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If you have the time please bear with me while I unfold my story......
I want to promote my products so that I can donate funds to children with neuroblastoma Cancer for real time treatrment.
I am known to most people as Mysti (nickname since childhood)
In 1998 and 1999 i suffered several strokes and was laid up for almost three years. While I only had my bed for a studio i created many miniatures, As My health improved I made other things, Crochet objects, Rag dolls and all kinds of things Over 4000 designs in all manner of objects - Having to move house all the time made it impossible for me to do anything other than keep packing the things I made into boxes, It reached a point where I ran out of space and had to start packing all my hand made items in the garage because I could not afford to keep them in storage.
I would say looking back I had an exceptional skill of designing almost anything in Fabric and clay, even wood - I had no opportunity to offer my items for sale so remained poor in terms of finances but rich in terms of skill and hand made items.
I make things 14 hours out of every day........You May ask why?.......Because I simply do not know how to stop, The ideas just keep coming........and going nowhere, because until now I have never tried!! - I need to launch a campaign by which I can produce prototypes of all my designs - Fund a trade fair Stand and be able to send samples to shops etc.I have even written books which could generate sales if I can get interest....
I decided after Christmas 2013 that I would bring out all the boxes and start selling everything I have to raise Funds for good causes.......I worked out a long term plan and I started to generate some interest, I then found that there were these two children that were dying with Neuroblastoma Cancer and they needed money to get Treatment, I thought 'I can help them and also take care of a 'labour of love' also.
these days I am a recluse, although a little eccentric, I do not like being the focus of attention publicly but that should not stop me from offering my help.
I started to help with the little girls by sharing in bringing awareness and then I had the idea to design a Rag doll in the image of both of the little girls, Thinking If I could get a major store interested in this then the money this would generate could gain a tremendous amount and would not be like asking for a handout but more being able to support these needs by forming a business in a more practical way, I did the design for the dolls and made some prototypes.
The bottom line is that I have a lot to offer but being realistic, no-one is going to donate the kind of money needed to solve all these problems, Because it is a lot....so to begin with I would like to raise £20,000 initially to be able to reproduce some of my designs and get interest in them - I will pledge 50% of all profits from the goods I sell to support other peoples needs and use the rest for my 'Labour of love'....and I will pledge that for the rest of my life and beyond.
If after reading you feel that my cause is a worthy one then I will be gratefull for anything you can offer. I have set a deadline for 10th June because we will be halfway through the year and one little girl has to have all the money for treatment by end of July and the other little girl needs to raise the rest of the money for treatment before her young father himself dies (He has a brain tumour.) We are living in a very sad world, where many people need help and the only ones who they can reach out to are those who care enough to give something of their own. - I care enough to share all my skills and designs.
I would be happy to be able to generate money for all of this from my own designs and ideas, products etc, But I have no money to fund this launch and need a kick start. I have put a picture here of the dolls that I have hand made which are all my own designs - I have graphic designs for t -shirt transfers, (I am also an Artist), Fashion designs, Clay ornaments, Toy designs etc etc. I will be very grateful for any help you can give. Thank you for reading.
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