A Creative Log & Other Notes on Life
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Princess has been wanting to cut her hair short for a while now. I talked her into growing it a little longer so she could cut off enough to donate to Locks of Love. After her 7 month fundraiser benefiting kids with cancer, it was a pretty easy sell. Every few weeks for …
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This is the final month of Princess’s 7 month plan to raise money to buy arts & crafts kits for kids at Loma Linda Hospital receiving treatment for cancer. It’s a plan she hatched last November when her 3 year old cousin was diagnosed with leukemia. While not all of her ideas actually panned out [...]
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It’s been three months since Princess started her “Kids Helping Kids campaign and I am proud to report, with the help of neighbors, friends and online donations she has raised $135 so far. We still have a few more months until the hospital “might” let her in to make the delivery (stinky flu season) and [...]
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Two days before Valentine’s Day Love Scarf Project Founder, Bridger Fonger and a handful of helpers delivered over 150 hand knitted and hand crocheted scarves to City of Hope. Thanks to Elise from Cupcake Activist, a few other OC crafters (young & old), and a few hours of good tv, these twelve scarves were Orange [...]
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Todd figured if he was ever going to get his girls to enjoy a Supercross race, it would be one where everyone and everything would be decked out in pink to help raise money for Susan G. Komen for the Cure. But even with all the pink, it was Baby Brother who enjoyed the Supercross [...]
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I had such a great time last week teaching a group of wonderful teenage girls how to make t-shirt dresses. It was great to see some of the girls who weren’t that excited about a “night of sewing” quickly become passionate about their little dress. The seven dresses they made will be taken to an [...]
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Homeless shelters and battered women’s shelters always seem to be looking for sample size toiletries for the people they serve. So, I took up another collection of hotel tolietries and ended up with a huge bag full to take over to the OC Cold Weather shelter.
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The deadline for the LA Love Scarf Project is quickly approaching so I got another use out of my new favorite Moebius Cowl scarf pattern. This time I used two shades of grey thread instead of two strands of the same color as before, giving it a niced heathered look. If you would like to [...]
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A few of the local schools held shoe drives over the weekend to help Soles for Souls reach their goal of providing over 1 MILLION pairs of shoes to aid in the recovery and rebuilding process in Haiti. We were able to gather together a bin full of gently used shoes from our neighbors, our [...]
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We didn’t let the torrential downpour on Monday keep us from our MLK Day of Service plan. Who doesn’t want a cup of cocoa on a cold, rainy day? Thanks to supportive neighbors, fabulous friends, and a few “virtual cups of cocoa” sold, we were able to make $51 with our little stand to donate [...]
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