the tiniest Unroe

Not to overwhelm you with fundraisers to save orphans or anything, but today is the first day of a week-long online auction called Hidden Treasures.  They are auctioning off everything from baby blankets to iPads, and every dollar donated goes to the Unroe family to bring home 5-year-old Keith in Bulgaria, who weighs a frighteningly small 12 lbs.

(I just got permission to add 5yo Keith's picture)

Please help if you can (for those of you who are understandably worried about scams, fear not:  I know this is legit because my friend and neighbor adopted a tiny daughter from the same orphanage earlier this year).

For auction instructions, click here.

If you've ever admired the beadwork on my necklaces, you might be interested in placing a bid on one of these (click on the necklace to go to its bidding page, or visit the auction here):

     

   



Thank you for helping to bring tiny Keith home to his family.  God bless!

shopping with a purpose

The auction I told you about is now open and will close February 7th!!  

All proceeds go to help families adopt terribly neglected

  children at an orphanage in Katie's country.  

Go here to place bids on awesome items like:

...and my own sweet Sweater Teddies are being auctioned as well:

(to find them, click on "older posts" at the bottom of each page of the auction - 

they're at the bottom of the third page.)

    

   

God bless all who are helping in so many ways to rescue and care for his little ones.

hidden treasures

Remember Katie?  How she was rescued from neglect and loved from this ...

... to this?

Well, there are other children still living (if you can call it that) at the orphanage where Katie was.

They're waiting for families, and some families are waiting for them.  As you can imagine, rescue is not cheap work.  Here's a way we can to help.

Hidden Treasures is the name of a charity which raises funds via online auction to help families bring these children home.  The next auction will open at midnight, February 1, and among many other donated items will be four siblings of these guys, Sweater Teddies made from felted wool sweaters:

(each one welcomed at "birth" with a hug from Lil' Snip)

If you'd like to help some of these children find a home, check out the auction February 1st - maybe there will be something there you could use.  You can also donate an item for the auction, or make a monetary donation, by emailing hiddentreasuresauction@gmail.com.