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Sharing with Angel Love Boxes

1/13/2014

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This past summer these little ones of mine got a really awesome surprise in the mail - it was this big box filled with goodies for each of them and something a little extra special, for our special little man.

The organization is called Angel Love Boxes - they provide care packages to children with special needs and their siblings! Each month they have a certain amount of little ones they put boxes together for and they also help with certain medical equipment/items/devices that may be beneficial to them as well.

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Here is some of the goodies that were sent in our box. The items they have each month vary based on donations of items themselves, sponsor donated items and the specific needs of the child, but also they are based with the interest of each child the box is for (and their siblings too).


My little red head was upset I wouldn't let her play with her items until I got a picture of everything...mean mommy I suppose. But I knew one day I would want pictures to share and promote Angel Love Boxes through Gracie's Gowns as well.

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So here is where we are sharing with Angel Love Boxes - and giving back to the organization that gave my little guys such a wonderful summer surprise!

This Thomas the Train item is a weighted blanket. For those that don't know or haven't read back through, he was diagnosed on the Autism Spectrum and also has several sensory related issues and it was recommended to us that a weighted blanket might be beneficial to him. He loves his blanket (and so does mommy at times even) and it has helped with some of the sensory issues he has at night. If it wasn't for his occupational therapist suggesting it, I would never have thought about it. We received our blanket when Angel Love Boxes first started making them - and the quality is amazing. It washed great as well!

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You can see the detail here in the stitching where each section is sewn and filled evenly to divide the weight evenly throughout the whole blanket. 

I had tried making one several months prior to even hearing about Angel Love boxes and it was an epic fail...which remind me I need to take it apart and either fix it or just make it into a regular blanket...add that to the to-do list for when there is extra hours in a day.

So for Angel Love Boxes we have several pieces of fabric measuring around a yard and more to send as our family's way to say thank you for our box, but also as Gracie's Gowns and saying thank you for your love and support of us throughout the past year! This box is fairly heavy and packed to the gills with fabric, so once we have some extra shipping money we will be sending it out. Here are some of the fabrics that will be making their way south to Alabama!
Have a wonderful everyone!

Jessica
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Lia Sophia Raffle Tickets on Sale - Raffle the month of February

1/11/2014

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Our Lia Sophia raffle starts on Feburary 1st, 2014!!!

We have lots of really pretty items in our raffle - I will share some with you here, but you can see all of the ones we are posting in our Facebook page's album.

Tickets are on sale now through our website on the events page and cost $2.00/each.
Payments can also be mailed.

For every 100 tickets we sell, Kim will also be giving away an item from the current catalog that is valued at $100.00 or less to a randomly drawn winner from all those that purchase a ticket.

Here was our first special drawing winner (we've sold about 116 tickets as of this posting).
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Kim is the mother of one of the precious little girls we have made a gown for and she has been so gracious in helping us with this raffle. We greatly appreciate all her help, her support and of course giving us the honor to make a gown for Callista.


Below are some of the pieces in the raffle. We really hope you consider buying a ticket or two and sharing our raffle with those you know. There is a Facebook event created for this raffle as well that you can invite them to and all the information is provided there as well.
Thank you to everyone who has purchased tickets, shared our raffle and just helping spread the word about Gracie's Gowns!
I really look forward to this raffle and drawing our winners in February - we will have 3 winners on Valentine's Day too. So fingers crossed everyone who purchases a ticket wins something really pretty.

Jessica

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Waste Not and Pay it Forward

1/11/2014

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This time last month we were gathering fabric to be sent out to other organizations (which we still have fabric that we can do that with) and we mailed it out just before Christmas - well we're at it again with some more of our remnant pieces of fabric.

So where's it going? Well it is going to a lovely family we know, and many of you may as well - they also take stuffed animals and create companions for children, that are just as unique as they are.

If you guessed Healing Helpers then you are 100% correct!

As I briefly mentioned in our last blog - the kiddos and myself are moving early this summer - so operation clean-up, organize and get ready to start moving is taking place...you wouldn't believe the amount of stuff we manage to accumulate in our tiny little house. So in that - we had some very new stuffies in need of a great home! The kids were more than excited to know they would be going to the place that made David's piggy.

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Here is some of the fabric remnants being sent for pouches, I am of course partial to the Riley Blake fabric from the Pieces of Hope collection (a portion of the sales were donated to Autism Speaks). I thought it was perfect for the kiddos that their heart will represent them being diagnosed on the spectrum.

Below are the other fabrics we finished filling the box with. Once we have the extra shipping funds available we will send this box on its way to Oregon where Healing Helpers is located.

Pretty fabrics right?!
Hope they make some really awesome pouches for Healing Helpers and make some little ones really happy with their new companions!


Have a fabulous day and weekend,
Jessica

Gracie's Gowns
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