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November, 2011 // Posts published in November, 2011

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29 Nov Posted by jade in project 15, sock monkeys | 5 comments

blessings abound {i’m in the monkey business}

We have been as busy as Santa’s elves collecting, opening, counting, and sorting sock monkeys. I wanted to pop in and show you a few more pictures of the monkeys on Thanksgiving day. Behind the scenes I have been busy finding homes for all of the monkeys. Over 1,500 families lost their homes to wildfire....

23 Nov Posted by jade in project 15, sock monkeys | 5 comments

thankful for 256 handmade sock monkeys

There are 256 sock monkeys in my dining room. Each and every sock monkey was handmade for kids who lost their home to wildfire here in Texas this past summer. Monkeys have come in packages of one and packages of 56. Yesterday alone five packages arrived on our doorstep. Five packages that contained 89 sock...

17 Nov Posted by jade in konbit sante | 6 comments

unintended consequences equal blessings

Did I lose you in the title of this post? Think about it for a second. Unintended consequences equal blessings. When we dive into a project we have a purpose and a goal. And sometimes, just sometimes the blessings spill over into avenues we didn’t expect. Lives are touched, changed, and blessings are abundant. My...

14 Nov Posted by jade in housekeeping | 6 comments

craft hope needs a laptop

Let me start this post off by saying that I hate asking for things. I don’t want to burden or bother anyone really ever. I’ve been able to run Craft Hope in such a way that there hasn’t been money exchanged – with the exception of the money we raised for Doctors Without Borders in...

06 Nov Posted by jade in project 15, sock monkeys | 4 comments

fifty two monkeys, sitting in a tree.

My youngest, Chloe, likes to sing the alligator song. You know, the one about the monkeys sitting in a tree and the alligator snaps that monkey right out of that tree. Well, Chloe likes to sing it at the top of her lungs when we are sorting sock monkeys. I swear I couldn’t make this...