Stevie_Brianna

THank you Kathryn Virello!

  Many thanks go to ZNE member Kathryn Virello (Seen here with her daughter Tay) who is helping us to promote Hope Sees a Star via her blog.

From Kathryn's Blog Post:

www.HopeSeesaStar.com

I have a teenage daughter, so this story touched my heart. I can not even begin to imagine what the parents of these two beautiful girls are going through. Even though these ladies live relatively close to me, I do not know them. I am very sorry for their loss. I plan on contributing to help ZNE raise money for this wonderful cause. I plan to donate a box of art supplies to sale, I plan to participate in the 4 Wing project and whatever else I can do that will make a difference. I pray for the families of these girls. May God Bless you all. Love and Peace KV

Thank YOU Kathryn for helping us to spread the word.

Please let us know if you are willing to link to this effort, we will happily provide a link back to you.

Wonderful donation from Lissa Davis Cook!

We have received more goodies in the mail to offer for sale to benefit HSAS.  Wonderful ZNE Member Lissa Davis Cook sent the following letter with her donation:

Lissa sent the following items to benefit this program ~

Lovely vintage airmail envelopes:

A set of 4 green vintage shower record cards:

A NIP fun set of Disney Stickers:

Some vintage pattern tissue - wonderful for altered art use:

We also have some fabulous vintage ruled cardstock account notation cards:

And finally, she sent us three beautiful issues of Flower and Garden Magazine, dated September, October, and November 1969 - respectively:

THANK YOU LISSA!

As with yesterday's lot -

First come, first serve, all lots together with lots of extras thrown in (!) - These are offered as a Buy It Now package of $45.00 which includes postage and will ship to anywhere in the world.  100% of the proceeds will benefit HSAS.  If you are interested in the BUY IT NOW package, please send an email to:  Info@ZNEart.com, and payment instructions will be provided.

NOTE:  If you would like to purchase this lot, with yesterday's lot - we will put them all together plus add lots of extras for the special price f $100.00 BIN, shipping included.

-Or- If they don't sell VIA BIN, all lots will be divided (as shown) and sold individually at the Pacific Coast Mestieri Summer Splash show in Pleasanton, CA  on August 25.

Ephemera Lot to benefit Hope Sees a Star

ZNE member Donna Attwell is getting ready to begin offering collage and mixed media art supplies for sale, and she sent ZNE a big box for a product review.  Best of all, the supplies that Donna Sent will be offered for sale to benefit Hope Sees a Star.

Take a look at all these wonderful goodies!

Fibers galore!  Ooh, aaah...

Vintage Game pieces!

Art doll makings for a whimsical wonder!

Vintage text, letters, words, and more!

vintage ephemera that would make any mixed media artist's heart soar!

Lots of animals, bugs, and more!

Oooh!  Look at all the vintage sewing supplies!

Some prize winning vintage metals and ribbons!

Lots of frames, tags, papers, bits and baubles!

Vintage and newer stamps from around the world!

Lots of black and white images, borders and frames.

 

Beautiful browns, beiges, golds and more!

Greens, blues, and purple too!

vintage childrens book pages, photos, flash cards, and lots of other fun!

And, extraordinary vintage page lots.

WOW.

THANK YOU DONNA!

We will be sure and let you know when Donna has set up a sales venue to sell her fabulous stuff!  Her collections are exquisite.

As for the collections above, as I mentioned, they are going to benefit Hope Sees a Star.  Here are the terms of purchase:

First come, first serve, all lots together with lots of extras thrown in (!) - These are offered as a Buy It Now package of $60.00 which includes postage and will ship to anywhere in the world.  100% of the proceeds will benefit HSAS.  If you are interested in the BUY IT NOW package, please send an email to:  Info@ZNEart.com, and payment instructions will be provided.

-Or- If they don't sell VIA BIN, all lots will be divided (as shown) and sold individually at the Pacific Coast Mestieri Summer Splash show in Pleasanton, CA  on August 25.

Hope Sees a Star Collage Sheet!

Just a reminder that the following collage sheet - which you can find in ZNEetsy's store - 100% benefits HSAS.

The first collage sheet sold today, so it has been relisted!  $2.00 may not seem like a lot, but we are that much closer to realizing our goal of creating this permanent memorial for Stevie and Brianna.

See the post below this one to find current etsy listings benefitting HSAS.

etsy sellers promoting HSAS!

The following etsy sellers are offering sales to benefit the Hope Sees a Star memorial project:

Brandie Butcher Isley is donating 20% of the sales from her entire etsy store, please take a look at her product line and know that your purchases will get you amazing artwork and part of the sales price  will go to a wonderful cause.  Thank you Brandie!

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Above is just one of Brandie's amazing pieces!  Click on the artwork above to reach her etsy store, and click here to reach Brandie's blog.

