For Dawn's Boys

Dawn Habisreitinger , who had a website, Ebay Store and Etsy Shop, was killed last week in a motorcycle accident. She was 30 years old and had two sons.

Dawn made jewelry and lampwork beads (I am lucky to have some of her beads). I remember her most for her trials during Hurricane Katrina. Dawn and her boys lived in Slidell, Louisiana and during the evacuation she kept all of us in an Ebay group posted on her whereabouts by stopping in libraries and getting on the Internet. Basically, she drove around with her two boys and a dog and I don’t recall where she stayed while her home was being rebuilt. It was a few hours away from Slidell. I remember seeing pictures of the inside of the house with all the walls down to the studs. Dawn did a lot of the renovation herself and was so proud of it.

She was just getting back in the swing of managing her website, Etsy Shop and Ebay Store, enough so that she was making a living with her beads and jewelry. It is such a shame to have lost a talented artist and I feel so badly for her sons and other family members.

Article http://blog.nola.com/tpnorthshore/2007/12/woman_killed_in_motorcycle_wre.html

Cory and Stephen, 11 and 9 years old

To donate, a Paypal account has been set up: fund_for_dawns_boys@yahoo.com

And on Etsy, there is a gigantic sale going on with sellers donating items. Once purchased, the sellers donate the proceeds to the fund above. http://www.etsy.com/forums_thread.php?thread_id=5384924&page=1

And on Ebay, huge auctions are being generated for the same reason - hopefully they will be listed soon.

I am very proud to be in both Ebay and Etsy with such wonderful and generous people who are doing everything they can to raise funds for the two boys.

Wild About Earrings!

Yes indeed, I love earrings and since I made a few pairs for a recent juried show, I thought I would share some of them here too!