Together for Short Lives. Announcing Woolly Hugs' Christmas Craft Sale Fundraiser for 2014.

[KnottyAndPistey]

We are really pleased to be announcing our Woolly Hugs' Christmas fundraiser for 2014. We hope that you will be able to help us in some way.

The amazing charity Together for Short Lives supports children with life-threatening and life-limiting conditions and all those who support, love and care for them. From the moment of diagnosis, for whatever life holds, this charity aim to help to ensure that families make the most of their precious time together, helping a child or young person to live the best life they can, for as long as they can. So much love and compassion, what they do is extraordinary.

To read more about the work they do, see here….. We want to help them, we hope you will join us. Here’s how.

Crafting Information
We are aiming to make and sell small/lightweight Christmas craft items, and to keep postage costs to a minimum we ask that ideally anything made can be sent on to a buyer in nothing bigger than a Large envelope.

Some suggestions for you, but we are very open to others too...

• Stocking fillers, although obviously Father Christmas is REAL, this is just to help.
  
• Christmas tree decorations, bunting, garlands.
  
• Stockings
  
• Small gifts - Little bags, purses, brooches, hair accessories, key rings, gift bags, tags, lovely lovely things!
  
  Woolly, fabric, embroidered, all crafty crafts welcome. Items from last year can be seen in our four Christmas albums from last year on our Facebook page MNWoollyHugs.
  
  Last posting for crafts to be Saturday 15th November please. But do post earlier if you are able to, we are ready, so any time! Please PM for the posting information.
  
  If you would like to contribute funds to help others craft we would love to hear from you. Our Paypal is [email protected]
  
  
  
  
  
  The Event itself...
  The Christmas Craft sale will take place ONLINE between the evening of Thursday 27th November and run through to Sunday 30th November and will be organised through an Event page linked through our Woolly Hugs' Facebook page, as we have done before. (MNWoollyHugs) Full details of which we will be sharing here, on FB and Twitter nearer the time. We will be auctioning a few more items this time too, again that will be through a Facebook Event page set up nearer the time.
  
  
  Huge thanks once again.
  
  
  Fingers crossed this will be a great success for Together for Short Lives. A life time of difference, doesn’t get much more important that that.
  
  
  
  Pistey and Knotty
  //www.woollyhugs.com
  MNWoollyHugs on FB
  @MNWoollyHugs on Twitter

[RatherBeOnThePiste]

Oh huge and happy sigh, combined with a mahoosive snort!


Tis Santa Slug From Wool Pixie of course, bloody made me ARF!

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Thank you Pixie!!!



xx

[WoolPixieSlugQueen]

Had to be done
It's the last one, am all slugged out after doing about 20 extras after the last sale

[JulesJules]

Ooooo. Have started a skinny scarf in Rowan alpaca mix. Late starting because we have been away over half term

[RatherBeOnThePiste]

Oooooo how lovely Jules - thank you so much!



Beautiful treasure for our Sale has been arriving, thank you so much to the awesome crafters!

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GleamingHeels



Beautiful hearts, stars and a garland, including these beauties...

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CT



Three fantastic tea cosies - just fabulous - including this masterpiece....

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Pimskie


Beautiful bead work including this in red for a child or smaller adult! Gorgeous!

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Piggy


Tea pot cosy with fabulous snowman design, there is a Christmas tree version too - just gorgeous!!

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Two more pics left today

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Thank you so much everyone, our sale is going to be just BRILLIANT

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Beautiful treasure arriving from the very lovely Woolfey today, huge thanks to her

[JulesJules]

Arghh King Cole Tinsel is out of stock nearly EVERYWHERE - have had to order odd balls/colours from different places

[RatherBeOnThePiste]

What a pain up the arse Jules

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More beautiful treasures arriving, this from the lovely V, lots more too, huge happy sigh.. THANK YOU!


Rudolf!!

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And gorgeous treats from the very lovely Marcipex

Thank you so much x

[Badvoc123]

Hi,
Sorry to sound dense, but can we buy things via twitter or mn?
I'm not on FB...
Great work btw x

[RatherBeOnThePiste]

Hello, hello

Sorry for the delay, this year we are trialling selling more items through an auction page attached to our website We hope this helps those not on FB..

[RatherBeOnThePiste]

Woolly the Penguin is here!!



Forget Monty, Woolly is the star this year Approx 13cm tall, and utterly adorable, he comes from the very lovely McKayz, huge thanks to her. x

Last posting for Christmas crafts is THIS SATURDAY - thank yooou xx

[Hexiegone]

There's a wee parcel on its way from me, should reach you on Wednesday. I forgot to put a note in with it again - it's the one with the blue folder and white envelope x

[JustKeepKnitting]

Hi, is the posting address the same as for the blanket squares?

[TheWoollybacksWife]

Woolly is the star this year you say?

I should be ready to post tomorrow. I wish it would let you sticky PMs - I have to keep scrolling through to find the address one.

[RatherBeOnThePiste]

That's EXACTLY why Knots and I want folders in the PMs system, as one has with emails. No search facility either. Drives us nuts!





Woolly! Huge thanks lovely Hexie and StarShapedWoolly - you are both just fabulous





And yes please to JustKeepKnitting - do you still have?

[TheWoollybacksWife]

Maybe we should gang up and pester all ask MNHQ for a Christmas present

[RatherBeOnThePiste]

PMs - blimey, we've started threads in Site stuff and they just say, thanks, we'l have a think...





My other thing I'd really like is a preview option when writing a PM.



Would be SO nice, and if they loved us, they'd do it