Let's Spread Some Silent Auction Love for Laurie

10/23/2015

Hello friends of this beautiful family,

In show of SUPPORT AND LOVE for Laurie and her family please carve a heart into a pumpkin today or tomorrow and QUIETLY AND DISCRETELY place it on the lawn of Laurie's home before dark tomorrow night (Saturday). The heart can be large or small. Give it wings if you like! Feel free to get creative!

If it is easier for you, please bring the pumpkin to the picnic table behind Arcata Scoop (just open the chain on back deck by the bench and walk on in). We will deliver and LIGHT all of the pumpkins tomorrow at nightfall.

The more pumpkins the better! Sweet Emmet (and everyone else) will be astonished and feel the love of this incredible, loving community this family has manifested.

ONE MORE THING! There will be a bowl on the lawn with a crystal inside. Please leave a crystal for the family in the bowl if you have one or can get one by Saturday. Crystals will be healing for Laurie and the family at this time. There are many types of beneficial crystals if you'd like to ask at Moonrise Herbs or a gem store. Plain crystals, rose quartz, amethyst, etc.

Please pass on to friends of the family that are not part of this group. THANK YOU for participating and placing energy toward this family the coming days and weeks.

Much love and support to everyone during this difficult time.

Feel free to call or email me with questions [email protected] 845-9230.

09/27/2015

Hi everyone! I'm going to hit "pause' on this auction page, because there is another fabulous upcoming silent auction for Laurie that it would be oh, so fun for us all to be supporting for the next few months, instead! So, bidders, please save your pennies up and plan to attend it and score some treasures there, and donators, if you have 'unsold' donations, I'll be contacting you to help coordinate getting your awesome offerings to an 'in real life' silent auction table, instead! Then we can all spread the word to help get lots of people there to enjoy an wonderful night while supporting a wonderful family (I'll reply with event details and keep everyone updated about it on this page, too!). Thank you!!!!!!

08/11/2015

***Quickie Guide:To View/Bid on Auction **20** Current Items: On a desktop, look on the left side of this screen right here (there's no "other" website, just this page!) for "VISITOR POSTS" and click on the >. On phones, scroll down to "Posts to Page" and click the >. Scroll down to see lots, click SEE MORE because there are more down there further! Comment to bid! If you would like to be a mysterious "anonymous" bidder, message the page to arrange!

Quickie Guide: To Post a Donation: In a fresh post, describe the item you wish to auction, including a photo if you can. Note any minimum starting bid, and when you will close bidding (if you have that decided yet.) Consider whether you will ship item to winner or meet them locally. By posting, you agree to donate item to winner with 100 percent of the winning bid going to Laurie's Gofundme fund.***

Hey all of you numerous friends and admirers of the wonderful, beautiful, much-beloved-far-and-wide Laurie Anderson Wainwright! Let's help defray her peritoneal mesothelioma medical expenses/bump up her medical expenses Gofundme page by having a silent auction FUNdraiser, all right here on this page! Phase One: Think up, solicit, or procure something cool and fun. Take a pic, describe, and post it to this page--looks like your posts will pop on the left as "VISITOR POSTS." My fam is in the vacay rental business, so I'll post a pic of a house that you can later bid on getting a free stay in, but maybe you make jewelry and want to post a pic of that, maybe you are a musician and want to post a pic of a free cd or gift cert for private performance, maybe you bake amazing tins of Christmas cookies and want to have your kid hand-draw a gift cert good for 1 cookie tin at Christmas, or maybe you knit rainbow nose covers, or maybe you feel like finally cleaning out your gift card stash and want to post a pic of your gift card to onlineshoppersanonymous.com...Any cool good or service! You post the minimum start bid, how you'll get it to the winner, and estimate how long you'll keep bidding open--you're in charge! Share your post on your/on friends timelines, too, to hook in shoppers! Remember, auction item could be something seriously, extremely covet-worthy, or something seriously silly. It's all about the LOVE!!!
Phase 2: After we have a good amount of items, we all 'share' like crazy to all of our friends lists, and open the bidding! Looks like there is no "share" button I see now, so try and post the page to your timeline or to the timeslines of people you think would enjoy donating/bidding! People can then start bidding by posting in the comments beneath each pic. We'll keep bids open as long as we can or as long as the donor wants to! The donor agrees to handle mailing out/giving the item or doing the service to the winner, and the winner agrees to donate their winning amount to Laurie's gofundeme page.(http://www.gofundme.com/lauriewainwright). I will be making awards at the end of the auction for things such as 'most creative' and 'silliest' and 'best overall' donation. Cancer sucks, but we can still have some FUN together at it's expense while we FUNdraise for this awesome person we all love so much.

