Our Safelight Project has been a success this year. Together, we raised the money, made the case sets and stamped the cards to make enough spa bags to last several months. Today, let's catch up with the contributions and delivery. I haven't had a chance to thank everyone who contributed to the project. First, so …
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Sunday Chat – October Table and Halloween Fun!
Last week I promised to get my autumn theme tablescape done to show you and inspire you to set a pretty table at your home. This year, I wanted rich color, so I began with a dark burgundy tablecloth and a hexagonal table topper. The place settings have copper color chargers, white china plates and …
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Sunday Chat – Car Show and Upcoming Fun
Yesterday, our MINI club participated as a group in the Autumn in the Mountains car show. Knowing it was coming up, I found some autumn theme ducks for the cars and tied little cards I made to them as a sort of party favor. They were so cute with their fall leaf wings and acorn …
Safelight Project Update
This is just a quick post to let you know that our financial goal for the Safelight Project has not only been met, but well exceeded! This will allow us to do even more good than I had planned. Many generous donations have come in over the past week between paypal and checks arriving in …
Sunday Chat – Safelight Project, Garden, Cooking and Eating!
We've had a fair amount of rain this week, and that has kept the forest verdant green. On the veranda, the flowers are still pretty, blooming profusely. These begonias have done really well. I had this one last year and overwintered it in the sunroom. This pot is filled with begonias grown from seeds. You …
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Safelight Project 2025
Back in July, I received an email from Christine at the Safelight Shelter. She let me know that their supply of spa bags was getting low. I looked up the project history, and found that our last delivery was in January from the 2024 campaign. It was delayed due to Hurricane Helene. So, I went …
Safelight Project, the final delivery
About 2 weeks ago, I received a box in the mail sent by Carole L. that contained some case sets for our Safelight Project along with a nice donation. I knew I had a bunch more case sets in the storage room, along with cards and tote bags. I emailed a thank you, saying Safelight …
Safelight Project 2024 Update
The last delivery of spa bags for Safelight is planned for October. This week, more things came in, so I took an inventory of what I have and what we still need. I have plenty of money, but I need a just a few more cards and case sets. If you've made some and are …
Safelight – Celebrate Your Freedom
This week I wanted to use the rest of the surplus of money collected for the Spa Bag project to do something fun for the Safelight Domestic Violence Shelter. I set aside what will be needed for the October delivery of the last spa bags, and found I had just enough to do a special …
Safelight Project Update and Delivery
In the past two weeks, a lot has happened with the Safelight project. When I left off last time, I had just received a shipment from Dollar Tree, and was beginning to put things together. The first thing to do at that time was to unpack all the boxes and sort into piles or baskets. …
From My Carolina Home 