Er i KLAR - vores første bloghop / Fasten your seatbelts please we're bloghopping

I dag deltager OSH i sin allerførste bloghop  og ovenikøbet en international en af slagsen. Vi blogger nemlig sammen med vores storesøster i USA Operation Write Home. Da jeg tilbage i 2009 gik og puslede med en ide om at gøre "noget" for at støtte de danske soldater, var det OWH der dengang hed "Cards for Heroes" der inspirerede mig til at komme i gang. Det var dog ikke et navn, der egnede sig til danske forhold, så jeg nåede frem til at Operation Skriv hjem passede bedre, fordi det var det det handlede om. Forestil jer mit ansigt, da jeg året efter fik googlet mig frem til dem igen og så at de havde skiftet navn til det samme bare på engelsk - 2 sjæle en tanke! Sandy og hendes organisation er en stor inspiration for os her hos OSH og vi er stolte og glade for at være med i denne bloghop og vise vores amerikanske venner, hvad vi kan her i lille Danmark. Som de fleste jo ved startede OSH på Scrap-a-Mania i maj 2010 og Rikke B og Lisbeth Z var de første der støttede os. Siden har vi heldigvis fået en masse dejlig opbakning fra andre events og butikker - men man glemmer aldrig sit første kys  - vel?  Da Rikke B og Lisbeth Z deltog på CHA messen i januar var de søde at besøge OWH-standen (jamen sådan en har de da selvfølgelig) og sådan fik Sandy og jeg kontakt og et fint samarbejde er nu på plads. =0)

WOOHOO....  Today OSH is participating in our very first bloghop - and we are happy and proud to do it together with our big sister in America - Operation Write Home!  YEAH..... !!!!This is why the OSH blog is in Danish and English today! Above photo from CHA 2012 shows Lisbeth Zibrandtsen from Denmark (co-organizing the Scrap-a-Mania event in Denmark with Rikke Bagger) visiting the OWH stand where she informed Sandy of OSH and our work in Denmark!

A little history mostly for our international visitors. Back in 2009 when I was brainstorming about what to do to show support to our Danish deployed soldiers,  I googled and found a site called "Cards for Heroes". This was exactly what I had in mind and they had been at it for a couple of years. Knowing nothing like this had been done over here, I started thinking of a suitable name and logo and came up with "Operation Skriv hjem" as this was what it was all about - writing home and I somehow knew it would be a better name for us here in Denmark. I worked hard getting everything organized with a handful of good friends making some sample cards and I know for sure that my meetings with the Danish Army and other contacts were facilitated because I could say "it's been done in America with great success". =0) OSH started at the scrapbooking event Scrap-a-Mania back in May 2010 and as happy as I am with the support we now get from other events and shops in Denmark, SAM was the first to support us and that is something I'll never forget. Little did I know that Cards for Heroes by then had changed their name to "Operation Write Home" - what can I say  - great minds think alike - and this way we sound even more related - don't we!! 

Sandy hos OWH har sin dygtige maskothund Ciara og vi har jo Fifty der her sender en hilsen til Ciara  med et fint lille hjemmelavet banner han har lavet helt selv! =0)


OSH's Fifty is a star here at HQ and here he sends his love to OWH's Ciara - LOOK he even made a Danish/American banner to wear today to celebrate the bloghop - "HI Ciara - keep up the good work helping your Mum and OWH "  !!!

UPS - første foto er taget med natudstyr - da Fifty glædede sig så meget at han stod op midt om natten - det næste er taget da det blev morgen og er bedre.

Sorry first photo is difficult to see - Fifty was SO excited he was up in the middle of the night and I had to wear night goggles to see him - below is a better one from this morning  =0) Fifty's badge on his helmet is a gift from Sandy at CHA - Thanks !!!

Vi hopper mellem hele 22 blogge - skiftevis en dansk og en amerikansk og jeg kan love jer at der er nok at kigge på og måske nye blogge at besøge også fremover? Vi elsker alle kommentarer - så husk at lægge en lille hilsen på jeres vej og jeg kan da godt røbe at der er blog candy på spil. Så husk at kigge forbi her igen på næste søndag for at se listen over vindere! =0)

We will jump between as many as 22 blogs - back and forth between Denmark and America and trust me it will be well worth the effort - there will be so much inspiration at hand and you might even find a new blog you wil have to revisit!  Everybody loves comments and every blog in this hop surely deserves a comment so don't forget to leave some love....  =0)

Specielle OWH skitser på alle blogge

Ja hvad siger I så???  Efter vi hver især har lavet vores kort  har OWH's dygtige Paula lavet en skitse til hver blog. Tja - de er jo en del større end os derovre - så sådan en afdeling skal I ikke liiige regne med at finde her hos os fremover.  ;0) Men her er en skitse.... fulgt af et fint OSH kort lavet af Vikki. Vikki har ikke selv en blog - så jeg har tilladt mig at vise hendes lidt ældre kort her på OSH-siden, fordi det passede i farverne og er ret sødt.

Special OWH sketches on all blogs.  They were each created after the crafter made their card, so big thanks go out to the fabbbbby Paula from OWH who is a design genius and helped out with them.  Enjoy and don't hold your breath as OSH can't match this in the future  ;0)  Here is a sketch.... followed by a cute card from our OSH-supporter Vikki who cannot participate in the actual bloghop because she does not have a blog - but I wanted to share her card with you here!

Happy mail - sending a hug

og her er skitsen:
and this is the sketch:

Og skal vi SÅ komme i gang - HOP ud i det.  Du har til lørdag aften den 7. juli til at lægge kommentarer og husk for at kunne vinde skal man have været forbi alle blogge og kommenteret. Del gerne dette bloghop link med dine venner - der er sikkert mange der gerne vil se hvad vi laver her og OWH laver i USA for at vise soldaterne at vi tænker på dem og deres familier!  God fornøjelse!

Without further ado....get busy hopping! You have til Saturday night, July 7, to leave comments - so be sure to leave some OWH-style love on all the blogs! Please share this bloghop link with your friends - they'd be excited to see how another whole country is being inspired by the patriotism expressed in America!

1. Stars and Stamps, OWH blog
2. Operation Skriv Hjem, OSH blog
3. I Can't Stop Embellishing (Sandy, President of OWH)
4. At the Home of Charlie (Charlie, founder of OSH)
5. Imagine. Make. Share. (Yolanda)
6. Mette-Hyldig (Mette)
7. Allison's Creations (Allison)
8. Forsiden… hos Cecilie (Cecilie)
9. Scrap Happens (Nancy)
10. Min Scrapside (Annette)
11. She's Gone Digital (Jan)
12. Scrapbooking by Lisette (Lisette)
13. Handmade by Paula (Paula)
14. Margit's Hjorne (Margit)
15. Paper Therapy Ponderings (Barb)
16. Karina's Scrap (Karina)
17. Handmade by Julie (Julie)
18. Pipserier (Dorthe)
19. What's Next? (Dixie)
20. Gitte's Scrapbooking (Gitte)
21. Expressions of a Craftaholic (Samantha)
22. Homemade by Stinne (Stinne)