Hearts for Haiti - Something for Your Home

Today I'll show you some of my favourites from the HeartsforHaiti shop's section 'For Your Home'. Clicking on the picture will lead you to the article directly.

Let's start with these fresh cotton canvas coasters. Four of them come with their own pouch. Donated by CinnamonBreeze:

 

This is one of the most impressive ideas I've ever come across: a chandelier made of - guess what? - paperclips!!!  These ordinary small thingies lying around everywhere in every office. I couldn't believe it and got the tutorial from super kind donator ReDesignTechnologies through the HeartsforHaiti shop. I haven't yet started with my chandelier but I will. It's not as difficult as it may seem. You can do this, too!


A metal salvaged light switch plate brought to new life with a vintage black and white image, donated by littlegreenthings:

The last item for today is a cute vintage linen pillow cover with a new layered burlap flower, donated by myadobecottage:

 

All items ship worldwide for free, if you buy them through HeartsforHaiti. Remember, all proceeds (minus fees) of this shop go to Doctors without Borders to help Haiti.

All pictures in this post are the property of (from top) Cinnamonbreeze, ReDesignTechnologies, littlegreenthings and myadobecottage.

Hearts for Haiti - Some of my Favourite Items

Yesterday I told you about the gorgeous HeartsforHaiti shop on Etsy. There are more than 1000 items for sale currently and every time you go there you will discover something new. At least I do.

I will show you randomly some of my favourite items. Today it is some amazing jewellery. Clicking on the pictures will lead you to the listings in the HeartsforHaiti shop directly.

An embossed Sterling Silver broken heart necklace, donated by archaic design:

A Sterling Silver knit ring with a freshwater pearl, donated by palleiko designs:

A Sterling Silver rosemary leaf necklace molded off of a real rosemary leaf, donated by Hightower Botanicals:

And finally for today another Sterling Silver hand cut heart necklace, donated by Ggestalt:

You may have realised that all these wonderful pieces are made from Sterling Silver. Yes, I love Sterling Silver! Such pieces made from it immediately get my full attention ♥

All these beauties are completely handmade. They all ship for free but, you may well contact the donators directly for insured shipping.

All HeartsforHaiti proceeds (minus fees) go to Doctors without Borders to help Haiti.

Images in this post are the property of (from top) archaicdesign, palleikodesigns, HightowerBotanicals and Ggestalt.

Hearts for Haiti - Fundraising on Etsy

I'm owing you this since some time already. Although it may be a good idea to bring it now with the disaster in Haiti having disappeared from the front pages already.

There are lots of sellers on Etsy donating percentages of their proceeds to help Haiti. You will find them easily, if you search for 'Haiti'.

I want to recommend warmly especially this shop to you: HeartsforHaiti.

Victoria aka exlibrishandmade had the idea and started organising this shop entirely dedicated to raise money for helping Haiti. 100% of the shop proceeds (minus Etsy and PayPal fees) go to Doctors Without Borders.

The shop is run by volunteers and all items for sale are donated by Etsy sellers from all over the world. These gorgeous sellers not only give away their items for free they also take the shipping costs. All items have free shipping and most sellers even ship worldwide.

As of 10:26pm EST 2/5/10 HeartsforHaiti has raised $27,894.81 (after fees) for Doctors Without Borders!!!

There are currently 1125 items for sale in this shop! If you are looking for something nice and want to help Haiti, you definitely should browse this shop.

There is also a very interesting blog giving some background information about the shop, its volunteers and the money transfer to Doctors Without Borders. Go and check it out!

***The heart is property of HeartsforHaiti***

Yet Another Treasury

Something to laugh! I couldn't resist and had to visualise my New Year's resolutions. And again I've found some gorgeous Etsy sellers. Jump in as long as this treasury is alive!

Light Grey-Sea-Green-Blue

Some days ago I wrote about the colour we had chosen for my nephew's new room. The original article you'll find here. I wanted to go for Dulux paint and was told that it no longer is available in Germany.

I investigated and, yes, in fact you cannot get Dulux in Germany anymore. ICI Paints, whose brand Dulux was, has been taken over by AkzoNobel in The Netherlands in January 2008. In England it's still available (I'm envious!). It took me quite a while to find out all these details because AkzoNobel's website still leads to a German Dulux page which even leads to an online shop! Finally I had to ring them to get the facts. What a rubbish is that! A company's website should give you realtime information. The way it is done here is completely useless.

I was so angry that I didn't even want to check AkzoNobel's replacement paint that was offered on the phone. Even worse, the replacement paint is not for sale in those very few good German DIY-markets but in the loud and cheap crap markets. Oh no!

Looking for alternatives I ended up with Alpina, a German manufacturer, well known for their quality but not so well known for a modern range of colours. But at least you can get mixed nearly any colour you want.

Went back to my favourite DIY-market KNAUBER just around the corner. They do mix Alpina paints. Yeah!

We looked through the colour charts and picked menta C4. That's exactly what we wanted. And guess what the saleswoman said? 'The colour you've chosen is an American colour'. WOW! She really knows her job! That's why I love this shop.
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Happy New Year!

Wishing you a Happy New Year with this lovely helleborus flower and bud covered with snow ♥♥♥

And don't forget to feed your birds and all the other animals who are suffering because again it has become so cold!

New Treasury!

Have been dealing with these colours so much during the last few days - I had to make an Etsy treasury out of them. I love the items I've found. There are so many gorgeous sellers on Etsy!

Check out this treasury as long as it is alive. Enjoy!!