Welcome to the Help for Joplin Auction. For details on the who, what, when, and how please visit this post.
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Helloooo! My name is Gussy, and I sew ruffles and share my adventures of having a handmade biz on my blog. I live in Minneapolis with my husband Zack and puppy Bauer. A couple years ago my husband and I were living near Detroit. We had recently moved there and I was looking for a creative way to spend my evenings. I decided to teach myself how to sew with the help of many library books. Shortly after moving to Detroit, we BOTH lost our jobs, and about 7 months later we moved to Minneapolis, which is where we currently live. My business is my passion. I love that I’m able to share our story of unemployment, my story of an indie biz owner, and YOUR story of handmade goodness. I love to support other handmade shop owners… it’s a true delight :]
Inside my shop you’ll find colorful, ruffled accessories: tote, laptop and market tote bags, zipped pouches, make-up bags, wristlets, headbands — even eReader cases. Visit my shop and get Ruffle-licious with our products! xoxo Gussy.
Retail Value: $25
Bidding starts at $10 and increase by increments of $1. Your comment is your bid, please state how much you are bidding in the comment. If you are the first comment it must be at least $10. Each additional comment must bid at least $1 more than the previous comment. Please be as generous as you can! This is not about getting a good deal; this is about raising money to feed and house the people of Joplin.
The Auction will remain open for through 7 p.m. on Friday May 27. Winners will be notified by email and will have 24 hours to make their payment before we move on to the next highest bidder. Payments will be made as a direct donation to The Salvation Army listing the specific use as JOPLIN RELIEF. Your emailed receipt from The Salvation Army is your claim ticket to your prize. All receipts should be emailed to BPB4Joplin (at) gmail (dot) com to claim your prize.
*Disclosure: All items for the auction were generously donated by the companies or artisans listed and linked to. Bigger Picture Blogs and it’s writers have received no products or compensation for this event. All opinions are our own, all proceeds are being donated to the Salvation Army.
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Hey, I love this idea. I will start it off with a bid for $15.00
I will up the bid to $20.
$21!
$30
$40!
The ruffles are so cute! $45!
CLOSED! The winner is That Married Couple with $45. Emails will be sent shortly.