Sports Relief 2014

Did you watch Sports Relief or join in with any activities to raise money last weekend? I'm not sporty in the slightest, so my contribution to Sports Relief this year was to join a group of creatives who have donated a fantastic amount of products for this brilliant cause.

The Crafty and Creative Collective is a group of, you guessed it, crafty and creative individuals, linked by our love of all things unique and beautiful and by the fact that we all also sell our products through notonthehighstreet.com - which is how we know one another.

We've pooled our resources - our most loved products - to build a raffle prize (worth around £300) and also a big prize auction (worth over £1,700) over on eBay. Everything is made by the individual seller and most items can be personalised.

The below image shows the products that are up for auction on eBay. The auction finishes tonight (28th March) so you've only got a few hours left to get your bid in.

Sports Relief 2014 auction 

The raffle closes next Friday (the 4th April) and you can donate as little or as much as you like to win the goodies here. The image below shows the prizes up for grabs - including our very own lavender filled embroidered house decoration.

Sports Relief 2014 raffle

We really want to raise as much as we can, so if you can donate or bid please do, and you'll be in with a chance of winning some amazing goodies.

Designer/makers launch Red Nose Day auction

I'm absolutely thrilled to be taking part in an auction to raise money for this years Red Nose Day. A group of sellers from notonthehighstreet.com have come together to create a fantastic prize which you can bid to win. Each seller has their own business, some may be large and some may be small, but every one is an independent UK creative business who has rallied to support this very worthy cause.

Red Nose Day designer/makers auction

The prize consists of nearly 60 items with a retail value of over £2,300, which have all been donated by a selection of sellers. For those of you who have not heard of notonthehighstreet.com, it is the leading online marketplace for the UK's best small creative businesses, so you can be assured that the quality of the items are second to none.

A full list of items can be seen if you click on the link below the photo above, but with donations ranging from home & garden wares, to clothing, cards and jewellery, there's a fantastic assortment of products that are simply not available on the high street. This could sort out all your gifts & cards for your loved ones (and treats for yourself) for an entire year!

milly and pip lavender filled house

We've donated a lavender filled fabric house decoration, worth £22. Embroidered with 'Home Sweet Home', it's perfect to give to keep for yourself or to give to family and friends, and would make the ideal house warming gift.

100% of the proceeds from the sale will be going to Comic Relief 2013, so not only will the winning bidder be the lucky recipient of some fabulous items, Comic Relief will benefit too. The auction finishes on Red Nose Day, which this year is on the 15th March 2013, good luck.

P.s. Massive thanks goes to fellow notonthehighstreet.com sellers Betsy Benn and Lindleywood for organising the auction.