Great minds think alike.
I had asked Dawn about these and she said, well I don't remember what she said. Dawn, do you remember this discussion?
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Great minds think alike.
I had asked Dawn about these and she said, well I don't remember what she said. Dawn, do you remember this discussion?
I know we talked about them on boh way back when. But nothing ever materialized from it.
I like the idea but just wonder how outdated it is.
I'm a glitter girl Kara!!!! :-)
I haven't a clue as to if they're outdated or not, but in my region of the country they are worn not by adults but by kids in the 6-14 year old range. Whenever I see one, I think about kids.
Maybe that's a whole nother idea . . . . . a few months back someone on here was talking about having CDH fashions for the pre-teen and teenagers. Was that you, Lise? Would these bracelets go well in that category?
Probably....Was it that long ago? Where'd I put my memory pills???
:-)
Hey kara, can you email me at my home?
dill6@cox.net
I thought a lot of people wore them? I know a lot of guys I work with do. Then again . . . kids, men, is there a difference?
I know teenagers where them. If we got a tie die of all colors, I am sure they would. I think these will reach people who may not like to be glitzy, plus ther are cheap cheap cheap 2, 3, 4 bucks max?
Nothing ever hurts to try I guess! Any one mind if I look into it for poops and giggles?
Kara - teenager stuff was Dawn and Lise a couple weeks ago I think . . . talking about clothes?
I would be interested in these. Yes-please do get the information and let us know.
I know kids and men and women would wear these.
Even at the two hospitals we go to- they sell them in their gift shops.
Isn't that funny how styles vary across the country? I betcha less than 5% of the population in my area wears them. They were really big about 3-4 years ago with the kids, but still the adults never wore them. Too tacky for them, I guess. It's so much more cool to expose your underwear :oops:
As for me, I haven't worn a bracelet since 1990. . . . . . I'm such a minimalist with jewelry.
Kate, can you come up with any keychain awareness idea?
Good question Kara.
I love the 2 keychains I have. It took me months to find just the ones I wanted and this would be one I would want. Remember Dawn had said something about Zazzle.com? I am going to re-look at it.
Just looking under CDH awareness keychains at zazzle.com and there was none. I believe Dawn had stated this.
This would be awesome.
I did see boh stamps. They were nice.
Are we still interested in the stamps?
I just posted on the stamp thread about making keychains :)
I could make one with a Cherub angel on the end, awareness ribbon, any sort of charm. I cannot however use a generalized CHERUBS sort of picture on the end. Let me order some thing and see what I can come up! I'll still check on the silicone bracelets.
What the heck is zazzle.com?
Sounds good Kate.
You are good to be able to do all these crafty things.
Go check out zazzle.com. It is cool.
What about using letter cubes in the keychain that would spell out CDH?
Great idea!! I will order some!
Any way we can get a fund going to purchase silicone bracelts if we get enough interested in them? That way, we can sell them and strictly CHERUBS gets the money in sales? Can we sell them on cafepress if we would buy them? You can buy 100 for anywhere bewteen 120-150? You can also turn those into keychains and buy them? Just some ideas? What all can you put on cafepress? Is it for items they can make only?
Cafepress doesn't offer them. Yes, we can only offer items that they make, though I just created an account at zazzle.com for postage stamps and keychains.
Since I have t-shirts and cookbooks still overtaking my house that we're trying to sell after ordering them years ago... I'd rather we didn't order anything else in bulk for a while.
What's the latest on the jewelry? Did our 2 jewelry makers get in touch and make a plan yet? (yes, that's a huge hint! lol).
I am going to check out zazzle.com!!!How exciting!!
Are the recipes from the cookbook from members? When was it made? Is is still for sale?
Keychains are up at http://www.zazzle.com/cherubs
Nothing fancy but they are there if anyone wants to buy any.
I have finished my bracelet, earings and the lanyard chains but I just haven't had time to get a picture of them. I have to remind the hubby to bring home the camera from work. It is beautiful, I swear I'll get a picture by this weekend. I was thinking of making different bracelets, too. Birthstone ones, I just have to order the beads and suhc for it. I can't wait to go part time at work. Plus I have class Mon-Thurs. My days are SOOO exhausting. I am fixing up the house we are moving in to, too. I wish there were more hours in the day!
Oh Dawn I love those keychains!!!
I love the Keychains too!!!!
Where are the stamps? I could not find them!!
Kate-I can't wait to see what the bracelet looks like. I bet it is beautiful and the earrings to. Also the lanyard chains.
I wish there were more hours in the day also!!!!!
The keychains and stamps look great!!!!
I finally took pictures of the jewlery - took me long enough, I have been done with these for a month!
Earings (small cherub flying charm holding a wand w/ a star on the top):
http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u...y/DSC00095.jpg
http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u...y/DSC00100.jpg
Cell phone/Zipper Pulls (Large cherub charm/awareness ribbon):
http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u...y/DSC00098.jpg
Charm Bracelet (pink, blue and crystal hanging beads cherub in circle charm, heart charm and C,D,H letter charms):
http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u...y/DSC00105.jpg
http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u...y/DSC00112.jpg
Sorry if the pictures are not the best, I could not figure out how to get zoomed in close enough without it getting blurry. I need to invest in a new camera before the twins come!!
