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April 07, 2011
Glimmer Day Friday!
Do you have a blog? Did you do something nice for someone this week? Share your blog post with us by linking up below! :) For more details about in click here.
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A little bit of business.
Hey Guys -
A quick little business note here. I just need you to read over a few points and give me some feed back! :) Pretty please...
1. Don't forget if you are a blogger, tomorrow is Glimmer Day Friday! Share a random act of kindness with us and grab a button! Details about the linky thing is here.
2. Next Saturday!! We are thinking about having our first "event" for anyone who is local. (Local meaning in the Virginia Beach/ Hampton Roads area.) It is a little last minute, I know everyone has crazy schedules, but if you don't have anything to do next Saturday Morning (April 16th) and you want to do something nice for someone as a group, contact me.
I believe we will be doing some yard work for an elderly couple in the Virginia Beach area. The husband is in the beginning stages of alzheimer's and the wife is desperate to find help for her yard. More information to come, but I need to get an idea if anyone else would be interested in helping. It will be a quick project if people come to help! And you get to meet other people in the area who are just as nice as you are!! :) PLEASE EMAIL ME IN YOU MIGHT BE INTERESTED --> theprojectglimmer@gmail.com
It should be something that would be okay to bring family/friends/kids to, but again, more details will be available next week.
3. T-Shirts. I will probably have t-shirts made for anyone who is interested in having a cool shirt, and helping the project! All profits will go directly to the project. I will have a better idea of the cost on Monday, but it will probably be $10 a shirt, and you can pick your own color. It will have the logo on the back with the web address, and probably something small on the front. I promise they won't look tacky. This would be something super cool to have if you are interested in doing any events with us as a group!
4. New Blog. Hopefully tomorrow I will have the new blog launched. Don't freak out, it is the same exact project, just arranged a bit more "professionally" some may say. When it's up and running I would love your feedback! (For any bloggers out there, I'm switching from blogger to wordpress. It is slightly breaking my heart because I love google and the simplicity of blogger, but as big and quick as the project is growing I was advised it would be a better option in the long run.)
5. You guys are AWESOME! Last week I had a co-worker contact me saying he found the project glimmer online, he wanted some Glimmer Cards, and wanted to share the project with everyone... That's cool right? That's totally not the cool part... the COOL part is that he lives in another state and found the project glimmer through one of his friends, who is not a mutual friend of me or any of my people! Small world of goodness right?!
Keep it up guys! Keep sharing the project and your good deeds wherever you are in the world!!
xoxo.
A quick little business note here. I just need you to read over a few points and give me some feed back! :) Pretty please...
1. Don't forget if you are a blogger, tomorrow is Glimmer Day Friday! Share a random act of kindness with us and grab a button! Details about the linky thing is here.
2. Next Saturday!! We are thinking about having our first "event" for anyone who is local. (Local meaning in the Virginia Beach/ Hampton Roads area.) It is a little last minute, I know everyone has crazy schedules, but if you don't have anything to do next Saturday Morning (April 16th) and you want to do something nice for someone as a group, contact me.
I believe we will be doing some yard work for an elderly couple in the Virginia Beach area. The husband is in the beginning stages of alzheimer's and the wife is desperate to find help for her yard. More information to come, but I need to get an idea if anyone else would be interested in helping. It will be a quick project if people come to help! And you get to meet other people in the area who are just as nice as you are!! :) PLEASE EMAIL ME IN YOU MIGHT BE INTERESTED --> theprojectglimmer@gmail.com
It should be something that would be okay to bring family/friends/kids to, but again, more details will be available next week.
3. T-Shirts. I will probably have t-shirts made for anyone who is interested in having a cool shirt, and helping the project! All profits will go directly to the project. I will have a better idea of the cost on Monday, but it will probably be $10 a shirt, and you can pick your own color. It will have the logo on the back with the web address, and probably something small on the front. I promise they won't look tacky. This would be something super cool to have if you are interested in doing any events with us as a group!
4. New Blog. Hopefully tomorrow I will have the new blog launched. Don't freak out, it is the same exact project, just arranged a bit more "professionally" some may say. When it's up and running I would love your feedback! (For any bloggers out there, I'm switching from blogger to wordpress. It is slightly breaking my heart because I love google and the simplicity of blogger, but as big and quick as the project is growing I was advised it would be a better option in the long run.)
5. You guys are AWESOME! Last week I had a co-worker contact me saying he found the project glimmer online, he wanted some Glimmer Cards, and wanted to share the project with everyone... That's cool right? That's totally not the cool part... the COOL part is that he lives in another state and found the project glimmer through one of his friends, who is not a mutual friend of me or any of my people! Small world of goodness right?!
Keep it up guys! Keep sharing the project and your good deeds wherever you are in the world!!
xoxo.
My Favorite Auntie in Switzerland!
