Crafting for a Cause

Sometimes a Crafty Girl just has to do something that meets a higher goal....at least on a very small scale.  A while back I joined a group called Swap-Bot (www.swap-bot.com) - its been loads of fun joining the various swaps - usually related to crafting.  Check them out when you get time.

Anyway, back to a higher goal - I joined a swap called "Holocaust Butterfly Project".   This is a project hosted by the Holocaust Museum in Houston, Texas.  They are gathering 1.5 MILLION, yes that is 1.5 million, butterflies of all types and medias.  This represents the number of children lost in the Holocaust.  To date they have collected around 600,000 and still have a ways to go.

Our goal is to make as many butterflies as possible, send them to the swap coordinator who will post  pictures on Flicker then send them in one massive (we hope) box to the Museum.  Each of us have a swap partner - we write a letter to our partner describing how we felt when making the butterflies - talk about an emotional and moving craft project.  I feel honored to submit my contribution to the Museum - since Texas is my birthplace I hope to visit the Museum next summer and view the butterflies and look for my small contribution.

So I hope you take the time to visit the Museum at http://www.hmh.org/ed_butterfly1.shtml - its worth the visit.