{"id":7533,"date":"2013-04-16T19:31:44","date_gmt":"2013-04-17T01:31:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/paige.ericksonfamily.com\/?p=7533"},"modified":"2013-04-16T20:10:22","modified_gmt":"2013-04-17T02:10:22","slug":"weve-got-some-thanking-to-do","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/paige.ericksonfamily.com\/?p=7533","title":{"rendered":"We&#8217;ve got some thanking to do."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m pretty sure you have heard about my fundraiser on kickstarter by now.  But, just in case you haven&#8217;t heard, I got tired of getting rejection letters from grant applications and decided to run my own fundraiser to insure that we would have a set of chimes so that I can have a chime choir next year.  You can read all about it HERE, and even see my silly video.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"380\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/137458221\/spring-concert-for-elementary-chime-choir\/widget\/card.html\" width=\"220\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t love the video, and Cole and I had actually edited a new one without the cheesy choir at the beginning, but for some reason, kickstarter kept rejecting it.  Something about formatting or something.<\/p>\n<p>I am truly so grateful for all the pledges that I have received.  I got a $50 pledge from a dear friend of mine in bells who has not one missionary out, but two.  A friend from my mission pledged $50, and a few friends from High School have pledged $10 or $20 or $30 to help the cause.  My sister pledged $10 dollars this week, and that means SO much to me.  I know they don&#8217;t have any extra money, having just had to buy a new car and they don&#8217;t have steady employment.  But it means SO much to me that she believes in me enough to pledge.  There have even been a couple of pledges from people I don&#8217;t even know, who are just wonderful supporters of the arts, or who thought it sounded like a good proposal.  Some of my chime choir parents have pledged $100 each, which is fabulous.  <\/p>\n<p>At this time, we have reached the $1000 mark.  Now I wish I hadn&#8217;t set my goal so high, since it&#8217;s an all or nothing project.  But I have faith that we can get there! <\/p>\n<p>The fundraiser goes a little bit past the date of the actual concert, which is this Friday.  <\/p>\n<p>Since I had hope that some money would be coming in, I splurged on fabric (and by splurged, I mean I went to Hancock fabric and perused the clearance isle until I could find something for $3 a yard that I thought I could make work.  Sadly, they don&#8217;t have anything for $1 per yard anymore.) to make some table covers for our chime tables.  It took me all morning, with lots of measuring and trial and error, but I got this one done.<br \/>\n<img src=\"http:\/\/www.ericksonfamily.com\/gallery3\/var\/resizes\/2013\/Q2-April-Jun-2013\/2013-04-15\/DSCF1578.JPG?m=1366073753\" alt=\"\" \/> <\/p>\n<p>By the end of the day, I had two of them done.  I took them to rehearsal this morning to make sure that they fit on the school&#8217;s tables, not just the folding 6 foot table I bought at Costco.  Hooray!  It fit!  Of course, someone had taken our 6 foot tables for the spelling bee, and I only had two 8 foot tables to use for practice.  But I asked the janitor if I could have three 6 foot tables for our concert and he said we could.  I have enough fabric to make one more, but I think it would be a good plan to go back and get enough for another cover or two.  I&#8217;ve got one more to sew tonight, and then I hope when I go back to the store they still have that fabric so I can make one&#8211;maybe two more, just in case.  And hey, If I&#8217;m hosting some event in the future and need fancy table coverings for my 6 foot tables, I&#8217;ve got these. (or if YOU are hosting some event and think&#8230;now WHERE could I get some fabric table covers?  Hmmmm&#8230;.  then I&#8217;m your girl.)  They aren&#8217;t the regular &#8220;handbell&#8221; table coverings like you would see <img src=\"http:\/\/www.coversbynorris.com\/images\/velvet-sm.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/> for sell from the handbell supplier.  But one of those would run me $215 for cordoroy and $320 for velvet.<br \/>\nAhem.<br \/>\nSince we have basically no budget, it&#8217;s sew it myself or nothing.  I paid about $50 for the fabric for all three of these covers.  And my time, which we all know is&#8230;.priceless, right?<\/p>\n<p>I had to start getting some thank you notes ready, so I had these made and had the kids all sign them this morning.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sflyProductPreviewWidget\" style=\"width:425px; height:494px;\">\n<div class=\"sflyProductPreviewWidgetTop\" style=\"height:6px; background-image:url(http:\/\/cdn.staticsfly.com\/img_\/share\/preview\/msc\/widget\/top.gif);\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"sflyProductPreviewWidgetCenter\" style=\"height:482px; padding: 0 6px 0 6px; background-image:url(http:\/\/cdn.staticsfly.com\/img_\/share\/preview\/msc\/widget\/bg.gif); background-repeat:repeat-y;\">\n<div class=\"sflyProductPreviewLogo\" style=\"width: 105px; height: 34px; padding: 14px 0 0 14px;\"><img src=\"http:\/\/cdn.staticsfly.com\/img_\/share\/preview\/msc\/widget\/logo.gif\" style=\"padding: 0; background: #ffffff; border: none; box-shadow: none;\"\/><\/div>\n<div class=\"sflyProductPreviewContainer\" style=\"height:350px; text-align:center; padding: 0;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/share.shutterfly.com\/action\/welcome?sid=0UatGjZy5ZOOA&#038;cid=SFLYOCWIDGET&#038;eid=118\"><img src=\"http:\/\/images-community.shutterfly.com\/prs\/v1\/0UatGjZy5ZU\/0UatGjZy5ZU4s\/p\/67b0de21b3127d902548\/JPEG\/1365469426000\/0\/\" style=\"padding: 0; background: #ffffff; border: none;  box-shadow: none;\"\/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"sflyProductPreviewMessageContainer\" style=\"height:55px; background-color:#f4f4e9; text-align:center; padding: 15px 0 15px 0; line-height: 19px;\">\n<div class=\"sflyProductPreviewTitle\" style=\"font-family: arial, sans-seris; font-size: 15px; color: #333333; font-weight: bold;\"><span>5&#215;7 Folded Card<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"sflyProductPreviewViewCollection\" style=\"font-family: arial, sans-seris; font-size: 13px; color: #333333;\"><span>View the entire <a href=\"http:\/\/www.shutterfly.com\/cards-stationery\" style=\"color: #6666cc;\">collection<\/a> of cards.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"sflyProductPreviewWidgetBottom\" style=\"height:6px; background-image:url(http:\/\/cdn.staticsfly.com\/img_\/share\/preview\/msc\/widget\/bottom.gif);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>If you would like to get in on this project, receive your very own thank you note and mucho gratitude from yours truly, there is still time.  You, too, can be a backer.  Just click on the project link up there at the top and pledge to make a donation! Our concert is Friday, so I&#8217;m hoping we can survive this week of early morning rehearsals!  But I&#8217;m SO proud of these kids, and you won&#8217;t BELIEVE how well they sound!  I&#8217;ll have to post a video afterwards.  Stay tuned!<\/p>\n<p>And wish me luck!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m pretty sure you have heard about my fundraiser on kickstarter by now. 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