I really wanted to write a post today telling you about the Glimmer Care Package that I mailed out, BUT I also really want it to be a surprise for the person who gets it. And I know if I post pictures of the funny things I put in the box, he or she would know it was for him or her.
So instead, I am going to write about two awesome glimmer moments of my day! I hope you don't mind! :)
As I walked back into the post office I began to wonder if they ladies at the register would recognize me. I tossed my "If it fits it ships" box up on the counter along with a few bills and a Netflix DVD I have had for wayyyyy too long. When I looked up the lady behind the counter said "I just have to tell you, I kept that card you gave me but I did do something for someone!!" :)
She told me how she went to her neighbors house and cut the grass for them. But she said she kept the Glimmer Card and is now using it as a bookmark. I guess to remind her of the project! :)
Now speaking of mail... I got the best glimmer surprise and encouragement in my mailbox yesterday. When I opened the tiny little box up I saw this card smiling back at me.
I first saw the words "AIR MAIL" and then recognized the hand writing and got excited because I knew it was a letter from my aunt in Switzerland.
She is famous for making her own, simple note cards that I love. I will bet that she took this photo somewhere, then printed it out and glued it on the card... cute idea right? And it saves a good deal of money when it comes to buying expensive singing Hallmark Cards!
I open the card up and a fifty dollar bill falls out. NOT WHAT I WAS EXPECTING AT ALL. And then I read the sweetest note.
Dear Susan,
Thank YOU for the sunshine and glimmer that you've brought to my life.
Please use this $ to buy some more glimmer cards.
I'll continue to follow your project.
Much love,
A. Beth
I immediately called her up to say thanks. It was nice because we don't get to chat on the phone too often. So yeah, I have to send a HUGE thank you post to my favorite Auntie in Switzerland! This money will be put to great use! I already have a few project ideas in mind! Thank you thank you thank you!
April 05, 2011
Candy Acts of Kindness!
From a fan in North Carolina! :)
Today I gave out my first glimmer cards. I was so excited to get started. The first one I gave to my husband so he would get to experience the same joy passing it on as I did. Yesterday I purchased two boxes of his favorite "Sour Patch Kids" and put them along with a glimmer card on the front seat of his truck so he would find it this morning as he left for work. He was excited!
Next, I wanted to give the next card to a co-worker that I not only believe deserves something nice done for her but I also know that she will definately pass it along. I visited our local dollar store and purchased a few items to make her up a small Easter basket. I had shared the concept with her so she knew I was going to give her a few cards to share, but she had no idea it would come with a gift. She was really excited to recieve and and already has an idea on how to pass one of the two glimmer cards I gave her along.
I have a few ideas for my next glimmer acts, I can't wait!
Stephanie Doughty
New Bern, NC
Then we got this post from Rosa on our facebook page: What a great idea!! A co-worker surprised me with an Easter basket today, along with 2 glimmer cards. (Thanks Steph for this adorable treat!!) I can't wait to surprise someone with my random kindness... The possibilities are endless!
Glimmer on a Rainy Day!
I woke up this morning to 60 mph gusts beating on my windows and Severe T-Storm Warnings flashing on my television. Definitely not what I would call an ideal morning to drag yourself to the gym at 6:30am, buttttt I did it anyway. And it was great, because no one else was there! :)
The point of that ramble was to set the mood of the day for you. Anyone in the Hampton Roads area will agree with me, it has been one crazy weather day! Windy, dark, dreary, rainy, warm then cold, then warm again. Did I mention windy?! And I just looked out my window and the sun is beaming and the skies are blue!! *Cue the Beatles tune - 'here comes the sun... dee dee dee deeeeee'*
I spent an hour at the post office mailing out work stuff and glimmer cards. My glimmer receipt alone was longer than my arm! I had about 20 people behind me in line. I could feel their glares as I pulled out 10 more Project Glimmer envelopes. (I chose to not make eye contact with anyone when I finally finished up!)
The point of that ramble was to set the mood of the day for you. Anyone in the Hampton Roads area will agree with me, it has been one crazy weather day! Windy, dark, dreary, rainy, warm then cold, then warm again. Did I mention windy?! And I just looked out my window and the sun is beaming and the skies are blue!! *Cue the Beatles tune - 'here comes the sun... dee dee dee deeeeee'*
I spent an hour at the post office mailing out work stuff and glimmer cards. My glimmer receipt alone was longer than my arm! I had about 20 people behind me in line. I could feel their glares as I pulled out 10 more Project Glimmer envelopes. (I chose to not make eye contact with anyone when I finally finished up!)
In the midst of this rainy afternoon I quickly visited the Dollar Store. A shout out to my local readers - if you have not checked out the Dollar Store off of Battlefield (between Sams Club and Walmart) you should. It is by far one of the best Dollar Stores I have ever been to! Well I may have gotten a tad bit carried away as I was gathering things for my care packages of kindness. I ended up walking out of that store with enough goodies to get me through a couple weeks of random acts of kindness! And I used the first one today!
