OH friends…
today brings you so much goodness from the…
to eradicate poverty
in the lives of the women
with the hands
to roll and string
and gather and process and prepare
so we can help
the 5 strand necklace
the Madaala Necklace
one pair of the single earrings
THREE bangle bracelets
the band bracelet
the 3 strand bracelet
one shea butter soap
a fabric jewelry bag
one shea butter lip balm
and a Bead for Life CD
Thank you, thank you, thank you Bead for Life…
All you have to do is leave a comment on this post to enter for ALL OF THE ABOVE. Just imagine the gift-giving opportunities (and of course, gift a little something to yourself).
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Because our goal with this Gifts for Life gift guide is to support the wonderful cause of Bead for Life, we have made it possible for you to increase your entries (and odds of winning!) by doing a couple of things:
1) Buy jewelry at the Bead for Life store and earn ONE ADDITIONAL COMMENT for every $10 spent (or donated) on ONE GIVEAWAY (not one additional entry on each giveaway or more than one).
2) Registering to host a Bead for Life Bead Party earns you FIVE (5) ADDITIONAL COMMENT entries in Gifts for Life giveaways.
These are simply options for extra entries to win, they are not required to enter the Bead for Life giveaway. Still have a question about extra entries? Check out the full details here.
This giveaway (and all other Gifts for Life giveaways both here and at O My Family from this week) closes at 10:00pm CST Sunday December 5th. The winner will be announced the following day.
If you happen to have them in your pocket, you can use your extra entries on today’s or any of the giveaways from this week. Please leave a separate comment for each $10 spent/donated. But keep in mind all your extra entries must be used on ONE giveaway of your choice, not separated.
Previous Gifts for Life giveaways for your entering pleasure:
- Paper Culture (5 winners-$25 gift certificates)
- Paper Culture (5 more winners at O My Family)
- The Artist’s House (2-$25 gift certificates)
- Shining Stones (jewelry set)
- Earth Mama Angel Baby (set)
- {So}Sartina ($25 gift certificate)
- Bird E Studios ($40 credit)
- Butters and Beans and Playful Planet (2 sets)
This giveaway is now closed.
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How absolutely generous of them… gorgeous. I have them bookmarked for later use :)
HOLY MOLY!
This is pure awesomeness.
Thank you so much, Heather (and Alison, too!) for doing these giveaways.
SUCH a worthy cause.
You guys rock.
-Ellie
what a great giveaway, and a great cause, I am going shopping at their site right away.
Heather, I have some Ugandan paper bead jewelry that I adore that I bought to support Feed My Starving Children. They are some of my favorite necklaces I own.
I've bookmarked the party info and plan on talking to my sister and aunt about it in the next few weeks.
Thanks for helping me learn about such a great program!
very nice!
I can over from Allison's blog. Absolutely beautiful jewelry. I might have to buy some even if I don't win :)
Those are all so beautiful. I am hoping by next Christmas to only shop fair trade for gifts, so thank-you for another good source to shop from.
beautiful- what a great idea!
Absolutely beautiful…What an awsome give away!!
Can i enter from Canada?
This is so incredible. Wow.
what beautiful items! made with love.
I'm not gonna lie, I'd probably keep this all for myself.
What beautiful things you guys are doing this week. Proud to call you my friends.
I love, love, LOVE that you're doing this! I'm going to be buying all my girl friends' Christmas presents from Bead for Life this year, that's a guarantee!
So wonderful what you're doing! Who knew that a blog could be such a powerful tool?
Heather, you're awesome for doing this!
What an awesome giveaway! Sign me up!
Wow, those are fantastic. Might be hard to part with any of it:)
Chelsea Lesley
all do lovely, as are you.
I love this giveaway. The jewelry is beautiful, but I mostly love it for the meaning behind it. Awesomeness.
you saved the BEST giveaway for last!!! Such gorgeous jewelry, and such a gorgeous story. I have loved following this journey all week long.
I just went and spent $30, so here's additional comment #1
comment #2
comment #3
Love that you're doing this. I love the idea of "microfinance" – where my little-bit of available donation can make a real difference.
Wow, that's amazing! Such a wonderful cause! Thank you for doing this!
such a cool giveaway. you should be really proud of yourself for making this happen!
What a fantastic giveaway. Love the series, Heather!
Love love love!
I have visited their website in the past, very cute products. I'm going to forward their website to family and friends too! Thanks!
I posted yesterday that items I purchased from beadsforlife. I visited the site 3 times since Wednesday before making a purchase because I loved everything and couldn't make up my mind! I'm loving the Madaala necklace. What an awesome organization.
