I’m thrilled that Lindsay has posted the information about our Make A Difference video and hope we’ll start getting some requests for craft tools…

Source: Power is Back On! Happy November!

I had Rich upload the video for the second part of the waterfall card.  I don’t think people will be very impressed with it, as mainly it’s just me gluing paper to the album…We’ll wait to see what they say.

No more responses to the hurricane/flood video.  I’m disappointed to say the least.  I have a lot of leftover things from the destashing that I was going to donate, plus the money we raised.  I really hope Lindsay gets her power back on so she can put the video on her blog and we can hopefully get more inquiries.  I wish I knew what else to do to get the word out, but at this point, I guess I’ve done all I can think of, so will just wait for the week to wind down and then address it at the end.

The highlight (yes, this is pathetic) of my day, was going to the dermatologist to get the OK to dye my hair.  I know it sounds dumb, but I had a small spot of skin cancer removed from the crown of my head and they couldn’t get my scalp to pull over the affected area and so I couldn’t dye my hair.  It’s not like I’m completely gray, but I’m just gray enough that I don’t like it.  It’s a foolish thing to whine about, but I’m going to whine regardless.  I think we women really want to extend our youthful hair for as long as we possibly can, and I’m committed to doing that.  I want to have brown hair for a while longer, as this mixture of brown and gray is really not in my game plan.  (As if I have a game plan?)  So I got the OK and tomorrow, I’m forty again…maybe 35….Probably more like 50.  It’s just one of those things that is important to me.  Maybe I should look at some bold colors, like lavender, or pink….probably not.

Here’s the second part of the waterfall photo card album that I showed in part one. The sizes of papers you’ll use for the layers are listed in this pdf file. https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-DLO0m6zf9fZkIwaTdycmtCekE/view?usp=sharing

You’ll definitely want to print this out so that you can make the card and decorate it with paper.
The foil papers I used are Christmas Combos from Die Cuts with a View and I’ve had them at least one year, so doubt that it’s still a current paper, sorry.
I used red card stock to back it from Recollections in their lighter weight card stocks.
I tried to use the paper as my decorations as well, so on the tops of each red paper covered area, I used strips of the foil paper to make it look like it took some time to make all of my pages pretty.
I took the poinsettia paper and cut out three of them, and the third one, I only cut out the red area…The other two had green leaves as well. The bottom two layers had green and I made sure they had foam between them and I bent the leaves up. The top layer that was all red had foam under it as well, and I made sure that it was really bent upward, so it looked real. I used green and red pearls on the front of the album and Merry Christmas, from an Aliexpress die, that I cut in gold foil and backed offset with red paper so it would show on the gold background.

I spent a lot of today trying to find places to post my video, so that people who lost their craft tools in the hurricanes and floods would be able to contact us.  I asked Lindsay if she would put it on her blog and she agreed, but then said they lost power and she didn’t know how long it would take to get it back.  She said she couldn’t do her blog on her telephone and that was the only means of communication that she still had.  I think she wanted to avoid draining her phone battery when she wouldn’t have the means to re-charge it.  That was my only definite.  Then I contacted Splitcoast Stampers to ask them to assist.  For some reason, the lady there kept saying that I couldn’t post it there even if it was for charity, as we were asking for craft tools.  I sent her a note in response and explained that we weren’t looking for craft tools, instead we were looking for people to give craft tools.  I haven’t heard back from her, so I might have upset her, and that definitely was not my intent.  Then I sent a note to Catherine Pooler from StampNation and asked her group if they would forward my video to members so we could find more people to donate to.  I got an email from her group saying that I would hear from them in twenty-four hours, but again, so far, nothing.

I never knew it would be so hard to find people who would want or need craft tools.  This thing will probably end on November 4th,  and then I’ll have people coming out of the woodwork asking for giveaways.  It definitely makes me proud that so many of my viewers want to help, but I really wish we could find the people who need and want our help,  In a million years, I never thought that this would be our issue.  If anything, I thought we’d have an overabundance of requests and never be able to accommodate the sheer volume.  I feel like putting up a video that says “Come out, come out, wherever you are.”  Too much?  Maybe.

I saw MayMay make a card with this prototype and decided I should make it into an album. Although I show you a completed Halloween album, the card/album I make on this video is actually a Christmas card/album. I hope you’ll stay tuned for Pt. 2.

