Thursday, August 22, 2013

Dolls For A Cause

Have you heard about Dolls For A Cause
We are a group of crafters that create unique fashions and accessories for 18 inch dolls like American Girl Dolls. Together, we donate our products to create unique packages that we auction to raise funds for different causes.

Dolls For A Cause all started in 2011 when Dacia of Mini Me Dolly Diva's found a pair of Pink Ribbon socks and made American Girl doll socks from them and realized they needed an ouift to match. She created the first Fight Like A Girl outfit and decided she could not sell it for profit, instead chose to auction it on Ebay and donate the proceeds to http://ww5.komen.org/. Since that first outfit, Dacia created a second outfit in 2012 and with the help of donations from other doll crafters, was able to raise more. Working with Amy of Lemonhead 103 and involving more doll crafters, they spearheaded an Autism Awareness outfit in April of 2013. In August of 2013 we became an actual group with the focus on creating exceptional, unique, doll ensemble packages to auction with all the proceeds to benefit the cause the ensemble is centered around. We now are a group consisting of over 10 crafters, each creating a part of the grouping and donating it to make fantastic one of a kind doll ensembles. 
 I am so excited to be included in this group of fine crafters and to be able to give back to our communities and causes through our work.  It is our goal to be able to do more then two large fundraisers through auctions per year. 
As all of the crafters involved in this process donate their time and materials. We have been told that our auctions would be more successful if we included a doll with our auctions so Dacia of Mini Me Dolly Diva has started our GO FUND ME SITE where doll lovers can join us in raising money to purchase dolls to use in our auction. Our goal is to raise $600 on this site to help us in our journey. 
We are all hard at work on our outfits, accessories and even furniture for our up coming October Fundraiser. With your help we can do so much more and raise more funds to donate on be half of Dolls For A Cause.
Join us on Facebook by clicking here to get sneak peaks at what we are making for our up coming auctions.
We look forward to sharing more updates with you soon!
As with all our posts we would love to hear from you so please leave us a comment here or email us at karenmowen@gmail.com

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