LET ME INTRODUCE MYSELF.  I'M EWANNAKSG OF EGGCENTRICITY JEWELS.  MY FAMILY AND I ARE AMERICAN-GREEKS WHO LIVE AND WORK IN PATRAS GREECE.  WE MOVED HERE 11 YEARS AGO TO PROVIDE A BETTER CLIMATE FOR OUR OLDEST DAUGHTER'S HEALTH AND FOR HER TO ENJOY BETTER HANDICAPPED BENEFITS AS A GREEK CITIZEN (WE ALL HOLD DUAL CITIZENSHIP) THAN THE STATES OFFERS.   AS FOR ME, I HAD LOTS OF OPTIONS FOR WORK AS I HOLD THREE UNIVERITY DEGREES AND HAVE A REALLY GOOD HAND AND EYE FOR JEWELRY MAKING AND FOR ANYTHING ELSE CRAFTY.  ONE OF MY DEGREES IS A MASTER'S IN ENGLISH WITH BUSINESS ENGLISH AND ESL FOR SPECIAL NEEDS STUDENTS AS MY SPECIALTIES.  SO MY FULL-TIME 'DAY' JOB IS TEACHING ENGLISH THROUGH PRIVATE ONE-ON-ONE LESSONS.  THIS ALLOWS ME TO TAKE TIME OFF WHENEVER I NEED TO AND TO DEVOTE AS MUCH TIME AS I WANT TO MAKING JEWELRY AND OTHER CRAFTY THINGS (I MAKE JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING FROM CROCHET TABLECLOTHS TO CHRISTMAS ORNAMENTS TO CANDLES).  MY YOUNGER DAUGHTER ALSO DESIGNS JEWELRY DURING HER STUDY BREAKS (SHE'S IN THE 11TH GRADE).  OUR ITEMS ALWAYS GOT REQUESTS TO PURCHASE WHEN WE WORE THEM SO WE STARTED SELLING LOCALLY THROUGH PARTIES. 

THEN MY OLDEST, ZOE, TOOK A MAJOR TURN FOR THE WORSE AND WE WERE TOLD THAT SHE WOULD NEED AN ELECTIVE LIVER TRANSPANT IF WE WERE TO GIVER HER A NORMAL LIFE FREE OF THE RISK OF BRAIN DAMAGE FROM REPEATED SEIZURES CAUSED BY SHARP DETERIORATION IN HER METABOLIC DISEASE.  HOWEVER, THERE WAS A CATCH -- SINCE SHE COULD SURVIVE WITHOUT IT OUR INSURANCE COMPANY WOULD COVER 50% OF THE COST FOR A EUROPEAN TRANSPLANT AND 0% FOR AN AMERICAN AND WE NEED A SPECIFIC AMERICAN TRANPLANT CENTER WHICH HAS A 100% CURE RATE AND HAS THE ONLY CENTER DEVOTED TO PEOPLE WITH HER METABOLIC DISEASE.  SO NO INSURANCE COVERAGE.  WE MUST RAISE THE FUNDS  OURSELVES AND WE ARE TALKING BIG TIME MONEY.  SO WE WENT ON-LINE WITH EBAY HOPING THAT BY SELLING TO A BIGGER MARKET WE COULD RAISE THE FUNDS MORE QUICKLY. 

SO, IF YOU SEE SOMETHING YOU LIKE PLEASE PURCHASE IT AND HELP ZOE GET A NEW LIVER AND TO GIVE HER LIVER TO ANOTHER PERSON IN NEED (HER LIVER IS JUST FINE FOR SOMEONE WITHOUT HER METABOLIC DISEASE)