Mixed Nuts: Braille shirts

Quotes

"There is no better way to thank God for your sight than by giving a helping hand to someone in the dark." - Helen Keller
When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left, and could say, "I used everything you gave me." ~Erma Bombeck
You may never know how strong you are, until being strong is your only choice.- Unknown
Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see a shadow' ~Helen Keller
Promise me you'll always remember: You're braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.
Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened."- Dr. Seuss
"Life is 10% what happens to you, and 90% how you react to it."
"God doesn't give children with disabilities to strong people: He gives them to ordinary, everyday people, then He helps the parents to grow stronger through the journey. Raising a child with special needs doesn't TAKE a special family, it MAKES a special family."Author Unknown
I have been driven many times to my knees by the overwhelming conviction that I had nowhere else to go – Abraham Lincoln
Be always at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let each new year find you a better man. ~ Benjamin Franklin
There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as if everything is a miracle - Albert Einstein
The journey of a 1000 miles starts with a single step
Sometimes in the middle of an ordinary life, love gives you a fairy tale
Where there is great love, there are always miracles - Willa Cather
The Difficult we can do immediately, the impossible takes a little longer
Doing what you like is freedom. Liking what you do is happiness
There are two lasting bequests we can give our children. One is roots. The other is wings.
Be the change you want to see in the world
Don't tell God how big the storm is, tell the storm how big Your God is..........
Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it
Fall down seven times - get up eight - unknown
Despite our differences, we sink or swim together
Life may not be the party we expected, but while we are here, we might as well dance
"The man who moves a mountain begins by carrying away small stones." -Confucius

Thursday, September 22, 2011

Braille shirts

It is time again that I am starting to make braille shirts. For those of you who might be new to my blog, I make a lot of braille shirts each year as a fundraiser for Finley and our non-profit. I love making them. It helps me keep my braille skills fresh and it gets more awareness out about the importance of braille.

This one says"Grammy" - I had made it for my mom

I make shirts for women, men, and kids. For the girls/women I use rhinestones (I have just about any color you would like) and for the men - I use fabric paint.

Says "Finley's Fighters"

Last year I made 200 braille shirts. We made well over $2000 for the RDH12 fund for sight (after cost). Pretty awesome, right? It is a great fundraiser, and if you are interested, I would like to make you one!

If you have had one in the past and would like another, just let me know. You can pick whatever color shirt you want, color rhinestone/paint, long or short sleeve (although at this time short sleeve is going to get hard to come by) and what you want it to say. You can have it say anything you want - I can make it fit. (within reason, of course). I have done just about any saying, word, etc. you can think of (and I mean ANYTHING).

Says "GiGi" - for my grandma

So help us out with this fundraiser! You can just email me at finleyfighters@finleyfighters.com and give me the details. I will have paypal up and running soon and you can pay that way, but for now, payment is by check or cash only.

Cost is $15 for adults, $10 for kids (size 10 and under). If I need to mail it to you, please add $3 onto the cost (flat rate for any number of shirts).