Meet the cat gang!

I've been busy making samples for the Valentine's Vegan Sample Bags and these are the cuties I've made so far. They're handmade (and vegan suitable - of course) cat brooches. That is - brooches of cats not for cats- (ah-hmm). Each of them made with TLC.
The brooches are made from acrylic felt.
I missed the deadline for the current Sample Bags , but I'm getting ready for the Valentine's Sample Bags. These should be awesome - I love hearts and kisses, and pink and cute. Can't wait.


You can check out the current contributors for the January 2010 bags here.
Everything in the bags has been made by very creative, talented crafters and artists. Everything is suitable for Vegans and non- vegans alike - just because you may not be vegan, you can still give it a go, you'll be very pleasantly surprised - us vegans can be pretty talented! Or why not treat a veggie/vegan friend, they'll be delighted that you thought of them, and doubly delighted with the contents of the bags.
If you happen to be a crafter/artist who makes vegan items, and would like to know more about contributing to the bags, click here.

100% of the profits from the sale of the bags go to an animal sanctuary, which is voted for on their blog.

I'll also be selling brooches like these in my Etsy shop MidnightRabbits , where 100% of the sale of every item is donated to the Etsy for Animals charity of the month.

And my shop Veganessa will have something similar, that I haven't quite worked out yet!

Giveaway!!!

To celebrate the opening of my 2nd Etsy shop, I am having a giveaway. Any purchases will receive a FREE handmade business card holder, for a limited time. I have made a variety of business card holders, so it is pot luck which one you will receive with your purchase. Here is a picture of some:



This shop http://veganessa.etsy.com/ will have all vegan goods with messages and images of compassion and veganess. Help spread the word, create a conversation, it's a way to get noticed and your views known.

SASHA Farm Silent Auction

SASHA is a farmed animal sanctuary in Manchester, Michigan. We have more than 200 rescued animals living on 65 beautiful acres, each one of them receiving all of the love and care our volunteers have to give. Our residents have come from a variety of rotten circumstances,but now each one has a safe place to call home for the rest of their lives. In order to raise the money needed to house, feed, and provide medical care for our animals, SASHA holds fundraisers like the SilentAuction. Donated items are put up for bid and our guests come armed with their wallets to support the farm! If you'd like to donate an item for the auction, we'd be grateful for the help! The value of your donation is tax deductible, and if you'd like to send along some business cards I'll display them with your item. Your etsy store address or website will also be listed on the bid sheet, so our attendees know where to find you. The deadline for donations (vegan items only, please!) is April 4. For more info about the farm, check out the website at www.sashafarm.org and the blog at www.sashafarm.org/blog/. My email is JasperKat2@yahoo, please contact me with any questions! And check out the album named "SASHA Farm Sanctuary if you'd like to see pics of some of our animals, they're pretty darn cute.

My attempt with ploymer clay

For the EtsyforAnimals challenge for January I decided to have a go at making clay beads. The photos are the results, with the help of someone special (who made the pig and gave it to me!). It was fun and interesting, and a lot more difficult than I thought it would be. I definately need a lot more practise!

The next time I had a go at polymer clay, I made these cats and a bat:

and finally I made the clay beads into a bracelet, but I had to add a few wooden beads, as there was not enough to fit on my wrist!:

October Challenge - Spooktacular halloween. Vang the Vampire Cat

Halloween - All saints night - the night where the dead wander the earth, trying to get back from where they came. A night for humans to party, after all there is no such thing as the devil,.......right?

Vang (the Vampire Cat) wanders the earth in search of non believers. On halloween Night there will be much feeding and drinking, and playing games. People will dress up and look as gruesome as they can. A perfect night for a black vampire cat to migle unnoticed. let them have their fun. After all, the more they party they more tired they will be. And when they eventually fall asleep exhausted, having laughed and joked and played games, Vang will look for a window that has been left open, even very slightly, and creep through it. glide lightly to the bedroom and feast on a poor unsuspecting host, who is just too sleepy to be disturbed. And if they should open their eyes. they will see Vang's hypnotic yellow eyes glaring at them, freezing them in time, while she continues to feed. removing all traces of memory from them before she secretly leaves the house, as though she'd never been there. little children are the tastiest, that fresh, untainted blood. And this year Vang is very hungry, so little children, when you go to bed on Halloween Night, no matter how tired you are from partying, be sure to check that all your windows are locked tightly, because you never know if vang will visit.

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Small bag with the face of Vang on the front. Just purrrrfect for collecting treats on Halloween Night. Bag is made of black acrylic felt and embroidered and beaded. It is lined with deep red/wine polyester lining. the strap is made of black polyester ribbon and red ric-rac.The measurement are : Width - 7 inches (18cm), length - 9 inches (22cm), the strap length is 52 inches (132cm).It has a small Velcro fastening.

As well as being my entry to the October Etsy for animals challenge, I am donating this item to the Etsy for Animals shop, with 100% of the sale going to their Charity of the month.