craft hope :: hope for haiti

"spreading seeds of hope, one stitch at a time"

this is the mission of Craft Hope.

founded by jade sims, and "designed to share handmade crafts with those less fortunate. It is our hope to combine our love for crafting and desire to help others into a project to make a difference around the world."

in order to help the people of haiti in their hour (and days, and weeks...) of need, Craft Hope set up an etsy shop... HERE...which has, in 2 days, raised $7,000 for Doctors Without Borders with 100% of the proceeds going to them. edited to add: as of tonight, the total is approaching $10,000!!!!

with the memories and aftermath of hurricane katrina still fresh in the collective consciousness, especially for us here in south louisiana, hearts everywhere break for the people of haiti . and when i think of the children, the babies...well, it makes me hold mine a little bit tighter+longer and tell them even more often how precious they are to me. and then of course, i have to explain the tears in my eyes. our nightly prayer (which lily and eme created) has been amended (again) to be: "god bless everybody we love, and peace on earth, and peace on our home, and peace and a home for the people of haiti who had a terrible earthquake." as much as we shelter them from the actual "news", this is something that they need to know about. to be expected, they wanted to know if we could send blankets + food + stuffed animals to the children, and that will go, too, but now what is needed most is money.

so, if you have money that you want to send, but you aren't sure how you want to send it, consider Craft Hope.

two (even though there are so, so many more) of the lovely, lovely ladies who are donating their crafts+time to the shop are beki and sarah...we can never thank you enough, and i am so lucky to call you friends.



"ursula, the eldest" and the "lilybird chandelier" embroidery pdf patterns are soon to be in the Craft Hope shop (you can find them in the "printables" section...instant gratification). if you would like to purchase one, now would be the perfect time.



i'd like to think that the symbolism of the two are very appropriate to the cause...keeping your true home close to your heart even when it seems lost as with ursula and the beautiful light (love+kindess)that is intensified by the crystals (all of us) of the lilybird chandelier.