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Invite your spirit back home...

Hope you're knitting or crocheting something wonderful this week.

Margaret

Are you a Go-Giver?

Craft Hope: Handmade Crafts for a Cause

"For it is in giving that we receive." St. Francis of Assisi

Halos of Hope for yarn guidelines, free hat patterns and other ways you can help this organization reach out to cancer patients.  Follow them on Facebook and Twitter for inspiring updates.

Craft Hope is now on Project 9!  Please stop by and learn about all the wonderful work that is being done.  Join in the crafty fun.  Read the book!  Receive updates on Craft Hope on Facebook and Twitter.

"Go-Givers will become the best go-getters." Unknown

I hope you reach out any way you can.  Revel in kind words and thoughts.  Start a creative charity project or give a hug, the possibilities are endless.  Spread your special pizazz and watch the world light up.  FYI, pizazz is contagious.

Marg (noticing a little pizazz in my knitting today)

Craft Hope - the book!

Craft Hope: Handmade Crafts for a Cause by Jade Sims.

I'm so excited to blog about Craft Hope:  Handmade Crafts for a Cause by Jade Sims.  Finally, crafty charity project ideas at your fingertips. A $1 from the sale of the book will be donated to Global Impact, www.charity.org.  It's a win win - we get crafty projects to make and others receive the crafty goodness.  There's a crafty project for every crafter and beautiful pictures, illustrations, easy to read instructions and templates. You'll appreciate the array of designers that contributed projects to help us share with local communities and globally.  These projects will easily motivate people, as you can see by the response to Project 8, Gulf Coast Oil Spil , and their current project. 

Encourage kid participation - yay kid power!  Children can be overwhelmed by what's happening around the world and this is a great way for them to heal and work toward making the world a better place to live.

Please go to the website and learn about Craft Hope's current projects and let the crafty handmade items inspire you.  Visit them on flckr and facebook and add their banner to your website.

Enjoy this "feel crafty good" opportunity and a chance to heal.

Marg (loving the seed ball project on pg 107)

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Project 8 Mail Day!

Crafty environments, hope and history

Wool pot holders were common items in Civil War era kitchens.

Crochet on a settee

Pelicans at Point Lookout State Park

Fort Delaware, PeaPatch Island

one of the largest wading bird nesting areas on the East Coast

This weekend was full of history, nature, knitting and crochet.  I wanted to post some of the pics from our wanderings and share with you  project 8 that Craft Hope.  Please visit the site to see what is being done to support the oil spill cleanup effort.  I hope you will join in the effort, support wildlife rescue, and share your own pics and experiences with nature. We havn't felt the devastating effects of the oil spill here yet, but it is inevitable.  There is already so much polution that is being dumped into the oceans, bays, and rivers that it's a constant battle. I encourage you to raise awareness in your own crafty way.  Please comment if you would like to share what is going on in your area to protect and cleanup the environment.  Your input will inspire us!

Marg (so loving the kindness of the crafting community)

Pea Patch Island: Island, U.S. State, Delaware, Delaware River, Delaware Bay

Reach for the stars!

The Star Stitch Scarf Pattern is from VickieHowell

The Project is project 6 :: foster care teens

UPDATE!

Project 6 is packaged and ready to mail in the morning. Yay!  One of the things that I love about charity projects is the opportunity to, not only give, but receive the chance to learn a new stitch and be inspired by a challenge.  You  make new friends and learn about the world around you from different points of view.  Good stuff all around.

Whenever you donate, it's a great idea to furnish care instructions with your item(s).  Try making your own handmade care tags or visit your local yarn store and Etsy for beautiful tags.  Whenever possible, personalize your care tag with a message of encouragement.

Keep knitting and crocheting, join in charity projects whenever you can and remember to reach for the stars!

Marg (reaching on my tippy toes!)

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Where there's craft, there's hope

Where there's craft, there's hope

This week I started a star stitch scarf for Craft Hope project 6 :: foster care teens.  The design was graciously donated by Vickie Howell.

Please take a little time today to visit Craft Hope and learn about the founder, Jade Sims. Read about incredible crafters joining together to spread hope and help to those in need.  Be sure and take a look at Craft Hope for Haiti on Etsy, which is run by Sarah Jackson.

Find out how you can get involved in the projects and make a difference in the world.  Swing by the about page to learn more about the people involved with Craft Hope.

Simple, fun, and inspirational.  Craft is good! 

Marg (feeling the glow of kindness all around me today)