Pay It Forward 2012...gifts!

Erin started Pay It Forward 2012

I wanted one of her handmade gifts 

(who doesn't?)

so I posted it.

I'm not an artist 

but I noticed LOTS of the participants are.

I hope they aren't disappointed.

I decided to KNIT.

Because I love it.

I knitted bracelets for my gifts.

Unfortunately, I was so eager to send out the gifts,

I forgot to photograph the first one!

Done in fingering weight,

seed stitch.

The sisters campaigned HARD for them.

To no avail, they were mailed promptly

to the participants.

Pay It Forward 2012

I know that most (uh...all) 

of my readers are friends and family.

Even so, I thought I'd invite you to do a cool thing.  

I'm doing it over at Erin's blog.

JOIN THE FUN! Pay It Forward 2012

Do you like to receive cool handmade gifts?  Do you like to give handmade gifts and bring joy through those gifts?  Do you want to join a project and BRING JOY EXPONENTIALLY through handmade gifts?

PAY IT FORWARD 2012

This project stems from a Facebook challenge that I participated in last year, in which I received one handmade gift from one person and in turn "paid it forward" by giving five handmade gifts to five people (and those five people were to each give to five people, growing the project exponentially and indefinitely).

Here's my adaptation of the project, to be carried through, by threes, via the blog world.

the fun begins

1

If you would like to participate, please leave a comment below.

The first three people to respond and show commitment

to the project will receive a handmade gift from me!!!

2

Post this project on your own blog--feel free to cut n' paste.

Gather three new participants and be willing / prepared

to follow through with the "Pay It Forward" part!!!

Please link back to this original post:

("JOIN THE FUN!  Pay It Foward 2012")

and I, in turn, will include a link to your post

so that we can follow the project from its origin.

3

I will give you a (small, simple, heartfelt) handmade gift.

Make sure to email me your full name and address.

In turn, give (small, simple, heartfelt) handmade gifts

to your participants, and let the joy grow exponentially!!!

In the spirit of Pay It Forward 2012
please enter under only one blog.
The point is to give more than receive.

Happy crafting!

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By the way,

Erin makes the totally RAD books

out of packaging.  

Here are a few she's done for me.

Don't feel left out,

you can buy some too!

I have my first participant:
1. April Cole at April Cole's Studio
2. Eric at http://journalfodderjunkies.blogspot.com/
3. Pam at Paper Majik

Good mess

This was on my kitchen table:

And this:

I didn't mind.

FOUR girls were busy crafting

for the BIG craft sale in July.

I love to see them creating

and doing something positive

with show tunes playing in the background.

It's all I ever dreamed of for my girls.

And...

there was NO bickering!