Kate-EVERYTHING looks great!!!
I want to place my order-one of all!!!!
I LOVE the box with the two cherubs and one of the cherubs is kissing the other. DARLING!!!
The pictures look good.
You have done a FANTASTIC JOB!!!!
Those came out so small!! Well, try this website and you can view them full size.
http://good-times.webshots.com/album/562598259aHpFle
I hope that works better!
Kate-Good call on putting them on that site-you can click on the picture and it comes up great and the details are easier to see.
I looked at the bracelet and it is beautiful!!!!!
I ordered keychains from zazzle.com and they came today. They look AWESOME!!!
I ordered the one with the new CDH logs (it is way cool) and I ordered some for the ATV Ride for CHERUBS and they turned out fantastic!!!
Thanks Dawn for getting keychains on zazzle.
I forgot to tell everyone that everything is sterling silver. So if anyone is interetsed in them, let me know!
First time I've seen the photos (sorry I've been so slack on keeping updated, just swamped right now)... Kate, they are GORGEOUS!!!!!! Just beautiful!!!! Ok, how can we reproduce these? Are you giving instructions? Selling them? Fill me in please. :)
They are beautiful!!!!
Thanks Dawn!! If someone that is crafty would rather make it themselves, then I could have the directions for them. If someone is not so crafty and would rather just buy it, then I can do that, too! It was easy to make the earing and laynards! I have to order more supplies, I would like to make birthstone bracelets, too. Maybe I can order more charms for different earings and such. I haven't really thought of prices. I am not too good with that sort of stuff. I guess I should probably think about that . . .
I am sorry, I never posted prices.
$30 Bracelet
$10 Earrings
$5 Cherub laynards
A portion of the sales will go to CHERUBS. The rest will go to pay for supplies/postage.
I am making a page on Shannon's website today for everything. Hopefully, I can include bigger pictures LOL.
E-mail/PM me if you are interested!!
If you are crafty, and would like to make everything yourself, e-mail/pm me and I will send you a supply list and directions!
I have had a couple of braceltes that are silicone and I love them. I found this site where you can create your very own customized bracelets. There are many other sites that we can choose from, but I just thought I should share this with you
Shanell
http://www.wristbandconnection.com/c...FR1uIgodlDmj7w
It looks like our color is turquoise or teal for the CDH, so what if we got some angel wings, either turquoise, teal, or silver, and then in the same colors on the braclet, we right " CHERUBS" or something, I found this site
http://www.craftsnscraps.com/awareness/tealribbons.html
Shannell that is awesome, and you don't even have to buy them in bulk!!! I looked at trying to get some, but every site I found you had to buy 100 plus . . . this is just great! I have to bookmark this site and get some made up! Thanks so much!!
What are they going to look like Kate?
Oh I have so many things I am working on right now!! I am ordering supplies for three new bracelets. One will be a birthstone bracelet with the cherub's name on it (just like Lise had asked about) the other is a bracelet that will say "Mother to a Cherub" I can change Mother to anything though, I am just starting with that, It can say Aunt, Grandma, Sister, whatever....it will have CHERUBS colors for the beads. I will also be working on a survivor bracelet for parent/child/teen with pearls. I also order some silicone bracelets from the site Shannell gave us. Those will be rainbow that say CDH Awareness and CHERUBS website on the back. They are pretty cheap, about 6 bucks for one. Ew just wait, I have so many ideas running through my head!! I am also trying to get a page set up on Shannon's website to post the pictures. I have not gotten very far. Betwenn the pregnancy, fixing up the house, my puppy, the holidays, school and work, I am going bonkers. I should probably be at the othe rhouse right now doing something, but I like posting on CHERUBS more. Steve may not like it, but he doesn't have to know that's what I have been doing all morning LOL!
Silicone bracelets.... can we find a place that will do the baby colors with the clouds? Turquoise... ugh, let's just avoid that drama, besides that color is already used by several groups. Rainbow... that's the band for the Gay Pride group right? If you all really want silicone awareness bracelets, ok, but let's find something we can say is just ours. But personally, I think the beaded bracelets are sooooo much prettier!!!! :)
To Our Jewelry experts here.... is there any place you can recommend that would make our ribbons on charms? Enamel over metal or something? I put in estimate requests to several places but if any of you know some place that can do this, cheaply, let me know please! For the bracelets, pins, etc... we really need some ribbons.
http://www.awarenessdesigns.com/
This site has the pink/blue ribbon in the jewelry.....the pink/blue also stands for infant loss/SIDS/pregnancy loss/male breast cancer
http://www.shanrene.com
This is a pretty neat site as u can put your own graphics on dog tags and other stuff here!
KateC
I LOVE your work!! That i a great talent to have!!
Very cool sites, looking at them now. Will e-mail them for estimates as well. I wish we could find a site that could make the ribbons for under $10 each (under $5 preferably) and put them on charms and pins for us and sell them from their site like the bumper stickers are sold. I don't want us to have to buy 100 or 1000 of these things and then resell them. You guys know I'm slow on mail already! :)