Winner, winner chicken appetizers!

Having collected a total of $1725, the raffle is now closed. The runners-up are:

All photos from Sparrow's amazing flickr.

1. BloodMilk Jewelry 
2. Deborah Rubin 
3. CabariBeads.com 
4. Alice Peterson 
5. Lauren Faulk 
6. Renate Starke-Krammer 
7. Mary Newton 
8. Anne Lichtenstein 
9. Cindy's Wicked Good Beads 
10. Lori Anderson 

You can convo or email me to give me your address and request a specific lot. I'll do my best, but no promises. And no fancy wrapping. It's going to come to you in old cereal boxes and you're gonna like it!
And the grand prize goes to Paula Bonhomme. Again, convo or email me your address.

I haven't been properly addressing your lovely comments- first, numinosity, the kitty was part of the image on the kvlt images thread. It's funny, see? Oy vey, joke failure.
Stregata- you're viewing the cat from above. It's not totally off.
All the rest- yeah, I've been convoing with her everyday. Sometimes, the pain meds make her pass out while she's writing and it looks like this: "Oh I liked that one neckkkkkkkkkkkkkkk" so that's been entertaining.
When it 1st happened, a broken rib punctured her lung but that's mostly fixed.

Now she has a bunch of bones to heal and some movement to regain. From her last convo:"i've gone to rehab instead of home, so i'm still technically in hospital. it's a fancier, more quiet hospital though, with better food and carpet on the floor, so going for walks is nicer. I'm hoping to only be here for 3 days cause i really don't want to be here on christmas day. "
Her brothers are preparing her home for her arrival by bringing in a big ol' lazyboy armchair. Her older brother came home from the UK to take care of her while she heals up. In Australia, the government pays people who have to leave work to care for an invalid (doesn't that make you feel like this place sucks, oh fellow Americans? Sheesh.).

But it's going to take several months for that to kick in so the $ we've raised will greatly help with groceries, cab rides (since they don't have a car now) physical therapy sessions and bills.

Also, she is completely stunned by all the love and outpouring of goodwill. And me too! All you goofballs saying how amazing I am for doing this- I just googled how to stick a donate button in your blog, stuck up some pictures I'd already taken of a necklace that never sold, and basically watched agog as the dollas rolled in. Raffles are the tits! I want to do everything in my life in raffle format from now on. Don't know how that'll apply to cleaning the house and listing new items, but I'll figure something out.

I just don't know how to thank you guys. This whole community is the 1st group of people I've ever truly identified with, the first group I've been 100% happy to be a part of, virtual as it may be.  And now this experience has warmed my black and shriveled heart. 

Now it's just grey and limp! (Groans from the audience.)

OMG Rafflage!

On regretsy (which yes, happyfallout, I do read every day, you douche-canoe) they're always raising money for some etsy seller in need or another. The selected recipient of said cashstash is subsequently all flabbergasted and humbled at the response and generosity. I now know exactly how they feel!

I expected to raise two to three hundred tops. I wasn't steeling myself for disappointment or anything, that's just how much I honestly thought I'd raise. As of last count, we have $1,358!

I'm so blown away that all I can do is offer more prizes. And you don't have to do a thing- I'm going to pick names from the already-massive list in the last post's comments and my exploding Paypal. The first category is called "The Curio Cabinet." Oh yeah, there's categories up in this!

So this would be Lot C1.     Tiny salt shaker, doll hand, Indian fabric stamp, vintage horse brass. 

Lot C2

Antique silk ribbon with bullion.

Lot C3

Antique puffy framed wall hanging. The image is printed on silk, the frame might be pewter.

The next category is "Instant Collection"

Here's Lot I1

Wooden fabric stamps from India.

Lot I 2

A selection of vintage horse brass, oxidized.

Lot I 3

Another assortment of horse brass.

Lot I 4

In keeping with the horse motif, rusty saddle hardware.

Finally, "For the Gypsy."

 Lot G1

Couple bangles.

 Lot G2

Earrings from pieces of tobacco box and findings missficklemedia sent me.

Lot G3

Gorgeous ceramic pendant from happyfallout.

So there you go. If I pick your name, you need to send me your address. You can etsy convo me or email at marinarios@yahoo.com. (I am on etsy all day, just so you know, and on yahoo rarely). First ask, first serve. So you can request a lot... (I mean 'one of the lots', not 'make a lot of requests' sheesh!), but it might not be available so I suggest you select a few preferences. I can NOT have these to you by Christmas. I cannot swap out this for that, measure anything or take more pictures from different angles. I'm trying to make this easier on myself. And they'll be sent when they're sent! So stop hassling me! 

"I'll cut-chu!"

To express the awe that my dark, jaded soul is experiencing at your largess, I share the image above.  Mr. Husband got it from a heavy metal site he visits daily, on a forum called "The Thread for Real KVLT Images"  (that's 'cult' for all us noobs).  He also picked out this other kitty for me:

Some people asked when the drawing would be. Like I have a plan! But I suppose I'll pick the winner and TEN runners-up by next post and you know I don't go 2 days without posting. So that should give you no idea.

Raffle Fundraiser

My dear artwife SparrowSalvage, without whose guidance I wouldn't even have a blog, much less this over-bloated sense of self, has been in a terrible and tragic car accident. She is going on her 3rd week in the hospital recovering from injuries. Her mother, with whom she lived, did not survive. She has a tough-as-nails attitude though and is just focusing on healing. On the plus side, she is lucky enough to live in Australia so she won't end up homeless for having the gall to survive a horrific crash. But we all know that a few weeks without working means no cash flow.

SO! I'd like to raffle off one of my pieces to raise some moo-la for her in case she wants to eat at some point, or some other such indulgence.

The tickets will be $4, and you get a free ticket if you comment with a link to where you blogged, tweeted, or facebooked about this, and provided a link back here for your various minions. Can you tweet a link? Who knows, I just blog because it's the only one of the 3 that allows you to make your space all purdy.

For all you gals who are broke-ish but want to do something- spreading the word to the etsy community would be better than gold. Though if you want to send some gold, you know, I won't refuse it.

This dainty choker has a strand of vintage nacre rosary beads, a strange little key, French art nouveau coin and a citrine sterling-dipped dangle which are all from Uruguay. The scrap of fabric was sent to me by Sparrow herself. It's adjustable from 18-20.5 inches.

Click this donate button or the one on the upper left sidebar to buy tickets. Please remember to donate in multiples of $4!