Wow. What a great opportunity to spread the word by gifting each of these things to the special people in our lives! I bought a beaded necklace awhile back when "Moments with Love" was raising money to adopt their son. Since then, I've had so many people ask me where it is from. Anyway, my 8 year-old wants to host a mother/daughter party once we make some friends here (we just moved with the Air Force). I can't wait to spread the love of the women from Uganda. Thank you for a fun week!
WOW!! I LOVE my Uganda paper bead necklace and would LOVE to have more!!! :)
Wow. Wow! Beautiful idea, beautiful people, beautiful products!
That is amazing! So much stuff!
shelbey02@yahoo.com
Such a lovely, wonderful, amazing, inspiring, awe-inducing cause.
Thanks, Heather, for being a part.
Love this whole giveaway extravaganza you put together. Truly EXTRAORDINARY. (But you knew that…I hope!)
My head just exploded like the heads of the guest on the SNL spoof on Oprah's favorite things.
WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH!!!
It's that good folks.
Oh my goodness! Who wouldn't love to win this? I can already imagine all the gift giving opportunities as well as some goodies for myself.
Bead me up lady!
This is SUCH a wonderful thing you are doing! And what a great cause! My sister is into beading as well as the idea of fair trade, and decent wages and helping the less fortunate. I turned this over to her and she is positively in love. I'm sure Bead for Life has a life long customer in her :)
Oh, and this would all make a WONDERFUL gift for her :)
I have been reading all the other posts about The Bead For Life project, but havne't commented or entered any of the giveaways-until now, because these? Are all SO gorgeous, and think of the gift giving possibilities!
Heather! What an awesome giveaway from this insanely worthy cause! I am so inspired by you my friend for always digging in with your full heart and soul.
What a wonderful way to get immersed in the holiday spirit!
And….I want that gorgeous stuff. :-)
xo
Lee
Awesome. It's like a Christmas jackpot!
Beautiful jewelry and a good cause.
You guys are amazing — as is bead for life! Those pieces are gorgeous.
Beautiful! That is VERY generous!
what a wonderful giveaway! I would love to win & I know just who I'd gift some of the pieces too! :)
SO beautiful! I hope you raise tons of money for this worthy cause!
teresacline2001(at)yahoo(dot)com
Love the beads and love the idea behind beads for life.
WHOA!!!!! This is amazing!
Oh I love this company and I LOVE this jewelery! Beautiful.
So so lovely.
Wow amazing and gorgeous
What an awesome company, I would love to give the giveaway as gifts to my friends and tell them about Bead for Life. I have never heard of them before, thank you for opening my eyes!
Amazing and gorgeous, just like the ladies running it :-)
Wow that is so generous of them! Thank you to Beads for Life!
What a beautiful collection. I love the heart, the meaning and the goodness behind each piece!
Heather…I love what you've been doing with awareness on your blog. What an awesome, generous gift. Your blogs are so great! Keep on Keep'n on GIRL!
Michelle
What amazing items. xoxo
I love their stuff more and more every time I see it. I'd love to win this stuff.
Thank you for this great opportunity! Such beautiful gifts!
I am finding myself much more aware recently of what I am speaking through my gift giving, this definitely speaks to me, with heart and soul :)
What a jockpot! Those all look amazing and would make wonderful Christmas presents!
Beautiful…they would make great gifts or great for myself!
christinejohnson77@gmail.com
I love what Bead for Life is doing!!
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So amazing! One of the coolest give-aways I have ever seen!
I'm going to their site now to see what I can find for the little girls in my life who were born with so much more opportunity. Thank you for bringing this group to my attention.
Wowzers. What a giveaway!
What greatness this EPIC was! Using your talent to create awareness.
Gorgeous – both inside and out!
These beads are so gorgeous!
Awesome organization! What a beautiful giveaway! I'm glad I stopped by!~Amy
I just spent $85 in their store. Do I need to leave six more comments? Okay…
I'm not sure where my first comment went but it said that I was having trouble deciding what to buy since there are SO many great products. Now off to leave the rest of my comments. I'll just tell you what I bought… :)
I bought a 3-bead bracelet in blue for a teacher gift.
I bought ANOTHER 3-bead bracelet for ANOTHER teacher gift! :)
I bought my Mom a 5 strand necklace in green. It's going to look FABULOUS on her!
I also bought a Madaala necklace in blue and I may just keep it for myself…
I also like the Katogo necklaces bracelets…
I ate some really good dark chocolate today (can you tell I'm running out of things to say?)
Tired of my picture yet?
Seriously, thanks for doing this and what a wonderful cause. So glad I could buy some beautiful gifts too!
K, I'm done… ;)
Gorgeous products…thanks for the great gift ideas!
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