DINNER PARTY FOR 8--COMPLETE WITH GOOD WINE!

Dinner party for 8*

Bid on a fabulous dinner party for 8!  Enjoy a delicious, homemade meal and great wine at a dinner party in your own home!   

This is a GREAT deal.  What a fun couples night this would be!  And how many times can you honestly say that getting dressed up and drinking some vino will help bring an orphan home?

*If you want to bid on this item, you must do so on Facebook.  I'm willing to accept bids via email, but I cannot assume responsibility for you "losing" the auction because I will not be able to keep you in the loop for the auction.  If, however, you aren't on Facebook and you desperately want this, a large donation to our adoption fund COULD possibly work.  

THIS AUCTION WILL CLOSE NEXT SUNDAY AT 8PM.   

Starting with a bid of $80, choose between a pork or chicken entrée, to be served with an appetizer, 2 or 3 side dishes and dessert.  The meal will be delivered to your home in disposable containers.  One bottle of red wine is included. The first wine to be included is a 2000 Stags Leap Cabernet Sauvignon , which retails for about $60 (though in a restaurant it would cost between $100-120). [Cost: $10 / per person]

Starting with a bid of $140, add the additional options of lamb or beef for your entrée and an additional bottle of red wine.  The second wine to be included is the Livingston, which retails for about $95 (though in a restaurant it would cost between $150-$190).  [Cost: about $17 / per person]

Starting with a bid of  $200, your meal will arrive on serving platters.  You will also receive service during the meal and a light clean-up of the meal.

[cost: about $25 / per person]

The highest bid wins!!

Other notes:

·         Menu adjustments can be made at the buyer’s request

·         Date to be mutually agreed upon between buyer and chef

·         Wine options are fixed

·         Contact me with any questions!

 Sample Menus

  

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 Smoked Salmon Dip

Roast Loin of Pork with Fennel, Carrots, & Potatoes

Haricot Verts with Shallots

Homemade Foldover Rolls

Chocolate Ganache Cake

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Olive Tapendade with Crostini

Roast Lambs with White Beans

ProvenVal Tomatoes

Mesclun Salad with Mustard Vinagrette

Lemon Meringue Tart

Examples of some silhouettes

 Hey...Did you know if you host a Plum Panda Trunk Show, you will get a FREE custom silhouette?  That's a $25 value!!

Korkers

Adorable korkers on clippies.  Each one is handmade and $6.  I'm sure there will be more to come, so check the FB page for updates and I'll try to keep up to date on here as well.  These are adorable, even if I did make them myself!

The Sarah Grace--carolina blue, white, Irish kelly green, and pale green with flowers.  $6.

The Isabel. Hot pink, light pink and white. $6

The Aimee.  Pink,green, and white. $6

 The Lily. Hot pink, pink, and white. $6

 Little Emily clips. $6 for three.

Silhouettes

These silhouettes are a printable 8x10 jpeg file.  You simply email me a sideview pic of your kids and select the color of the background you desire.   A great way to do this is while your child is watching TV.  Little girls preferably will have their hair pulled back.  $20.

Pray for a Country Pins...

These pins are a great gift for someone who has or is adopting from another country.  I wear mine everyday as a reminder of my child who I cannot yet hold.  I pray for him daily and this pin is a symbol that he is close to my heart even now.  

They are hard plastic and are $10.  Pictured below you'll see various examples of pins I've made.  If there is a country you would like, I can do it.  Countries and hearts are depicted in the colors of their native flag.  I could also do a state for you if you'd prefer.

Thanks!

My Heart is in Zhengzhou.  

My heart is in Ethiopia.

My heart is in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

And so you have a frame of reference of their size, my beautiful friend, Sarah, modeled hers for me.  (No, actually, I just stole her facebook profile picture.  It looks professional because she is actually a professional photographer.)

So my friend Mollie is a rock star

My awesome Kamp friend, Mollie, despite being a Kickapoo and having the audacity to live so far away from me, is an awesome photographer and sent me this adorable printable to sell.  Basically, all you'll do if you want the printable jpeg is comment below or on facebook and I'll send you the printable.  You can print it at home or wherever you want.  It is available in the following formats: 10x10, 5x7, 8x10, and 11x14.

And yes, I have an order to print this puppy at Costco to use in the boys' room as a display for trunk shows.

Beautiful Custom Artwork

My friend Vickie over at My Red Truck is a VERY talented artist.  She used to go to my church before she moved to Nashville.  She has painted two paintings that can be personalized for your son or daughter.  Each one is $40 and will be shipped to you from Vickie directly.

  

Seriously?  How cute are these?

They are ready to be personalized and shipped to whomever purchases them!

Here are the specifics:

Made with acrylic paint and accented with graphic markers.

Each one measures 16” x 20”

Painted on artist board / canvas panel

These can be hung as is (they have a small hook on the back) or can be framed by the owner

31 Fundraiser Auctions...

Not only did my 31 party help to raise $365 for our adoption fund, but it also meant I got to order a bunch of hostess freebies that I can now auction off for Plum Panda!!!  I am posting the items here, but the real action is going to take place on Facebook.  If you are one of the two remaining people on the planet who are not on facebook (Ahem, JW and AF, I am talking to you...), email me if you really want something.  You may end up having to pay full price for the item because I'm not watching my email all day. 

Also, I am going to post the pictures from the 31 website for the products be they are all NEW IN PACKAGING and NOT PERSONALIZED and I don't want to take them out of their wrappers. 

So here is what I've got to sell....

 Expand-A-Tote Day Extender.  In the Black Parisan Pop fabric.  Retails for $49.  Starting bid $20.

