Today!!

(Unfortunately I haven't been able to get pictures of a few of the items, but I'll try to soon!)

Tomorrow (well, tonight at midnight!) is the kick-off of hopefully our last fundraiser to raise the rest to be able to accept the referral of our baby (who could be born any time!!) If you happen to be on Facebook, we have an "events" page set up that you can visit and "invite" your contacts as well! We appreciate you getting the word out, we have some great things to give away!!!

Here's the info about the fundraiser again:

Here's what we are going to do! On Monday, Sept. 28th through Wednesday, Sept. 30th, we are going to have a "Power Fundraiser!" And here's the great part, everyone that donates has a chance to receive an awesome gift!! Here's the great gifts we have to give away so far (I hope to be adding pictures of these gifts sometime this week!):

• 4 of MercyMe's 10 CD/DVD ~ signed by the group! (Their latest release commemorating 10 years of great hits!)
  
• 2 beautiful handmade quilts!
• A beautiful gift basket filled with wonderful items from Montana by Western Country Gift Baskets! (retail $45.00)
  
• A $50 American Express Gift Card donated by Send Out Cards!
• A gorgeous, rustic wall shelf (retail $40.00)
• A beautiful "Change-O-Luminary" (from Terrie Owen's Party Lite website) plus 6 Holiday Spice votives to go with it! (retail $32.00)
  
• 2 of my custom made bags from Denice's Creations! (1 medium ~ retail $49.00. 1 small ~ retail $39.00)
  
• $20 gift card from Starbucks!

That's a total of 13 items we will be giving away!!! Pretty good odds!!!

Here's how it's going to work! ~

• Donate $10 ~ you get one chance to win one of these wonderful prizes!
• Donate $50 ~ you get seven chances to win!
• Donate $100 ~ you get 15 chances to win!

We will be announcing the lucky people that have been drawn Thursday morning, October 1st, here!

Blessings! And thank you for your continued prayers!

Our Adoption ~ One Last Fundraiser!

As some of you might know, the reason I started sewing these bags was to help raise money for our adoption of a baby in Taiwan. Well, I'm happy to say that we are almost there!!! I will not stop sewing these fun bags, I've loved it! But I wanted to share with everyone our last big fundraiser to help us raise the remaining amount we need! (Plus, if you've wanted one of my bags, I will be giving away two of them in this fundraiser...plus lots of other COOL items!!!)

I have copied all the information about our fundraiser and posted it below. It will be Monday-Wednesday (Sept. 28th-30th). Please pass the word to everyone! We know that God will provide, but the more people that know, the more people He can use to give this baby a forever family!! Thanks so much for reading!!

~~ "OK, we are really close to having what we need to finish up this adoption!!! I'm feeling a push to try to raise the rest soon. We will need to submit our last big chunk of money when we accept a referral (we only need about $4000 more!). The rumor is, there are a couple of birth mom's due the first week of October! One of those two babies could be ours!! So I'm trying to raise the last bit that we will need to complete this journey!!

Here's what we are going to do! On Monday, Sept. 28th through Wednesday, Sept. 30th, we are going to have a "Power Fundraiser!" And here's the great part, everyone that donates has a chance to receive an awesome gift!! Here's the great gifts we have to give away so far (I hope to be adding pictures of these gifts sometime this week!):

• 4 of MercyMe's 10 CD/DVD ~ signed by the group! (Their latest release commemorating 10 years of great hits!)
• 2 beautiful handmade quilts!
• A beautiful gift basket filled with wonderful items from Montana by Western Country Gift Baskets! (retail $45.00)
  
• A $50 American Express Gift Card donated by Send Out Cards!
• A gorgeous, rustic wall shelf (retail $40.00)
  
• 2 of my custom made bags from Denice's Creations! (1 medium ~ retail $49.00. 1 small ~ retail $39.00)
  
• $20 gift card from Starbucks!

I also have a couple of other items that people are working on possibly donating as well! Our goal is to have at least a dozen items (or more!!) to give away!! If you have ANY ideas of other items, or you could donate an item, please contact me at gusfamily7@q.com .

Here's how it's going to work! ~

• Donate $10 ~ you get one chance to win one of these wonderful prizes!
• Donate $50 ~ you get seven chances to win!
• Donate $100 ~ you get 15 chances to win!

Prizes will be drawn and announced Thursday morning, October 1st, here! (http://helpbringbabyhome.blogspot.com/)

Blessings! And thank you for your continued prayers!" ~~

Very Popular!!

Just wanted to share some bags I've been making lately with Amy Butler and Joel Dewberry fabrics! Aren't they fun! I love both the pink/brown and the blue/brown combos! They've been popular!

Cheers!!

"Africa" Bag!

Recently, I had a couple of my friends suggest that I should do a bag that had the outline of Africa on it. One of the friends has adopted a gorgeous little princess from Ethiopia. So they were definitely the "inspiration" for this bag!

After putting some thought into it, this is what I came up with! This is the small handbag and is approximately 7 1/2" high, 11" wide and 3 1/2" deep. It has a pocket that is about 5" tall and extends the length of the bag with four separate divided pockets. It also has a snap closer and wooden handles.

The price of this bag is a little more than the regular Small Handbag, since the Batik fabric and the wooden handles are a bit more expensive. I am selling this for $45.00.

Another Fun Bag!!

Here's a picture of a bag I finished last night with more Amy Butler fabric!! Such fun fabric! It was fun too to use the wooden handles! That was the first time I'd done that! I love them!

Remember, check back, there's tons of ideas floating around in my head...I just need to find the time (between trying to finish adoption paperwork, homeschooling my kids, getting our house back on the market, and next week my friend and her six kids coming for a visit!). But I will find the time somewhere here in the next month to get some of these ideas made up to show you all!

Have a great day!

Some Fun Things!!

I just wanted share some recent bags I've made for people! They were so fun! The top one was for a friend that wanted fun, springy fabrics but also wanted a picture of her beautiful family on it as well. The black and white picture was not working for me at all with those fun fabrics! So I decided to tint it with red (which actually turned out kind of a pink, which was the perfect color!). It turned out pretty cute!

The next bag was shipped to WI. She wanted to support our adoption efforts by purchasing a bag and didn't necessarily want a picture on it, but wanted some fun fabric with blues/greens/browns. It also turned out so cute (I might even make myself one! It was fun!)

The third one I have shown is made out of the popular Joel Dewberry fabrics! If you know what Joel Dewberry fabrics are, you know they are all fun and funky!

I am currently working on another small handbag that is also made from Amy Butler fabrics, in pinks/golds/browns (along with a few other fun colors!) that will have a fun wooden handle. I have tons of the other ideas in my head for other fun bags, so definitely keep checking with me! I will let you all know what I'm up to!

The big thing I am working on right now is trying to start an Etsy store! I have a bit more (actually, a LOT more to do!) to do before I can have that up and running, but keep checking back! I will for sure announce it here!

Anyway, just wanted to let everyone know what I'm up to with Denice's Creations!

Thanks for all your support!

And the winner is..........

Steve Moorehouse!!!

Yay! One of only two men that bought tickets! I'm sure it'll be for his lovely wife, Linda!

To everyone who bought tickets, THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!

Blessings to you all!!