Active Doll Drive: Renew Hope Haiti Children




After the success of Jude and Lisa Paul from Renew Hope Haiti last Dolly Donations Drive and the adorable dolls that they collected (see photo above and here) they have set up a

Spring 2011 Dolly Donations drive for the children of Haiti.

“We are currently working with folks on the ground in Haiti to find where the greatest need is.”

They ask that the dolls be made with brown fabric and that they have a little prayer (or message depending on your faith etc) placed inside of them.

“When the child hugs the doll you made, they will also be hugging the prayer you sent.”

Please send the Dolls to:

This drive is Completed!!!!  Hooray!!!

Find out more here

End Date: April 1st 2011

Updates of this Dolly Donations Doll Drive with the exact destination within Haiti that your dollies will travel to and to whom will follow shortly!

Thanks and Happy Sewing!

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I Love Doing Toy Reviews

My toy kitchen review

I am thrilled to have been asked to do another review for CSN stores. It’s been such a pleasure to browse through there many items and online stores. I’m rather in need of a sprinkling of some modern furniture in the house but that will have to wait. What with baby number two on the way (I'm so excited!!) I really need to start focusing on the new nursery, or perhaps something a bit more practical! I can’t wait to see what I can find!

Have a wonderful weekend everyone, and Happy Sewing!

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Toy Reviews: Melissa and Doug Cook's Corner Wooden Kitchen

A big sorry for not getting my Kids Wooden Kitchen review out before Christmas but i got struck down with the dreaded flu!!!

Looking for a kid’s kitchen isn't easy. I wanted something sturdy that would last a long time (preferably through 2/3 kids plus their friends), not take up too much room and be gender neutral but still lovely and bright. Melissa and Doug Cook's Corner Wooden Kitchen  fit the bill ... although it took my hubby and his father 2 hours to get it together Christmas Eve ..... I know it is going to last and last!

And the best thing of all, my daughter absolutely loved it ….. still loves it! And I can see her loving it for many more years to come!

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Help The Children of The Queensland Floods, Australia



A childs lost Teddy floats away in the Queensland Floods, Australia (source)

With more than 2 dozens towns flooded, 15 people dead, 61 people unaccounted for and thousands of families seeking refuge in emergency shelters, what on earth are the children thinking? Source

This Doll Drive is Completed!

Congratulations Everyone!

Update can be found Here

Steph from Mon Petit Poppet has been thinking the same thing, and has a wonderful plan.

“Picture walking back into your home and every single item you own is either washed away or ruined by water and mud...... it really is unfathomable!!! Then imagine that through the eyes of a five year old!

I would love to provide each and every child with a small handmade softie to comfort them in this dark time and give them hope that things will get better.”

If you would like to help by making a doll for a child who has lost everything, please leave a comment on Steph's blog  HERE (LINK)  with your email address expressing your desire to help so that she can send you her mailing address in Australia.

Thanks Everyone for your big hearts and Happy Sewing!

♥

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A Year Later – Haiti Remember the Earth Quake

Haitians walk through the destroyed Port-au-Prince cathedral during (church) services on Jan. 12, 2011 Source

 "Aid groups say only about 5 percent of the rubble from the quake has been removed and the capital is strewn with 20 million cubic yards (meters) of collapsed concrete and twisted steel debris, enough to fill dump trucks that would encircle half the globe. At least a million displaced people, including 380,000 children, are still in 1,200 tent-and-shack encampments that sprung up after the quake."

My heart is heavy as there is still so much to do out there and I feel helpless to help ...... but I am so grateful to all the wonderful and amazing people I have met on this journey.  Thank you to everyone that has made and sent a doll to a child in need in Haiti.

My thoughts and prayers are with the Haitian people today.

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