Reclaim a Life for as Little as $5

The first five bags are complete! This time, only one girl {me}, crafted five bags in five days from the remnants of our abundant American life {yes,your life too}. My blogging friend, Tracy over at One Degree Ministries, donated this super cute autumn-fox material! Kira donated the green stripe belt {Yes, a belt} I tore…

How to Become an Abolitionist Momma

We have our first donations! In addition to our hand-made goods, several lovely Etsy shops will also help combat captivity with creativity this November at our 1st Beauty for Ashes Craft Fair. Sarah @ Simply Put Studio donated FIVE of these beauties. Five!!  Jenni @ Jenni B Jeweled donated this hand-stamped, leather bracelet AND is…

The Next Big Thing is Here!

In July we hosted a silent auction to benefit AIM – Agape International Missions. Five girls, learning to sew five bags in five days from only the remnants of our abundant American life. Five lives stitching together something even more beautiful than they ever imagined: A benefit auction that raised over $700 for girls in…

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The Beauty for Ashes project is underway! Don’t know what we’re talking about?  Check out these popular blog posts to get caught up on all the action: What if You Were the Next Difference Maker? Why are You Free? Beauty for Ashes {In my year of Hope} We need you! We need to know you’re…

Beauty for Ashes {In My Year of Hope}

Last January I wrote: Psalm 16:11 promises Joy. Not the fleeting, flitting, elusive joy of a child who never quite catches a dragonfly.  But a full and complete Joy.  A lacking-nothing Joy. A perfectly satiated, hungry-for-no-more, stuffed-to-the-brim kind of Joy.  A pleasures-forevermore Joy. Forever! And more where the more came from! With no end in…