Despite the fact that is was rainy and cold, I thought these were the cutest things! I'm not going to lie, I bought the striped ones and the pink one for myself and grabbed the blue one for a doorstep!
I headed out of the obnoxious parking lot, which is even more obnoxious when it's raining because people are crazy. I wish I could tell you I left this on a random stranger's door step, but I didn't. I headed directly to my sister's condo with the hope that she did not go home for her lunch break.
I was in luck! Neither her or her roommate were home. So I left this glittery, glimmery blue pin wheel flower at their front door to greet them when they got home on this rainy day.
But now, since the sun has come out, it looks like they will find this glittery, glimmery flower reflecting the sunlight! :)
Did you partake in any random acts of kindness on this rainy cold day? Tell me about it!
April 04, 2011
Care Package Kindness!
I put my thinking cap on and tried to come up with some things people have done for me in the past that totally made me smile. I hate to confess this, but I was stumped for a little while! So I went for a walk on this gorgeous 86 degree weather day. When I got to my mail box it hit me... when I was in college I used to love getting care packages! It was the greatest feeling to check my little tiny jmu mailbox only to find a slip of paper that said I needed to pick up a package!
Now, I'm not in college anymore, which only means one thing when it comes to the mailbox. Bills, bills, and more bills! Which is far from a random act of kindness! So I decided that this week I will be sending out care packages to a few friends and acquaintances!
I made my list of 4 people and tonight I will be hitting up the dollar store looking for a few goodies! None of these people will be expecting it. And they're probably not reading this blog so hopefully it will be a surprise!
Stay tuned - I will share my tales of care package kindness with you throughout the week! Let me challenge you... pick a friend, maybe someone you haven't talked to in a while. Send them something thoughtful and random! I'm sure it will bring a smile to their faces!
April 01, 2011
A Drive-thru Thank you!
An email from Nicole in Virginia Beach, VA:
Ok, so I don't have the cards yet...but was anxious to get started anyway! I was at the drive thru of Dunkin Donuts at Great Neck and 1st Colonial Rd in VA Beach this morning and paid for the order behind me!! It was funny because I could see the lady talking to the girl at the drive thru and looking confused as I drove away. I'm hoping it made her day as opposed to torturing her trying to figure out who did it! I know it made mine :) LOL
Just goes to show you how we don't need Glimmer Cards to do something nice for someone! Thanks for doing such a great thing for someone Nicole! You made me smile this morning as well! :)
March 31, 2011
Sharing leftovers! :)
Yay! I got an email from someone who gave out a Glimmer Card today!! :) Read her email below:
| We put our first glimmer card out today. There is a small retail store located in our neighborhood and we stopped in there tonight to pick up some extras for dinner. As we were checking out the cashier asked what was for dinner. We told her and she jokingly asked if we were going to bring her any. Well, after we finished with our family dinner we plated up some and took if back to the cashier accompanied by a glimmer card. She was shocked and pleased at the same time as were a couple of customers that were in the store. It was an awesome feeling making someone's night like that. :) -- Bonnie from Greenville, NC |
The First Glimmer Day Friday!
Here's the deal - You don't need to have a Glimmer Card to do something great for another person! To kick off the project the right way, we are going to begin our Glimmer Day Friday! Bear with me if I do something wrong, this is the first time I have ever used the linky thing! :)
If you are a blogger and you want to get involved, here is what you need to do:
1. Do something nice for someone! It doesn't matter what your random act of kindness is. It can be big or small. Maybe something simple like going out of the way to hold the door open for a stranger. Or something fun like baking brownies (or some other yumminess) for your neighbor. Or if you want to spend a couple of bucks try buying coffee for a stranger at 7-11. The key is to be creative while being kind to those around us!
Keep in mind, you do not have to have a Glimmer Card to do something nice for someone! If you want to share this site with them, so they can check it out for themselves, and maybe even "pay it forward" GO FOR IT! :)
2. Blog about it! Include pictures (or even video!!) if you want! And then link your post back here and share it with everyone else. Be sure to grab my "Glimmer Day Friday" Button below and include it on your post.
So here's the linky link! Join us!
March 30, 2011
From the bottom of my heart...
So I know I have posted a few things already today, but I have just one more for you. A note from Susan.
Let me begin by telling you what a Craptastic Day I had. Work issues up the wazoo. Piles of things to get caught up on. And a dreary, rainy, cold cold day outside. (It's almost April! Where is the sunshine and warmer weather already?!)
By the time the afternoon was wrapping up I was complaining to my mom about how I had sooooo much to do and to top things off, I had to go out and BE NICE to someone!! (Trust me, it was the last thing I felt like doing.)
