Cross Postage – Ondoy Donation Info

I realize this has absolutely nothing to do with crafting, but it is something close to my heart, and something I think is important.

I made a post about the Philippine typhoon flood on my other blog, if you’re interested in donating here’s some info

  Typhoon Ketsana, aka Ondoy, swept over the Philippines and dropped over 455 millimeter into the Manila area, 341 millimeters of that rainfall fell in only 6 hours, to put that in perspective Katrina had 350 millimeters fall in a 24 hour period.  The flooding as of today has left over 240 dead and thousands other homeless.

 

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Donation info outside of Philippines:

• BayanUSA
• Philippine Aid
• Pnoy Apparel – buy a any Sammy t-shirt and they’ll donate another to a child, plus $5 of your purchase

• Men’s – Eggplant & Black; Women’s – Teal & Purple

Donation info within Philippines (you can use this if you live outside of the country as well)

• Philippine National Red Cross
• Kabataan Partylist
• Ondoy, You Fucking Asshole
• ABS-CBN Foundation more info here

If you live in the Philippines and can’t donate money you can still donate other goods, the Philippine National Red Cross is still in need of these:

Most urgent needs

Food items: Rice, noodles, canned goods, sugar, iodized salt, cooking oil, monggo beans and portable water

Medicines: Paracetamol, antibiotics, analgesic, oral rehydration salts, multivitamins and medications to treat diarrheal diseases

Non-food items: Bath soaps, face towels, shampoo, toothbrush, toothpaste, plastic mats, blankets, mosquito nets, jerry cans, water containers, water purification tablets, plastic sheeting's, and Laundry soap

Rehabilitation Programs: Shelter materials for house repair

If you live in the US and can’t donate there’s always people in need here in our own country.  You can donate blood to the American Red Cross, volunteer at your local shelter (women's, animal, homeless, etc…), donate home goods to your local shelter (women's, animal, homeless, etc…), donate or volunteer with The Salvation Army, help out the old lady who lives down the street from you, or just do something good today.

Plushies: The Cute

Technorati Tags: Plushies,softie,marshmallow,candy corn,pickle,crafty

I hate marshmallows, but I adore plushies 8D  These are tasty plushies by an artist I found via Plush You!  You can find some of her other work on her Flickr photo stream, she goes by Scrumptious Delight.

I love the fact that they’re actually in a marshmallow bag, plus they’re just uber adorable!  The nutrition facts and ingredients in the back are such a plus too :D  I think each marshmallow comes with a little loop in the back so you can use them as cellphone charms or maybe hanging them on your rear window would be cute.

I actually hate candy corn as much as I hate marshmallow but I love snacking on pickles :D furry pickles though, I’m not sure I’d like so much lol.  The plush variety though, super cuteness in all their snarly glory.

1. bag of marshmallows, 2. bag of marshmallows, 3. bag of marshmallows (back), 4. bag of marshmallows (back), 5. candy corn line up, 6. big jar of plush pickle preserve

If you think these are so cute you need to huggle one right now, you can order one of her creations at her Scrumptious Delight Etsy store.

Picked a Pattern!

Technically my mom did :p  And the winner(‘s) is(are):

Falling Leaves Wrap by Dory Brown for my Godmother, because it’s a large lace pattern and because I fear teh lace D: I have a backup pattern, which is the Eva’s Shawl by milobo.  Judging from some of the comments and looking at the time it takes for people to complete, I don’t think I’ll have a problem.  I also really want to do the lace one, just to get the “OMG LACE!!!  I made it!!! and I LIVED!!!” moment out of the way.

Mom picked out her own pattern, which relieves me because she’s such a picky person to please :p  I don’t really mind making her things, but I don’t really want to spend a couple months making something when she probably won’t want to wear it.  Long Open Shawl by Bernat Design Studio is the winner for the Mommeh, and since she picked out her own shawl I think pick out a nice color for it all by myself :D

I still love Doris Chan's Chrysanthemum Tea Shawl, I might just make it to lay on the back of my reading chair, or a kind of table cloth for the kitchen table :3

Shawl Pattern

So I found the address and phone number of my Godmother from this post.  I was thinking of sending her something for Christmas and thought making something would be a perfect gift since she used to make me things.  Mom has been fishing for a shawl ever since I started picking up crochet again, and especially since I learned to knit, so I decided why not make two, one for her, one for Godmother.  I’m trying to look for something light enough for Hawaiian weather and substantial enough for visiting Kids and Grandkids.

I’m leaning a bit towered crochet shawls since the lace knit ones intimidate me a bit :p maybe if I had started a couple months ago I’d feel more secure.  And since I’m just starting now I thought it would be best to do my Godmother’s shawl first, and make a camera cozy for Mom, making her shawl either a late Christmas gift or saving till next year :3

I’ve go the patterns narrowed down to 12 (half crochet, half knit)

Crochet:

1. Blue Curacao by Doris Chan – Mom, maybe Godmother
2. Chrysanthemum Tea Shawl by Doris Chan -  Godmother
3. Eva’s Shawl by milobo - Godmother
4. Greengold by Minchanka.by/julia – has Mom all over it
5. Long Open Shawl by Bernat Design Studio – Mom
6. Mermaid Wings Shawl by Josette McWilliams – Godmother

Knitting:

1. The "Dummy Clap" Shawl, Scarf & Shrug by Anna Peck – Mom and Godmother
2. Falling Leaves Wrap by Dory Brown – Mom and Godmother
3. Nuolitanssi by Elina Urmass - Mom and Godmother
4. Leaf-Patterned Convertible Shawl by Jennifer Meyer – Mom
5. Leaf Lace Stole by Cynthia Robinson – Mom, maybe Godmother
6. Flying Geese Shawl by Betty Balcomb – Mom, maybe Godmother

I’ve just ordered Doris Chan’s Amazing Crochet Lace book on Amazon, mainly because of the two shawl pattern, but especially because of the skirt overlay one, being the selfish knitter that I am :D  It brought to mind Even Howard’s Jolly Rancher skirt overlay.

Donna Downey Fabric Giveaway!

I love me a good giveaway :D one of the best reasons to scan crafty tweets, and this one  was tweeted by Craft Critique.

Pickled Pear Lane is giving away a stack of 16 fabric quarter’s (from a yard) from Patty Young’s beautiful new fabric line.  Thanks Marianne Johnson!  I’ve also found another Etsy store to bookmark :D

If you want to join in the giveaway frenzy check out Donna Downey’s giveaway blog post and comment, you can also blog it (there's no room for shame when you love fabric), tweet it, or Facebook it.