So...I have been waiting a little bit to post - truthfully because I have been hoping for better news. The great news is that 8 agencies have been accredited recently (on July 4th) the not so great news is that our agency was not amongst them. We are confident however that it will not be long before our agency receives this. In the meantime we have been busy working toward funding our adoption. So far we have worked on organizing an adoption fundraiser garage sale, sold over $300.00 worth of items on ebay, begun sales of bracelets and even sold a vehicle....Ryan's red ranger. That's right - the 1989 red Ford Ranger Ryan was known for has been sold.
The demand and appreciation for the bracelets has been so great that we decided to began selling them at art and craft fairs and we have also ordered a large quantity of necklaces and earrings to match. It was a tuff decision as a lot of start up money was needed. So far we have booked the venues below - so for our friends and family (or others in the adoption world) scattered throughout Minnesota - come see us!
July 21: Walker, MN
July 27 - 29: Two Harbors, MN
August 11-12: St. Cloud, MN
November 2-3: St. Cloud, MN
November 30 - Dec. 2: Duluth, MN
I wanted to shout out thanks to two good friends - to Betsy for helping by selling our bracelets (very successfully!) at her place of employment and to Jess for giving us some very cute and gently used little boy clothes!
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Oooo.... how did you get Ryan to part with his truck?? :-) My husband's vehicles (yes, plural) are his right arm. I keep trying to think of a way to remove that right arm, but I'm very unsuccessful! :-) Congrats on the bracelets sales and all of your craft fairs! How exciting!!! And I too agree... accreditation is around the corner for us! I feel it!
We also sold a ton of stuff of stuff on Ebay and still sporadically sell. We've done the garage sale thing too. We thought about selling flowers (seeds) also, but we are holding off right now. We totally understand the need though. Have fun at those craft shows and fairs. You can meet some really interesting people. Just don't spend while you are there!! They have lots of great stuff!!
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