Bravery Online Auctin: Week 7

We are at the home stretch for fundraising this time around and have a final group of items for auction. Thank you all so much for subscribing to this blog and for your participation this year. We have managed to raise some money for our beneficiaries, which is a wonderful considering the economy. There are some really great things on the horizon, so I encourage you to subscribe to the dvportraits blog to keep updated and as always, please share our website with others to help spread the message of Bravery.

Thank you,
Vickie Florschuetz

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EG Originals

This lovely necklace is made with champagne pearls and beads and can be worn long or wrapped once for a different look.

Value: $20.00
Starting Bid: 5.00

250315271067






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SakeBomber Gift Certificate

One of our favorite sushi restaurants with an incredible happy hour 7 days a week. Enjoy a sakebomber, your favorite sushi rolls, or a cooked meal in a fun, hip environment while watching a game on one of the large screen tv's.

Value: $50
Starting Bid: 20
250315273145
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EG Originals

This darling bracelet is made for a tween or teenage girls. With a cool contemporary look using pink and silver beads.

Value: $10
Starting Bid: 3.00
250315283355

Bravery Online Auctin: Week 6

EG Originals has created this elegant four piece jewelry set that says sophistication with anything you wear. The pendant is gold plated African Rhyolite gemstone pendant paired with beautiful rich green Kambaba Jasper stones drizzled with gold detail. The bracelet is made with the same jasper stone, green glass beads, and green swil gypsy beads with gold plated clasp that matches the necklace pendant perfectly. The earrings, made with Kambaba Jasper beads complete the set. Help us help survivors by winning the bid on this exotic and beautiful creation.
Value: $65.00
Starting Bid: $10.00
250308943601


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Commission Portrait from the artist of Bravery
Get a custom original portrait of you, your family, or pet and support of Bravery Project during our fundraising phase which ends October 31st. Portrait is 11x14 and can be graphite pencil, charcoal, or pastel. Winning bid does not include framing. The winner will be contacted to determine details of the portrait. If you live in Phoenix, Arizona, we can meet for sittings or you can email a photo for reference.

Value: $350
Starting Bid: $90
250308927119


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Art Print of Original Charcoal Drawing: Baby Chimp

Baby Chimp is a charcoal drawing from the artist of Bravery Project. Now you can have a photo print of this adorable portrait for a limited time to help our organization raise money for survivors of domestic violence. Print is 8x10 and can be mailed to you. Help us help survivors by taking this little guy home.

Value: $25
Starting Bid: $8
250308947280

Bravery Online Auctin: Week 5

October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month and the culmination of what Bravery stands for, so please help spread the word about our organization and ask people to visit the website, learn, and support the cause. We are slowly crawling to the fundraising goal, but have a ways to go. Since the economy slowed and our government is heavily involved in the financial crisis, many organizations that provide services to survivors have lost their sponsors. That means it's even more important for us as citizens to step up to the plate and help each other. We are all in this human race together. As always, I thank you for your encouraging words and support.
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Bravery Project T-shirt

Bravery Project merchandise is now available. You can help spread the word of Bravery by wearing this cotton t-shirt, which is available in small, medium, or large.

Value: $12.00
Starting bid $4.00 + shipping
250304570678

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Yardhouse Restaurant Gift Card

Finally, a gift card for this wonderful restaurant and home of the largest selection of gourmet beer from around the world, all served up in half yard glasses.

Value: $120
Starting Bid: $40
250304573563
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Two admission tickets to the Phoenix Art Museum. Get some culture and visit this amazing venue that houses a vast collection including works of art that span the centuries and the globe. Visit the website for the exiting upcoming exhibitions.
Value: $20
Starting Bid: $6.00
250304576154
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Bravery Online Auction: Week 4

Thank you all so much for supporting Bravery by your subscription to this blog and participation in the online auction. As you know, I've had to forgo last week's auction in lieu of the silent auction at Art Salon for a Cause, but new items have come in for this week. Gift Certs are not welcome on Ebay, so I will be constantly seeking out items to provide for fundraising. We are only 15% of our goal, so feel free to contribute an item.

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EG Originals
Tuxedo Kitty Jewelry set

This adorable kitty pendant has a little tuxedo necktie, emerald green eyes, bitty little paws peeking out with a cute little tail wagging in haughty fashion. Sculpted out of topaz with gold details, Tuxedo Kitty with 16 inch gold necklace and matching 16 mm topaz earrings with gold
stem make for a darling fashion statement.

Valued at $40.00
Starting Bid at $8.00
250301709138







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Selteco Full Flash Suite


If you always wanted to create a nice website or some animation, this is the program for you! Full Flash Suite that can be downloaded right to your computer. With a graphical interface, the program makes creating menus, banners, buttons, animations, slideshows, screensavers and working with photos easy! The screenshot shows how easy it is to use. You will be on your way to flash design in minutes. The Bravery website displays animation created from this product.
Value: $379.00
Starting Bid: $100.00
250301706241
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EG Originals
Custom made puppy collar

This cute custom puppy collar, guaranteed as one-of-a-kind, will make your puppy stand out from a crowd. The hot pink collar is made for a small size dog in a comfortable material and hand sown with feather, silver detail, crystal, and little red heart accents.
Valued: $25.00
Starting Bid: $6.00

250301712374

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Original drawing by Vickie Florschuetz
Tomato Face
8x10 graphite/charcoal/pastel on white paper
This original piece was made just for this auction. The charcoal/graphite drawing with red pastel is of my tortoise Syd while he was eating a grape tomato, giving him rosy little cheeks. He has a beautiful and unique shell that has more texture than most desert tortoises, but the same sweet little face.