I went out with a mission to giving an umbrella away to someone. When I left the house it was raining. When I started driving it stopped. WHAT THE HECK!? How was I supposed to give an umbrella away to someone when the rain had completely stopped? So I gave up and continued on to my grandmother's house for dinner, feeling even more defeated. She generously made me, my sister, my mom and my cousin dinner tonight. So I took it upon myself to clean up the dishes. Not a huge random act of kindness, but at this point, it was all I could do for the day. I gave her a card and explained the project. She really seemed to care less about the little piece of paper I left, but I knew she was grateful for me doing the dishes.
Anyway, I got home just in time to crash on the couch and watch America's Next Top Model with my roommate when all of a sudden my Droid started going NUTS. People! Tons and tons of people began emailing me! (Well, wait, let's be real... when I say tons and tons I really mean 7 or 8 of you!)
Several of you were asking for Glimmer Cards! Which will be on their way tomorrow! A couple of you had awesome words of encouragement (which could not have come at a better time!):
In response to my "craptastic" facebook status, I got a facebook post from Lauren in Virginia Beach, VA saying: GLIMMERastic! :)
Sarah from Durham, NC emailed: I think what you're doing is great! I constantly have to remind myself not to loose faith in all mankind... I know there are other genuinely good people out there. We just have to come together to get everyone else to realize the same!
Amy from I'm-not-sure-where emailed: A friend of mine posted a link to your site onto Facebook, so I had to click and read. I think what you’ve started is absolutely wonderful! I’ve done good deeds here and there, but I think your idea of leaving those people with a card, so that they feel good enough to share with others, its awesome. .... Anywho, I just wanted to applaud you via email, and let you know I fully support you and all the good you’ve done this far!!
And THEN... yes, it gets better! I got this email of inspiration.
Melissa from Virginia Beach, VA said: Hi there Susan! I would love some cards. So I thought you would find this tidbit awesome... I pulled up to a Starbucks drive through on Independence in VBeach. When I pulled up to pay for my drink they told me that 45 min before someone paid for their coffee and the car behind them. They wanted to keep it going so I paid for the car behind me instead of mine. I don't know how much longer it lasted but it brought a smile to my face :)
Sorry that this is getting wordy, but HOW AWESOME IS THAT?! Without a Glimmer Card, people are still being nice! Or what if the original person HAD a Glimmer Card. (Really not the point at all, but the thought of it made me a little giddy!)
So anyway, Thank you Thank you Thank you Thank you for all of your support and kind words. They couldn't have come on a better evening! To make things even better, almost all of the emails of encouragement have been from complete strangers. So thanks, from the bottom of my heart. :)
Let me begin by telling you what a Craptastic Day I had. Work issues up the wazoo. Piles of things to get caught up on. And a dreary, rainy, cold cold day outside. (It's almost April! Where is the sunshine and warmer weather already?!)
By the time the afternoon was wrapping up I was complaining to my mom about how I had sooooo much to do and to top things off, I had to go out and BE NICE to someone!! (Trust me, it was the last thing I felt like doing.)
I went out with a mission to giving an umbrella away to someone. When I left the house it was raining. When I started driving it stopped. WHAT THE HECK!? How was I supposed to give an umbrella away to someone when the rain had completely stopped? So I gave up and continued on to my grandmother's house for dinner, feeling even more defeated. She generously made me, my sister, my mom and my cousin dinner tonight. So I took it upon myself to clean up the dishes. Not a huge random act of kindness, but at this point, it was all I could do for the day. I gave her a card and explained the project. She really seemed to care less about the little piece of paper I left, but I knew she was grateful for me doing the dishes.
Anyway, I got home just in time to crash on the couch and watch America's Next Top Model with my roommate when all of a sudden my Droid started going NUTS. People! Tons and tons of people began emailing me! (Well, wait, let's be real... when I say tons and tons I really mean 7 or 8 of you!)
Several of you were asking for Glimmer Cards! Which will be on their way tomorrow! A couple of you had awesome words of encouragement (which could not have come at a better time!):
In response to my "craptastic" facebook status, I got a facebook post from Lauren in Virginia Beach, VA saying: GLIMMERastic! :)
Sarah from Durham, NC emailed: I think what you're doing is great! I constantly have to remind myself not to loose faith in all mankind... I know there are other genuinely good people out there. We just have to come together to get everyone else to realize the same!
Amy from I'm-not-sure-where emailed: A friend of mine posted a link to your site onto Facebook, so I had to click and read. I think what you’ve started is absolutely wonderful! I’ve done good deeds here and there, but I think your idea of leaving those people with a card, so that they feel good enough to share with others, its awesome. .... Anywho, I just wanted to applaud you via email, and let you know I fully support you and all the good you’ve done this far!!
And THEN... yes, it gets better! I got this email of inspiration.
