Fertility News

 I just stumbled on Infertility Awareness (a page on FB!). They are doing a really cool project that if you’re interested, involves your immediate participation today! I love it because it’s all about Friendship and can help you meet new friends through the infertility journey! Read below for the details. (This is straight from their “notes.”)

Infertility Awareness Friendship Bracelets: a reminder that you are not alone.

 A friendship bracelet is a bracelet given by one person to another as a symbol of friendship. Friendship bracelets are often handmade, usually of embroidery floss or thread. There are various styles and patterns. If you’d like to participate, please do the following:

 1. Email me at pomegranategirl (at) earthlink (dot) com with the Subject Line: Infertility Awareness Friendship Bracelet Swap

- Include your full name, snail mail address and blog URL (if you blog).

- Email me by Friday, August 5, 2011.  –>(That’s today!!)

 2. By Monday, August 15, 2011 (ish) I will email you and your partner each others information. I’m going to print out everyone’s name and put them in a bowl or something and choose pairs randomly.

 3. Get to know your partner via email (or swap phone numbers between yourselves if you wish) and either make or purchase a friendship bracelet to send them.

- To keep it fair, lets try to each provide around a $10 USD valued bracelet (whether purchased or made).

- The color of embroidery thread that symbolizes infertility is color #814, and to my knowledge it is available at Hobby Lobby and Michael’s as well as other stores and online.

 4. Send out your friendship bracelet to your new friend by Monday, September 19, 2011 (or make other arrangements with them if needed).

 5. Once you receive your friendship bracelet, you are encouraged to post about your bracelet, or about the the swap, etc, you may want to provide a link to your new friend’s blog.

 Notes:

 • Use whatever you already have around, old buttons or beads or both, yarn you may have on hand, anything to make it cool and unique. Your friend will LOVE and cherish it!

 • This site lists how to make several types of friendship bracelets: http://www.beadinggem.com/2010/09/how-to-make-friendship-bracelets.html

 • http://honestlywtf.com/diy/diy-wrap-bracelet/ I like this but think a button would be prettier for the closure.

 • You can also Google “friendship bracelet tutorial” to find something you like.

 • If you aren’t feeling really crafty but do want to participate, I know World Market has cool stuff that isn’t expensive, Ten Thousand Villages carries stuff similar to friendship bracelets.