Postcard: 29th March

sending it to Jill Denton in Arkansas, America

Postcard: 28th March

sending it to Fiona Leow in Sumatra Selatan, Indonesia

Thank you, egg cosies, and postcard hoarding.

I'd like to say thank you to everyone who purchased items from Crafting for Courage and also to those of you who blogged, tweeted or told friends about it. There are still some items for sale so please do go over there and take a look if you haven't already. Remember that 100% of proceeds will be going to Save the Children. One of my Japanese watercolours is still for sale (thank you to the ladies who bought the other two) so go over and take a look.

I decided that today I wouldn't even think about essay writing. So I stayed in bed reading my book, went for a run (and spent half an hour groaning afterwards - I'm so unfit!), cooked and ate a fry up (this is why I'm so unfit!), and spent some time crafting. It was so good to a bit of crafting as I've been really bogged down with essays. I made two little egg cosies with pom poms on top. I'm going to perfect them a bit more before I put some in my shop. For now I was just trying out the best way to make them.

Also, thank you for sticking around, I haven't been around much lately because of these essays but the light at the end of the tunnel is in sight. Just one more essay to go! If you are waiting to recieve a postcard from me, it isn't lost in the post, it's here on my desk. I have like three months worth here. I know it's rediculous. You'll get it at some point I promise.

Enjoy your weekend all. Hope you manage to find a little time to do what ever it is you like to do.

Beauty, Peace, Hope

I've created three paintings for the Crafting for Courage sale. They can be seen on the Crafting for Courage group blog, along with all the other ladies beautiful creations. Please do go straight over there and take a look at what is on offer. Remember 100% of proceeds go to Save the Children.
Thank you for any support you can give. Jill x

Painting for Japan

I've made three watercolours so far for the Crafting for Courage sale. I thought I'd share with you a close up detail from each painting. The original paintings are going to be for sale to help raise money for Save the Children Japan Earthquake Tsunami Relief. 100% of the proceeds will be donated. The sale will happen on Thursday, but I'll be back tomorrow with more information and pictures. I'm excited that the list of ladies taking part is growing.



The best way that you can support our sale is to buy an item from any of the talented women taking part. If you are unable to buy an item then you could support us by writing about the sale on your blog, tweet about it or by emailing friends and family about it. Any of these things would be greatly appreciated by all of us. Thank you for your support.

Crafting for Courage

A group of friends have organized a sale of crafts from this Thursday 24th to Monday 28th. We will be selling our items from our Etsy shops and 100% of the proceeds will be going to Save the Children Japan Earthquake Tsunami Relief for their work in the devastated areas of Japan.

In Japanese culture the dragonfly symbolizes courage, strength and happiness. It was chosen as the symbol for our charity sale. Margie made this symbolic image and Joanie has created this beautiful banner (as well as doing a lot of organising, thank you Joanie!).

Others taking part in the sale so far include Margie of 'ressurection fern', Joanie of 'nini makes', Sonia of 'Cozy Homemaking', Nanou who makes wonderful creatures, Pat of 'zen crafting', and the list is getting bigger!

I'll be making watercolour painting for the sale and sharing more about them through the week.
This week I'll concentrate on the sale and making items for it, so please understand if there are no Today I Saw drawings this week.

Please do spread the word about this sale. Thank you. x x

Postcard: 15th March

sending it to Mary Hutcheon in Glasgow, Scotland

Postcard: 14th March

sending it to Carolina Ellis in Tennessee, America

At the weekend

click on the image (and click again) to see more detail.

New blossom winner: Thea

Sadly Jennifer never got back to me about the blossom picture. So I have chosen a new winner. It's Number 31: the lovely Thea of mon ami jounal.

Congratulations Thea!

Postcard: 11th March

sending it to Julia Wylie in Ohio, America

Postcard: 10th March

sending it to Shikha in Maharashtra, India

9th March 2011

sending it to Lida Maxwell in Florida, America

Postcard: 8th March

sending it to Annika in London, England

Postcard: 7th March

sending it to Marjan Rep in The Netherlands

Postcard: 1st March

sending it to Juliette Berhout in The Netherlands

And the winner is.....

Number 13, Jennifer is the winner.

Jennifer, please send me an email with your address, so that I can send the print to you. I tried to look at your blogger account for contact details but wasn't able to.

Congratulations! and thank you to everyone who left a comment and took part in the giveaway.

Back soon with Today I Saw's from last week.

x x