My how the days have flown by me!
I was in training last week back at the Nashville office,
and I didn’t take time to do a single post since then! I have stayed busy working, making Christmas
presents, shopping, cooking, wrapping presents, cleaning, fixing things that
Walden destroys (he ate his dog bed and some beautiful throw pillows including
this flower one & I still need to fix/remake them all…), & I have also stayed
busy working on some beautiful creations for the Lively Happenings shop on Etsy!
I wanted to do something special this Christmas season. I wanted to give back in a way that allows my
creativity to come through while benefiting a great cause.
For every purchase from the Lively Happenings store, I will
make a one of a kind piece for Strings for Hope!
Strings for Hope is founded by a great woman who lives near
Music City (NASHVILLE!)! This woman’s daughter
was at a friend’s house one afternoon, when the daughter came back, her mother asked
her what they had for lunch. Her daughter
replied, “We didn’t have lunch”. The
reasoning for no lunch was no fault of the parent’s; the family simply didn’t
have the funds to afford 3 full meals a day.
Being so deeply touched, this great woman knew she had to get involved
one way or another to change not only this family, but hundreds of families. Being the wife of a musician, she constantly
saw broken guitar strings being thrown away, and she knew there was something
that could be done with them to make a profit. Her and other designers, such as
myself, up-cycle used guitar strings to make jewelry sold at craft shows and
music festivals. All of the proceeds go towards curing hunger! Now how great is that!
To learn more about
Strings for Hope visit their website http://stringsforhope.com/
Keep up-to date on venues and events
where you can purchase these pieces by liking them on Facebook. https://www.facebook.com/StringsForHope#!/StringsForHope
So help me to help this great organization! Purchase from my shop, or directly from me
& I will match piece by piece an item I will make from guitar strings &
donate to Strings for Hope.
Here’s a few of my previous designs:
Pendant, Bracelet, Earrings
Christmas Ornaments
A Few More Bracelets
Do you have a great charity you are supporting this holiday
season?
FYI Strings for Hope is in Memphis Today at the Shop ‘Til Ya
Drop Holiday Extravaganza at the Memphis Cook Convention Center. Click here for more info!
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