Hello crafters
it has been a long time since i have put anything on my blog and this post is totally different to the other posts so far - my husband has scanned all of the cards that i have in my "completed" box and i am going to put them up here for sale to support the two charities that i support when selling my cards - mito wish upon a star in the US and Bridges and Pathways Institute SA.
This post is literally just an update on what has changed and what is happening with the two charities i support through selling my cards. Basically i ONLY take the amount it costs me to make the card the rest is all donated to the charity Bridges and Pathways is a direct donation towards the mitochondrial research they are doing in Adelaide.
Mito Wish Upon a Star used to be like a secret santa where you got given a child with Mitochondrial Disease and they had some wishes of presents for christmas and between the sponsor and the parents i would sort out something and send it to them for me i believe i am the only person in Australia who did this - i have every year since it started except for 2012 when i was in hospital myself! Well now they have changed and they are now doing birthday presents for the kids/hospital stay parent pamper packs. So we have decided that my contribution will be my cards! i am thrilled that Mito Wish Upon a Star is letting me send over 20 cards at a time in my own time for health reasons and half will be for the kids birthdays and half will be encouragement type cards for the parents. I will be starting on them after Christmas and i cannot wait it will likely take me 12 to 18 months to make this many cards depending how detailed they are - depending how many requests i get for custom made cards.
So there wont be a direct money donation however its gonna cost a lot to send the cards overseas so i intend to use the money raised to cover the postage cost of me sending the cards to MWUS! That way i am just donating my time and i can use the money that i have raised to sell other cards to cover the cost of the cards
I am also planning to update my facebook page as well with all of these cards so for all of you who follow it they will be going up really soon!
So the next few posts are all just the cards i have grouped them into categories for example christmas, birthday and micellaneous and i have put each category into a different post so theres not a million cards all on one post.
Things to remember:
Cost is the cost of the card plus postage (if required)
Cost is in Australian dollars
All the portrait christmas cards can have a "merry christmas" pop up added for extra cost of $2 per card
Please use my email address erinmckenziechristensen@gmail.com to contact me. If i dont reply within a few days please resend the email as i dont want to miss your order.
currently my facebook page is Not updated but it soon will be with all of these cards and that page is
www.facebook.com/erinshomemadecardsandcrafts
Thank you for your patience and understanding.
When new cards are made they will be added to this blog and my facebook page so please come back often because there will be cards going up fairly regularly.
Also I make custom cards - and I intend after i have uploaded all of these cards to upload pictures of all of the cards ive made that dont already have tutorials just to upload a picture of them there will be pictures and videos as these cards are pop up or interactive in some way. these are my favourite style of cards.
To order a custom card all you need to do is provide some details in an email of what you would like this could be for example - a 21st birthday card for a female with a birthday cake 3 tier pop up or teacher thank you cards no pop up, or cat birthday card with a pop up or a shaker anniversary card. these cards range anywhere from $5 to $15 (or more if its super duper complicated). One thing to note due to health reasons i need to know when you need it by so you need to give a date of when its required and if its being posted that also needs to be factored in! Im saying that I need minimum about 4-6 weeks notice for ANY custom card so that is 4-6 weeks till the date you need the card including time to post it if thats required! But if it is a card that is completed - in the next few posts these are finished cards - unless you want me to add a pop up to it that will take sometime. Also i only take on what i am able to manage so if i have heaps of order for custom cards then i may say look i cant get it done thats why the earlier you tell me you want the card the better it is! i do my best to do everything im asked to do but due to health reasons i dont want to get sick doing something i love!
These will be easier once you know what i have already made. Some cards cannot be repeated because i do not have the same products but i maybe able to make something similar.
Lastly the cards listed in the next few posts are ONE card only each (unless theres 2 pictures of the same thing there will be 2 different numbers for them) but othewise there is only ONE card each this means i have to come back and delete or mark sold once they have been sold. I will do my very best to keep up!
I have some very exciting things coming in the new year including a you tube channel with video tutorials of some cards i have made this takes a lot of work but im hoping you will like them! I will be sure to let you know when its up and running it wont be until the new year.
thanks for reading my update on whats been happening