order up!

well, last night was a tizzy of an evening... racing against time to finish a last-minute order. but i got it done! and then i got a few other orders completed as well! finished amy's (the race against time!), gloria's, judy's, dixie's, and brittney's. what a night! i love making earrings...

and how it came about... well, a few months ago (march, 2011), there was an incident that caused me to rethink some things. the bakery that my parents opened for my sister and me burned down to the ground. it was the middle of the night, and thankfully no one was hurt! but it was a shock nonetheless. we've definitely moved past this, and actually have been very blessed by God through it. we are rebuilding too! but needless to say, in the meantime i needed a hobby! so, earring-making was what i chose. i wanted to make a bit of money on the side, while i was out of work, so i sold them at my sister-in-law's garage sale. right at that time, we had been given these baby-bottles to collect pocket-change for crisis pregnancy centre. so i just put the money i got from the earrings toward the baby bottle collection. and that got me thinking. it'd be a lot more worthwhile to make these earrings to benefit someone other than just myself. not only can people buy them as gifts or for themselves to enjoy... but they can know that some of the money is going toward an amazing cause! to save lives! WOW! so, i put my earrings online. i didn't mention at first that 50% of the proceeds went to cpc. i just felt like if i said that, people might think i want the glory for myself. not true. but eventually, i thought that people should know where their money is going! it's not just going into my pocket!

so... now you know.