Melissa from Virginia Beach, VA said: Hi there Susan! I would love some cards. So I thought you would find this tidbit awesome... I pulled up to a Starbucks drive through on Independence in VBeach. When I pulled up to pay for my drink they told me that 45 min before someone paid for their coffee and the car behind them. They wanted to keep it going so I paid for the car behind me instead of mine. I don't know how much longer it lasted but it brought a smile to my face :)
Sorry that this is getting wordy, but HOW AWESOME IS THAT?! Without a Glimmer Card, people are still being nice! Or what if the original person HAD a Glimmer Card. (Really not the point at all, but the thought of it made me a little giddy!)
So anyway, Thank you Thank you Thank you Thank you for all of your support and kind words. They couldn't have come on a better evening! To make things even better, almost all of the emails of encouragement have been from complete strangers. So thanks, from the bottom of my heart. :)
The First Response!!
Tonight I got an email as a response to THE FIRST GLIMMER CARD THAT WAS GIVEN OUT!!! It made my night! :) If you missed the post about the first random act of kindness I did this week you can read about it here. Anyway, here is the email that Charlotte from Newport News, VA sent me:
On Monday I received a big plate of Chocolate Chip cookies with the glimmer card. What a treat! My favorite cookie. I was taking care of the 2 little girls that I keep on Monday's and my new neighbor Michael came over with this big plate of cookies that his Girlfriend had baked. It really made my day. I am the stay at home Mom in my neighborhood. The person that put's everyone's kids on the bus and when the bus pulls up in the afternoon and the parent's are not home, I bring those kids back to my house.
I'm also the one who always catches the loose dogs in the neighborhood. Which I did on Saturday! I plan on passing my card on to the next loose dog and it's owner since it happens quite often lately!
I'm located in Newport News. I think this is a great idea and I'm putting on my thinking cap to come up with some more ideas. What a smile it put on my face and my kids! Thanks so much!!
Charlotte
Thank you Charlotte for emailing me back! It sounds like you totally deserved receiving that Glimmer Card because you are always helping everyone else out! (Especially that time you found my house keys in your street and returned them!! I was so grateful!) So glad you liked the cookies!! :)
On Monday I received a big plate of Chocolate Chip cookies with the glimmer card. What a treat! My favorite cookie. I was taking care of the 2 little girls that I keep on Monday's and my new neighbor Michael came over with this big plate of cookies that his Girlfriend had baked. It really made my day. I am the stay at home Mom in my neighborhood. The person that put's everyone's kids on the bus and when the bus pulls up in the afternoon and the parent's are not home, I bring those kids back to my house.
I'm also the one who always catches the loose dogs in the neighborhood. Which I did on Saturday! I plan on passing my card on to the next loose dog and it's owner since it happens quite often lately!
I'm located in Newport News. I think this is a great idea and I'm putting on my thinking cap to come up with some more ideas. What a smile it put on my face and my kids! Thanks so much!!
Charlotte
Thank you Charlotte for emailing me back! It sounds like you totally deserved receiving that Glimmer Card because you are always helping everyone else out! (Especially that time you found my house keys in your street and returned them!! I was so grateful!) So glad you liked the cookies!! :)
Rainy Day Smiles!
This is an email I got from a fan of The Project Glimmer in Virginia Beach, Va. Check it out:
This is my very first glimmer card. My friend Alice and I had lunch on a rainy day—I had just picked up my cards from the mail box and excited to open them. Met my friend of 40some years for lunch—shared a glimmer card with her and we chatted about the project—made us have big smiles AND then she bought my lunch—another big smile! We went over to Belks in Suffolk and I shared a card with 2 ladies that were checking out with some real bargains—they were already smiling but they even had a bigger smile. Thanks Susan!
This is my very first glimmer card. My friend Alice and I had lunch on a rainy day—I had just picked up my cards from the mail box and excited to open them. Met my friend of 40some years for lunch—shared a glimmer card with her and we chatted about the project—made us have big smiles AND then she bought my lunch—another big smile! We went over to Belks in Suffolk and I shared a card with 2 ladies that were checking out with some real bargains—they were already smiling but they even had a bigger smile. Thanks Susan!
This was sent in from Linda in Virginia Beach, Virginia. Thanks Linda! So glad the Glimmer Cards brought smiles to those around you!
March 29, 2011
Yellow Flower Tuesday!
I'm going to be honest with you... today started out rough. Customer Service issues, cranky people, bad drivers, bad moods! This was exactly what my morning revolved around. And then I realized it was Day 2 of The Project Glimmer Kick Off Week. And here is what I did:
I headed out with a bundle of yellow daisies after lunch!
