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Back again with another donated prize! This time we have the most adorable zine I've ever seen! AND IT'S POP-UP!

Ollie @lumiilys has sent in this amazing pop-up zine as another runner's up prize!

"...my inspiration is the fact that I loved pop up books as a kid and wanted to make something similarly whimsical with some of my favourite gentlebeard scenes!"

- Ollie

Ollie can be found on

Bsky: https://bsky.app/profile/lumiilys.bsky.social,

IG: www.instagram.com/lumiilys/,

Tumblr: www.tumblr.com/lumiilys,

and on Redbubble: https://www.redbubble.com/people/lumiilys/shop?artistUserName=lumiilys&collections=4047632&iaCode=all-departments&sortOrder=top%20selling

Thank you so much for your generous donation Ollie! Your art, everything from kitty Ed to Mermaid Stede (and all the Gentlebeard in between), is honestly some of the cutest around! I also spied some art with Ed and his pearl necklace!!

Note: There is another page in this zine!! We'll leave that a secret until the prizes are drawn for and shipped out. But, think moonlight, on deck, tender moments, maybe a bit of fine red fabric.

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TinyCrewBigRaffle 2 Runner's Up Prizes!

I would like to take a minute to introduce some of the prizes donated to TinyCrewBigRaffle!

First up is Ed's Pearl Necklace from the incredible 'Harlan's Emporium of the Curious and the Bizarre!'

Jennifer and Cordelia are the ones who create those gorgeous parasols and jewelry we see on IG , FB, and Bsky!

"My co-captain and I are part of the queer community; we wanted to make items outside of the typical binary design. Like intricate pieces that incorporated industrial elements or heavy, bold designs with Swarovski crystals and gemstone beads. Glamorous, androgynous accessories that mix hard & soft. That's also why I was so captivated by Blackbeard's necklace: I loved the balance of pearls with the curved metal finding. "

- Cordelia

You can see their work on Bsky, on Etsy and on other platforms here: Linktree.

Thank you for sharing your work and for donating this gorgeous necklace!

This will be a runner's up prize that will be drawn for after Baby Monkey! A lovely bottled letter from Harlan's Emporium will also be included! 💌

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Want to the know the origins of our Baby Monkey prize? Well, have listen to Megan Vertelle and Ra Vincent talk about bringing Spanish Jackie's to life again for Season 2 of Our Flag Means Death during Behind Our Flag (with Monkey making a guest appearance!).

Megan not only kindly donated Monkey so we can raise even more money for 3 of our original #TinyCrewBigRaffle charities, but donated her Behind Our Flag fee too (which Amy / @siren-events-uk matched).

To win this amazing prize (or one of our generously donated runner-up prizes), donate to any of our 3 charities: 1. Sheldrick Wildlife Trust as chosen by Megan (and get a bonus entry for adopting an elephant, rhino or giraffe). 2. Mermaids UK as chosen by Con for our Tiny Boats Raffle, and more important than ever in light of the recent terribly ruling in the UK. 3. WCK, who supported LA through the fires earlier this year and continue to feed those in need in disaster and war zones around the globe.

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Just $250 away to $5K and 29 adoptions! Megan is going to be so excited to see all the love sent to the baby elephants! You crew are still the coolest! 3 hours to go before we close entries and finish putting together our big spinning wheel of names!

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With just under 9 hours to go, our final TinyCrewBigRaffle 2 prize!! A one off print, signed by David Jenkins and donated by Amy via @siren-events-uk's TNUC!

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Ahoy Mateys!! The raffle is closed, and we are getting everything punched into the big spinning wheel, calculating totals, and working on some graphics to share! We are very excited to see who Baby Monkey will be going home with! We should have everything ready in the next couple days!

(Image: Screengrab from ofmd when Frenchie squeezes through jail bars and exclaims "go Frenchie!" Except this says "go brain cell" as Amy and I pass our singular brain cell back and forth to get stuff done.)

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Me every time Amy tells me she’s carrying Baby Monkey around like a real baby, because he is actually that size.

-Christina

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All Tiny Boats packages are shipped and tracking sent!

As I work on potential milestone prizes for TinyCrewBigRaffle 2, I walked away for a moment only to find this: my 5-year-old’s attempt at helping. ❤️ (just a quick fyi: these bracelets use knots and aren’t braided lol)

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We have a new profile, which can only mean one thing - we're getting ready for #TinyCrewBigRaffle2 to win a genuine OFMD S2 prop to go live! In just over 24 hours the entry form will be open and between now and then, we're going to be dropping all the information you might need below! 

Charities - Megan Vertelle kindly donated Monkey to us to raise more money for her #TinyCrewBigRaffle charity pick - The Sheldrick Wildlife Trust. She has kindly allowed us to add 2 more of our previous causes into the mix and we have selected Mermaids on behalf of champion supporter Con O’Neill and WCK for their LA fire relief efforts.

Entry - Entries will run exactly the same as for our previous raffle. A donation of $5 / £5 / €5 (or the equivalent in your currency) will equal one entry. There is no limit on the number of times you can donate or enter, but you must complete the Entry Form and submit your proof of donation. We will NEVER ask you for money directly! All donations are submitted directly to the charities only. 

Milestone Prizes - We will continue our tradition of celebrating every $1k mark we pass, with prizes for each donor who tips us over into the next thousand. Every milestone prize winner will get 5 bonus entires, a selection of small OFMD themed gifts and Amy is donating a personalised autograph from a guest of your choice at @siren-events-uk The New Uni-Con convention (currently Ruibo Qian, David Fane and Nathan Foad). AND for every $1k raised before April 5th, she will also donate a ticket to David Jenkins' online panel for Behind Our Flag and you will get to record a question to ask our pirate dad.

Bonus Entries - You can get yourself a free bonus entry for the following: 

- Adopting an orphan from Sheldrick Wildlife Trust (one bonus entry per adoption)

- Sharing, tagging and linking to #TinyCrewBigRaffle on a public social media profile after you've donated.

Dates - 

Raffle opens 00:01 (GMT) Saturday 29th March 

Raffle closes 23:59 (BST) Saturday 3rd May 

Winners (and hopefully totals) announced 10th/11th May, to be confirmed.

Want more info? We've gone legit and set up a website, which will be launching tomorrow!

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Just a few hours left until #TinyCrewBigRaffle2 closes! Here’s final look at Baby Monkey and the other glorious prizes donated for charity: an exclusive print signed by DJenks, a fixed up prop boat, Ed loving nature embroidery, a pop up Gentlebeard pocket zine, and Ed’s pearl necklace!!