments
Sunday, April 19, 2009

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Anonymous said...
Love it! :)KCar
8:15 AM
Anonymous said...
I'll Bid $26~*Lindsay*~
12:32 PM
tanya said...
I'm almost willing to bid just to get the adorable daisy button. Your daughter made those didn't she?
2:21 PM
Caroline said...
Yeah, for very special femo buttons!!!! $30
2:22 PM
LN said...
$35 am I too late?
12:02 AM
Brian the Mennonite said...
LN- by two minutes! darn. But good for Caroline, at $30.Send me a note at re-joyce@mts.net to let me know your location.
9:24 AM
Anonymous said...
woops.I said that under the husband's name.joyce
9:25 AM

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Re-joyce.

I've always been a scrounger. Raised by a frugal prairie farm woman who reduced, reused, and recycled long, looooong before it was trendy; I've come into the concept of re-purposing honestly. I am silly-in-love with anything vintage-ish, and am powerless against it when I discover it stacked on card tables in someone's garage, or stale and lonely in a thrift shop.

As a responsible consumer, here's what you can feel good about:

*the bags are fashioned from recycled fabrics purchased at thrift shops, garage sales, and fabrics donated by generous supporters.

* Most of the thrift shops are themselves humanitarian aid fund raisers.

*while keeping this stuff out of the landfills, you get to enjoy little pieces of history. Fabrics that used to function as tableclothes, aprons, bedspreads, sheet sets, coats.... Well, you get the idea.

*the proceeds of the project are intended for food aid to people in camps in and around the Sudan via the United Nations World Food Programme.

The bags are distributed in "good faith"; the fabrics within each piece can not be warranteed due to their unknown fiber contents. I myself treat my bags with little caution- throwing them in the wash, hanging them on the line to dry. I cannot offer any guarantees though, and do not offer refunds or returns; although I am certainly willing to do reasonable repairs. Although in a sense one is purchasing a bag, the bigger vision is to partner in feeding the hungry.

Interested in supporting the project? Visit my ETSY shop, top of the page. E-mail me with any question at re(dash)joyce(at)live.ca

Feel free to copy the "bag button" on the sidebar if you would like to place it on your own blog or web page.

Thanks for your interest!

Funds Sent for Aid

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$24,918.00 total to wfp
$2,097.00 to MCC Sudan, 2013
$400.00 to CMU Outtatown in 2013
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$910.00 to UHCR in 2012
$2,142.00 to WFP in 2012
$400.00 to CMU Outtatown/Guatamala 2012
$720.00 women to women in 2012
$240.00 to women to women in 2011
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$525.00 to WFP in 2010
$200.00 to UNHCR in 2010
$175.00 to Save Darfur in 2010
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$5,385.00 in 2009
$210.00 to Mennonite Central Committee '09
$100.00 to Siloam Mission in 2009
$200.00 to Save Darfur in 2009
$10,658.00 to wfp in 2008