To make the album, I wanted to give you your own cheat sheet to have beside you while making it. All you need to do is print this out. The last page has some words that you can print on card stock and use for images on your album. Please copy and paste the link below and then print it on whatever paper you choose. If you want, your third piece of paper should be card stock if you want to use the directions in your album.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-DLO0m6zf9fZkIwaTdycmtCekE/view

I hope you enjoy making this album. I’ve got a part 2 that will be uploaded tomorrow so you can see me decorate the one I’ve made with Christmas paper.

Today I went to hang out with three other ladies who wanted to make something paper inspired for in their craft booth.  There are two lady’s involved, one does primarily wreaths and wall art, and the other does hand stenciled signs and chalk paints furniture.  They had sent me some pictures from Pinterest of ideas they thought they would like to try.  I took all of the supplies that we would need to make the projects and gave each woman a portion of the project to complete.  Within ten minutes, the furniture painter decided that paper projects are too much work and too detail oriented and basically, quit….The wreath maker hung in there, and soldiered on.  The other woman and I continued cutting and gluing so by the end of the afternoon, we only have maybe four completed projects and they were really small.  Here’s the image they saw on Pinterest, as ours didn’t really look like this when we were done.   Ok, that didn’t work…It was a heart shaped tag with a paper rose glued to it and a couple of leaves.  Ours was different, as I used a flower shaping punch and then we added jewelry to ours for an embellishment.  I don’t know if they’ll be able to sell them, but I thought I’d walk them through how to do it.  I didn’t make a video, as it would have been hours long because we talked a lot and crafted very little.  It was a lot of fun to watch people who are seriously crafty, deciding that the projects I find simple, they find tedious and too much work.  There’s the difference between people, I couldn’t ever make a mesh wreath or re-paint furniture, but that’s their comfort zone…Mine is paper based…Small and easy to do, at least for me….

 

Today was such a great day.  I started the day by uploading my Make a Difference Day video.  The first few hours were bitter sweet…I had so many people say they were ready and willing to donate goods, but no one asking for anything.  I started to really feel badly, and then we got our first request, and then a second.  The first request wasn’t up very long before someone adopted them, and I was ecstatic.    I guess it doesn’t take a lot to make me happy, I just wanted someone to ask for something, anything.  So I put the word out to people who had said they had been in the hurricanes and asked them to say something about my video on social media.  I really hope that they do, because it’s been a slow first day.  This is going to sound kind of stupid, but for some reason I thought people were just waiting for that video to go live so that they could make their crafty requests.  I knew I had people waiting to make donations, but didn’t know how many requests would flood in…Flood, that’s a funny word as it relates to this initiative…It’s been a trickle so far.  I’m hoping the word does spread and that we find a lot of people that will want to ask and the same number that want to donate.  It’s going to be a stressful week for me since I’ve been literally thinking about and working on this video for almost two months.

I’ve got the whole week for word to reach people…Now all we need to do is have them comment.  I’ll be waiting with baited breath.  Ok, maybe I’ll just be waiting…I’m not sure if my breath will be baited or not….Does that mean like fish bait?  Gross…I’m definitely not waiting with baited breath…Just waiting….

 

If you have lost your craft tools in the recent hurricanes in Texas, the East Coast and Puerto Rico, please list in the comment section below your:
1. name (first name is fine)
2. email address
3. specific craft tools you would like to have replaced
4. zip code
5. If you are in Puerto Rico, please list in your comment that you are now receiving your mail, as these items will be sent to you and if you aren’t getting mail, the donator needs to know that.

Viewers looking to donate tools should comment on the posts that they want to help and the specific items they will be providing, and the person donating, will email the person who is asking for tools to get their address to mail them their crafty items.

The deadline for asking for crafty things is November 4th, 2017, and the deadline for fulfilling requests in the comments will be November 11th.

Please, only one request per family.

