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March 18, 2013 By silverpebble 35 Comments

Four thousand handmade pounds

The final total raised by the Red Nose Day Dolls project is £4070.
Sponsorship is still coming in to our Twittermillion page this morning! I am utterly flabbergasted and feeling slightly emotional after last night’s auction. The total for each doll was as follows:
Poppy: £540
Mac: £710
Blossom: £560
Maisie: £730
Our sponsorship total stands at £1530 (10am Monday 18th). 
These are truly phenomenal sums of money. I had secretly hoped for a total of £2000 with this project. To double that amount is beyond stupendous.
Each and every comment, blogpost, virtual cheer, tiny handmade item, word of encouragement, tweet and stitch spurred this project on and made it a reality. This handmade community is something else, truly.
I’ll leave you with an amazing thought: 
814 malaria nets can be bought with the money we raised. That’s 814 lives potentially saved.
Thankyou

xxx

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  1. Rachel says

    March 18, 2013 at 10:11 am

    Many no-so-virtual cheers! What a great success!

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  2. Debs Dust Bunny says

    March 18, 2013 at 10:12 am

    Congratulations! What a wonderful outcome for a charming project! : )X

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  3. Gina says

    March 18, 2013 at 10:15 am

    Absolutely brilliant!

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  4. Country Rabbit says

    March 18, 2013 at 10:20 am

    thats amaaaazing!!!!! how fantastic!!!! x

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  5. Vintage Sheet Addict says

    March 18, 2013 at 10:24 am

    Wow that's is AMAZING! Well done to all of you! Brilliant! 🙂 x

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  6. mumofsix says

    March 18, 2013 at 10:24 am

    Absolutely brilliant! Well done!

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  7. Sue says

    March 18, 2013 at 10:55 am

    Golly. Well done everyone who was involved in their creation.

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  8. itsjustperi says

    March 18, 2013 at 10:55 am

    That's totally awesome. Well done to you all x

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  9. French Knots says

    March 18, 2013 at 11:12 am

    The amazing power of handmade. Congratulations to you, Ros and the whole team!

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  10. Locket Pocket says

    March 18, 2013 at 11:13 am

    Seriously brilliant Emma! Congratulations to everyone involved. xx

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  11. greenrabbitdesigns says

    March 18, 2013 at 11:16 am

    Well done to all concerned on an amazing achievement !! 🙂

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  12. kristina says

    March 18, 2013 at 11:18 am

    Congratulations! So amazing! K xx

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  13. Alice Auperin says

    March 18, 2013 at 11:36 am

    What a stupendous achievement! Many congratulations to all involved, wow!

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  14. dottycookie says

    March 18, 2013 at 11:42 am

    BerLIMEy missis. What have you started? 🙂

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  15. Pink Milk says

    March 18, 2013 at 11:45 am

    You and all involved should be extremely proud of yourselves – that's an amazing sum for an extremely worthy cause.

    Yay!!!

    Heather x

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  16. Sew Recycled says

    March 18, 2013 at 11:54 am

    Complete and utter tears of JOY!!!!! Well done to you, Ros and ALL the other makers xxxxxx
    Em x

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  17. Toffeeapple says

    March 18, 2013 at 12:51 pm

    That really is marvellous news. Well done and a gold star to everyone concerned in the project.

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  18. Chel C says

    March 18, 2013 at 1:21 pm

    Congratulations. This is such a worthwhile cause! Chel x

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  19. driftwood says

    March 18, 2013 at 1:34 pm

    truly brilliant x

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  20. Jackie says

    March 18, 2013 at 3:03 pm

    What a fantastic amount ~ the dolls truly were beautiful ~ Well Done to all the lovely makers who gave their time and skills so generously to such a worthwhile cause :O)xx

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  21. Celia Hart says

    March 18, 2013 at 3:51 pm

    Brilliant brilliant brilliant!!!!

    xxx

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  22. Anonymous says

    March 18, 2013 at 4:31 pm

    I think they all have the same faces which I thought was a shame as they could have all had different ones, unlike when they are factory made. Strange that they don't really.

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    • silverpebble says

      March 18, 2013 at 5:56 pm

      Thanks for your feedback, Anonymous. Luckily your opinion is in the minority and we raised lots of cash for good causes.

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  23. michelle says

    March 18, 2013 at 4:40 pm

    Well done to you all,the wonders of blogging x

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  24. Penny says

    March 18, 2013 at 7:06 pm

    A huge congratulations, this is utterly wonderful news x Penny

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  25. Magic Bean says

    March 18, 2013 at 7:45 pm

    Waaaaaaaahooooooooo!!!!!
    And I loved the way they looked similar. They had their own personality and character but you could definitely tell they were realted. Perfect.
    Ax

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  26. Julie says

    March 18, 2013 at 9:41 pm

    Many congratulations Emma to you and everyone for your fabulous achievement!

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  27. Swallow Barn says

    March 18, 2013 at 9:53 pm

    congratulations – what a wonderful achievement!!!

    Nikki x

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  28. Magic Bean says

    March 18, 2013 at 10:20 pm

    Clearly that is meant to say related…

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  29. flowerlady says

    March 19, 2013 at 2:18 pm

    well done,very well deserved

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  30. julie says

    March 20, 2013 at 8:02 pm

    That is such fab news Emma. Well done for having the idea, getting everyone organised and making it all happen xxxx

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  31. Annie @ knitsofacto says

    March 21, 2013 at 8:04 pm

    I missed your post … so chuffed that the dollies did so well … well done to all the makers, donaters and bidders!

    Reply
  32. Mrs. Micawber says

    March 22, 2013 at 5:24 am

    It was such fun to watch them coming together….

    Congratulations to all who contributed. What a wonderful outcome to all the hard work.

    P.S. I loved their faces. They looked like happy siblings. 🙂

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  33. LinenandRoses says

    March 22, 2013 at 9:10 pm

    Congratulations. I truly amazing project. Fiona x

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  34. Scented Sweetpeas says

    March 22, 2013 at 10:35 pm

    That is a wonderful amount, it really does bring a tear to your eye how supportive people are of these causes doesn't it. An auction I recently did raised over £1000 – I was dumbfounded! What a fab community this creative lot are 🙂

    Reply

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