Orphan Wares – Artists & Shoppers – Both With a Purpose

Many of you will remember this post I did in June.
It was about feeding the orphan from our home.  
If you didn’t read that post, it might sound impossible.  
But really, it’s completely possible.  
Here’s the next post explaining exactly how we’re going to do it 
together. 
Ordinary people spending their free time making things that could be sold on a web site where
100% of the proceeds would go to feed the orphan.   So in other words, the artist/crafter would be donating their time, talents and treasures to feed treasures around the world.
Then people around the world, finding the Orphan Ware site, would have the opportunity to shop and have items shipped to them.
Imagine: Your sister is having a baby.  What better place to buy a baby quilt then to shop at the Orphan Ware site, knowing that someone who loves the orphans has donated their supplies, their time and their talent to make a quilt so that the proceeds of the sale could feed kids who normally wouldn’t have anything to eat?  
Can you picture anything more exciting??

I can’t!
Imagine when needing Christmas presents, shower gifts, wedding gifts, birthday presents or anything else the first place that’s checked if the Orphan Wares site
knowing  
100%
of the proceeds from the sale for each product is going to feed orphans around the world. 

Seriously!  

We’re buying gifts anyway – 
why not shop with a purpose?
Sooooo….
we are preparing to launch the site….
but we could use some more items to be shipped….
AND
some suggested vintage items
OR 
Gift Cards that are 
BRAND NEW but for some reason not wanted.  
So if Aunt Ethel passed away and left you her antique China tea pot and you have no desire to keep it, ship it to the site and have it posted and sold so that the money from it would feed the orphan.
Or if Uncle Ralph gave you a Red Lobster gift card and you are allergic to seafood….mail the gift card to the address below and someone who loves seafood can purchase it…
knowing that 100% of the proceeds will go to feed 
Almighty God’s precious treasures!
 So where exactly are you shipping your items?
Well, a blog friend named Kala {whom I had never met} and her family purchased a home with a large metal building on it.  They were praying and asking the Lord what He had intended that building to be used for.   Isn’t it so cool that they were asking Him what He wanted them to use it for? 
And then I posted about the Orphan Ware idea.
Kala wrote to me and asked if her family could use their metal building as the warehouse for Orphan Wares, donating their time to receive the items from the artists, keeping the inventory organized and then shipping the items out to the purchasers.  
We talked.  
We prayed.  
And we partnered together.
Kala is precious and her and her family have huge hearts 
for the orphan.   
This will be their family ministry! 
So here we are getting ready to launch {finally!} 
And now is the time to send your items to this address:
Shipping Manager
 IVO – Orphan Wares
11000 Brimhall Rd. Suite E
Bakersfield, Ca 93312
Kala will send you an email receipt 
that your items have arrived.  
Please include with your items this information:
Your name
Your email
If you have a blog, your blog address
Your item and the quantity
A fair price you would expect your item to sell for

All items donated will not be returned to the artist.

16 thoughts on “Orphan Wares – Artists & Shoppers – Both With a Purpose

  1. I was just over at my moms this morning and ALL over her guest room are the fabulous aprons, bonnets, little girls dresses, etc that she's been so busy making. Another week she said and between the two of us and another precious friend of my moms youll be receiving a huge box of goodies!! We LOVE everything about this!!

  2. Love this idea. Will keep items in mind for shipping to her when I have completely cleared out my craft room 🙂 Also, will definitely look to buy from there – esp for gifts because we buy them anyways!

  3. Linny,

    I'm sorry that this comment is not related to the post above, but could you please pray for Nigeria? I'm from Nigeria and I've read your blog for over a year now- you may have heard about the bombing today in the capital. A good friend of mine was in the UN building and whilst she was brought out alive, she is on a respirator and has damaged both her legs severely. We're all praying for her to make it, and would be grateful if you kept her in your prayers too.

  4. ohhhh thanks for the gift card idea! i felt bad that i didn't have anything to contribute but i think i've got an amc movie gift card here somewhere but i never go to that mvie theater!! i'll look for it and send it to you!

  5. This post is an answer to prayer. I was thinking yesterday that I should email and ask about this venture. I didn't be ause I have never received any acknowledgment of other emails so don't know if you get them. Naysay I am happ to hear that it is up and running. I like to crochet but run out of people to give thing to. Hopefully postage won't be too bad from Australia occasionally.

  6. This post is an answer to prayer. I was thinking yesterday that I should email and ask about this venture. I didn't be ause I have never received any acknowledgment of other emails so don't know if you get them. Naysay I am happ to hear that it is up and running. I like to crochet but run out of people to give thing to. Hopefully postage won't be too bad from Australia occasionally.

  7. Linny,

    My thinking cap is on . . . I'm going to come up with something we can send for Orphan Wares. I just did bracelets for a fundraiser for a friend who is adopting, and have also done bracelets for Morning Star (with plans to continue those)–I'm praying about a special bracelet idea to do for Orphan Wares! I'll keep you posted!

    Love you, love your heart!

    Tina

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