AND ~

The ZNE Store on etsy has created a collage sheet download that will benefit this project.  100% of the proceeds will go towards Hope Sees a Star.  Look for more collage sheets from ZNE for this project, in the coming weeks.

Click on the collage sheet to go directly to the ZNE Store on etsy. 

If you are a seller on etsy who is willing to sell product to benefit the HSAS project, please click on this link to access the form to let us know!

Thank you so much!  Every little bit helps!  A new update coming next Monday.

4 Wings Forward

As we continue explore ways to fund this project, someone pointed out to me that every effort is a step forward.  That discussion led us to realize that if 500 people donated just $4.00 once during the course of the year, we'd be a quarter of the way there.  If they donated $4.00 twice, we'd be half way there.  And if they donated $4.00 up to four times, Stevie and Brianna's memorial would be fully funded.  Hence, the 4 Wings Forward idea was born.

Starting right now - YOU can be one of those people to help us make this memorial a reality.  While every dollar is a step forward. $4 is 4 wings forward! Help this project take flight by clicking on the logo, below:

Hope Sees a Star - Art-Raiser

On Monday, Chel had a conference call with Kimiko Sakuma, one of the coordinators of Art-Raiser. 

From the Art Raiser website:

The central idea behind Art-Raiser is to help Artists and non-profits simultaneously and reciprocally. 
  This goal is accomplished through collaborative efforts by all of the parties involved.  Each month a different non-profit is featured in an online event which is built around raising funds for that organization. Artists submit their work to be posted on the ART-raiser website for sale.  Prior to submission the artist agree to donate a minimum of 20% of the net proceeds to the non-profit that is featured that month. The non-profit helps to promote the sale of the artwork by inviting their affiliates and co-workers to the event via email campaigns.
  It is the diverse and creative work that each Artist submits that makes each online event unique. The Artists supply the artwork, which provides an opportunity for exposure to the public. The event provides a platform for the Artist to network and interact with the community.
Each event is held online for 4-5 weeks, which allows people access to the website at their convenience.

Kimiko agreed that Hope Sees a Star is a wonderful project, and in October of this year, an Art-Raiser will be held online to benefit the project.

You will hear more about this as we get closer to the date, as artists are invited to participate by selling their art online, and buyers are invited to participate by viewing and hopefully purchasing some of the art and crafts for sale.

20% of all proceeds will be donated to the Oakland Zoo to offset the $5,000 donation expense in conjunction with the memorial placement.

Thank you Kimiko and Art-Raiser!

If anyone else has creative ideas for raising the funds needed to make this project a reality - please let us know.  We will pursue as many avenues as possible!

Thank you!

We received another lovely note today.  From ZNE member Marva Plummer-Bruno:

"I am so touched and proud to be part of such a caring communtiy of artists!  As a mom to 3 teenagers I can only imagine the sorrow these two moms must be feeling.  I have posted a link on my blog as well.  Thank you for allowing me to be part of this."

Marva also made a contribution and she blogged about our project, here.

We've added Marva to our donor list and our promotional partner list. 

Thank you Marva!

Right now, we can use all the link-support we can get.  If you add a link for our project to your blog or website - please let us know!  We are happy to add you to our promotional partner list, and spreading the word about our effort is a huge help to us.

Sometimes Heaven is So Close to Home

We are so pleased to feature this stunning piece of artwork today.

ZNE member Brandie Isely created this amazing piece of artwork for the Hope Sees a Star program.  She added it to her blog, and before we could even get it on HSAS or ZNE website, the piece was purchased via a BIN.

Brandie is donating the $200 selling price to the Hope Sees a Star program, which will help us to put the down payment we need on the mosaic memorial piece.

The two girls featured in this piece of artwork are Brandie's daughter and good friend of her daughter's.

BRANDIE - Thank you SO MUCH for your donation.

ZNE is beginning to accept donations for the HSAS program.  If you would like to see a running tally of our expenses and donations, please click here.  If you would like to help in this important project, we need as much help as we can get!  Here is a link to our art and product donation submission form.

THANK YOU ALL!

Congratulations to Angels for Brianna!

Congratulations go to all of the incredible and generous artists who donated to Angels for Brianna, all the art lovers who bid on the artwork, and the artists who coordinated the auction - including ZNE Members Sylvia Anderson and Stephanie Stargell.

Angels for Brianna raised:

$18,441.10!!!!!

This money will be used to help offset medical expenses for the family, as well as to establish an art program and possibly an art scholarship - in Brianna's name.

Our project, Hope Sees A Star has held off on a fundraising push this past week, we really wanted energies to remain focused on Angels for Brianna.  However, this coming week you can look forward to receiving more information about the initial avenues we are pursuing to make the Hope Sees A Star memorial project a reality - including more ways in which YOU can help.  We are truly buoyed by the Angels for Brianna results.  It brings home how much can be accomplished when the artistic community bands together.

Bravo to you all!

Stay tuned.