Support Samezuka Arts & American Red Cross

Anna Renee Stehman is organizing this fundraiser.

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Hello! Samezuka Arts is a US based independent in-home small business. Our goal is to raise money for supplies in order to continue our function of making unique products to sell to a wide variety of customers. Many of our handmade items have designated amounts that get set aside in order to donate to "The American Red Cross."

What we make:

Hats; sewn, crocheted, leather - Beanies, bucket, paper boy, top hat, Santa hats, others.
Bags; sewn, crocheted, leather - hand bags, tote bags, boho bags, hip bags & more.
Blankets; sewn, crocheted - Blankets from baby to full sized and either quilted or crocheted.
Wallets/card holders; sewn, leather - Multi-pocket card holders in leather & both bi-fold and tri-fold wallets in leather and fabric
Hand embroidery - Wall decor, shirts, wall scrolls, within quilts, on tote bags, & more.
Paracord - Bracelets, keychains, other 3D items using paracord.
Other - Crochet and sewn Christmas stockings, fabric books, quilted placemats, pillows, eyeglass cases (fabric), & many other leather items.

What we are looking to use the funds for:

Fabric
Machine servicing
Notions (scissors, rotary cutter blades, box cutter blades, hole punchers, rulers, templates, thread, embroidery floss, hoops, sewing needles)
Leather
Stabilizer
Batting
Interfacing
Cricut items (drinking glasses, wood plaques, other)
Cricut notions (cutting tools, transfers etc)
Yarn
Quilting frame (for hand quilting)
Zippers
Beads

How much is set aside at a time for donation:

Items listed between $30 & $100 - $15-$25
Items listed between $150-$300 - $30
Items listed between $500-$800 - $40-$100
Items over $800 (very few) - $120-$400

What our overall goal is:

Our overall goal in obtaining funding for the above listed things is to make enough products to fill a small storefront. We are aiming to gain enough in sales to produce a good intake of foot traffic online to then get our "ducks" in order to take the next steps in acquiring a real storefront, become a full fledged registered business, and donate as much as we can to the Red Cross. This particular cause is very personal for owner, Anna Renee as her dad is a first responder and has done a lot of work with the Red Cross over several decades.

Anna herself has also volunteered with them in the past. We support good causes and will help wherever is needed. Our business is also primarily woman owned and LGBT+ owned. We have a very young crafter in training and are expanding in our number of crafters, having started with only one and now grown to at least four people. We are York, PA based and offer both shipping on items and local pick up.

Our makes so far:

Crochet beanie