I'm sure that wherever you are in the world, you have heard about the terrible floods that have devastated most of Queensland, with more flooding now also on the way for VIC and parts of NSW. I am so grateful to say that our home, studio and friends have all been spared from the floods, however many many others were not so lucky. It breaks my heart to see the city and state I have grown to love so much since I moved here 11 years ago, mostly under water, and the devastation and destruction the water has brought with it.
10% from all January Udessi orders donated to the QLD RSPCA
There are also many many animals affected by the flooding ~ at Udessi we will be donating 10% from all orders received in January to the RSPCA Qld 2011 Flood Appeal (including all 2011 orders already received). Please note though that due to the flooding, we have had to change our return trip and order will not be posted until the 26th of January.
It has been so amazing to see Australian and people from all over the world come together to help those in need. There are so many wonderful fundraising events happening in the art, craft & blogging world at the moment it is hard to keep up!
Many of the Udessi artists (QLD-based and interstate) have set up, or are involved in fantastic creative ways for you to help out and raise money for the QLD Premier’s Disaster Relief Appeal;
Beth-Emily has done an amazing job bringing together a selection of the best Australian artists to create an art auction to raise some much needed funds for the QLD Premier’s Disaster Relief Appeal. Beth and her team have created a great website and there is some fantastic work up for auction.
Bidding has already started so make sure to check it out soon and you could pick up a beautiful work of art whilst helping Queenslanders in need!
The gorgeous Lisa from The Red Thread is holding an incredible raffle on her blog with all proceeds going to the QLD Premier’s Flood Relief Appeal.. The first prize ~ worth over $1200 ~ is a brand new Janome sewing machine, a range of her sewing patterns and kits, and a selection of fabric.
Entry is by making a $10 donation to the official appeal. You can read all the details on Lisa's blog The Red Thread.
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The team at BrisStyle has rallied their crafty members to create the Handmade Ark Appeal. Purchase any item from the participating BrisStyle Etsy Stores and the funds will then be donated to the Premiers Flood Relief Fund.
Thea from Thea & Sami has created these beautiful hand screen-printed fabric panels featuring our home city Brisbane. Reproduced as a tribute to Brisbane and to our local heroes, Thea is donating 25% of sales directly the Premier's Flood Appeal to help Brisbane Flood Victims.
For even more ways to help out by purchasing handmade art & craft, visit the Make It Perfect blog. Here you can find a master list of bloggers who will be running auctions from their blogs, selling products that they make or from their stores. Auctions will be open for 1 week, and will close at midnight on Monday 24th January.
All of the money raised at these auctions will go directly to the Queensland Government Flood Relief Appeal.
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For even more ways to help out by purchasing handmade art & craft, visit the Make It Perfect blog. Here you can find a master list of bloggers who will be running auctions from their blogs, selling products that they make or from their stores. Auctions will be open for 1 week, and will close at midnight on Monday 24th January.
All of the money raised at these auctions will go directly to the Queensland Government Flood Relief Appeal.
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2 comments:
You're doing a great job Kim spreading the word about some of the creative ways people can help. x
My thoughts are with you. Some more Aussie designers/crafters/makers here too: http://blog.stephbond.com/2011/01/shop-flood-qld-flood-appeal.html
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