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October 01, 2007
SPIN OUT 2007: LIVING THE DREAM!
First things first - I didn't take a SINGLE picture on Saturday! I'm SO SORRY! It was a wonderful, crazy, emotional, exhausting, triumphant, surreal day and you'll forgive me for slacking off!
The best part of the day for me was Ann, sitting next to me, spinning the most beautiful fiber, saying over and over again how fantastic it was to be spinning in Central Park, the sun on her bare toes. See - this was the dream. Two years ago we were sitting in her den talking about how great it would be to spin outside - to have a whole bunch of spinners outside, in the sun, spinning our little hearts out. We had a nice test run last year in the torrential rains, but this year? This year we were most definitely LIVING THE DREAM!
Thank you all so much for coming out and spending the day with us - spinners, knitters, people interested in the fiber arts. It was a great day for me. I was with some of my favorite people, got to meet new people, helped people learn a new craft.
Thanks to Jenny and Peggie and Regina and Martha and everyone else giving lessons to new spinners for teaching their hearts out! Thanks to all my guild friends, the Long Island gals, who made the trek into the big city! Thanks to Kay and Regina for watching out for me and making sure I ate! (You SAVED me!) Thanks to the spinners and knitters who came far and wide! Thanks to all the tourists who stopped and gawked! THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!
Even though I didn't take pictures, I know everyone else did. Please leave me a comment and let me know where I can look! I really appreciate it! In the meantime - try here and here. I know there are LOTS of pictures to see.
OH MY GOD! I was EXHAUSTED! It was all I could Sunday to climb out of bed and throw up. ;-) Anyway, the FUN IS NOT OVER! THE RAFFLE CONTINUES ON UNTIL OCTOBER 15! I'm thrilled to announce that our total as of this morning is $17300! THANK YOU!!! The goal is in reach. If you'd like to donate, here's how:
For every $10.00 you spend on The Heifer International Gift Registry, your name will be placed in the proverbial hat for prize drawings in October. For instance, if you spend $50.00, your name will be put in the hat 5 times. You can win more than one prize if your name is in there more than once - we will not be pulling out names after a win.
VERY IMPORTANT!!!
Last year I realized that while I get registry data, I don't get exact donation amounts. To get your full raffle value, YOU MUST EMAIL ME THE AMOUNT OF YOUR DONATION! Please send an email, with RAFFLE in the subject line, to donations@spin-out.org. If you don't do this, your name will be placed in the raffle ONE TIME. THANK YOU!
Posted by Cara at October 1, 2007 09:31 AM
Topics: Spin Out 2007
Comments
Thank you so much for organizing such a fun and educational event. I am now openly coveting those prize wheels! My pictures from Spin Out can be found on Flickr at the link below.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/wzrdreams/sets/72157602230504348/
Posted by: Grace at October 2, 2007 07:41 AM
Pics on my blog, too!
needlegrrl.blogspot.com
Thanks for such a perfect day!
Posted by: Sharon Rose at October 2, 2007 01:36 PM
thanks so much for putting this together! here is the link for our small little blog for our craft group in astoria.... it was a great event! i had an awesome time!
Posted by: Rosemary at October 4, 2007 07:00 AM