First Stop: Wachovia Drive Through! I needed to make a deposit. There were two ladies working the windows so I sent two flowers and two cards! They both smiled! :)
Second Stop: Verizon. I hate going into the Verizon store. But I wanted to go in and talk to someone about the costs of the ipad and/ or the mobile internet options they have. Typically I feel like going into Verizon is like doing your time at the DMV. Long and painful. But not this time!! A lady named Rosie was super helpful, got all of my questions answered within 5ish minutes, and had me out the door with a smile on my face. Because of her friendliness and patience, I experienced great customer service! So I went back in and asked for her. Sadly, she was busy, but I asked another lady to leave a couple of flowers and a card for her. When I was explaining myself I heard a few other people around me say "Awww" and smile.
Third Stop: MacCarther Mall. My roommate asked me to make a trip to the Apple Store with her. She has been having issues with her macbook (unheard of, I know!) and has been in there several times. Since this was probably going to be a stressful trip we decided to take some flowers along. Before we went in to the mall, we left a couple flowers on several cars windshields, along with a Glimmer Card. We had a few extra flowers that we decided to leave in the ladies & family restroom as well.
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| We put these the the door handle instead of the windshield... |
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| (Blurry to protect the identity of the Jeep!) Since I drive a jeep I HAD to leave a couple flowers on this one! |
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| Family Bathroom, first floor of MacCarther Mall. |
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| We figured that even if the Janitor is the one who finds this, it will be worth it! |
Luckily it was a very happy trip when the manager at the Apple Store said they would replace her dud laptop with a brand new laptop! Since our spirits were up, we decided to stop by the restrooms to see if anyone had found and taken the flowers yet. Sadly, no, not yet. But we figured even if it is a Janitor who finds them, then hooray! :)
When we were heading back to the car I glanced around, wondering if anyone had found the other flowers yet. It was actually really funny, because timing is everything! As we were getting closer to our car we saw a guy pulling the flowers and card off of his windshield. He looked around, like he was SUPER confused and then climbed into his car. We just looked like two innocent shoppers walking out of the mall, so unless he saw the funny smirk on my face, he had no clue it was us who left the flowers for him.
Last Stop. The Parking Garage Lady. I'm honestly not really sure what her title is, but she is the lady that sits in the booth, while leaving the parking garage, to collect our money. (It's not a toll, but a.... help me out... what's the word??) Anyway, Caitlin handed her the ticket and she told us we owed $2. When Caitlin passed her the $2 she had two yellow flowers with it. This lovely lady had the biggest grin on her face as she smiled back at us and said "Thank You."
So that's it ladies and gentlemen. Day two of the Glimmer Week Kick Off! What do you think? Give me your feed back! Did you get a flower? Let me know!
Glimmer Card Batches!
Yesterday evening I spent some time getting the Glimmer Card packets put together for the group of people who emailed me their addresses. Here's what they looked like:
Get excited if you are expecting one in the mail!!
As part of my kick off week I decided to include a little special something for four of you though! A random act of kindness from me to you!
You might be wondering how I picked which four would receive this special treat. Since I was sitting in the parking lot of the post office, I couldn't go to the random picker online, so I used the next best thing!
Chloe "picked out" four random envelopes for me!
All of the packets (except for one who emailed me her address literally as I was pulling out of the post office parking lot) have been shipped out! If you are local, you might get it today! Otherwise, be on the look out for your cards Wednesday and Thursday! :)
PS. I still have 6 batches of Glimmer Cards that need a good home! Do you or someone you know want to get involved? Let me know! I will mail them to you asap!
March 28, 2011
The First Glimmer Card!
The First Glimmer Card! Kick Off Monday! Both pretty exciting if you ask me! I'm so ready to get this project rolling, and from the sounds of it, so are a lot of you! I cannot believe we have over 70 facebook fans and 30ish people who are following the blog (because they clicked that little follow button right over there -----> and you should too!)
So here we go! The first random act of kindness! I wish I had done something so much more creative, but stay tuned... I will try to think something up for the rest of the week. Anyway, what did I do? Well let me show you!
So there you go. Simple, delicious, random act of kindness. Let's get this project rolling! I mailed out a ton of cards today (actually only 260) to those of you who have emailed me your address. I think I have 6 more packets of Glimmer Cards left to send out into the world! Let me know if you want one!
Do you have an idea of a random act of kindness I should do? Leave it in the comment section below!
So here we go! The first random act of kindness! I wish I had done something so much more creative, but stay tuned... I will try to think something up for the rest of the week. Anyway, what did I do? Well let me show you!
I baked cookies!! And when I say baked, I use it very loosely. I was in Newport News at my boyfriend's house and he didn't really have the "tools" necessary to bake from scratch, so I resorted to this! Cookie dough from the tube! :)
I'm not going to lie, we tasted a couple. You really would've thought they were home made, not tube made.
Then I made him PROMISE me that he would pick one of his neighbors and deliver the cookies. I got a text message this afternoon saying "mission accomplished."
And of course I made sure he took the Glimmer Card along too!
So there you go. Simple, delicious, random act of kindness. Let's get this project rolling! I mailed out a ton of cards today (actually only 260) to those of you who have emailed me your address. I think I have 6 more packets of Glimmer Cards left to send out into the world! Let me know if you want one!
