[Nfb-krafters-korner] fund-raising

[minh ha]

I love this idea also! My TVI from high school sends me braille cards
for every Christmas that she gets from the Paper Store, but they are
very general and impersonal. I think a lot of people would jump on the
opportunity to buy these cards, especially sighted ones.

On 1/24/14, Lillie Pennington <lilliepennington at fuse.net> wrote:
> 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.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>> On Jan 24, 2014, at 10:26 PM, "Cathy" <flowersandherbs at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hi everyone,
>>
>>
>>
>> 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!
>>
>>
>>
>> Cathy F
>>
>>
>>
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