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A few posts back I announced the launch of PROJECT T.L.C. which is a faith based ministry started by 3 of us moms who have adopted children from Crimea. Our first initiative is to help bring much needed feminine and basic hygiene supplies to the very institution where Reagan was adopted from. This institution is run by a director whom is most skeptical about adoption and for whom we asked you all to pray to change her heart. Your prayers worked and she allowed the first ever adoption from her facility and it was for our sweet Reagan.
Well, our fundraising for this project has been set at a goal of $2,000. Madelaine and I, as well as our very good friend Dana, have been busy sewing stylish weighted lap blankets in hopes of raising the money needed in order to help the young girls at this institution in Belogorsk. As a mom of a daughter with Down syndrome and autism as well as a son who has severe sensory issues, I know just how much these blankets can help. When we started researching lap blankets the price overwhelmed us and the choice of design left us feeling blah. The weighted lap blankets help our children who have spent their childhood in an environment that was void of any loving touch or stimulation. They can be taken with a child to school, in the car, and to various activities. The cute designs do not bring attention to your child that a typical weighted blanket does because it looks like a small quilt rather than an industrial made product. The weight from the blanket helps to calm a child because it gives them a sense of where their body is in space. For our children who have been with us from birth, endured all of the loving a cute baby receives from any and everyone who crosses their path, and naturally was caressed and spoke to in a loving way this is not a big problem but for our children who never were held other than to occasionally change a diaper or move to another spot something as simple as touch can be painful. It was that way for our sweet Carrington when we first brought her home but thanks to her blanket and our persistence (loving) she now wants to be held all the time.
Once you have ordered your blanket we will fill it with the poly plastic beads and within two business days will ship it to you. Not only will your child have a handcrafted weighted lap blanket but you will have helped Project T.L.C. to Remember the 99! This is the title of our first project. If you have not read about our ministry please visit: http://www.hiskidstoo.org/about-us/our-mission/project-tlc. It is our pleasure to be working side by side with a fabulous Christian organization entitled His Kids Too! Together our ministries hope to eradicate the need for the term orphan. Won't you please join us in helping to remember all the children who have been left behind; the ones we were not able to bring into our homes but who have permanently took up residence in our hearts? For further information on how you may be able to help please feel free to email at ProjectTLC@cox.net.
Our weighted lap blankets are :
made in a smoke free home
made from fabric washed in dye free soap, measure 17" square
filled with poly plastic beads
weighing in at 3 lbs.
100% washable and hang dry only
priced at $25 which includes shipping (all money minus shipping will go directly to Project T.L.C.'s
I am by no means a professional photographer but I wanted to be able to show the front of the blanket and what material is on the back. I did this by folding over a corner or turning up an end. Each blanket is made from donated material so there may not be more than one of a particular design giving you the privalege of being the owner of a Project T.L.C. original:) To order a blanket please leave me a message in the comment box with your contact information and which blanket you are interested in. If that blanket has been sold I will take it off of the post and new ones will show up. You may send payment through Paypal to burmanshelly@yahoo.com. The blankets will make wonderful gifts as well. If you are sending a blanket to someone as a gift please be sure to let me know that shipping address.
Bug floral
Orange/blue
Purple girl-SOLD
Old time children-SOLD
Chocolate brown and pink-SOLD
Red monkey
Yellow floral-SOLD
Soccer-SOLD
Dallas Cowboys
Snow White
Chocolate cupcake-SOLD
Floral paisley-SOLD
Denim and red-SOLD
Blue monkey-SOLD
Ladybug-SOLD
13 comments:
Hi Shelly! We are in process of adopting a little girl with Down Syndrome from Reece's Rainbow. She is from Bulgaria and I am definitely concerned about the level of loving contact she has had. We still have a ways to go before she is home, but I would love to support the work you are doing by ordering one of these for Allysen. I would love the ladybug pattern if it is still available. Just let me know! Thanks and God bless!
Danielle Clarke
danimom3@live.com
That is an awesome idea!!!!!
This is great! We would like to order two blankets. One for our son and one as a gift.
If they are still available, we would like to order the Old Time Children one for our son. Please send to Stephanie Wyatt, 1131 N. Griffin St, Danville, IL 61832
The gift, we would like to order the chocolate cupcake one. Could I send you the gift address in the comments section of Paypal? I don't want them to know it is coming and they check your blog. LOL!
Our Paypal address is lilmansdad@aol.com, and my e-mail address is stephani.wyatt@att.net Please feel free to contact me with any questions. I wil go ahead and tranfer the money tonight. Thanks again!
Steph
What an amazing project! If a person (me) would be interested in making some of these precious blankets, then sending them to you to be filled and completed, is this something you may be interested in? My own elderly Mother may be interested in helping out, as well. You may contact me at nvfh.oregon@yahoo.com Anything to help these most precious, beautiful children....my heart is sooo there! :) (((HUGS)))
G'Ma Cindy
Hi -
I will email you my request for the soccer balnket.
Thank you, and I will be praying for this ministry and effort of yours. - Donna
Hi, Sorry I read this wrong. I thought the comment box that I was supposed to use the Paypal one. I sent a payment for the purple girl, old time children, floral paisley, and denim and red. If they aren't available, just let me know and I'll choose other patterns thanks, Dana~ ewerbushkill1@msn.com
What a wonderful project. I would be interested in 2 larger and heavier blankets in gender neutral colors for the preschool children in my class. I have not been able to afford the commercially available ones. Maybe 17 by 30 or so and 10 pounds. If this would be possible please send me an email. I would pay more for these of course.
Thanks,
Taya
tayanita at juno dot com
I love the yellow floral and ladybug design! What a wonderful idea to make these weighted blankets!
The women at my church are always looking for a service project to do. If you would like us to make the blankets and then send them to you to be filled I am sure they would love to do it. You can email me at prettyprincesspreschool@gmail.com if you would like us to do it. What a wonderful service you are providing.
I would like the blue monkey one if it is still available(:
Heather/Camille's Warrior
I would love the red monkey one if it's available. I live in Canada, so please let me know if it's possible to ship to us and if so, how much I should add for the extra cost. carol(at)alteredegg/dot/com
What a great ministry idea! I do want to mention one thing,it is definately true that sensory issues are often a problem for children that have been in orphanages/institutions with little to no love, touch, contact. However, the idea that children in loving homes,with constant touch will not have these issues is completely false. I have five biological children, four of them have significant sensory issues. We are a co-sleeping, baby slinging, breastfeeding for years family. My babies spend almost their entire first 2yrs of life being cradled, cuddled, held and loved on. Yet they still have these issues. It is not always a direct result of their environment/circumstances. In any case, this is a great idea and I may be purchasing a blanket or two from you soon!
Would you be willing to put together a PDF version of the pattern and sell it? We live overseas and just returned from the US not to be back for another year, so it would be difficult for me to get one of your blankets, but I have two sons who would benefit from having one and would like to make them for them. Please contact me at cara.mideastmom(at)gmail(dot)com if this is a possibility.
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