$25 Lowe's Gift Card

This $25 Lowe's gift card was donated in honor of Jonah.  

Bidding will start at $8.

Custom Graphic Shirt, Onesie, or Bloomer Set (2)

Tara at Smitten & Company has graciously donated the choice of any design in her etsy shop.  The winner can choose between short or long sleeves, onesie, or bloomer set in the size of their choice. Depending on your choice of item, the listing is valued at up to $22. 

Bidding will start at $7. 

Custom Graphic Shirt, Onesie, or Bloomer Set (1)

Tara at Smitten & Company has, once again, graciously donated the choice of any design in her etsy shop. The winner can choose between short or long sleeves, onesie, or bloomer set in the size of their choice. Depending on your choice of item, the listing is valued at up to $22.

Bidding will start at $7.

2 Night Stay at Angel Mountain Cabin

For the FOURTH year in a row, Helen has kindly donated a 2 night stay at Angel Mountain Cabin. The secluded cabin has a covered front porch, deck along the side and across the back, and a view of sunsets, stars, and some of Ashe County's breathtaking scenery. (This is a non-smoking cabin.) Cannot be used on holidays or during Merlefest (end of April) unless it is used to extend a 2-night paid stay.  The stay is valued at $190.

Bidding will start at $50.

$10 Subway Gift Card

This $10 Subway Gift Card was donated by Piper.

Bidding will start at $3.

$25 Olive Garden Gift Card (2)

This $25 Olive Garden Gift (2 of 2) card was donated by Wanda.

Bidding will start at $8.

$10 Outback Steakhouse Gift Card (2)

This $10 Outback Gift Card (2 of 2) was donated by Bobby.

Bidding will start at $3.

$10 Outback Steakhouse Gift Card (1)

This $10 Outback Gift Card (1 of 2) was donated by Bobby.

Bidding will start at $3.

$25 Olive Garden Gift Card (1)

This $25 Olive Garden Gift (1 of 2) card was donated by Wanda.

Bidding will start at $8.

$25 Belk Gift Card (2)

This $25 Belk gift card (2 of 2) was graciously donated by Wanda.  

Bidding will start at $8.

$25 Belk Gift Card (1)

This $25 Belk gift card (1 of 2) was graciously donated by Wanda.  

Bidding will start at $8.

$25 Shell Gas Card (2)

This $25 Shell Gift Card (2 of 2) was donated by Wanda.

Bidding will start at $8.

$25 Outback Steakhouse Gift Card (1)

This $25 Outback Gift Card (1 of 2) was graciously donated by Wanda.

Bidding will start at $8.

$25 Shell Gas Card (1)

This $25 Shell Gift Card (1 of 2) was donated by Wanda.

Bidding will start at $8.

Photography Session and Package from Jenn Lewis Photography

This photo session and print package was donated by Jenn of Jenn Lewis Photography in Winston-Salem, NC. She specializes in newborns, high school seniors, and weddings, but has also does fantastic work with families. Jenn is the photographer behind all the great pictures you see on Patrice's blog. The package includes photo session with up to five people and a print package of 2 8x10s and 2 5x7s. See more of her amazing work at http://www.jennlewisphotography.com/ or www.facebook.com/jennlewisphotography?fref=ts.

**WINSTON-SALEM, NC AREA**

**If you don't wind up winning this listing, Jenn has offered a $100 print credit toward a future session (good through August 31, 2013) for everyone that bids on this listing!**

The session and package is valued at $211.

Bidding will start at $70.

John Deere Kitchen Set

JB Designs has donated this wonderful John Deere Kitchen set. Thr set comes with a John Deere Kitchen Towel, 2 John Deere Potholders, and 2 coordinating dish cloths. The super-absorbent, reversible towel hangs over the handle of your stove. The two potholders have a space to slip in your hand, as well as a secret pocket in the inside to add a scented satchel if you'd like. The dish cloths are hand-crocheted and made of 100% cotton for easy care.

The set is valued at $25.

Bidding will start at $8.

$25 Outback Steakhouse Gift Card (2)

This $25 Outback Gift Card (2 of 2) was graciously donated by Wanda.

Bidding will start at $8.

$25 Carolina Ale House Gift Card

This $25 gift card to Carolina Ale House was donated by the Bright family. 

It may be used at any of the following places: Bluewater Waterfront Grill, Hops Supply Co., Carolina Ale House, Henry's, Oceanic, Taverna Agora, and Eddie Romanelli's.