08/11/2015

Summary of Current Excitement (click 'VISITOR POSTS' or on mobile, POSTS TO PAGE' arrow at left to see all **20** current auction items--click "See More" to load the whole darn list!), find one you like and comment to bid):
Auction Items (in reverse order of what you'll see when scrolling, since most recent will be on top...)
#1 is a Ferndale Staycation;
#2 is a Benbow Inn Bonanza from Chloe Pastori --bidding closes 8/31!; WON BY BRANDON!
#3 (and new front-runner for the "Most Creative Donation" award!) A Darth Vador Mr. Potato Head from Amy Eber Roe!
Auction Item #4 WON BY STEVE N DONNA DOUGLAS, YAY! is a relaxing flax pillow also from Amy;
#5 is decadent homemade treats from the fabulous Amy again!!
#6 is an all day, cross body organizer by oh-so-trendy brand 31 offered by Sienna Ladd Hopkins,
#7 is an 'Explorista crossbody in teal' from Sienna Ladd Hopkins again, retails 60$, whew!, so see if you can snag it, don't be afraid to start the bidding low so it has someplace to go!
#8 is a natural light photography session choice of family, maternity, beauty, or child from Amber Ferriman Photography!
#9 is a set of four in home pet care visits, valued at 80-100$ from the wonderful Alyson Dorman Sobehrad!
#10 is a costume from Renee Hanks fabulous shop, boobahblue.etsy.com, choose from 15 costumes and get it in the mail by Halloween!
#11 is WINNERS ANNOUNCED!!! 5 hours of child care from Stacia O'Neil
#12 Is a stunning painting of the Redwoods by Sienna's most wonderful father, Steve Ladd, original price $1200, bidding starts at $400. Amazingly beautiful donation!!!!!!WON BY MARIAH!!!!
#12.5 was a cord of wood donated by Art of the Burl--WON BY TIVOLI!
#13 is a $100 gift certificate to Kemp Kreation, where you can get the most fabulous customized items!
#14 is a 60-90 photo session from the Julie Branson Photography, at a local location of your choice!
#15 is 1-4 hand-sewn felt masks by Kris Halstrom 's craftalented daughter Frida--so adorbs! Get one for 10/31 or everyday Plaza-wear!
#16 is a 3 hour family bird-watching tour by Fowlerope Birding Tours!
#17 is a hand knit and felted rainbow treasure bowl by Jenn Fowler!
#18 is a second lovely hand-felted bowl by Jenn Fowler again!
#19 is a custom, made-to-order set of felted bowls by Jenn--think holduay shopping here, people!!! Thanks Jenn!!!
#20 is a private, custom 1 hour yoga session from Layla Ann's Yoga Page. Wow, what a great wedding, holiday, or baby shower gift that would make!!
#21 is a Kristen Terre photography session!
#22 is a $100 credit to Redwood Roots Farm!
More amazing items in the works, so check back often, share this page on timelines of shopaholics everywhere, make a 'new post' to show us what you've got to give, and click "visitor posts" on the left side of this page for details on the item and comment to bid! Spread the love through FUNdraising!

08/10/2015

Hey all of you numerous friends and admirers of the wonderful, beautiful, much-beloved-far-and-wide Laurie Anderson Wainwright! Let's help defray her peritoneal mesothelioma medical expenses/bump up her medical expenses Gofundme page by having a silent auction FUNdraiser, all right here on this page! Phase One: Think up, solicit, or procure something cool and fun. Take a pic, describe, and post it to this page--looks like your posts will pop on the left as "visitor posts" for now, but I will probably organize them into albums or some such when the bidding picks up! My fam is in the vacay rental business, so I'll post a pic of a house that you can later bid on getting a free stay in, but maybe you make jewelry and want to post a pic of that, maybe you are a musician and want to post a pic of a free cd or gift cert for private performance, maybe you bake amazing tins of Christmas cookies and want to have your kid hand-draw a gift cert good for 1 cookie tin at Christmas, or maybe you knit rainbow nose covers, or maybe you feel like finally cleaning out your gift card stash and want to post a pic of your gift card to onlineshoppersanonymous.com...Any cool good or service! Could be something seriously, extremely covet-worthy, or something seriously silly. It's all above the LOVE!!!
Phase 2: After we have a good amount of items, we all 'share' like crazy to all of our friends lists, and open the bidding! Looks like there is no "share" button I see now, so try and post the page to your timeline or to the timeslines of people you think would enjoy donating/bidding! People can then start bidding by posting in the comments beneath each pic. We'll keep bids open as long as we can or as long as the donor wants to! The donor agrees to handle mailing out/giving the item or doing the service to the winner, and the winner agrees to donate their winning amount to Laurie's gofundeme page.(http://www.gofundme.com/lauriewainwright). I will be making awards at the end of the auction for things such as 'most creative' and 'silliest' and 'best overall' donation. Cancer sucks, but we can still have some FUN together at it's expense while we FUNdraise for this awesome person we all love so much.
(Feel free to give logistical page type advice/suggestions or questions in comments below, then let's get to finding/posting auction items! Just make a new post for each item you want to donate! Feel free to post ideas or other chatter/discussion, too! Maybe in a few weeks I'll gather all the items in an album, or otherwise organize/boost them up. Message me anytime! Post anything you want, and all ideas welcome, I don't want to be all in charge, just want to get the ball rolling! )

Laurie is a loving mom to her active 5 year old son Emmett, devoted wife of 10 years to her loving husband George, vibrant daughter to her parents Mac and Nancy, amazing friend to many, small business owner of Caravan of Dreams, and active member of her small town community. She is always there...