Double Zip Cosmetic Bag.  Hostess Exclusive.  In Grey Quilted Poppy.  Valued at $58.  Starting bid $20.

Rolling Tote.  Hostess Exclusive.  In Brown Quilted Poppy.  Valued at $185.  This thing is awesome.  It is taking a lot of will power and reminding myself that I don't really ever go anywhere that requires luggage separate from my husband's to not keep this for myself.  Starting bid at $45.

Hang-Up Home Organizer.  In Black Parisan Pop.  Retails at $45.  Starting bid at $20.  This thing is awesome too.  Has pockets for a calendar, places for dry erase markers, slots for take out menus, church directories, etc.  Would be great in a home office or as a family organizer in a kitchen.
  I have 2 of these up for auction.

Littles Cary-All Caddy in Pink Circle Spirals.  Retails for $12.  Starting bid $5.  (FYI-- this tote is the perfect size for housing a box of tissues and then a small bottle of Purell in the side pocket.) 

I also have two since sac thermals, but they aren't listed in the winter catalog yet, so I don't have pics.  They retail for $20 and I'll be selling them for $10.  One is in a black and white pattern and the other is in a yellow leopard pattern.  Perfect for smuggling food into a movie theater.  Or for packing your lunch.  Whatever you're into. 

Winged Feet Fundraiser Opportunity

My awesome friend Kristen Stewart (no, not THAT Kristen Stewart) is a graphic designer, photographer, writer, reader, Jesus lovin' hipster Mom birthing babies in bathtubs, Tarheel superwoman has generously offered to donate 50% of all sales from her Etsy Shop Winged Feet from today, Monday January 23rd until the end of the month.  No need to put in a promo code, no need to tell her you know me.  Just shop and receive some of the cutest printables around.  This is really a great deal and one I would love if you would tweet about or link to your wall on facebook.  Even if you don't buy, that's a simple way to help in a fundraiser that doesn't find me hunched over my dining room table with a glue gun at 2 am.  

If the whole promotion weren't about raising money for our adoption, here is what I would buy.

 Family rules which I would get in gray and hang in our upstairs hall between the kids' rooms.

I'd get a Virginia one with the heart in Richmond for Henry with his birthday.  A Virginia one with the heart in Charlottesville for Gracie.  And a red and yellow China one with the heart in whatever province he is born in for Charlie.

 

And I would get this for Charlie's baptism invitation.  

(Let's briefly pretend that I haven't already discussed the menu with Sloan and that Sloan did not roll his eyes at me.)

Plum Party Trunk Shows

Would you like to host a Plum Panda Trunk Show? 

Basically, I'd bring all my items, you'd supply some simple snacks, and we'd have some girl time with heart.  I'd share a little about orphan care, our adoption stories, and answer any questions folks have about both international and domestic adoption, what "special needs" means, and just why oh why I've traded in my dream for a minivan for a little boy from China.

I promise that at least one person at the show will laugh until they almost pee their pants.  It may or may not be me. 

Hair Clippies

 Close up of pair of Rosette hair clippies.  $10/pair.  3 sets for $25.

We have loads of colors!  Basically, if you want it, I can make it!  I can even make two toned.  I'm also working on some rosettes on headbands, pins, and scrunchies. 

Ugandan Style Paper Bead Necklaces

Sooo...my love and the bane of my existence as of late.  They are tedious to make.  But Henry did help with these by pressing the button on the heat gun to melt the embossing powder to "set" them.
There are a lot of pics here, so bear with me...

These are the only four I have, (so far) but I can always make more and can even custom make them to be a certain color theme!

 Each of these 20" paper bead necklaces is on stretchy filament and has a magnetic clasp.  The burgandy one has a gold clasp, and the blue one has a silver clasp.  $17

 48" multi-color necklace on stretchy filament.  Can be worn long, doubled, or as bracelets. $25

 Close up of multi-color beads.

 

60" multi-color on stretchy filament.  Can be worn long, doubled, even tripled or worn as bracelets as pictured below. $28

 (Yes, I want you to buy this.  But secretly, I kinda want one for myself.)

 Close up of 20" burgundy necklace with gold magnetic clasp. $17

 Close up of 20" blue necklace with silver magnetic clasp. $17

*My friend Cindy who adopted two lovely boys from Ethiopia tells me she got some of these necklaces for $6 in Africa.  Well, a)my cost of living is a LITTLE higher than $2/day, and b) if you can get a plane ticket for less than $25, you should.

Donated Items For Sale

New in packaging Rattan magnetic bulletin board.  Retails at Ballard Designs for $69.  This item is heavy, so I'd prefer it to be a local delivery (Richmond area).  Willing to entertain all reasonable offers.

"For This Child I Have Prayed" Picture Frame

Pictured here in pink, this polka dotted frame can also be made in blue, green, or yellow tones.  Comes in 5x7 ($20) and 4x6 ($16).  Wooden frame with plastic insert over photo.  $20. (Other verses or phrases can also be substituted upon request.)

Wreaths

All wreaths are handmade and one of a kind.  If you see one that you like here that has been sold, let me know and I can recreate it for you.  I can also make you a custom wreath to go with your decor.  Wreaths come in 12" ($34) , 14" ($36) , and 18" ($38). Occasionally, where noted, there are additional charges for extra embellishments.

To purchase, please comment below or on facebook following the purchasing directions on the Shopping Directions Page.

SOLD.  12" Multi-colored yarn.  $34.

18" Lime with two toned purple and cream flowers.  Perfect for Spring!

18" Turquoise with blue flocking and blue felt flowers.  $40.  

18" White with pink and white flocked felt flowers. $38.  

Perfect for Valentine's Day, Summer, or to welcome home a new baby girl!