[Nfb-krafters-korner] fund raising idea

[Diane]

Bless your heart Terry!
Thank you!
Di
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From: "Powers, Terry (NIH/OD/DEAS) [E]" <Terry.Powers at nih.gov>
To: "'List for blind crafters and artists'" <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Friday, February 12, 2010 8:30 AM
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] fund raising idea


Great comments Laurie and audrey!
No affence Di, but we want to prove to the world that we can craft.  Maybe 
you can have success with the other groups.
Even if we do not do this as a fund raiser, this should not prevent those 
who want to, to buy a set from you to help another group.

Lets discuss the earring idea on an evening chat.  I am willing to give it a 
try.
We could learn it now and have a year to make the items for 2011.

Terry


-----Original Message-----
From: AUDREY WELLNER [mailto:rencraft at snet.net]
Sent: Saturday, February 06, 2010 5:11 PM
To: List for blind crafters and artists
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] fund raising idea

Laurie,
I support your opinion! This is supposed to be a group of people who 
handcraft their own items, whose talents will be professional enough to be 
juried to sell in any high end craft show. Let's not sway away from that 
premise! The group was formed on the idea of promoting crafts that show the 
talents of blind crafters, not something made overseas. These earrings will 
not represent what the group is all about and will mislead buyers into 
thinking perhaps other items we toil so hard to make were not handcrafted, 
but purchased. We started this group to help people from this organization 
be able to develop a skill in hand crafting items they would be proud enough 
of to sell, teach others to develop the confidence to learn and acquire 
successful business entrepreneurial skills to start a business of their own, 
enter any juried show or teach what we are so proud of having learned. We 
have enough of the other kind of merchandise choking up our  economy. Be 
independent, show off your own talent and create what you do. The first and 
fifteenth of the month is reserved for selling and advertising what members 
create, not what someone else manufactures.
Audrey J. Wellner
Secretary of Krafters Korner


--- On Fri, 2/5/10, Laurie Porter <freespirit1 at tds.net> wrote:


From: Laurie Porter <freespirit1 at tds.net>
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] fund raising idea
To: "List for blind crafters and artists" <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
Date: Friday, February 5, 2010, 4:51 PM


I have a problem with the krafters korner fundraiser reselling earrings sold 
by a large company who has them made in in some sweat shop where the people 
are paid next to nothing per hour. the Avon company is notorious for doing 
that sort of thing. I also believe that cheap earrings sold at convention 
would undermine other members who actually do make them and want to sell 
them. I realize that other kinds of jewlery is sold at convention, but I 
think the krafters korner is a division of krafters and I think we should 
continue to support eachother by selling something the members make. I think 
making earrings is a good idea. Perhaps we could come up with a way to 
streamline making them to have to sell at convention and during the year as 
well. Something simple with reasonably priced materials that would appeal to 
the many tastes. I know in the past we considered making name badges and 
that never got it together. If we wanted to organize an  earring project 
with the members helping to make the product, then I'd be willing to donate 
my time to teach the classes on making the earrings, and putting together 
the kits for the people who want to make them. All I would need form the 
division is to be reimbersed for the shipping and materials costss.
I think it would be a good idea for us to do fundraising
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Sent: Wednesday, January 27, 2010 10:34 AM
Subject: [Nfb-krafters-korner] fund raising idea


> Howdy!
> I have received 50 pairs of Mickey Mouse earrings from AVON that I would 
> like to use as a fund raising item.
> I will go ahead and try to order 50 more so we'll have more to sell. As I 
> am involved in all 4 of your groups, I would like to split the sales among 
> all 4 of you.
> Diane
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