Strike that last idea

By request of R the boutique is a no go. I will however sell my items on a blog I started a long time ago but never did anything with. I will keep you all posted as to when I get some items up on there. I will have some African jewelry, African hair bows, African baskets, etc...do you see a theme? I will put other stuff on there too but I have tons of African beads and fabric that I can do a lot with and it will kind of be sentimental. After all I am I sentimental kind of gal!

Fundraising for a personal reason this time

We are getting to the point in our adoption that we will need to start shelling out more money...that we don't have, really. I have been racking my brain about how I can help R alleviate this burden some. So, I came up with a plan to have a fundraising boutique at my house. I am not sure of the date yet. I will probably wait until I feel like I have enough stuff to raise a significant amount of money before I plan a date. It will for sure be in the next couple of months since we are tentatively planning on picking up Little Man and Big Man by the end of August. I am good at fundraising, but I have never made money for my own cause. I know that other adoptive families do fundraisers of some sort to raise money too. So I think this could be really successful.
My plea... I am pretty good at making creative stuff. However, I know some of my friends and family are significantly better then me. I am asking for donation of any cute things you make that my family could sell at our boutique. Hairbows, baby stuff, kids apparel, clothing, jewelry, magnets, scrape book stuff, gift baskets, wood project like frames or magnet boards, vinyl projects...etc. If you sell things like candles, cosmetics, pampered chef, stamps, or anything like that and have leftover inventory you don't know what to do with...I will take that too. Please let me know if you want to help me with any of this.
Hopefully I will be able to raise at least enough to alleviate a good amount of stress that I know R is feeling. R really hates asking others for help but this is the only way I feel I can significantly contribute to our cause.