kiwis for kiwis – donations to the red cross

There was an earthquake in Christchurch, New Zealand a couple weeks ago. I was really blown away by the amount of destruction, but, being low on funds, I figured there wasn’t much I could do. Then it occurred to me: people want me to sell my crochet critters all the time. So, I figured, if I sold a couple, I could then donate some money to the Red Cross, which is my favorite charity. Rather than selling something random, I scoured the internet for this specific pattern. I later found out that a lot of people don’t know what it is. So here is your chance to learn about the Kiwi.

Kiwi are flightless birds that are native to New Zealand. The kiwi is the national symbol of New Zealand, and if you’ve ever known anyone from there, you’ll know they call themselves Kiwis. That’s because of the bird, not the fruit. Of course, now that you know what a kiwi looks like, you know why they named the fruit.

So, I made three kiwis that I am going to “sell” so that the proceeds will go to the Red Cross. This is where YOU come in. Rather than get money, and then turn it back around, I decided it would work best to have you donate the money yourself. (This way, you get your donation receipt for your tax records!) Because I really want this money to do some big things, the minimum donation is $20. For more information about the Kiwis and how to become the lucky owner, keep reading.

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sue sue sue ’em all

A lawsuit was just filed preemptively by one of my former employers. Bath & Body Works just filed a lawsuit against Summit Entertainment. BBW is alleging that they did not infringe the trademark of the Twilight franchise with their scent Twilight Woods.

Here’s the thing. I love Bath & Body Works, but they are totally in the wrong here. They debuted this fragrance pretty much the same week New Moon came out in theaters. The color scheme is dead on for the New Moon promotions. The woods in the background are dead on for the New Moon promotions. AND, when I was waiting in line for the the New Moon premiere BBW employees came to the theater and handed out samples and coupons for Twilight Woods. Sorry, BBW, but you brought this upon yourselves. I’m Team Summit for this one. And for anyone else who has ever worked at Bath & Body Works, I don’t feel like they are being very Kate-like.

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coming soon

 

Very soon, I will have ironed out the kinks in my plan. And then I will post the three kiwi birds I made. And then three lucky people will get the opportunity to buy said kiwis. And the money will ALL go to the Red Cross in New Zealand for the ChristChurch earthquake recovery.  And it will be fabulous.

Alas, I am still working out how to go about that. If you have any suggestions on how best to get the money where it’s supposed to go, I’d be very open to them. I was thinking maybe something along the lines of how the Fandom Gives Back stuff worked.

-CR

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in the beginning

This is the first post in a brand new blog. So, it is really just a test entry to see how this WordPress bad boy works.

As a long-time LiveJournal-er, I’m definitely not used to the new system, but I already like the fact that you don’t have ridiculous ads to compete with, when wanting to view the site. And I started with WP because so many of the sites I visit use this program. So, I’m hoping it will work for me too. Of course, I’ve already noticed that the themes I want cost money (and by money I mean, dang, that’s a lot of money).

But really, the whole purpose of starting a new blog, is to showcase my crochet. And maybe wax poetic RAMBLE about stuff I’m into. (And maybe even sell some crochet so I can fund my newfound yarn addiction.)

-CR

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