Bidding will start at $8.

Hammered Silver and Copper Earrings

These beautiful hammered sterling silver and copper earrings were kindly donated by Stephanie of Grace & Elegance.  They are valued at $22.

Bidding will start at $7.

"Mommy & Me" Apron Set

This adorable matching set of aprons would be great for any mommy and daughter or grandmother and granddaughter.  The aprons are made from a zebra print fabric with royal purple satin ruffling and are fully lined. The set was donated by Bouncing Blossom Designs in honor of Joshua Matthew Sams.

It is valued at $50.

Bidding will start at $17.

$50 Starbucks Gift Card

Thanks to Brad Lisman for the donation of this $50 Starbucks gift card.

Bidding will start at $16. 

$20 Chuck E. Cheese's Gift Card

This $20 Chuck E. Cheese's gift card was donated in honor of all those fighting EB.

Bidding will start at $7.

$20 Domino's Gift Card

This $20 Domino's gift card was donated in honor of all those fighting EB.

Bidding will start at $7.

$50 Amazon Gift Card

This $50 Amazon gift card was donated in honor of all those fighting EB.

Bidding will start at $16.

$25 Amazon Gift Card

This $25 Gift Card to Amazon.com was donated by Piper. 

Bidding will start at $8.

$50 BP Gift Card

This $50 BP gift card was donated in honor of all those fighting EB.

Bidding will start at $16.

$50 Shell Gift Card

This $50 Shell gift card was donated in honor of all those fighting EB.

Bidding will start at $16.

IT'S A GIVEAWAY!!

Every year, we have done a giveaway to celebrate the upcoming auction and this year will be no different!  On February 15th, we'll kick off the giveaway right here on this page.  The grand prize winner will receive a $20 gift card to Target.  Two winners will receive "Jogging for Jonah" t-shirts, and we also have a beautiful knit scarf and a pair of dangle earrings (from Laurel Creek Designs) for two other winners. We've even got a free registration for the Jogging for Jonah 5K!

To enter, you will use the rafflecopter widget below. (It's super easy, but if you have any problems or questions about it, feel free to email me at jonahsebauction@gmail.com.)  It will go live on February 15 and run through midnight (EST) February 21.  You can earn entries EVERY DAY by posting to Facebook, so be sure to come back and do that!  IMPORTANT!! The winners will be posted here on the blog on February 22nd at 7:30pm.  After that, winners will have 48 hours to contact me to claim their prizes.  After 48 hours, I will pick a new winner.   

But wait!  The winners are not the only thing getting revealed on the 22nd! Just before we announce the winners, the website is going to explode with new posts.  All of our items will go up for preview at 7pm that night! :)  You can't bid on anything until the 28th, but you have almost a whole week to peruse our inventory and come up with your shopping strategy.  I can't wait for you guys to see what we've got this year. Our awesome donors have been at it again and we have some amazing items to choose from!

   a Rafflecopter giveaway

It's that time again!!

One year has gone and another one has begun.  That means that auction time is just around the corner.  I can't believe that this will be the FOURTH year for the auction! If you are new this year, welcome!  If you've been around for awhile, or even since the beginning, welcome back!  This auction is our little way to raise funds and awareness for EB in honor of a very special little boy (Jonah, in case you don't know) who will be turning FOUR YEARS OLD this year.

The timing of this year's auction will be a little different than it has been in the past.  The last day of the auction has always been on Jonah's birthday (February 27th).  However, since his birthday falls in the middle of the week this year and more people can participate in the auction during the weekend, we are going to push it back a few days.  The auction dates for 2013 will be Thursday, February 28 (8pm EST) through Sunday March 3 (9pm EST).  That will give us a full 72 hours, plus a bonus hour (for giggles--and so I can get my kids in bed in time to actually close things out).