Please go to this link for eligibility to participate in receiving goods and alternative donation sites:
http://tinyurl.com/yam8anfn

I want to thank Lindsay the Frugal Crafter for her input and especially Rebecca Walton from Rubber Stamp Tapestry, the peg stamp people, for all of her help and generosity. Here is a link to her company. http://www.pegstamps.com/

My email address is saundralparker@yahoo.com

In order to ensure that people who request items on YouTube have been affected by the hurricanes and floods, I went to the US Postal Service website and researched zip codes that were in these horrific storms.  Here is the information related to zip codes as well as alternatives sites that are looking for donations in those areas.  I hope that this is helpful to you.

Below is the most current information I could find for zip codes affected by the recent hurricanes by the United States Postal Service.  I would definitely make sure that you are sending your package to one of the zip codes below, or that you feel comfortable with the alternate zip code that someone might give you.  I did my absolute best to not only find zip codes of affected areas, but also to find alternative sites that you can send monies to if you would prefer.  The alternate information is below all of the zip codes. 

Texas Zip Codes affected by the Hurricane Harvey from USPS.com

Houston Area

ZIP CODE(S)	POST OFFICE	ADDRESS
77326; 77532	GREENS NORTH	1530 GREENSMARK DR.   HOUSTON 77067
77707	MARTIN LUTHER KING	9444 CULLEN BLVD HOUSTON 77051
77422	JAMES GRIFFITH	9320 EMNORA LN HOUSTON 77080
77639; 77640	ALVIN	455 E HOUSE ST ALVIN   77511
77360	ANGLETON	100 CANNAN DR ANGLETON 77515
77630; 77659; 77368; 77662	BEAUMONT MPO	5815 WALDEN RD BEAUMONT 77707
77502	BROOKSHIRE	4115 5TH ST BROOKSHIRE   77423
77371;77476; 77705; 77521; 77480; 77486	BRYAN	2121 E WM J BRYAN PKWY BRYAN 77801
77084	SAM HOUSTON	1500 HADLEY ST HOUSTON 77002
77612	DE MOSS	6500 DE MOSS DR HOUSTON 77074
77332; 77615; 77629	CHANNELVIEW	531 SHELDON RD CHANNELVIEW 77530
77619	PORT NECHES	1324 PORT NECHES AVE PORT NECHES, TX  77651
77650	PORT BOLIVAR	2500 BROADWAY AVE PORT BOLIVAR, TX  77650
77362	MAGNOLIA	815 GOODSON RD MAGNOLIA, TX  77355
77336	EL CAMPO	110 S MECHANIC ST EL CAMPO 77437
77701; 77372; 77706	HUMBLE	1202 1ST ST E HUMBLE 77338
77378	HUNTSVILLE	3190 HIGHWAY 30 W HUNTSVILLE 77340
77334; 77494	KATY	20180 PARK ROW DR KATY 77449
77365; 77585; 77374; 77376	KOUNTZE	1245 S PINE ST KOUNTZE 77625
77657	LA MARQUE	509 LAUREL ST LA MARQUE 77568
77538; 77024; 77364; 77582	LIBERTY	1515 SAM HOUSTON ST LIBERTY 77575
77539	PASADENA	1199 PASADENA BLVD PASADENA 77501
77655; 77650	PORT ARTHUR	345 LAKESHORE DR PORT ARTHUR 77640
77616; 77626; 77664	VILLAGE MILLS	4956 FM 3063 VILLAGE MILLS 77663
77422; 77415; 77463; 77480	WEST COLUMBIA	350 W BRAZOS AVE WEST COLUMBIA 77486
77420; 77468	WHARTON	141 E MILAM ST WHARTON 77488
77622;77623; 77358; 77363; 77367; 77661	WINNIE	324 HIGHWAY 124 WINNIE, TX 77665
77327; 77357	PORTER MAIN	23550 PARTNERS WAY PORTER, TX  77365
77560; 77597	ANAHUAC	411 W. MAIN ST ANAHUAC, TX  77514
77624	WARREN	120 COUNTY ROAD 1520 WARREN, TX  77664
77625	SILSBEE	111 W AVENUE P SILSBEE, TX  77656
77331	SHEPERD	1350 S BYRD AVE SHEPHERD, TX  77371
77333	MONTGOMERY	20821 EVA ST STE H MONTGOMERY, TX  77356
77614	MAURICEVILLE	11424 HIGHWAY 12 MAURICEVILLE, TX  77626
77656	LUMBERTON	650 S MAIN ST LUMBERTON, TX  77657
77350	GOODRICH	7440 US HIGHWAY 59 S GOODRICH, TX  77335
77577	DANBURY	6003 5th ST DANBURY, TX  77534
77359	COLDSPRING	14231 STATE HWY 150 W COLDSPRING, TX  77331
77335; 77351; 77369	CLEVELAND	1213 E HOUSTON ST CLEVELAND, TX  77327