Do you have an idea of a random act of kindness I should do? Leave it in the comment section below!
ps. sorry about the poor picture quality... they are from the droid because the camera was MIA :)
March 27, 2011
Thank you Mailman!
On Friday afternoon the mailman had NO idea what he was leaving on my door step. When I saw him walking away after dropping off a large box from Vista Print I almost wanted to chase him down and tell him how many good deeds and smiles he just brought all of us! I'm sure a bear hug would've been too much, and he would've thought I had indeed flipped my lid. So I simply smiled and waved a thank you at him before I quickly tore into the box! The Glimmer Cards are here!
Don't forget! If you want your own stash of Glimmer Cards you need to let me know! Read my post from Thursday on Glimmer Cards if you are interested.
Kick off starts tomorrow! I'm excited! Are you?
March 25, 2011
Glimmer Day Fridays!
You don't need a Glimmer Card to do something great for another person! As part of the kick off week we are going to turn Friday into "Glimmer Day Friday!" for other bloggers out there. So our first official Glimmer Day Friday will be next week - Friday April 1, 2011.
If you are a blogger and you want to get involved, here is what you need to do:
1. Do something nice for someone! It doesn't matter what your random act of kindness is. It can be big or small. Maybe something simple like going out of the way to hold the door open for a stranger. Or something fun like baking brownies (or some other yumminess) for your neighbor. Or if you want to spend a couple of bucks try buying coffee for a stranger at 7-11. The key is to be creative while being kind to those around us!
Keep in mind, you do not have to have a Glimmer Card to do something nice for someone! If you want to share this site with them, so they can check it out for themselves, and maybe even "pay it forward" GO FOR IT! :)
2. Blog about it! Include pictures (or even video!!) if you want! And then link your post back here and share it with everyone else. Be sure to grab my "Glimmer Day Friday" Button below and include it on your post.
This is will be my first experience with Linky so please bear with me if I do something wrong! You will be able to post your links anytime on Fridays, beginning next week. Any tips or tricks from other bloggers is great appreciated! :)
If you are a blogger and you want to get involved, here is what you need to do:
1. Do something nice for someone! It doesn't matter what your random act of kindness is. It can be big or small. Maybe something simple like going out of the way to hold the door open for a stranger. Or something fun like baking brownies (or some other yumminess) for your neighbor. Or if you want to spend a couple of bucks try buying coffee for a stranger at 7-11. The key is to be creative while being kind to those around us!
Keep in mind, you do not have to have a Glimmer Card to do something nice for someone! If you want to share this site with them, so they can check it out for themselves, and maybe even "pay it forward" GO FOR IT! :)
2. Blog about it! Include pictures (or even video!!) if you want! And then link your post back here and share it with everyone else. Be sure to grab my "Glimmer Day Friday" Button below and include it on your post.
This is will be my first experience with Linky so please bear with me if I do something wrong! You will be able to post your links anytime on Fridays, beginning next week. Any tips or tricks from other bloggers is great appreciated! :)
March 24, 2011
Glimmer Cards!
Do you want to participate in the kick-off of this project? Hooray! Let me send you some Glimmer Cards!
I will be sending out 25 packets of cards (to basically anywhere in the world because I am well aware of the fact that we have a hand full of readers in Australia) next week! Each packet will contain 20 Glimmer Cards.
How do you get to be one of the lucky 25 to receive the first of the Glimmer Cards? You have to do 3 things!
One: Follow this blog by clicking the little follow button over there in the right hand column--->
Two: Post the link on your Facebook Page and encourage your friends to jump on board (then comment below and tell me you did it!) AND/OR share the project details and link back on your own blog (and again, be sure to comment below and tell me you did it!) **And by the way, if you didn't know, we know have a facebook page! www.facebook.com/TheProjectGlimmer
Three: Shoot me an email and give me your name and mailing address so I can get them sent to you! My email address is TheProjectGlimmer@Gmail.com
It's as simple as that!! :)
I will be sending out 25 packets of cards (to basically anywhere in the world because I am well aware of the fact that we have a hand full of readers in Australia) next week! Each packet will contain 20 Glimmer Cards.
How do you get to be one of the lucky 25 to receive the first of the Glimmer Cards? You have to do 3 things!
One: Follow this blog by clicking the little follow button over there in the right hand column--->
Two: Post the link on your Facebook Page and encourage your friends to jump on board (then comment below and tell me you did it!) AND/OR share the project details and link back on your own blog (and again, be sure to comment below and tell me you did it!) **And by the way, if you didn't know, we know have a facebook page! www.facebook.com/TheProjectGlimmer
Three: Shoot me an email and give me your name and mailing address so I can get them sent to you! My email address is TheProjectGlimmer@Gmail.com
It's as simple as that!! :)
Help the Cause!
