August 2009 Weddings
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Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
If you have questions about this, please email help@theknot.com.
Thank you.
Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.
MO fund
Anyone who wants to contribute to the angels sculpture and Whole Food's GC, please feel free to paypal whatever you can/want to andrew.krystyna at gmail dot com and then I'll take care of paying for the sculpture and GC.
We can also make a final decision on the sculpture in this thread if you like. It seems like the consensus so far is the second to last picture in this link: http://www.etsy.com/listing/58746159/unity-family-of-five-made-to-order?ga_search_query=unity&ga_search_type=user_shop_ttt_id_5258817 with the babies holding different tokens. (But everyone voice their opinions if you feel otherwise, please.)
I'll keep you all updated on the funds so that you'll know how much the GF and everything amounts to.
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Since it's a custom order, the price listed on the Etsy site might not be entirely accurate. Dana's waiting to hear what we decide, then she can give me an accurate price listing. I'll let her know that you'll be placing the order, K. I can also forward you the emails I've exchanged with her up to this point if it's helpful.
I like the tokens only because I see them as offerings of hope and love.
BTW, PayPal was the hardest one for me with my name change. So silly.
Anywho, I like the second from last, and honestly, I love it the way it is. I like that the "dad" has his arms around them, and I feel like the way the "angels" are is sweet and loving. I like the simplicity of it as it is. As much as I do agree with the thought of the charms to help introduce personality, my vote would be as-is.
We'll just not tell H about this little fact, m'kay?
That's no problem at all. I'll pay whatever she wants the amount to be, and then the leftover will go to the GC. If you think it's easiest to forward me the emails, you can do that to the same email address. I can tell her what we decide on, or you can - whatever you'd like! Thank you for getting in touch with her.
Not to repeat my post from the last thread, but I too agree that I prefer the sculpture as-is without the tokens. I feel like way that it is, with the babies hugging the parents, represents that they never really LEFT the parents in the first place, whereas the babies bringing tokens from Heaven sort of symbolizes that they are "visiting" the parents, if you know what I mean. Haha, maybe I am analyzing the sculpture WAY too much, but that's just my impression.
I had the same thought. I just liked what she wrote alongside another one that also had the tokens: Referred to as passing, death is absolutely not the end of a person or their experiences. Imagine the awesomeness of being in Heaven and how that is viewed through a child's mind. This is a lighthearted sculpture of a family spending time together while the angel babies recount the wonder of what they have seen and done in Heaven.
But they really are beautiful either way and I'm happy with whatever we decide. I'll add a vote for that second last picture that Susi posted.
Baby #2: Surprise BFP 9.19.12, EDD 5.24.13, natural m/c 10.19.13 at 9w
I think if you just mention Susana and August 2009 Nesties, she'll know. I'll send her a quick message saying you're placing the order and will mention my name. That'll make it easier, and since the most relevant part of her message to me was the token suggestion, I think you have it all already.
Thanks so much for organizing it all!
I think that's a great idea. (That was supposed to be a quote for including a card).
On The sculpture, I like the one that is without the tokens, just the little wings. Though if everyone likes the other I'm cool with that too.
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I am in this position as well, will donate as soon as I am back up and running.
Now jumping domestically.
Well that was a crazy couple of years.
I donated and sent you an email to clarify it's from me.
I like the 2nd to last sculpture as-is. However, I'd be fine with the tokens too. Whatever you ladies decide.
I just sent my donation as well.
I like the 2nd one as well, either as is or with the tokens.
Thank you so much for organizing this.
Just sent my donation. I like either option.
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You all are seriously amazing. So far we have 16 people (I'm including myself in that #) who have contributed, totaling just about $350. (Tobi and Steph, I got both of yours). This is warming my heart.
For those who can't paypal yet, no worries! How about we keep this open until Friday? Do you think that's enough time? I guess we can always reassess later in the week if it's not. I'll also start tallying up people's votes for the sculpture to see which we should order.
Thank you all for doing this, I know Emily and Sean will greatly appreciate it. You all rock.
Will do!
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