Purchase for a Purpose!

We are still trying to raise money for the Schilling Family and Drawn From Water!  Every one of the pieces below will contribute to each of these worthy people.  Please help us and purchase for a purpose!  These would make fabulous Easter gifts, as well as Mother's Day or Father's Day gifts coming up!  

This natural finish with a dot over Ethiopia is $25 (plus shipping)

These are some of the $25 crosses (plus shipping) that you can purchase to help the Schilling family bring their babies home as well as the orphans!

The size of these pieces are perfect for gifts!  They ship in flat rate boxes, so costs are minimal (if you purchase more than one, we will combine as much as possible!).  These heat finished Africa's are $30, plus shipping.

Help us help the Schillings!  Order on this blog or our email: pmteak(at)gmail(dot)com!  OR Contact Bonnie Schilling at info2(at)wildprairiefarms.net.  Check out her website to find more ways to help their family bring their children home.

How to order:  post a comment or email
How to pay:  Send a check to Bonnie Schilling (ask for her address via her email address!)

Continued Amazement!

Before we left home for our holiday visits, we "whipped up" a couple boxes of pieces to send to my sister   in Wichita, KS.  Julie and her husband Chris have helped us by spreading the word and continuing to help us raise money for Drawn From Water!  It has been a very successful operation, and we hope to provide them with more! 

 The above Standing Africa is a natural iron finish, and very rustic feeling.  ($30 plus shipping)

 Pat experimented with his grinding patterns and has made some very beautiful heated finished crosses!  Ranging in colors from the "gold" to purple to blue, this patterning tends to reveal layers of color. ($25 plus shipping)

This Africa is what we call the Medium Africa.  It has a way to hang it on the back. This one has a stainless steel dot over Addis Ababa!  ($50 plus shipping)

Most of the above pieces have been sold; however, we are heading back to our shop on January 7th!  Once we are back home, we can begin to make more.  In the meantime, please continue to place any orders. 

We are also working to make the ordering process easier and will be setting up a PayPal service soon.  For now, we are continuing to accept checks.  

Thank you all for your support and encouragement!  You have helped us send over $2,000.00 to help orphans!  We can't wait to see what God will have us do in 2011!

Craft Show Success!

 Here I am, trying to sit prettily while our display was in full force!  We sold the small Africa's almost instantly, so we were disappointed we didn't make more!  We learned that there were many people in our area who had special connections to this beautiful continent!

 Our display had many varieties of crosses that we hadn't put up on the blog.  Some we may not duplicate, but others we have had good responses, so we'll try to add more options!

 We had a rust-textured finished that turned out really great and we did a few more silver.  We tried different patterns on the heated finish, but the blue/purple finishes were the most favored.

Pat also worked on a different pattern for the small Africa's.  I think they turned out gorgeous!  Because we didn't add a heart, Pat discounted them a bit for the show!  I think he could've left the price alone, but it's really about raising money for others!

Speaking of...we raised over $1,500 at the show!  We are excited about sending all of it to Drawn From Water!  Thank you all who have helped us accomplish this fun gift, and please feel free to continue to order!  We'll hold off sending the funds until we leave for our Christmas vacation!  We'd love to add to that gift and you can still purchase a purposeful gift this Christmas.

GIVEAWAY!

You could win this!  All you have to do is link to this post from your facebook page or blog, or become a follower, and get the word out that we are taking orders for Christmas.  Remember that all proceeds will go to help others this Christmas who have no mom or dad to care for them, much less give them a gift.  Make your purchases count.

 This 12"x7" layered cross will be the only one made, specifically for this event!  It is a beautiful blued steel background (blue/purple color comes from a careful heat treatment) with a brushed bright steel front. Help us help the fatherless this Christmas.

Don't forget to tell us that you linked up by email, commenting, or facebook!

Oh, and the winner of this unique cross will have this shipped anywhere in the U.S. in time for Christmas giving!  If you happen to live outside of the U.S., we will try our best!  We will announce the winner on December 5th.

New Crosses Preparing for Show!

We are gearing up for the Kenai Arts and Crafts Fair on November 26th and 27th.  It's the Friday and Saturday after Thanksgiving.  If you happen to be in the neighborhood, please drop by and see us!  We will be in the gym.  Your purchase will help provide basic needs for children all over the world.

 Heat finished three-dimensional cross.

$25

 Heat finished three-dimensional cross.

$25

 Another view of the 3-D Cross.

Heat finished Cross

$30

Again, these all fit in the $5 flat rate envelope or get multiple crosses and use the medium $10 flat rate box!    

More Crosses!

In a blast of creativity and time, Pat and I made up some new designs for the small $15.00 crosses ($5 shipping).  The above cross is the Border Cross, and below is the Nugget Cross.

The above cross is an Inside Border Cross, and below is Pat's favorite, the 3-D Cross!  All crosses have a hanger on the back.  

Reminder:  All pieces are handmade and unique.  Color and features may vary slightly.

First Crosses

These are the first set of crosses that we made last fall.  As each cross is individually made, they all differ from one another, but you have the idea!

Textured Cross: 5"x8" 

$15.00 plus shipping (flat rate $5)

Heat Finished Cross: 5"x8"

$25.00 plus shipping (flat rate $5)

We like to keep sizes consistent with flat rate box/envelope sizes.  We'd like more of your money to go to the children than to the postal service!