I got an email this morning informing me that the Glimmer Cards should be arriving TODAY!! Woo Hoo!! :)
I need your help though! I have a few ideas that I need feedback on ASAP.
1. In an effort to raise funds for this project a few people have expressed that they would be interested in ordering a bumper sticker for $2. What do you think? Would you be interested? I would probably need to have a commitment for at least 50 stickers before I could order them. You could keep it for yourself, or spread the love and share them with friends and family... This is what they would look like:
I need your help though! I have a few ideas that I need feedback on ASAP.
1. In an effort to raise funds for this project a few people have expressed that they would be interested in ordering a bumper sticker for $2. What do you think? Would you be interested? I would probably need to have a commitment for at least 50 stickers before I could order them. You could keep it for yourself, or spread the love and share them with friends and family... This is what they would look like:
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| (They would be the oval type of sticker - not the large rectangular one, this way you can stick it somewhere other than your bumper if so desired!) |
2. Someone also told me to sell some t-shirts. I had two ideas with this... One - a simple shirt (you would have 5 color options to pick from, maybe even a tie-dye option!!) and it would have the logo (basically the header of this blog) and website on it. Or idea number two - YOU design the t-shirt! I know there are tons of crafty people reading this. (Not positive how this would work quite yet... it's still just a thought!) We could vote on a favorite (or two!) and then sell YOUR creation! The winning shirt designer would of course get a free shirt. Shirts would probably cost $12 to $15 and all of the profits would go to help the funding of Project: Glimmer. (I would need to have 20 shirt orders in before I can order them in bulk.)
So give me your thoughts/ ideas! Do you think this would work? Not work? I'm a beginner at this, any and all input is soooo appreciated!! If anyone has another brilliant plan I would LOVE to hear it! Thanks friends!
March 22, 2011
You're Killing Me With Kindness!
You guys are WONDERFUL! I cannot tell you how happy your support has made me today. I feel like you are all doing such a nice thing for me by promoting and following the project (before it has even started!) - good thing I will have a pile of Glimmer Cards to hand out next week to pay it forward!
It's 8:30PM and we have already have 90 hits today. Special thanks to two girls on the other side of the country (who I do not know!!) who have shared this project on their blogs: Katri at Cardigans and Cookie Dough and Kailee at An Outfit A Day Keeps The Fashion Police Away. Not only do they seem like great girls, but they have super cute blogs and super cute clothes!! Go check 'em out!
And the Facebook Page! Did you know that you need to have 25 "Fans" to get an official facebook web address? Did you know that the "Share" button on these fanpages are "broken" right now? Well, ya do and they are (from what I've been told). And in two days 18 people have "Liked" my page! Only 7 more to go... do you think we can get there by tomorrow?!
QUESTION FOR BLOGGERS - Next week is kick off week (hopefully, as long as the Glimmer Cards come in). I'm kind of new to the blogging world (other than my wimpy little 2 cats & chloe. blog.) but can someone please explain the Link Up Parties or Link up Days that people have? I was thinking about doing something like that next week for the kick off, to get other bloggers involved... kinda a Random Act of Kindness day or "Glimmer Day Tuesday" or something...... Thoughts? How do I go about doing this? I need your help! Feel free to leave me a comment below or email me at theprojectglimmer@gmail.com.
Thank you again for all your support, enthusiasm, kind words, love, and the "glimmer of hope" that you have already shown. It LOVE it that people are so willing and wanting to make a difference.
It's 8:30PM and we have already have 90 hits today. Special thanks to two girls on the other side of the country (who I do not know!!) who have shared this project on their blogs: Katri at Cardigans and Cookie Dough and Kailee at An Outfit A Day Keeps The Fashion Police Away. Not only do they seem like great girls, but they have super cute blogs and super cute clothes!! Go check 'em out!
And the Facebook Page! Did you know that you need to have 25 "Fans" to get an official facebook web address? Did you know that the "Share" button on these fanpages are "broken" right now? Well, ya do and they are (from what I've been told). And in two days 18 people have "Liked" my page! Only 7 more to go... do you think we can get there by tomorrow?!
QUESTION FOR BLOGGERS - Next week is kick off week (hopefully, as long as the Glimmer Cards come in). I'm kind of new to the blogging world (other than my wimpy little 2 cats & chloe. blog.) but can someone please explain the Link Up Parties or Link up Days that people have? I was thinking about doing something like that next week for the kick off, to get other bloggers involved... kinda a Random Act of Kindness day or "Glimmer Day Tuesday" or something...... Thoughts? How do I go about doing this? I need your help! Feel free to leave me a comment below or email me at theprojectglimmer@gmail.com.
Thank you again for all your support, enthusiasm, kind words, love, and the "glimmer of hope" that you have already shown. It LOVE it that people are so willing and wanting to make a difference.
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