Hello!
Our first fundraising party was last Friday and we had a wonderful outcome! So many family and friends came to visit and purchase merchandise. We cannot thank everyone enough for all the love and support!
Also, I am excited to share with everyone that I will be selling my jewelry at an upcoming festival! We will be in North Vernon Indiana at Old Vernon Days September 3rd-5th. I am not sure of our booth location, but will post soon. I have also been working on ear rings and will post those pictures as well.
Thursday, August 25, 2011
Thursday, August 18, 2011
Baptism, Parties, and Paperwork...Oh my!
Hello!
We've had a very busy couple days! In the last week we celebrated my birthday, Gabrielle's baptism, our anniversary and preparing for the upcoming adoption party! If that wasn't enough, we received an email from the director of Adoption Assistance, letting us know it was time to send in our I600a form. The official name of the I600A is the “Application For Advance Processing of Orphan Petition”. The form is the key to processing the international adoption and for processing the immigration of the adopted child. Unfortunately, this form could take up to 50-60 days to be processed. Again, we must patiently wait and pray that this part of the process goes smoothly.
Also, I wanted to update everyone on Our Hope Necklace Project. I am in awe by all the people who have purchased my necklaces! I have a few new pearls that I have wire wrapped and are now available! These will be shown at the adoption party.
The above necklace is a 18" snake chain, with hope affirmation charm and green freshwater pearl.
We've had a very busy couple days! In the last week we celebrated my birthday, Gabrielle's baptism, our anniversary and preparing for the upcoming adoption party! If that wasn't enough, we received an email from the director of Adoption Assistance, letting us know it was time to send in our I600a form. The official name of the I600A is the “Application For Advance Processing of Orphan Petition”. The form is the key to processing the international adoption and for processing the immigration of the adopted child. Unfortunately, this form could take up to 50-60 days to be processed. Again, we must patiently wait and pray that this part of the process goes smoothly.
Also, I wanted to update everyone on Our Hope Necklace Project. I am in awe by all the people who have purchased my necklaces! I have a few new pearls that I have wire wrapped and are now available! These will be shown at the adoption party.
The above necklace is a 18" snake chain, with hope affirmation charm and green freshwater pearl.
In the above picture my mother is wearing the 18" snake chain, hope affirmation charm, with a pink freshwater pearl.
In the above picture my mother is wearing the 16" tiny ball and chain necklace, hope affirmation charm, and peacock blue freshwater pearl.
Sunday, August 7, 2011
Our Hope Necklace Project
Hello Everyone!
I wanted to debut a project I have been working on the last couple of months. I started Our Hope Necklace in hopes to raise money for our upcoming adoption. Thanks to my lovely models (my mother, sister and two stepdaughters) who allowed me to photograph them for the blog! I am asking $15 per necklace. If you would like one, please contact me!
In the below photo my mother is wearing an 18" silver snake chain, with the antique silver hope affirmation charm, adorned with a wire wrapped simple pearl charm.
This gorgeous model (Bella) is also wearing the 18" snake necklace, antique silver hope affirmation charm, and wire wrapped simple pearl charm.
My next model (Susan) is wearing the 16" tiny ball/chain necklace, antique silver hope affirmation charm, and olive green simple pearl.
I wanted to debut a project I have been working on the last couple of months. I started Our Hope Necklace in hopes to raise money for our upcoming adoption. Thanks to my lovely models (my mother, sister and two stepdaughters) who allowed me to photograph them for the blog! I am asking $15 per necklace. If you would like one, please contact me!
In the below photo my mother is wearing an 18" silver snake chain, with the antique silver hope affirmation charm, adorned with a wire wrapped simple pearl charm.
In the below photo, my lovely model (Gabrielle) is wearing an 18" snake chain, silver hope affirmation charm, and beautiful olive green simple pearl.
This gorgeous model (Bella) is also wearing the 18" snake necklace, antique silver hope affirmation charm, and wire wrapped simple pearl charm.
The below picture is of the 16" tiny ball/chain necklace, antique silver hope affirmation charm, and wire wrapped simple pearl.
Our last model was feeling a little left out. Of course, I had to post of picture of her:)
Friday, August 5, 2011
Baby Steps...
Hello Everyone!
