Tag: dressember

First, I promise we wore dresses for the last couple days – we just didn’t get a chance to photograph them. So, we will carry on from here!

There are still two days left to enter our giveaway of Urban Peasant neckwear! Head on over and enter!

Even though it took all day to get a photo taken (thus the darker evening light and grainy texture), we were both wearing our dresses all day. It was a busy day of Christmas crafting and decorating – pipe cleaners, crocheting, pasting and play dough; stockings and sparkling white lights… things we are so fortunate to experience. I thought often in the last couple days of this article that was shared on Facebook about someone from my city who was trafficked into the sex trade right here.

If you are just popping in to these Dressember posts for the first time, there are a series of posts from an intro and then days 1 through to today. Also, we’re offering a giveaway, which you can enter in the comments of the Day 5 post.

Would you like to donate to Dressember? Head over to my campaign page – any donation is appreciated!

Blessings,

Kris

Today another lady in our house decided to join in the campaign! She is going to do a photo a day as well, and help spread the word about this project with her grandparents and friends.

A little bit about my dress today… it was made by the lovely and very talented Melanie Wesley. We did a logo and other design work for her and did a partial barter, which included the yellow dress. We went to the fabric store together, and I selected the bright yellow linen that she then transformed into the sweetest dress. I wear it a lot. Melanie was the one who pointed me to the Uniform Project and I was so inspired to have a piece to wear often and love much. If you’re in Manitoba, look her up, or anyone can find her on Etsy where she often has gorgeous hand-crafted stuffed bunnies and dolls. When it comes to artisans, she is the real McCoy.

Today I officially joined Dressember and have my own campaign page that you can donate to directly if you choose to. I love this campaign for the spirit of fun and togetherness – and the challenge for those who have a limited wardrobe to wear a dress each day for a month!

A favourite project that might help out those who are participating is The Uniform Project. Sheena designed and wore one black dress (well, actually a few copies of it for practical purposes, but it’s still amazing) for 365 days to raise money for The Akanksha Foundation, a non-profit working for education for children in India.

Check out this video where you’ll find 365 ideas for wearing just ONE dress in different ways. Now we truly can’t say that we can’t do Dressember because we don’t have enough dresses for a whole month!

Don’t forget to share a link to your dress for today in the comments, or just tell us what you chose…

Thanks to a friend from Winnipeg who is participating in this fundraiser, it came across my path in time for me to start right on December 1st. Dressember is a campaign that raises funds to help children and women who are exploited as victims of  slavery, sex trafficking and other forms of violence.

Consider joining in on this campaign, or making a donation! Each day I will post a photo of my dress, and if you’d like to join in (whether you’re officially participating or not), please link to a photo in the comments!

There is a giveaway (or two) in the works for those in Manitoba who are participating in the campaign… stay tuned for details!

Peace to you and yours,

Kris