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on consecutive days even though they will be posted together it s such a lovely book what a wonderful group effort in other news many car loads of handmade and re stash donations have been delivered via eltham and healesville with another big load going up in a couple of weeks that will clear the donations we are currently holding which is wonderful donations have all gone straight to the affected communities and straight into the hands of people that needed them if you sent something thank you very much it has been greatly appreciated readmore 7 06 2009 its here posted by gilly at 3 27 pm 2 comments after many months of very hard work by the wonderful team homemade the handmade recipe book is now available this is a truely international project with recipes coming from all across the world the pdf can now be downloaded or you can preorder your hard copy travel on over to the handmade recipe book website and click on the order tab then you are away once again thank you to all the wonderful people who donated their time to making this book a reality and most of all thank you without all the wonderful recipes you donated this book would have come to life remember all proceeds from sales of the recipe book will be donated to the salvation army readmore 6 09 2009 cook book update posted by gilly at 11 29 am 3 comments the anticipation is building excitement is in the air homemade the handmade help recipe book is nearing completion the tireless efforts of all the volunteers is culminating in an amazing publication which is going to be available to you at the end of june busy bees are currently organising a website where you can pay for and download the book meeting with printers and organising those final touches which will make this publication a truely community effort the book is going to be produced in two formats as mentioned as a pdf available for download and as a hard copy a large proportion of these hard copies will be given to bush fire effected residents at a special launch with the rest being available through selected bookstores make sure you stay tuned for more information about the launch and where to buy the recipe book by purchasing the book you will be donating directly to bush fire effected residents and therefore assisting them in rebuilding their homes and lives stay tuned for more information readmore 5 18 2009 healesville drop and update posted by meetmeatmikes at 12 32 pm 1 comments just popping in to let you know that we drove a car load of handmade help things up to healesville yesterday we dropped them with our salvation army contact rosemary who distributes them directly to those that need them it s really making a very big difference to people they are very touched by the fact that people have taken the time to make things for them a lot of people are very relieved to be able to knit or stitch or crochet again so thank you from rosemary and from us too and of course huge thanks to suzie for the bright idea that re stash is thank you also to bev and elizabeth driving around the countryside and distributing via the salvos in whittlesea you can read about the rainbow comfort pack drop here thanks to nikki for the heads up on monica s hard work and all your generous donations we also received a card from our lovely lady in whittlesea remember we bought her lots of new art supplies a month or so ago she sent us a photo of the softie frog sitting on her new pink and green crocheted bed spread and a lovely letter thanks to those that were able to donate we ve nearly gathered enough supplies for the home schooling family still time to donate if you can we also passed on a huge basket of yarn patterns sewing supplies and knitting needles plus a quilt to a lovely lady who s currently living in greensborough her case worker contacted us and arranged for the pick up we had some really high quality things we were able to give her so thanks so much for that we have another lady about to receive a huge box of long stitch and canvas work supplies too again through a relief effort case worker and of course homemade the handmade help recipe book is full steam ahead and now has a print sponsor more about that here a huge team of people are working on that be sure to thank them lots of people have helped in lots of ways esp christie who has helped to transport and store the things that wouldn t fit at mike s if you have helped you are awesome thank you it s not over yet however a couple of other ways to help this week restash an artist donate money or art supplies fresh sheets donate new warm bed sheets readmore 5 14 2009 help needed to restash an artist posted by sooz at 8 46 am 0 comments labels help needed adele is an artist and art teacher who lost everything in the callignee fires she escaped from her burning home on foot and took refuge at a neighbour s where she helped save that home from destruction too adele has replaced some of her craft materials because she needs them for teaching and entertaining her grandkids but she feels she can t really spare the money for her own art she is an oil painter and had an extensive collection of art spectrum oils acrylics easels canvas boards etc some of her brushes were more than 30 years old i d really like to help her get painting again wouldn t you we don t have anything in the re stash store to help adele so we re asking for your help you can either donate specialist supplies directly to adele po box 1619 traralgon 3844 or even better give us a cash donation so we can put the hard word on the art supply shop and get her a great deal if you are able to donate even a few dollars she would really appreciate it just click on the button below to donate any amount you can to adele s art supplies readmore 5 12 2009 re stashing in whittlesea and st andrews with the salvation army posted by sooz at 5 18 pm 0 comments labels restash a big load of re stash materials have been sent out with the help of the salvation army elizabeth and bev have carted sorted and distributed an amazing amount of stuff and will be going through another round in early june they were very pleased to have the donations on hand to give out when they were out and about helping fire affected families with the bottomless chores of paperwork and claims it s great to see things making their way from our stores to the people who can really use them thanks so much to donors and the many people who have worked hard to get goods flowing in the right directions we re looking forward to more distributions in the near future readmore 5 07 2009 comfort for littlies posted by nikki at 8 44 am 1 comments labels rainbow comfort packs monica has done a lovely post about a rainbow comfort pack drop in eltham pop over to her blog to read it you can also read updates on comfort pack drops here here and here if you know of a bushfire affected community group with children in need of a little cheer and comfort let us know readmore 4 24 2009 cookbook update and a special announcement posted by gilly at 6 19 pm 0 comments well we are most definitely down to the short and curly end of the cookbook some amazing people have been donating long and hard hours to the cause anna bev and isla have been motoring through the collation and proof reading of all the wonderful recipes donated by you thank you ladies one very very special announcement we have is that we have a printer mcphersons printing company who can be found at www mcphersonsprinting com au have