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Moose Gifts Christmas Shop (Bracelets, Shirts, Prints and Notecards)

I’ve had several people ask me– do you still have MudLOVE bracelets? Do you have a list of what’s available? Do you have any more shirts? So, introducing our Christmas Shop. All proceeds go directly to our hosting fees to bring Big L back, in fact, I’ll have you donate right to our Razoo account (although arrangements can be made for Paypal if needed). I have:

Here’s how this works:

  1.  Check out the list below and decide what you want to buy. If you know what you’re looking for, you can use the links above to navigate this super long post a bit easier.
  2. Shoot me an email(molly@amooseinmoscow.com) with your order or any questions that you have.
  3. I recommend that you wait for me to reply and confirm that I still have those items in stock. I will confirm that and remove them from this list.
  4. Pay for your order on via this Razoo link.
  5. I will ship your order on the next business day.

Prices for all items are noted at the top of the list. Prices include shipping with the US for First Class Mail. I am happy to ship outside the US, so please email me with your address and I will get you a quote.

Word Bracelets

($12 for 1 or $10/each for more than 1)

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  • abide – Blue
  • abide – Pink
  • abide – Purple
  • beloved – Light Green
  • beloved – Orange
  • best friends – Blue
  • best friends – Turquoise
  • best friends – Light Green
  • best friends – Purple
  • be still – Gray
  • be still – Brown
  • be still – Light Green
  • be still – black
  • be the change – White
  • be the change – Orange
  • be the change – Pink
  • be the change – Yellow
  • be the change – Light Green
  • be the change – Black
  • beautiful – gray
  • beautiful – orange
  • beautiful – black
  • beautiful – light green
  • blessed – purple
  • blessed – light green
  • carpe diem – White
  • carpe diem – Orange
  • carpe diem – Dark Green
  • courage – yellow
  • courage – pink
  • courage – white
  • courage – light green
  • courage – burgundy
  • courage – gray
  • determined – Dark Green
  • determined – Orange
  • dream – Turquoise
  • dream – Pink
  • dream – Gray
  • dream – Light Green
  • faith – dark green
  • faith – orange
  • forever – Pink
  • forever – Turquoise
  • forgiven – Pink
  • forgiven- Brown
  • forgiven – Gray
  • grace – Orange
  • grace – Gray
  • grace – Black
  • grace – Navy Blue
  • hope – Gray
  • hope – Light Green
  • hope – Orange
  • inspire – Black
  • inspire – Green
  • joy – Black
  • joy – Brown
  • joy – Green
  • joy – Orange
  • justice – Pink
  • justice – Orange
  • justice – Gray
  • laugh – black
  • laugh – navy blue
  • laugh – gray
  • laugh – orange
  • laugh – light green
  • live- Orange
  • live – Green
  • live – Pink
  • love – Pink
  • love – Black
  • loved – Turquoise
  • loved – Brown
  • loved – Black
  • loved – Light Green
  • never give up – orange
  • overcome – light green
  • overcome – black
  • passion – black
  • passion – light green
  • passion – brown
  • Proverbs 31 – yellow
  • Proverbs 31 – turquoise
  • Proverbs 31 – light green
  • Proverbs 31 – pink
  • run – white
  • run – orange
  • run – light green
  • run – dark green
  • run – black
  • set free – gray
  • set free – light green
  • set free – pink
  • sing – pink
  • sing – orange
  • sisters – light green
  • sisters – yellow
  • sisters – pink
  • sisters – black
  • smile:) – gray
  • smile:) – dark green
  • smile:) – orange
  • smile:) –  navy blue
  • strength – blue
  • strength – purple
  • trust – burgundy
  • trust – light green x 2
  • trust – pink
  • trust – brown
  • worship – pink
  • worship – turquoise
  • WWJD – light green
  • WWJD – yellow
  • Yahweh – yellow
  • Yahweh – blue
  • Yahweh – pink
  • Yahweh – brown

Animal Bracelets

($14 for 1 or $12/each for more than 1)

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  • chimpanzee – dark green
  • chimpanzee – pink
  • chimpanzee – gray
  • chimpanzee – navy blue
  • frog – gray
  • frog – pink
  • frog – orange
  • giraffe – pink
  • giraffe – orange
  • giraffe – red
  • giraffe – light green
  • giraffe – black
  • horse – navy blue
  • horse – turquoise
  • horse – yellow
  • horse – light green
  • horse – orange
  • horse – gray
  • horse – black
  • lion – pink
  • lion – orange
  • lion – black
  • lion – dark green
  • owl – yellow
  • owl – dark green
  • owl – gray
  • owl – light green
  • owl – orange
  • owl – black
  • owl – white
  • owl – pink
  • owl – navy blue
  • stegosaurus – black
  • stegosaurus – pink
  • turtle – pink
  • turtle – turquoise
  • turtle – brown
  • turtle – red
  • zebra – pink
  • zebra – yellow
  • zebra – turquoise

Shirts

(crewneck = $20 shipped, vneck = $22 shipped)

Molly Parker Shirt2 (3) Tips about sizing: These are unisex sizes. The crewneck (not the vneck) are a little less “generous” than regular shirts, so you may want to size up if you are between sizes.

