Fair Trade/Hand Made Blog Giveaway!! [mission trip fundraiser]

I am SO EXCITED to bring you my first EVER blog basket giveaway!  I am [if you haven’t heard, hehe] raising money for our Man Up mission trip to Uganda + Ethiopia this June…and I need your help!  I thought it would be fun to giveaway some of my very favorite fair trade/hand made items!!  Who doesn’t love that?  Well, ok if you don’t yet..you will after seeing these goodies!  Here’s the deal:   There’s $200 worth of fun items to win! To enter you will simply need to make a $5 donation towards our mission trip [via pay pal].  Every $5 counts as 1 entry.  After you’ve entered that way, tweet/pin/facebook/instagram this giveaway and you’ll get an extra entry!  Just leave a comment with the link to where you mentioned it!  The giveaway lasts until April 17th at 12pm cst – and one winner takes ALL! Have I told yall how amazing you are?!?!  Well…you are!

No 41 should be no stranger to you!  Thanks to my girls Alison + Tara for giving away one of their super cute & new aprons!  [you should go check out their bags too!]

I mean, my friend Beth is no stranger to creativity.  When they were adoption their Jude from Ethiopia, she made these beautiful custom “art girls” and other paintings to raise money.  Since bringing them home she’s continued to use her creativity for good- gifting these to people who sponsor children through a care point her & her husband are in leadership for through Children’s Hope Chest in Addis Ababa  Ethiopia.

h andmade by my girl Kacia!  I love her mission, “we want every item to be a keepsake for years to come”.  How adorable are these custom tags??  [I mean, Camp + Asher need these for their backpacks!]

handmade by my friend Charlie + all proceeds of this bag go towards the orphanage she visits with Visiting Orphans in China.

handmade by my friend Megan.  each month a portion of proceeds go to help organizations who are working with the “lease of these”.  this months organization: food for the hungry!

Purse + Clutch is a new fave fair trade company based in Austin, Texas.  Their vision is to partner with artisans from developing economies to create reliable, dignified, living wage jobs for those in need.  This adorable clutch was handmade in Dehradun, India.

Your choice of any eye shadow color from Austin, Texas based cosmetic company, Radiant Cosmetics! Radiant Cosmetics is not just a makeup company, they partner with anti-trafficking organizations to help bring awareness to human trafficking and donate their time, money and effort to help fight this injustice.

handmade by my friend Amanda all the way from Alaska!  I love that her creativity comes through on this site.  She’s a momma of THREE boys too  gotta get her girly-ness out somehow find her on facebook.

my sweet friends Kendra + Tanner are selling JustLoveCoffee to help bring their son, Amos, home from Ethiopia!  I mean, who doesn’t love a good mild roast Ethiopian coffee?  Shop to support their adoption here.

and you thought I’d get away with NOT having something from my absolute FAVORITE fair trade company did you?  Pick anything [well $50 worth!] you want from our fabulous new spring line on my ambassador site.

Alright yall, that’s it!  Simply donate $5 via paypal, tweet, instagram, pin + facebook this giveaway for entries!  The giveaway goes until April 17 at 12 pm CST!