Value: $100
Starting Bid: $25
250301717124


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EG Originals
Pearl and shell bracelet


If you can't go to the beach, bring it home to you. This delicate bracelet made by EG Originals is created out of square shells and light cream 4-6mm pearls.

Value: $10
Starting Bid: $3.00
250301714079

Bravery Online Auctin: Week 3

When items don't sell in one week, then they will be circulated back into the auction one more time. So if you see some repeats, that is because not enough people know about the item, which is unfortunate due to the amazing deal they can get.

Without further delay, here is this week's listing. For ease, I've added the number link that connects you directly to the Ebay Giving Works listing page.

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Black and Green earring and bracelet set loving made for this auction by a domestic violence survivor. This duo is created with paridot crystal green and black diamond 5mm beads with tiny sl-lime beads .08 made with silver wire with claps. A beautiful addition to your wardrobe for a work or play.

Value: $38.00
Starting Bid: $10.00
250295337453

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Gift certificate for professional art supplies by a company that supports local artists and the community.
Value: $50
Starting Bid: $20.00
250295339434
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Blue Ice rounded beads, crystal glass beads an tiny dark blue beads make up this matching handmade 7.5 inch round bracelet and 3 inch round hoop earrings from EG Originals. Beads catch the light, giving an illuminating glow. Excellent for those upcoming holiday evenings.
Valued at $35.00
Starting bid: $10.00

250295340210
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Generously donated by Voices Take Flight are two Southwest Airline Tickets with unlimited value. Must be used by April, 2009. The Value is determined by averaging the lowest prices for 2 roundtrip flights between Phoenix and the West Coast ($320.00)and East Coast ($1,000.) from now until April. Obviously prices vary.
Value: $660.00
Starting Bid: $220.00
250295342546
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Beautiful handmade sterling silver and jade necklace/bracelet duo by Lindsey. This is real jade and lovingly made just for this auction. This combo can be worn by day at work or by night at a nice dinner (at the Yardhouse). No matter where you are, they lend a touch of class to your wardrobe.
Value: $175.00
Starting Bid: $60.00

250295343157

Bravery Online Auction: Week 2

Update:
The items are now listed online. Click on the item number link to go directly to page or click here to go directly to auction.
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Welcome to week 2 of the Bravery Auction to help raise funds for domestic violence. You will have a preview of what's to come and the company gifts that keep coming in for this are amazing. You don't have to live in Arizona to use many of them either, so be sure to tell your family, friends, and colleagues anywhere to check out the listing. If they don't see anything suitable for them, they can stay updated by subscribing to this blog or make a tax deductible donation. As you can see on the widget, we need all the help we can get.
Enjoy this week's listing!

NOTE: Due to unnecessary strict Ebay policies, only one gift certificate can be listed every two weeks. A good number of company inkind gifts for Bravery are certificates or cards. That means that some items may be put in silent auction at the Art Salon for a Cause for this fund raising period. We will let you know developments.

Sponsor......................................Value & Bid
Click on the logos to visit our Sponsors
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Philosophy
Falling In Love - luxury bath soaps. Package comes with 2 .5 ounce bars that smell beautiful. You could open one just to make a room smell good.
Value: $18.00 Starting Bid: $3.00
250293241083
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Full Flash Suite that can be downloaded right to your computer. With a graphical interface, the program makes creating menus, banners, buttons, animations, slideshows, screensavers and working with photos easy! You will be on your way to flash design in minutes. The Bravery website displays animation created from this product.
Value: $379.00
Starting Bid: $80.00
250293242439
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Two tandem skydive tickets for the thrill of your life! I know first hand what this experience is like with a company that puts your safety above all else. They can even video tape you falling from 15,000 feet in the air so you can remember just how much fun it was to jump out of a perfectly good airplane.
Value:$398.00
Starting Bid: $95.00
250293243378

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vflorschuetz.com Hawaiian Maiden
16x20 graphite pencil on white paper

Original drawing of a traditional maiden from the Big Island of Hawaii created by the artist of the Bravery Project. Artwork was created and double matted with archival materials and already for display in a 16x20 black frame.
Value:$200.00 Starting Bid: $40.00
250293245012

Bravery Online Auctin: Week 1

~ UPDATE ~

I just discovered that Ebay will not allow more than one gift card/certificate a week, which will change this week's listing. The Yardhouse and Arizona Art Supply will have to be at a later listing. Items will be revised to reflect this mysterious policy. If you can't wait to have the items, please contact Vickie Florschuetz. Click on the item number to go directly to the auction page.
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There are some really nice items that have come in for the auction. You will be notified of them here first with a start date. The next day they will be listed on the Ebay page and open for bidding! The link to the page will be emailed to you and added to this blog once the listing is live. We will have several items per week for 8 weeks, so you will have 7 days to complete your bid. Please feel free to donate an item to the auction and help us meet our financial goal. Contact Vickie Florschuetz if you have an item you'd like to add.

Sponsor & Item .......Value & Bid

Click on the logos to visit our sponsors.

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Gift certificate redeemable at any store.
Value: $150.00

Starting bid: $30.00
Item number: 250289746332

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Beautiful handcrafted pink and gold bracelet made just for this auction.
(click on photo to enlarge)
Value: $40.00
Starting bid: $0
Item number: 250289751874


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Two Arizona Cardinals tickets with free parking pass.
Cardinals vs 49ers on Nov. 10th, 2008

Value: $235.00
Starting bid: $50.00

Item number: 250289752631

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