Monday, 18 March 2013

Four thousand handmade pounds

The final total raised by the Red Nose Day Dolls project is £4070.

Sponsorship is still coming in to our Twittermillion page this morning! I am utterly flabbergasted and feeling slightly emotional after last night's auction. The total for each doll was as follows:

Poppy: £540
Mac: £710
Blossom: £560
Maisie: £730

Our sponsorship total stands at £1530 (10am Monday 18th). 

These are truly phenomenal sums of money. I had secretly hoped for a total of £2000 with this project. To double that amount is beyond stupendous.

Each and every comment, blogpost, virtual cheer, tiny handmade item, word of encouragement, tweet and stitch spurred this project on and made it a reality. This handmade community is something else, truly.

I'll leave you with an amazing thought: 

814 malaria nets can be bought with the money we raised. That's 814 lives potentially saved.

Thankyou

xxx


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34 comments:

  1. Rachel18 March 2013 at 11:11

    Many no-so-virtual cheers! What a great success!

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  2. Debs Dust Bunny18 March 2013 at 11:12

    Congratulations! What a wonderful outcome for a charming project! : )X

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  3. Gina18 March 2013 at 11:15

    Absolutely brilliant!

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  4. Country Rabbit18 March 2013 at 11:20

    thats amaaaazing!!!!! how fantastic!!!! x

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  5. Vintage Sheet Addict18 March 2013 at 11:24

    Wow that's is AMAZING! Well done to all of you! Brilliant! :) x

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  6. mumofsix18 March 2013 at 11:24

    Absolutely brilliant! Well done!

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  7. itsjustperi18 March 2013 at 11:55

    That's totally awesome. Well done to you all x

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  8. French Knots18 March 2013 at 12:12

    The amazing power of handmade. Congratulations to you, Ros and the whole team!

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  9. Locket Pocket18 March 2013 at 12:13

    Seriously brilliant Emma! Congratulations to everyone involved. xx

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  10. greenrabbitdesigns18 March 2013 at 12:16

    Well done to all concerned on an amazing achievement !! :)

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  11. kristina18 March 2013 at 12:18

    Congratulations! So amazing! K xx

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  12. Alice Auperin18 March 2013 at 12:36

    What a stupendous achievement! Many congratulations to all involved, wow!

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  13. dottycookie18 March 2013 at 12:42

    BerLIMEy missis. What have you started? :-)

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  14. Pink Milk18 March 2013 at 12:45

    You and all involved should be extremely proud of yourselves - that's an amazing sum for an extremely worthy cause.

    Yay!!!

    Heather x

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  15. Emma Herian18 March 2013 at 12:54

    Complete and utter tears of JOY!!!!! Well done to you, Ros and ALL the other makers xxxxxx
    Em x

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  16. Anonymous18 March 2013 at 13:51

    That really is marvellous news. Well done and a gold star to everyone concerned in the project.

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  17. sweetbriardreams18 March 2013 at 14:21

    Congratulations. This is such a worthwhile cause! Chel x

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  18. driftwood18 March 2013 at 14:34

    truly brilliant x

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  19. Jackie18 March 2013 at 16:03

    What a fantastic amount ~ the dolls truly were beautiful ~ Well Done to all the lovely makers who gave their time and skills so generously to such a worthwhile cause :O)xx

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  20. Celia Hart18 March 2013 at 16:51

    Brilliant brilliant brilliant!!!!

    xxx

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  21. Anonymous18 March 2013 at 17:31

    I think they all have the same faces which I thought was a shame as they could have all had different ones, unlike when they are factory made. Strange that they don't really.

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    1. silverpebble18 March 2013 at 18:56

      Thanks for your feedback, Anonymous. Luckily your opinion is in the minority and we raised lots of cash for good causes.

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  22. michelle18 March 2013 at 17:40

    Well done to you all,the wonders of blogging x

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  23. Penny18 March 2013 at 20:06

    A huge congratulations, this is utterly wonderful news x Penny

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  24. Magic Bean18 March 2013 at 20:45

    Waaaaaaaahooooooooo!!!!!
    And I loved the way they looked similar. They had their own personality and character but you could definitely tell they were realted. Perfect.
    Ax

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  25. Julie18 March 2013 at 22:41

    Many congratulations Emma to you and everyone for your fabulous achievement!

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  26. Swallow Barn18 March 2013 at 22:53

    congratulations - what a wonderful achievement!!!

    Nikki x

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  27. Magic Bean18 March 2013 at 23:20

    Clearly that is meant to say related...

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  28. flowerlady19 March 2013 at 15:18

    well done,very well deserved

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  29. julie20 March 2013 at 21:02

    That is such fab news Emma. Well done for having the idea, getting everyone organised and making it all happen xxxx

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  30. Annie Cholewa21 March 2013 at 21:04

    I missed your post ... so chuffed that the dollies did so well ... well done to all the makers, donaters and bidders!

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  31. Mrs. Micawber22 March 2013 at 06:24

    It was such fun to watch them coming together....

    Congratulations to all who contributed. What a wonderful outcome to all the hard work.

    P.S. I loved their faces. They looked like happy siblings. :)

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  32. LinenandRoses22 March 2013 at 22:10

    Congratulations. I truly amazing project. Fiona x

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  33. Scented Sweetpeas22 March 2013 at 23:35

    That is a wonderful amount, it really does bring a tear to your eye how supportive people are of these causes doesn't it. An auction I recently did raised over £1000 - I was dumbfounded! What a fab community this creative lot are :-)

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