Father's Day Cards Purchase Online Now

Father's day cards now for sale. Father's Day Sunday September 6th. Click link to purchase now!

Handmade by Alysia's cards, now available to purchase online!

I have been really busy these past few days. I can now tell you that my handmade cards are not available to purchase online. So far I have only been able to post up female birthday cards. Click here to check them out! It is a very long process. I am hoping to have all my various occasions up for purchase by the end of the week. So please share and come back to see my progress. Thanks everyone for your support on my journey!

Handmade By Alysia is BACK!!!!

I am back and hoping to keep this blog up and running.

I have a lot of things happen in my life that has taken me away from continuing this blog and my arts and crafts. I had had to move out of my home in Rosebud with my husband to living in a supported accommodation facility in Thornbury. I moved in late May and I am still trying to adjust to my new situation. However things have become more stable and I am returning back to crafting on a regular basis.

This term I have had the opportunity to attend a painting class at the local neighbourhood house. This is one of my most recent finished paintings.

Tile Coasters for upcoming markets

Yesterday I purchased the supplies for making my coaster tiles - mod podge, cork board sheets, paintbrushes and of course tiles.

This afternoon, I cut up squares of some of my favourite retired DSP sheets. I made 36 sets of tile coasters.

November Markets

I have been working hard with making cards and gifts towards the markets this month. I have signed up to a few extra ones this month. This month I will be attending the following markets:

Saturday Nov 15th Boneo Primary School 8am-12.30pm
Sunday Nov 16th Dromana Community Centre 9am-2pm
Friday Nov 21st  Unite in Pink event in Langwarrin 6pm-9pm
Saturday Nov 22nd Tootgarook Primary School 8am-12.30pm
Friday Nov 28th Playcentre in Mornington 9.30am-3pm
Sunday Nov 30th Christmas market in Langwarrin 1.30pm onwards

Here is a photo of some of the things I will have for sale during these markets.

Freshly Made Sketches #159

I created this card based on the freshly made sketch 159. I used my three favourite stamp sets world traveller, world map and thats the ticket.

Reason for my absence

Sorry I havent been posting much recently but I have been unwell. I have been in hospital they have discovered that my muscular dystrophy is declining once again. They discovered that I now have atrophy in my shoulders caused by my current wheelchair that is causing serious injury and pain. I got a quote for a wheelchair that would accommodate all my current needs and its going to cost just over $21,000.

The company that funded my current wheelchair Statewide Equipment Program (government funded company that assists disabled people fund equipment in Victoria) SWEP only funds a new wheelchair every 7 years and since I have had this one for 4 I am ineligible for funding. Not that I would take this path to get the chair because even if the funds came through I know with SWEP it can take a minimum of 2 years before you even see the item you desperately require. I cannot wait that long especially since this wheelchair is causing serious pain and injury.

So late August I took it upon myself to try and fund the wheelchair myself. I began by creating a facebook page: www.facebook.com/wheelchairforalysia to gain support and to get my story out there and also a crowdfunding website: www.gofundme.com/dhw1ho for anyone who would like to donate to my cause.
I then made several calls and sent letters to several newspapers, radio stations, news programs, charity organisations and current affair shows without any success of gaining any assistance. Earlier this month my husband and I put together a fundraiser market in Crib Point on the Mornington Peninsula. We had a local cover band, over 25 market stalls and over 100 various items donated to raffle off at our silent auction. We raised over $1100.

Since August we have raised over $4,000 from market stall proceeds, donations and selling Cadbury chocolate boxes.