[Nfb-krafters-korner] fund-raising

[Lillie Pennington]

I love this idea. That card and decoration was so cute and I was not only touched by the holiday spirit and such in general but as a blind person by the simple fact that the card was brailled and the decoration was something I could see and enjoy. In short, I really think we should do this.

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> On Jan 24, 2014, at 10:26 PM, "Cathy" <flowersandherbs at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Hi everyone,
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> Some of you have probably received those brailed Xmas cards that Theresa's sends out with a little
> crocheted decoration on them. so my idea is that we could create a whole line of cards for various
> occasions to sell. Birthday, valentine's day, Xmas, etc. not expensive and they could even be sent
> free matter because of the braille. the tricky part might  be adding the large print, at least for
> me. but perhaps printed labels would work.
> 
> We could make the decorations during chats or special classes for the purpose. folks who know
> braille well could make up the actual cards, and those who had printers could print out labels. It
> would be tricky to initially organize perhaps, but we could start slow and just all make one kind
> of card at first. 
> 
> Cost would be braille paper and labels and I suppose a print cartridge. The small amount of yarn to
> make a little decoration would be insignificant unless we really got rocking and rolling!
> 
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> 
> Cathy F
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