X-mas fair

I will be at a Christmas fair next Saturday in Winsum. I'm happy to show my newest stuff VanSan-new-style, with cushions and purses with my latest printwork.

Hopefully many visitors will find the way to our market, so that my charity fundraising is going to be a success.

small fair

On the 10th of December I will be at a small Christmas fair* in Winsum.


I've come up with another charity event (do you remember this?).


This time I'll be collecting money for a volunteer organization de Helpende Hand (Helping Hand) which provides all kinds of support for the eldery, needy or invalid people of our hometown.

This organisation did a tremedous deal for a friend who was recovering from brain surgery as a remedy to Parkinson's in March. Six weeks later she fell down the stairs, she survived the fall but had her neck broken and she is still rehabilitaing. People of The Helping Hand are now doing her groceries, mowing the grass, are taking care of some financial issues etc.

So... in order to support this wonderfull organization I made several nice 'warm hearts' out of vintage Dutch woolen blankets which I'll be selling at the fair! The fair visitors themselves can set the price for their warm hearts.

Of course if you are willing to support my charity event to obtain one or more of the lovely hearts,  please leave a reaction so we can get in touch. I'll be happy to send you a warm heart before Christmas time. The hearts will look great in your Christmas tree!


* van 10-17uur in Het Jacobijnenhuis ligt op het hoogste punt van de Winsumer wierde.
   Hoek Hoofdstraat 27 W / Havenstraat 2, Winsum Gn

sold out

 the last one

Sold out already (completely, except one) due to huge success on the 'het Mooiste zit vanbinnen' charity bags!
Please have patience because I'm sewing more! They'll be in my shop next week!
You can preorder by sending me a mail. After finishing them I'll send you pictures of the bags before I update my site.
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I feel gratitude. Thank you all for supporting this project and the YASAP foundation!
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the colours of 'Beauty'

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Referring to the previous post, these are the colours of the  charity bags which 'most beautiful part is on the inside'. A narrow strip at the bottom in the pics show the inside (and obviously the right) side of the fabric.
If you like to order a bag please mention in your mail the picture number and whether it is the Right or Left you want and name your price! All ! the money goes to the YASAP foundation.
Thank you!

By the way I send a message to Brecht, the founder of YASAP and she was very surprised, overwhelmed and pleased by this idea. She said this all is so me :-)

beauty II

Beauty is only skin deep: that's my new charity project !

You can get a one of kind and unique hand sewn shopping bag  and the best thing is that you can decide how much you want to pay for it!  The full 100% proceeds goes to charity foundation YASAP. And by sticking this bag with you every time you go shopping you can refuse the plastic bags offered to you at the cash desk, so you lower your environmental imprint as well!  Doesn't that give you a beautiful feeling inside?   

I've sewn a couple of shopping bags of recycled fabrics. I've applied the fabric inside out which matches the (slightly altered) "beauty" saying on the front.

 

The YASAP foundation was founded 10 years ago by my friend and Indonesian teacher Mrs Brecht Gerbrandy, she's a wonderful go-getter and I appreciate her so much for what she has achieved so far. She has focused on the empowerment of women in Kupang on Timor (Indonesia) and the YASAP staff takes care of children whose parents are too poor to send them to school. So these kids stay at the YASAP children's home 'Ceria' where they can get daily meals and education in the nursery.

Next year me and my family will be visiting the Yasap foundation in Kupang to muck in and meet the Indonesian staff and children.

 

There are 14 items in stock and after that the bags are made to order. You can now order a bag by sending me an e-mail. Please mention in the mail: how much you want to donate for one (or more) bags and what kind of colour you prefer, your name and address and whether you want to be updated on the project's yields.

Thank you for ordering!
Maybe you have become inspired and if you have some great plans and ideas to share and/or participate in this project, please let me know! The more, the merrier, the more powerful.

did it

Yesterday I dropped two toys in two different villages. It is an initiative of the Toy Society.
Hopefully the finders are going to drop a message on the blog.

And still a bit uncertain, but by the first of August I will have a downtown studio/ workroom/ shop with 5 other artists! Oh, I'm so excited! Later more!

dropped dog

I promiss: I'm going to do a toy drop one of these days, a program initialized by the Toy Society. Ah, such a magnificent and inspiring idea to make someone happy....