Four New Items in our Store!

Thanks to Armida over at Fairytale Knits we have four new items in our store! Please take the time to stop by and check them out!!

Pink Swarovski Crystal Earrings

Pink Fresh Water Pearl Earrings

Pink Houndstooth Purse

Pink Quilted Polka Dot Purse

Thank you Armida for your wonderful donations to a GREAT cause! Just click on the link above the pictures to purchase the items before they go!

Knit Cupcake Hat Take Two

After test knitting the first adorable knit Cupcake Hat the designer graciously offered to knit up a second hat for us to sell in our store as well! I received this hat in the mail last week and it is absolutely adorable! Alicia has outdone herself in her willingness to help us raise funds for our journey.

You can find the listing for this hat HERE.

This is a picture of Alicia's little girl sporting the original hat.

The pattern for this adorable hat can be purchased HERE.

Rosy Scalloped Knit Hat

Today's listing is an adorable Cupcake Hat that I had the pleasure of test knitting for Kate Oates of Tot Toppers. Kate graciously allowed for me to sell this hat to raise funds for the walk and I am excited to show it off and send it to the lucky customer. The hat is very stretchy and should fit most 6-12 month olds.

It is knit out of Premire by Classic Elite Yarns which is 50% cotton, 50% Tencel.

You can find the listing for this hat HERE.

Knit Cupcake Hat

Today's listing is an adorable Cupcake Hat that I had the pleasure of test knitting for Alicia Lutz on Ravelry (an awesome forum for knitters and crocheters). Alicia graciously allowed for me to sell this hat to raise funds for the walk and I am excited to show it off and send it to the lucky customer. The hat is very stretchy and should fit most 4-12 month olds.

This hat is made from Spud and Chloe Sweater weight yarn which is a 55% wool/45% organic cotton blend. I absolutely adore this yarn and you will be seeing more hats soon that are made from it as well.

You can find the listing for this hat HERE.

This is a picture of Alicia's little girl sporting the original hat.

The pattern for this adorable hat can be purchased HERE.

Why Walking in the Breast Cancer 3 Day is Not Just Another Charity Walk

We know, you get those emails and letters all the time from people who are doing a 5 mile walk for a charity and they need your help. We're like you and we always donate $10 or so. We are always happy to help out a worthy cause.

We are walking in the Breast Cancer 3 Day walk in October. It's just a little longer than 5 miles. It's actually 60 miles over the 3 days. When you are walking in the breast cancer 3 day, a five mile walk is just a short training day. Training starts 24 weeks before the actual walk. Over the course of 24 weeks of training the total suggested training walks equal 645 miles, six-hundred and forty five. This is the first time we have added it up and looked at it on paper and it is very eye opening. So not only are we working hard to train our minds, bodies and soles (hehe) so we are ready for this walk we are also working hard to raise the funds in order to participate. Most walks you sign up get a few donations and then on the day of the walk you go with your friends and walk the five miles, which takes you a little more than an hour, you get your free t-shirt and go on about your day.

With the Breast Cancer 3 Day many of us start to raise funds a year before we actually walk. See, the thing is that, there is actually a minimum donation required in order to participate in the walk. It's not a small amount either, It's $2,300. If you don't raise it and you still want to walk you have to make up any difference by donating out of your own pocket. Both of us have a very hard time asking for things, including donations, it is hard to get out of your comfort zone and ask for people to sponsor you, but the Breast Cancer 3 Day has a special spot in each of our hearts, you can read our story HERE. Not only do we walk because of our own experiences but we also walk for our future, so that we don't have to fight the disease ourselves but also so that we don't have to watch someone we love fight it either.

Making the decision to walk in the breast cancer 3 day isn't an easy one. When you think of all the time you have to spend raising the money and doing the training it makes you pause. It's not easy. It takes many hours away from your family, many blisters that need healing, sore muscles, and aches that you have never felt. It's not supposed to be easy, it is supposed to mimic the fight of those women who are in the middle of the battle with Breast Cancer. Walking, something you do everyday, becomes a heroic act, we do not asking to be called heros though, we are just out to support the true heros, the survivors.

Stay tuned til next time when we tell you about last years walk.

All Things Pink Fabric Destash from Venezie Designs

Today's Donation comes to us from

Karen at Venezie Designs has graciously donated this beautiful Pink Fabric De Stash.

Description:

Venezie Designs had 3 overflowing baskets of scrap fabric and finally decided that she will never get around to making all the little projects I want with them. Sad for me, LUCKY for you, and for the Nip Cancer Girls!

Each scrap bundle includes:
* about 12 ounces of fabric. (roughly 2 yards of fabric)
* will vary in size & shape
* will vary BUT include designer fabrics from Patty Young, Michael Miller, Denyse Schmidt, Erin McMorris, Paula Prass, Amy Butler, Alexander Henry, Tracey Porter, Heather Bailey & more.
* will contain mostly 100% cotton fabric, some may include corduroy and decorator weight fabrics.

Great for:
*quilting
*scrapbooking
*hair clips & bows
*brooches
*decoupage
*button covers
*magnets
*applique

I personally have had the pleasure of dealing with Karen and let me say that the transaction was flawless. I ordered on the 1st and received my items on the 4th, now that's service!! Thank you, Karen, for your gracious donation to our cause!!