Giving, in different ways

Check out the covers on these books. The pictures are from a calendar full of Japanese scenery, and so pretty! The pictures were sent to me by Jay, of Loopy4Ewe, an Etsy friend. Are those "stepping stumps" on the first one?! Jay saved the pictures for me, thinking that I could put them to good use so here they are! Two of them, anyway, I still have more to work with. Thanks Jay! Jay is participating in the Weekend to End Breast Cancer event, so I am giving this book with the red umbrella and cherry blossoms, to her fund raising efforts. I have the book for sale in my Etsy shop and will make a donation when it sells. Changing the subject a little bit, I am giving away this leather journal as part of the Sweet Figments Blog-a-Day holiday fun! There are 30 items being given away, and it is easy to get your name in the draw.

In Memory of Brynn

Elaine Suddes has an Etsy shop and a website (www.beheartstrings.com) dedicated to raising funds for the Brynn Proctor Memorial Bursary Fund. Elaine lost her daughter, Brynn, in January 2007 in a tragic accident. Brynn was interested in fashion and art so the revenue from Elaine's Etsy shop is used to support the memorial bursary fund, to be given each year to another aspiring art or fashion student graduating at the high school where Byrnn would have attended.

You can buy greeting cards with prints of Brynn's art, as well as jewelry designed by Elaine, and other handmade items donated by other Etsy sellers. I recently donated another book to Elaine's shop, so if you'd like to contribute to her fund raising efforts, you can buy this book.