kindly offered to print a small run of cookbooks that we can then sell and hand on to those affected by the fires so they can rebuild their cookbook library s we want to extend our greatest thanks to mcphersons printing for this generous offer and are super happy that corporate australia is coming on board so never fear your recipes are being well cared for and once they have been primped and preened will be appearing very soon on a book shelf or website near you xx gilly readmore 4 21 2009 packed to the rafters posted by sooz at 2 10 pm 1 comments labels restash thank you everyone who has donated to the restash a crafter effort your generosity has filled out every possible storage nook and cranny we can find and has us sorting into the wee hours you are all amazing at this stage we have as much stuff as we can deal with so i d like to ask you all to hold off on sending more stuff in keep an eye on the blog as we ll post here from time to time when we have a specific need we can t meet and if supplies run low we ll let you know the best way to help now is let us know if you know of anyone or a group from a fire affected area who might need our help on the restash front we have so many great things to get people crafting with and we really want to see it get out there thanks again readmore 4 20 2009 kids art and craft supplies needed posted by meetmeatmikes at 2 50 pm 10 comments we urgently need art and craft supplies for a home schooling family who lost their home in st andrews on black saturday perhaps you might be able to help do you have any of the following items you can spare please send them to mike s clearly marked home schooling family and we will pass them on to the family s case worker please be sure they are marked clearly otherwise they will go int a pile of things to be sorted and their delivery will be delayed acrylic paint 2l bottles were lost but any size appreciated various colours particularly primary colours artist brushes various thickness tubes of artists paint particularly red blue yellow printing materials such as rubber stamps ink pads ink rollers stencils scrap materials eg upolstery samples or other samples fabric remnants felt wool beads wooden chunky beads small jewelery style oragami paper plaster candle paper card making kits specialised drawing kits cut out stampers sticker books derwent pencils or similar good drawing pencils art books hole punch glitters of various colours collage materials glues craft glue glue stick blue tac highlighters sticky tape staples stapler puppet kit coloured paper eg small glossy coloured squares kinder squares craft papers drawing paper weaving loom spindles of wools cotton paint pots kinder style paint stand thank you handmade help c meet me at mike s 63 brunswick street fitzroy 3065 australia readmore 4 06 2009 handmade horticulture posted by nanette at 6 56 pm 1 comments are you a gifted horticulturalist a greenish thumb even a thumb of the khaki variety we want you to be a part of handmade horticulture we need local people on the ground around bushfire effected areas we need people who can write take photos organise and share their gardening knowledge if that sounds like you and i bet it does pop over here and drop us a line ta x image inthemix com au readmore things are happening posted by meetmeatmikes at 3 59 pm 0 comments just checking in to say that we ve had two calls today from case workers helping families affected by the fires things are needed by people who have lost everything one lady desperately needs paints anyone have any paints or painting supplies oils and watercolours brushes easel please and a home schooling family who are needing lots of craft supplies for their kids glitter and string and pretty tape and lovely paper and textas acrylic paints pens pencils and the like i m thinking excellent children s books and perhaps a cd player and some stories on cd would be good too for these guys we will make a start on these things this week but would love to fill these needs within 2 weeks can you help please email us if you can readmore 4 04 2009 getting re stash stuff out there posted by sooz at 11 29 am 0 comments labels craft supplies donations help for those affected knitting knitters just to let you all know a few more stories about getting your donations connected with the right recipients thanks to some volunteer transport thanks kirstie a load of stuff is making its way up to kinglake next week for a patchworking group starting at the kinglake community centre it is great to be able to help out this new group if you have any fat quarters or backing or binding fabric sufficient for a whole quilt do please send it in to us make sure it is clearly labelled kinglake patchworking group as we re having quite a job keeping the donations for re stash a crafter sorted and stored in a way that makes getting them out easy your help in labeling would really be appreciated in other news we ve been contacted by sarah who is coordinating some knitting groups in kinglake and toolangi looking for extra supplies for her group in particular sarah has found it really hard to get a hold of whole jumper quantities of yarn since most donated yarn has been of the oddment or recycled kind the focus of the group is garment knitting so sourcing larger lots of new yarn is now a mission they are especially interested in colours suitable for men s garments and any good patterns for men s garments too there s also a call from sarah for machine washable 8 ply pure wool in teddy skin colours browns greys black cream beige etc for the trauma teddy learn to knit group single balls are ok for this one and 3 75mm knitting needles we ve been able to help out with a bit but not enough so if you have any of these things we d love to get them again please make sure they are clearly labelled sarah s knitting group so we can make sure they get tot he right place as quickly and easily as possible it is great to see some of the goods that have been donated reaching the right people and we look forward to forging more partnerships with people in affected communities readmore 4 03 2009 lots of bags posted by nikki at 9 38 pm 4 comments labels rainbow comfort packs a load of beautifully made fabric bags arrived from queensland organised by dewdrop inn in hervey bay and are on their way to monica to fill with goodies for comfort packs the next drop off point is likely to be in the bendigo area there are 50 homeless families there and the aid agencies have contacted monica so far we have lots of bags but there is a need for comfort toys to put inside soft handmade or new factory made cuddly things to appeal to any age from toddler to tween if you can help please contact monica or one of the drop off points listed on her blog including me readmore hold the yarn posted by meetmeatmikes at 5 43 pm 0 comments thanks so very much to everyone that has donated knitting needles yarn and crochet hooks too we have plenty of yarn and needles now and are only in need of bulk donations of yarn jumper quantities to be specific so if you can help with that send your yarn on to us and mark it jumper yarn so we can sort it more easily and don t worry if your yarn is in transit now and it s a smaller quantity we will be sure it s put to good use in these areas readmore update donations delivered posted by meetmeatmikes at 5 38 pm 0 comments labels update a pile of fabric sewing supplies and some baby items were sent out to 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