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| busy - catching up |
[31 Oct 2006|11:40pm] |
As you may have seen in my LJ (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) bluejena or yarnharpy), I've been a little bit busy getting engaged and all. ;)
I'm going to relist the unsold items as well as the new items within the next couple days, now that the whole thing is starting to settle down a little bit. :)
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| Pink Auctions |
[19 Oct 2006|08:13am] |
Hi Jena!
I haven't been able to find my stuff yet, have you had any problems with what I sent? Just let me know if you need more info...
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| today! |
[15 Oct 2006|08:41am] |
If you have any items ready for auction, feel free to begin posting them today!
The template is on the website: http://www.bluejena.net/pinkauctions and I'll be more than happy to help you if needed - just send me all the necessary information (pictures, descriptions, all that... again, check out the website).
Let's save some breasts! :)
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| tomorrow! |
[14 Oct 2006|01:28pm] |
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Tomorrow is the launch of this year's Pink Auctions!
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| status report for October 10, 2006 |
[10 Oct 2006|09:21am] |
The new version of the site will hopefully be up for this weekend... we're revamping it on Friday night. It won't be a drastic difference, and the current site serves us well for now. :)
The official start date will be this Sunday, October 15. If you have items ready to list, have information to me by then if you want me to list them, or you can do it yourself. You MUST use the template (which is on our site... http://www.bluejena.net/pinkauctions) and the subject line of the auction MUST begin with the phrase "PINK AUCTIONS:".
This helps us cut down on imposters, which yes, we have had in the past.
Any questions or whathaveyou, feel free to email me: pinkauctions(at)bluejena(dot)net.
Five more days! :)
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| getting ready... |
[01 Oct 2006|11:58am] |
This year's Pink Auctions will officially start on Sunday, October 15. This gives you all two weeks to get projects ready... I hope you will join us! :)
The same rules as last year apply:
-The item in question must be your art, made by you. Painting, collage, jewelry, knitting, crocheting, sculpture, fabric, anything. Your art.
-The item must be predominantly pink.
-Proceeds will be donated to the Susan G. Komen Foundation (use pinkauctions(at)bluejena(dot)net as the payment address for the auction).
-There is an auction template to use, or I can list items under the pink_auctions username on eBay.
For more information, please visit the site, or email me: pinkauctions@bluejena.net and I'll give you more information.
Last year's website (which I'll be updating soon for this year) is at:
http://www.bluejena.net/pinkauctions
That's about it - let me know if you are going to be part of this, and SPREAD THE WORD!!! :)
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| Countdown! |
[12 Sep 2006|04:32pm] |
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There is less than a month until the Pink Auctions 2007! Are you all working feverishly on projects? I'll lay out the basics again this year, right here on this LJ community, so stay tuned! :)
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| Pink Auctions 2006! |
[01 Aug 2006|02:24pm] |
Just as a heads-up, the Pink Auctions start two months from today! Last year, we raised almost $400 (it was $392, I believe). I'd like to shoot for $500 this year, so let's get working! :)
For any information, drop me an email: pinkauctions(at)bluejena(dot)net.
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| Attention! |
[11 Mar 2006|09:01am] |
mantofev's husband, ectopian, has a brain tumor the size of a plum over his eye that needs to be removed. He's a teacher (which we all know pays far less than we deserve!) and Sara runs MantoFev.com. There are two ways to support them and help them raise the money to pay for this surgery...
#1: Just send enormous checks to Sara and Dante.
#2: Get involved with and buy a raffle ticket for these art packs.
Actually, there's a third, and that would be:
#3: Spend a ton of money over at MantoFev. I'm sure that would help, too. :)
Get involved, save a teacher.
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| wrap-up |
[19 Nov 2005|11:38am] |
A resounding THANK YOU to all of you who donated items, sold them on eBay, or bought an item (or two or three or more!). This year, the total of all the closing bid amounts was $400.78. That's huge. That's 32 auctions, 25 of which closed with a sale. It might seem like a drop in the bucket, but every penny counts towards an important cause like breast cancer research. I will be having PayPal cut a check from the proceeds (which will be a little less than $400 due to PayPal fees, but what can you do) and I will turn that into a money order for the Susan G. Komen as soon as I receive it in the mail.
I really want to thank all of you for sticking with this project this year, in spite of eBay issues, major disasters (which often make ongoing charities fade into the background), and any other issues that arose. Thanks to firinel for our web design (which made my life a million times easier!), phyto for having the first auctions up within minutes of the auctions officially starting (8 journals selling for a total of $91.09), our three anonymous knitters/crocheters who heard about the auctions and just handed items to Kathy Johnson to give to me, my local Stitch N Bitch gals for rallying to the cause (both by donating and purchasing!) and all of you who made items, from Norway to Canada to the USA.
This has been quite the learning experience for me, coordinating our efforts from my home and work computers in small-town Massachusetts, but I have no reservations about doing it again next year. It is part of my faith to believe that we are given our gifts not only for our own benefit, but so that we can use them to give to others who are not as fortunate. I've been given a knack for organizing and coordinating big projects, so I choose to make these things happen. You have all been given artistic ability that allows you to bring pieces of beauty into this world. For sharing this beauty with all of us, I thank you.
In fact, I'm feeling so inspired, I'm thinking of an MS benefit in May, the proceeds of which I would donate to the MS Society through my mother, who lives with it each day and has never let it get the best of her. My cousin and she will be organizing a local MS Walk as his Eagle Scout Project this year, even. (She regularly raises about $3000 in sponsors for doing the MS Walk in our area each year and is more than ready to take on the challenge of running one.) If an MS project is something that interests you, please keep it in mind and watch this space... I'll announce something about it in early spring in this community.
Thank you all for being part of this, from the bottom of my heart.
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| almost there... |
[15 Nov 2005|09:06am] |
I'll be posting our total in a day or two - we have just three more auctions that are still up on eBay.
For any item that I said I would be shipping, those will go out on Thursday... I've been called into work today, otherwise I would have sent them.
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| spread the word |
[07 Nov 2005|06:57am] |
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I would really love if you would mention the Pink Auctions in your LJ/blog, as this is the last week of them... pretty please?
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| more auctions |
[31 Oct 2005|12:31pm] |
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I'll be listing some more auctions this week... watch this space! :)
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