Rio Grande District  Hurricane Harvey, Texas

ZIP CODE(S)	POST OFFICE	ADDRESS
78373	Port Aransas P.O. (retail mobile unit in parking lot	1211 State Hwy 361 Port Aransas, TX 78373
78382	H.P. Garcia Main P.O.	809 Nueces Bay Blvd Corpus Christi, TX  78469
78381; 78335; 78358	Ingleside P.O.	2230 State Hwy. 361 Ingleside, TX  78362
78336	Roy Miller Station P.O.	1340 S Port Ave Corpus Christi, TX  78405
78340	Gregory P.O	102 W. Fourth St., Gregory, TX  78359
78393	Refugio P.O.	507 Osage Refugio, TX  78377
77974; 77994	Cuero P.O.	301 E. Main Cuero, TX  77954
77988	Edna P.O.	603 Rose Edna, TX  77957
78389	Mathis P.O.	121 S Bee St Mathis, TX  78368
77983; 77979	Victoria Main P.O.	312 S Main St Victoria, TX 77901

 

Hurricane Irma

FLORIDA: 
Effective Sept. 8, all Post Offices, Stations, Branches, and Finance Units within this 3-Digit ZIP Code range suspended retail and delivery operations until Tuesday, September 12, 2017:

• ZIP Codes beginning with 320, 322, 323, 326, and 344

Additionally, as of Sept. 8, all retail and delivery operations have been suspended at the following offices until Tuesday, September 12, 2017:

• CRYSTAL RIVER, 18 NE 4TH AVE, CRYSTAL RIVER FL 34429-9998
• HOMOSASSA,10780 W YULEE DR, HOMOSASSA FL 34487-9998
• HOMOSASSA SPRINGS, 4610 S SUNCOAST BLVD, HOMOSASSA FL 34446-1700
• ATLANTIC BEACH, 1001 MAYPORT RD, ATLANTIC BEACH FL 32233-9998
• BRONSON, 747 E HATHAWAY AVE, BRONSON FL 32621-9998
• CEDAR KEY, 518 2ND ST, CEDAR KEY FL 32625-9998
• CHIEFLAND, 222 W PARK AVE, CHIEFLAND FL 32626-9998
• FERNANDINA BEACH, 1997 SADLER RD, FERNANDINA BEACH FL 32034-9998
• GULF HAMMOCK, 5350 SE HIGHWAY 19, GULF HAMMOCK FL 32639-2100
• INGLIS, 70 N INGLIS AVE, INGLIS FL 34449-9998
• JACKSONVILLE BEACH, 1348 BEACH BLVD, JACKSONVILLE BEACH FL 32250-9998
• JACKSONVILLE BEACH ANNEX, 1324 BEACH BLVD, JACKSONVILLE BEACH FL 32250-3408
• MORRISTON, 3350 SE US HIGHWAY 41, MORRISTON FL 32668-9998
• OTTER CREEK, 210 SE US HIGHWAY 19, OTTER CREEK FL 32683-9700
• PONTE VEDRA BEACH, 130 CORRIDOR RD, PONTE VEDRA BEACH FL 32082-9998
• SAINT AUGUSTINE, 99 KING ST, SAINT AUGUSTINE FL 32084-9998
• SAINT AUGUSTINE ANNEX, 4 M L KING AVE, SAINT AUGUSTINE FL 32084-3308
• WILLISTON, 29 NW 1ST AVE, WILLISTON FL 32696-9998
• YANKEETOWN, 17 56TH ST, YANKEETOWN FL 34498-9998
• YULEE, 463063 STATE ROAD 200, YULEE FL 32097-9998

GEORGIA:
Effective Sept. 8, all Post Offices, Stations, Branches, and Finance Units within this 3-Digit ZIP Code range have suspended retail and delivery operations until Tuesday, September 12, 2017:

• ZIP Codes beginning with 313, 314, 315, 316, 317, and 398

Also effective September 8, delivery and retail operations are temporarily suspended at these offices until Tuesday, September 12, 2017.

