And the results are...

Two weeks ago I posted that I would like to sponsor a crafty project. I received two emails, both were for charitable causes. So instead of choosing one, I've gladly sponsored them both.

Juliann, The Sick Chick, has received $10 for her new charity Healing Arts International. She'll be making cards to send to chronically ill adults and carers. The $10 will go for the postage for the cards.

And I've sent $10 to Georgia who will be making Crayon Roll-ups for kids at a hospital and at the Ronald McDonald House in Columbus. She recently has a grandson who has undergone surgery and chemo treatment, and I'm sure these will make a little child very happy.

Thanks for all the RTs and the support I've received for this idea. Let me know if someone else is doing something similar! I'd love to see crafters sponsored monetarily for their creativity and ideas.

Impatient patron of a crafty project

So a week and a half ago I posted I'd want to be a Patron of a Craft Project. Well, I received 1 submission.

Why?

I had a nice reaction on twitter, people seemed to like the idea. So what happened? Not enough money to warrant writing an email? Or do people think their craft project isn't worth being paid for? I still don't know the answer. Perhaps people just need to be reminded?...

The deadline for emailing me the idea of your crafty project is January 27th, 2011. Please email it to thea.yarnstore gmail dot com. It doesn't need to be the most spectacular craft project ever. It doesn't even need to be interesting, or cool. I value crafts, I value crafters and making and I'd like to give someone $10 so they know that what they are doing has merit.

*stares at inbox impatiently*

Patron of the Craft

Recently there was an interesting post about sustainability and free over on the CraftyPod blog. One of the issues she raised (and to really greatly oversimplify it), is that although non-monetary goodies (like comments on a blog) is nice and appreciated, money is also nice and appreciated.

And because of that post I decided today to do something to monetarily support a member of the online creative community.

I rejected the idea of buying something on etsy since I'll be moving within a year and I don't want yet another thing I need to ship off or throw away. Then I flirted with the idea of sending a blogger I admire a few bucks via Flattr. But then an interesting comment on that post by Kirsty Hall mentioning "patron to the arts" got me thinking... I have $10. There's no reason why I can't actually sponsor a crafty project. Sooo....

I have $10 burning in my PayPal account. I'd like to use that money to sponsor a crafty project by a crafty person.

A short project. One that will take you maybe an hour. If the end result is something that will be posted online for free then that's even better!

If you're interested in being considered for a $10 sponsorship (who doesn't love an extra $10!) just send me an email to thea.yarnstore gmail dot com with your crafty idea. The deadline to send in an email is January 27th, 2011.

I will of course post about the results ...

(yay!)