Cause for Creation

Thanks to my Harrisonburg Farmer’s Market customers, we were able to purchase seeds to send to Bong County in Liberia West Africa. The breakdown was this: 

Georgia Collards- 10#, Truckers Favorite Sweet Corn- 20#, Watermelon seed- 2 varieties 2# of each, Cantaloupe seed – 1#. Okra – 5#, Eggplant – 2#, Carrots – 1#,Beans – Blue Lake 10#, Peas- 5 #,Lima Beans – 5#, Cucumbers- 10 packets, Tomato seeds – 10 packets, Hot Peppers – 5 packets

That’s a lot of potetntial nutrition, and a good source of income for those who are planting and harvesting!

Thank you Farmer’s Market Patrons!

This past Saturday I welcomed Beth Iden to the Cause for Creation booth. Beth is a long time Shenandoah Valley resident and founder and President of LOEP-Liberian Orphan Education Project. Beth also is very crafty and sews beautiful market tote bags, baby bibs and other items with authentic African fabrics!

Beth makes annual trips to Liberia as administrator and coordinator of LOEP teacher training projects, and when she returns she always has a large supply of these eye-popping, colorfully printed African fabrics! She sews these lovely bags and bibs and sells them for 100% donation to LOEP. The gorgeous market tote bags sell for only 10.00 each and are perfect for “green” shopping, and many other uses!

So this season I will pleased to be offering these beautiful handmade fabric items along with my usual cards and paper. Please stop by and see us, buy some unique gifts and art, and know that you are helping to support teacher training, children, and agriculture in the part of our world community known as Liberia.

Please note, I will NOT be at the market on Saturday May 1st.

Thanks to all of  my customers, and I hope to see you at the market very soon!

I will be vending at the Harrisonburg Downtown Farmer’s Market beginning Sat. April 17. I have some very unique cards embedded with sea oats and leaves, along with some new fun African animal designs, and botanical pen and ink watercolors. As usual, all are mounted on handmade paper. You may CLICK HERE  for a preview.

The 2010 LOEP teacher training mission has been completed and the team is back home. Please take a look at their link to see what has been accomplished with some help from your Cause for Creation purchases!  http://loeporphans.blogspot.com/

Meanwhile, I am working on new papers and cards which I should have ready in April some time. I am working on some new papers including tea leaf and “junk mail”, plus my popular standbys of marigold, hydrangea, straw, and grass.  I hope to see you in April!

Thanks to all who supported the Christmas card project! Proceeds will benefit the upcoming LOEP 2010 teacher training trip. See more about this very important mission: http://loeporphans.blogspot.com/

Meanwhile, I will be busy for the next couple of months while I go into creativity mode so that I can re-stock my inventory for the upcoming farmer’s market season. I am completely out of paper and everything else, so I will be very busy starting from scratch to rebuild my stock! 

Hope to see you at the Harrisonburg Dowtown Farmer’s Market starting in late April 2010!

These ornaments are made from home grown paper pulp of straw, corn husk and recycled paper. They sell for $2.00 each and have a tag that reads: “Thank you for supporting efforts to educate and support orphans of war in Liberia, West Africa.

Handmade paper pulp ornaments

Give a “Gift of Giving” this holiday season by purchasing these special cards . For a $5.00 donation you can give someone a unique handmade card representing your gift to support Liberian orphan relief efforts. All Cause for Creation proceeds are donated through church mission projects and LOEP non-profit 5013C . I can take orders by email to: cause4creation@yahoo.com

There are several designs available and the inside of the cards read as follows:

May we all have  peace and good will  

in the year to come

 This specially created handmade card was purchased for you

as a gift of giving. All proceeds are donated to support

relief efforts and education for orphans of war in

Liberia, West Africa

Thanks to the wonderful support of my farmer’s market customers, we were able to fulfill a request from our friends at AAMOM for much needed vegetable and herb seeds. This will enable the agriculture students to continue to develop their skills, provide food for the orphanage, and also cash crop to help support the school and farm. Along with the seeds, I also packed some of my cards and handmade paper in the box for the children to see how the money was donated.

How appropriate that Farmer’s Market customers are helping to support agriculture in such a needy part of the world. Thanks to all of you who help support this effort!

New this week is my sunflower card-appropriate for birthday, get well or any “thinking of you” or “cheering up” occasion. Also, I will be bringing back my popular elephants, giraffes, and bears too! I still have a good supply of handmade paper by the sheet for your own art or craft projects-including bachelor button, hydragnea and marigold papers.

Please stop by and say hi-I am always happy just to talk about making paper and art !

I will be at the market Saturday Sept. 5th with some unique gift items! I will have on hand my new fiber cast baskets, embellished with sea oats. I will also have some of my ”moon and star” African symbol wedding cards, and some framed handmade art prints, ready to hang. And, as always, a selection of handmade paper and art cards! You can see more by clicking on the page links to the left.

Hope to see you there!