• BRUNSWICK31520/31525, 805 GLOUCESTER ST, BRUNSWICK GA 31520-9998
• JEKYLL ISLAND(Finance Unit) 31527, 17 PIER RD UNIT B, JEKYLL ISLAND, GA 31527-9998
• SEA ISLAND(Finance Unit) 31522, 351 SEA ISLAND RD SUITE 104, ST SIMONS ISLAND GA, 31522-1477
• ST SIMON ISLAND31522, 260 EDWARDS PLAZA, ST SIMONS ISLAND GA, 31522-9998
• FOLKSTON, 3845 MAIN ST, FOLKSTON GA 31537-9998
• KINGSLAND, 310 S GROVE BLVD, KINGSLAND GA 31548-9998
• SAINT GEORGE, 12995 FLORIDA AVE STE A, SAINT GEORGE GA 31562-9998
• SAINT MARYS, 724 CHARLIE SMITH SR HWY, SAINT MARYS GA 31558-9998
• WAVERLY,24311 US HIGHWAY 17, WAVERLY GA 31565-9998
• WAYNESVILLE, 25380 HIGHWAY 82, WAYNESVILLE GA 31566-9997
• WHITE OAK,25 MCKINNON RD N, WHITE OAK GA 31568-9998
• WOODBINE, 202 BEDELL AVE, WOODBINE GA 31569-9998

 

Last updated Oct. 11, 2017, 5 p.m. ET

Oct. 10, 2017, 9:45 p.m. ET

Puerto Rico

All offices will be open for retail services in addition to mail pickup and delivery during their regular hours with the exception of those listed below:

• Arecibo, 00612, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
• Caguas, 00725, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
• Canovanas, 00729, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
• Carolina, 00983, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
• Mows, 00936, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
• Plaza Las Americas, 00918, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
• Ponce, 00731, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Customers served by the following offices should pick up their mail at alternate pickup locations:  

• Aquada, 00602 — Alternate location: Rincon, 00677. Hours are 8 a.m. to 3:45 p.m.
• Areciblo Pueblo, 00612 — Alternate location: Arecibo MPO, 00613. Hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
• Cotto, 00612 — Alternate location: Arecibo MPO, 00613. Hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
• Juncos, 00777 — Alternate location: Juncos Municipality Library, 00777. Hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
• Plaza Carolina, 00985 — Alternate location: Carolina MPO, 00983. Hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
• Punta Santiago, 00741 — Alternate location: Humaco, 00741. Hours are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
• Toa Alta, 00953 — Alternate location: Toa Baja Pueblo, 00951. Hours are 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

The following offices will be open for PO Box mail and delivery only:

• Aguadilla, 00603.
• Aguirre, 00704.
• Aibonito, 00705.
• Angeles, 00611.
• Arecibo, 00612.
• Arroyo, 00714.
• Atocha, 00733.
• Barranquitas, 00794.
• Barrio Obrero, 00915.
• Carolina Pueblo, 00985.
• Catano, 00962.
• Culebra, 00775.
• Dorado, 00646.

Florida, 00650.

I just finished the video for Make a Difference Day and am starting to fret.  Have I explained things clearly enough?  Do I sound pompous?  Am I asking too much of people?  Will anyone respond and will it be a total failure?  I hope I’ve prepared people enough for this video, and event, but you never know.  I can only hope that the people who need products will ask, and the people who have them will respond.  If we help a few people, it’s a few more people than were helped before…Right?  I guess time will tell.

Sometimes you just have to go on faith, and in this instance, I’m putting a lot of faith in viewers and people in general.  I’m really hoping that only people affected by the floods and hurricanes will ask for craft tools, but free goodies will attract a lot of people who are looking to get something for nothing, even when they are not entitled.  I tried to address it in the video and really hope that it works as I’d hate to have to delete comments from people who don’t qualify for things.

I’m sweating now, it’s too much to think about tonight, so I’ll wait to fret some more tomorrow….I’m the queen of fretting, in case you didn’t know.  I have the tiara to prove it…Ok, no tiara, but in my head, I have one.