As we have in the past, we would love to include anything that is on your heart to donate to the auction.  Over the years of doing this, I've found that smaller items are the most practical (for shipping purposes), but larger items like quilts do well too.  Gift cards for restaurants and everyday shopping (grocery, gas, Target, etc) have done fantastically well in the past.  They usually go for over their value and they are very inexpensive to ship. We've found that there are some legal restrictions to what we can accept based on state laws (no live animals, alcoholic beverages, etc.), but if you are unsure about a possible donation, you can always email and ask!  I will leave the old items up on the auction blog for the next few weeks so you can get ideas about what types of items to expect this year or donation ideas if you'd like to donate.  *Please note, those are LAST YEAR'S items and are not open for bidding.*

For those of you that are new to the auction (or maybe you're not and just didn't know), I (Katie) do most of the work behind the auction. Patrice is a very close friend of mine and this auction was born out of a desire to do something for Jonah's first birthday. That desire led to the idea to host a *small* online auction to raise money for DebRA. I had no idea that first auction would be as big as it was, nor that people would enjoy it enough that years later I would be sitting here preparing to do this for the FOURTH time.  And I couldn't be more thrilled! While I do utilize Patrice's slave labor generous offers to help with some of the work, it is my hope that this auction not be a burden on their family (especially with the addition of G!).  So, when you are emailing in, unfortunately you aren't getting in contact with a blog world mini-celeb, just little ole' me. :)

I look forward to another wonderful auction and getting to know many of you. EB is a terrible, horrible, unfair disease and this auction is one chance each year to fight it regardless of where you live--we ship all over the country (and even internationally!).  All of the money raised goes straight to DebRA for research and the care and support of our beautiful "butterflies". If you would like to donate an item for the auction, would like more information about donating, or just have a question about the auction, you can email me at jonahsebauction@gmail.com.

Let's do this thing.

Time to Window Shop! (And Congratulations Winners!)

**You can view all the of items on one page here.  You can click the thumbnail picture (then click the larger image) to bring you to the item post.**

We are now less than a week a way from the start of this year's auction, which means you get to see what we've got! You can't start bidding until Thursday (2/28) at 8pm, but you can take the next several days to window shop, make a list of your favorite items, and come up with a bidding strategy. Within the next few days, we'll be adding some links to make navigating the items a little bit easier (as well as ways to view thumbnails by category), but for now you'll just need to scroll through or use the category tags on the right side of the page. Don't forget to click "older posts" to see more items once you've scrolled to the bottom of a page.  If you catch any typos, grammar flubs, or missing pictures/links, don't hesitate to email me at jonahsebauction@gmail.com.  Also, if you donated something and don't see your item or I got some information wrong, let me know that to. Out of 160+ posts, I'm sure I goofed up somewhere. :)

So that you can be ready to bid as soon as the auction goes live, you can can view the bidding tutorial here. There is important information there that EVERYONE should read, even if this isn't their first year with the auction.  One particular example is how to "sign in" when you post. Please DO NOT sign in with Facebook, Twitter, etc.  It makes it very hard to get in touch with winners when they do that.  So, when you are leaving your information to comment, refer to the "do this, NOT this" illustration below:

There are several other tidbits of information on the bidding tutorial page, so please, go check it out even if (or maybe especially if) you aren't new to this auction.

Now that I've gotten through all the housekeeping stuff, I'll get to why you're really here:  the GIVEAWAY WINNERS!! Thanks to everyone who participated in the giveaway.  Out of over 1470 entries our winners are:

$20 Target Gift Card - Leigh B. (robandleigh.....@suddenlink.net)

Jogging for Jonah Shirt - Jennifer R. (jennay...@gmail.com)

Jogging for Jonah Shirt - Amber R (amber_rin...@yahoo.com)

Knit Scarf - Larissa L(larissa.lop...@yahoo.com)

Earrings from Laurel Creek Designs - Christie Z (thezin...@albanytel.com)

Registration for 2013 Jogging for Jonah 5K - Joel J (joeljoh...527@gmail.com)

The winners have 48 hours to email me at jonahsebauction@gmail.com to claim your prize. Please include your name and shipping address. After 48 hours I will select a new winner(s), so send me that email!

I can't wait to see everyone back here at 8pm on Thursday Febraury 28!  Until then, HAPPY WINDOW SHOPPING!!

How to Use the Pinterest View

Here's a quick run through of how to navigate the category listings via Pinterest.

After you click on any of the category listings from the auction site, it will take you to a page that looks like this:

To view an item more closely, simply click on it and it will bring up a larger image.

If you want to know more information about that item or make a bid, click that larger image and it will bring you to the listing for that item.

If you want to close the larger image so you can move on to see other items, just press  the "Esc" button or click to the left or right of the pop-up box (see picture below).

That's it!  If you have any questions, don't hesitate to email me at jonahsebacution@gmail.com.