Its been hectic the last several days so I'm just now getting a chance to write. The summer is winding down and the girls will be heading back to New York for school (they reside with their mother part of the time), but it still seems like life has been nonstop! Since I last wrote, we received some news. Several days ago I was doing crafts with the girls and my phone rang; it was the program director from Holt. She advised they had received all our paperwork and would be sending it to Korea! Of course, I had a million questions and thankfully she was very patient with me. I'm sure that I am being labeled "that woman" in their Oregon office:) Its a baby step, but we are a little bit closer to getting our little one home:)
Also, I wanted to let everyone know, we will be hosting an adoption fundraising party on (Friday) August 19th at 6 p.m. It will be hosted at Richie and Susan Buchanan's house located at 75 North Highway 31 Austin, IN. 47102. The girls really wanted to participate and be here so we are hosting it a little sooner than expected. The plan is to host two parties. One for family and friends in Scottsburg and another party (at a later date) for family and friends in Louisville. If you plan on attending please leave a comment or send me an email. I will also be sending out invitations and a Facebook invitation. We will be selling merchandise from 147 Million Orphans, Just Love Coffee and some items that I have been working on. I'm hoping to get those items posted tomorrow!
Also, I wanted to thank everyone who emailed and said they were praying for us. Words cannot describe how much that means to us:)
Its been hectic the last several days so I'm just now getting a chance to write. The summer is winding down and the girls will be heading back to New York for school (they reside with their mother part of the time), but it still seems like life has been nonstop! Since I last wrote, we received some news. Several days ago I was doing crafts with the girls and my phone rang; it was the program director from Holt. She advised they had received all our paperwork and would be sending it to Korea! Of course, I had a million questions and thankfully she was very patient with me. I'm sure that I am being labeled "that woman" in their Oregon office:) Its a baby step, but we are a little bit closer to getting our little one home:)
Also, I wanted to let everyone know, we will be hosting an adoption fundraising party on (Friday) August 19th at 6 p.m. It will be hosted at Richie and Susan Buchanan's house located at 75 North Highway 31 Austin, IN. 47102. The girls really wanted to participate and be here so we are hosting it a little sooner than expected. The plan is to host two parties. One for family and friends in Scottsburg and another party (at a later date) for family and friends in Louisville. If you plan on attending please leave a comment or send me an email. I will also be sending out invitations and a Facebook invitation. We will be selling merchandise from 147 Million Orphans, Just Love Coffee and some items that I have been working on. I'm hoping to get those items posted tomorrow!
Also, I wanted to thank everyone who emailed and said they were praying for us. Words cannot describe how much that means to us:)
Sunday, July 31, 2011
We are on Facebook!
Hi y'all!
We have shared our blog on Facebook! If anyone has questions for us or about the fund raising organizations, please ask. Right now we only have four members on our blog, so please sign up too!
For our fundraising, I will be hosting a 147 Million Orphans and Just Love Coffee parties in the near future. I will post more information on our blog once we figure out a date.
Just to keep everyone up to date in the process...
After having to turn down our first "referral", I immediately turned in our paperwork to Holt International (the placing agency we had decided on before we were called about the referral). I was getting concerned because I had not heard back from Holt, so I called. Unfortunately, they did not receive all the mailed paperwork or the application we submitted. The last couple days have been spent resubmitting our application, getting paperwork notarized and mailing off documents again. I seriously believe God is teaching me a hard lesson in patience...He knows I definitely need it:)
Now, we wait to hear back from Holt.
We have shared our blog on Facebook! If anyone has questions for us or about the fund raising organizations, please ask. Right now we only have four members on our blog, so please sign up too!
For our fundraising, I will be hosting a 147 Million Orphans and Just Love Coffee parties in the near future. I will post more information on our blog once we figure out a date.
Just to keep everyone up to date in the process...
After having to turn down our first "referral", I immediately turned in our paperwork to Holt International (the placing agency we had decided on before we were called about the referral). I was getting concerned because I had not heard back from Holt, so I called. Unfortunately, they did not receive all the mailed paperwork or the application we submitted. The last couple days have been spent resubmitting our application, getting paperwork notarized and mailing off documents again. I seriously believe God is teaching me a hard lesson in patience...He knows I definitely need it:)
Now, we wait to hear back from Holt.
Tuesday, July 26, 2011
Stop the Traffic 5K
To the right of the blog, we placed a link for "Stop the Traffic 5K". The website contains information on an upcoming 5K run (October 8, 2011) for the purpose of raising awareness of an often unknown or unthought about epidemic known as human trafficking. The victim's of human trafficking are often women and children and effects every major city in the U.S., including Louisville.
Check out the website and run away for those who can't! |
Helping the "Little Ones"
Hello Everyone!
We just added several links to our blog and would like to share with you all. Mickey and I discovered fairly quickly how expensive international adoption would be. In order to bring a child home, it is costing us approximately $25,00-$30,000, as of now. To help with the costs, we are attempting to raise money through fundraisers, possible grants, donations, etc. We have listed a few links to the left side of our blog regarding such possibilities. A couple of the organizations listed will help provide food, water and medication for children in need, as well as help fund our adoption.
