Hooked on Hope!

So for the last week, I've been a crazy crocheting person. I found my yarn and taught myself how to make hats and even learned a bunch of new stitches. After I made one for Laurie, and seeing how much she LOVED it, I decided that I could do so much more....

Now, Hooked on Hope is born. It's my new little venture. Since I love crocheting so much (it's such a nice little release for me), I'm going to start selling them. I was going to do a little promo until Easter, but I decided it's so much better to do it always. So, for every single hat I sell, I'll be donating one to a cancer patient. Back in January, when I was taking Laurie in for her radiation treatments at Mission Hospital, I saw a little basket that was filled with little home-made goodies... blankets, hats, scarfs, etc. When I saw one of the patients going through and picking out her favorites, I asked her about it. She told me that Locks of Love donates them to radiation treatment facilities. I recently looked into this and contacted the organization. Although it is an amazing organization and I fully support their cause, they are NOT the ones who should be getting credit for these nice homemade donations. So, here I am... wondering which organization should get credit for this. I'm going to keep searching for who does this and if I can't find answers, Hooked on Hope will be going further and becoming a full-fledged non-profit organization. I'm kind of really excited about this idea and LOVE the patterns I've come across, from Inner Hooker. They are the CUTEST and I really can't wait to see where this little venture will go. If you have a chance, please check out my facebook fanpage, http://www.facebook.com/?ref=home#!/pages/Hooked-on-Hope-by-Katee/110661299017247. Please become a fan and encourage others to fan my page too. I really want to reach as many people as possible. I really don't want this to be a "Mission Viejo" thing... or even an "Orange County" thing. I want this to reach as MANY people as possible. I really hope that I can bring smiles to cancer patients faces everywhere with this simple little thing. I love Hooked on Hope and I really can't wait to see it reach it's potential.

Hooked on Hope has really been running my life for the last week. Lexi has been crawling EVERYWHERE and getting into everything lately. I can't wait til our little gate arrives tomorrow. It'll be amazing being able to leave Lexi in a room to help Laurie out and know that she won't be eating any more cat food. (YUCK!!!) She is getting so big and I can't believe how fast she is growing up lately. She is adorable and I am the luckiest mommy in the world to have such an amazing baby girl!!!

Well, I'll be posting lots of pictures soon. Lexi is my little hat model. Only thing that would be cuter is if she had a little hair! haha Have a great week, everyone!!

xoxo
K