Tonight is the Cathedral Choir church auction! I am really excited to go, it is for a great cause, we always a wonderful time...reconnecting with special friends, eating camp food (I think the menu for tonight is grilled cheese and tomato soup-a camp favorite), and bidding on awesome auction items!
As promised, this is the other item I donated to the cause....a Vera Bradley purse stuffed with 30 handcrafted greeting cards! I found this adorable bag at Marshall's last week and knew it would be the perfect thing to hold all the cards I made. I stuffed it with a little newspaper on the bottom of the purse so the cards would sit up a bit higher and then put sparkly shredded filler on top of that.
I wrapped the cards in two sets of 15 cards each and tied them with a beautiful grosgrain ribbon. Each card is in it's own cellophone envelope so sticky fingers don't mess them up:).
So people knew what they were bidding on, I computer generated a tag that said the following:
In this picture, I had the tag tied onto the strap, but in the end, that didn't really work out too well, because the strap kept falling down. So instead, I taped the tag onto a wooden stick and stuck the stick in the filler, in the purse, so it was really easy to see. It was the perfect solution.
Well, today I am hoping to get a little bit of stamping done. I didn't get much done yesterday, {{sigh}}. I am really in the mood to stamp, so I best be movin' along.
Hugs,
Amy
The purse is perfect and matches your cards so well! Good choice. I am sure it will get high bids! Let us know what it goes for!
ReplyDeleteUour contribution is gorgeous...how useful too! I think anyone would be delighted to have it! I bet it is the "talk" of the night! Hope it brings lots of money.
ReplyDeleteMary Jo
Wish I could be there to bid on the bag with the cards. It's a winner.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful Amy! I would bid on it if I could!
ReplyDeleteKim
Wow - this turned out amazingly gorgeous!! So pretty!
ReplyDeleteWow, it turned out great and that Vera B purse pulled it all together with your beautiful cards. Thanks for sharing with us!
ReplyDeleteWow, that's a fantastic set! I hope it brought a lot of money in for the auction!
ReplyDeleteI sure would bid on it. I love the text "A total of 30..." What is the font? Thanks!!!
ReplyDeleteHi, I love your bag and cards as an auction item. One question - where do you get the cellephane envelopes - I need some of them. Leslie - mcleslie@comcast.net
ReplyDeleteGORGEOUS!
ReplyDeleteWhat a huge contribution!
Yup..I would bid on something like this. =) We would be curious to know how it does... =)
Hope the new job's going great.
THat is gorgeous Amy! Fab donation.
ReplyDeleteAmy, this is beautiful! The purse is a perfect pick and matches your cards beautifully. Hope it goes for lots!!
ReplyDeletegorgeous! What a fantastic auction item!! Hope it goes well, I know it will!! :)
ReplyDeleteThis is beautiful. Could you please let us know the name of the font you used on the tag.
ReplyDeleteOh, this turned out so flippin' cute! I bet you get a ton of bids on it! Great job!
ReplyDeleteI absolutely love this. The bag does match the cards perfectly. Great job getting it together!!!
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