  • medium – crewneck
  • extra large – crewneck x 3
  • medium – vneck x 2
  • large – vneck

Prints

I have just a few prints left in stock from our spring sale. Blossom – 8×10, $12 shipped 1932701_1475184199378176_7715344553547775776_o Morning Light 5×7, $8 shipped (3 available) 8×10, $12 shipped (2 available) 10250055_1475181526045110_1365307562262164955_n Blood Moon – 8×12, $15 shipped (2 available) 10178055_1475179192712010_8665253073469182955_n

Notecards

($12 per set of 5)

These notecards are blank inside. They’re perfect for nearly any kind of note that you need to send– thank you notes, thinking of you, etc. Most of these are sets of 5 different cards and the collage shows the 5 images included in the set. Colorful Set (2 available) 10372596_1491000731129856_11372613881034127_n April Set (5 available) 10313572_1491000737796522_6704526852577305620_n Floral Set (4 available) 10366037_1491000764463186_770919198108604714_n Miscellaneous Set (4 available) 10390031_1491000767796519_257010726873824626_n All Seasons Set (4 available) 10402690_1491000771129852_4550596801458995871_n-1 Pink and Purple Set (2 available) 10313999_1491000794463183_3766218419709280831_n Morning Light – all 5 the same (2 available) 10365788_1491027574460505_7891645515760061236_n April Showers – all 5 the same (2 available) 10292483_1491029247793671_33850438470784251_n Best Buds – all 5 the same (1 available) 10361456_1491027641127165_2834793621074247242_n Thanks for looking. 🙂

Fundraising: A Family Affair

Getting the box of MudLOVE bracelets was a bit… overwhelming. But, I generally just like to tackle things right away, so I had the box open and bracelets dumped out pretty quickly, going through them to sort all of the pre-orders.

However, before shipping, I wanted Aaron to double check them for me and make sure that I hadn’t overlooked anything.
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Reed and Lena were pretty fascinated with how the bracelets had overtaken our dining room table and it wasn’t long before they asked if they could help, too.

Reed was placed in charge of cutting bubble wrap into smaller pieces.
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Lena was placed in charge of getting the labels from the printer and cutting them out.
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Gus was given the very important job of not causing trouble. Which is easier said than done for him.
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I also asked Reed and Lena to help me write little “thank yous” to pack with the bracelets. We started these a bit later in our packing, so I’m sorry if your package only has a note from me! The “tkank you” and their efforts to decorate each of them uniquely was just so cute.
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I still do have lots and lots of MudLOVE bracelets, so let me know if you are interested! Tkank you note included.

Preparing

Our sweet host girl will not be here for another 43 days (not that I’m counting), but we have so much to do to prepare for her arrival.
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Of course, at the top of the list is fundraising. We have $1120 left, plus the additional cost of her flight to our airport.

Two quick FYIs:

  1. Our auction ends tomorrow at 10am PST. Please go check it out and bid!
  2. I added some new photos this week AND I’ll be sending print orders to the lab tomorrow as well. If you’ve been thinking about ordering, now is a great time! Here’s the link to Moose Prints. 

If you’d just like to donate, here’s a link for that as well.

So, what else do we have to do?

Well, hosting involves a bit of paperwork. Not too bad compared to a Russian adoption, but a bit. There’s also a lot of training that goes along with it. There is much required and recommended reading, and then we’ll also have a full day of training in June.

We also have to prepare her room. We are fortunate to have a guest bedroom, but it is set up for an adult guest. We’d like to do a few things to make it better suited for a pre-teen. And shopping– wow. She will very likely come with only the clothes on her back, so we need to get some clothes for her, as well as a toy or two. We may try to get her a bicycle as well, as bikes are a common summer activity here. Of course, the challenge is that she’ll have to learn how to ride it, too!

Lastly, we’re just prepping ourselves. We recently started a new devotional with the kids, a routine that we know will be an important routine to include her in when she is here. And praying, praying that we will be prepared to welcome her here and that she will be prepared to let us into her life.

Any great advice from previous host families on how to prepare?

Made with Love

Reed and Lena wanted to do their own fundraiser. Okay, so maybe it wasn’t their idea, but they were really excited about it when I asked them about it. They picked out the colors and the shapes for these Christmas ornaments and painted them, too. I did a few of them– any of the ones with stripes and the KU one. But the rest was all Reed and Lena.

Do you need a little ornament made with lots of love this holiday season or know someone who does? We are sending these out for a donation… $5-$10 is the suggestion.


Stars.


Globes.


Hearts.


Apples… for your favorite teacher?

If you’d like to purchase one, you can make a donation to the shirts for Helen chip-in at the right and email me your shape and/or color preference, along with your shipping address. I will be shipping them out until next Thursday and then I will not be able to ship them again until the first week of December.

Thank you!