Just Love Coffee
A little bit about Rob, coffee and his cause...
On the left column of our blog you will see a link to "Just Love Coffee". When you click on the link it will take you to the Cohn Family store front where you can buy these gourmet coffees. Everytime you purchase a bag of coffee from our blog, you will be helping a child in need and $5 of the proceeds fund our adoption.
147 Million Orphans
Mickey and I were fortunate to have crossed paths this summer with the founders of 147 Million Orphans Organization. Below is their story and what their organization stands for.
Helping You Help 147 Million Orphans...
Your purchase provides food, water & medicine to a child in need
When you click on the 147 Million Orphans link on our blog, it will directly take you to the fundraising merchandise. When you purchase fundraising merchandise it will not only help a child in need, but part of the proceeds will help fund our adoption.
If you would like to purchase a fundraising item from our blog, please contact us and we will place the order for you. Unfortunately, the program is not set up to where you can go to our blog and directly order the item yourself at this time.
Amazon.com
If you feel the desire to donate directly to our adoption fund, you can do so by clicking the "donate" button.
Mickey and I cannot express enough how grateful and appreciative we are for purchases or donations made. We are humbled by everyone's generosity. Thank you!
We just added several links to our blog and would like to share with you all. Mickey and I discovered fairly quickly how expensive international adoption would be. In order to bring a child home, it is costing us approximately $25,00-$30,000, as of now. To help with the costs, we are attempting to raise money through fundraisers, possible grants, donations, etc. We have listed a few links to the left side of our blog regarding such possibilities. A couple of the organizations listed will help provide food, water and medication for children in need, as well as help fund our adoption.
Just Love Coffee
A little bit about Rob, coffee and his cause...
"Rob Webb knows coffee. When Rob was two years old, his father started Webb's Coffee Service, which blossomed into a full-blown refreshment service supplying businesses in Nashville, TN and the surrounding areas, and is now run by Rob.
Rob Webb knows the adoption process. In the summer of 2008, Rob and his wife Emily were called to adopt from Ethiopia. After much prayer and discussion with their first two children they started their adoption journey in August 2008. During the flurry of paperwork and preparation, Rob & Emily read books not only on adoption in general, but specifically on Ethiopia. Learning that Ethiopia is the birthplace of coffee caught Rob's attention, and after reading about the living conditions and wages of the average coffee farmer, he was compelled to take action. What developed through his reading and his trip to Ethiopia to unite with his daughters was a realization that he could combine his expertise and longstanding desire to roast his own coffees with his desire to help others. Just Love Coffee Roasters was born! Roasting Fair Trade Specialty coffees, Just Love uses proceeds to help an Ethiopian orphanage and families adopting not just from Ethiopia, but from anywhere in the world."
147 Million Orphans
Mickey and I were fortunate to have crossed paths this summer with the founders of 147 Million Orphans Organization. Below is their story and what their organization stands for.
We are two moms who love orphans! We met six years ago as we were both going through our first adoptions (one domestic and one international) … Thirteen kids and seven adoptions later, we are bound together through faith and mission. We love “doing life together” and accepting the call to speak up for orphans everywhere. We want to help as many people as possible to see the 147 million orphans as scripture calls them, “…those who have no voice.” We want you to see YOUR PART in helping change the life of an orphan. Could it be adoption, sponsoring a child, volunteering for orphan care ministry, rocking babies at an orphanage, financially supporting someone adopting, or buying these products?
Helping You Help 147 Million Orphans...
Your purchase provides food, water & medicine to a child in need
When you click on the 147 Million Orphans link on our blog, it will directly take you to the fundraising merchandise. When you purchase fundraising merchandise it will not only help a child in need, but part of the proceeds will help fund our adoption.
If you would like to purchase a fundraising item from our blog, please contact us and we will place the order for you. Unfortunately, the program is not set up to where you can go to our blog and directly order the item yourself at this time.
Amazon.com
On the left column of our blog you will see a link for Amazon.com. If you purchase items from Amazon, you can click on the link on our blog. Every time you use this link and purchase something (it cost you nothing, except for the price of the item) a small amount of the proceeds goes towards our adoption fund! So if you routinely use Amazon.com, or plan on ordering from it, for any item, PLEASE access it through our blog : )
Donate Button
If you feel the desire to donate directly to our adoption fund, you can do so by clicking the "donate" button.
Mickey and I cannot express enough how grateful and appreciative we are for purchases or donations made. We are humbled by everyone's generosity. Thank you!
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