The Hare Preservation Trust

My wonderful online friend annette of Dragon House of Yuen does wonderful work to help rabbits and hares all over the world. She is a volunteer at The Hare Preservation Trust   and I have recently made some hare brooches to be sold on their site with 20% of the proceeds going to HPT. There are splendid items for sale in their shop all helping to raise much needed funds for HPT. The HPT has a website with information on hares and you can subscribe for their newsletter. They raise awareness of hares through the media and education. They lobby parliament to increase the legal protectin of hares and to ensure current legislation is enforced. They work with other wildlife groups. this is just an example of the good works they do. Why not check out their website for further information, and take a look at their Blog , it's fun and informative and there are some adorable photos. Hares need help to protect them in their natural habitat, we can make a difference.

These are the two booches that I made for The Hare Preservation Trust and can be bought in their shop.

Spay Day USA 2009 - Tuesday, February 24

Spay Day USA 2009 - Tuesday, February 24 humanesociety.org/spayday

More than 4 MILLION homeless pets are put down in the U.S. every year.

Tomorrow's count is up to you. Please spay or neuter your pets.humanesociety.org/spayday for further information. Too many lives are needlessly wasted.

Millions of cats and dogs are needlessly euthanized each year. They may be street animals, or the offspring of cherished family pets, even purebreds. Maybe someone's cat or dog got out just that one time or maybe the litter was intentional, but efforts to find enough good homes failed. Spay/neuter is the only permanent, 100 percent effective method of birth control for dogs and cats and a proven way to reduce the vast numbers of animals who are born only to die prematurely and without a family who loves them. Learn more about why you should spay or neuter your pet.

Etsy.com teams, EFA and EtsyVeg, have joined together in support of Spay Day.

Members from both teams are offering a 'SPAY DAY 1 DAYSPECIAL' on Tuesday, February 24, in our Etsy shops.

Check out the shops below for further details, and click on:

1. Nancy - NanjoDogz.etsy.com - 20% to Illinois Doberman Rescue

2. Jen - DragonRags.etsy.com + jlynnpro.etsy.com - Free Shipping

3. Heather - aktie9.etsy.com - 50% of all sales on Spay day to the EFAcharity ofthe month (Rainbow Connection Animal Foundation)

4. El - elephantdance.etsy.com - 100% donations of profits to paws-saipan.org

5. Michele - mvegan5.etsy.com - 25% of shop sales to the EFA Charityof the Month (Rainbow Connection Animal Foundation)

6. Marjorie - WHSKR.etsy.com - giving 50% of my sales

7. Meghann - littlestudiojewels.etsy.com - 25% of the total sales tothe Lanark Animal Welfare Society

8. Holly - silverrosedesigns.etsy.com - free shipping, and 50% of shopsales to German Shepherd Rescueof New England.

9. Eva - alilsumptinsumptin.etsy.com - 25% of proceeds divided equallyto HSUS & SCGR Rescue plus Free Shipping

10. Linda - AllAboutCats.etsy.com - Free Shipping

11. Lynn - LolaLynn.etsy.com - 10% to the EFA charity of the month(Rainbow Connection Animal Foundation), 10% to Sophia the dog for herheart surgery and Free Shipping

12. Emily - punkybunny300.etsy.com

13. Heather A. - creaturecomfort.etsy.com - Free Shipping and 10% tothe EFA Charity of the Month (Rainbow Connection Animal Foundation)

14. Kim - veganessa.etsy.com + midnightrabbits.etsy.com - Freeshipping on that day and 50%of anything sold will be donated to: friendsoftheanimals.co.uk/neuter.htm

15. Kylie - silentlotus.etsy.com - 20% off all purchases, withproceeds being split betweenthe HSUS and a local Pittsburgh animal organization

16. Cynthia - kittyanydots.etsy.com

17. Bonnie - wovendreams.etsy.com - 10% off on dog leashes, plus many items 100%donation to Dance with the Bunnies Rabbit Rescue

18. Julie - jbirkemeierphoto.etsy.com - Free Shipping

19. Lynn - aguavino.etsy.com - donate 20% off ALL sales that day toPigs Peace Sanctuary

20. Ashley - NYCrochet.etsy.com - Free Shipping

21. Christina - KnittyKrissy.etsy.com

22. Cari - LoveLuca.etsy.com - 50% to an animal charity

23. Ginger - BarkingDogBlankets.etsy.com - 100% of the proceeds onthe small blanket sale to spay day

24. Wei - WeiOpenSecret.etsy.com - Free Shipping

25. Gina - claynfiber.etsy.com - Free Shipping for orders of $40 ormore and donate 100% of the proceeds to HSUS.

26. Akire - Lacewood.etsy.com

27. Rebecca - beckynot.etsy.com - Free Shipping

28. Ann - AnnRan.etsy.com - donate 25% of any of my reproductionprints ( http://webmail.ntlworld.com/do/redirect?url=http%253A%252F%252Fwww.etsy.com%252Fshop.php%253Fuser_id%253D5532445%2526section_id%253D5316177) or earrings (http://webmail.ntlworld.com/do/redirect?url=http%253A%252F%252Fwww.etsy.com%252Fshop.php%253Fuser_id%253D5532445%2526section_id%253D5306725 ) sold on Spay Day to one of my favorite local critter charities. Some of mylistings already specify a charity - for those listings I'll donate tothat charity. For the listings that don't specify a charity, I'll pickone.

29. Maria - pocketfulofsunshine.etsy.com - 100% of all sales from my"DT" Collection and 25% of all sales from the rest of my shop will bedonated to the Florida Boxer Rescue

30. Karen - TheFaerieCupboard.etsy.com - 50% of total sales on Spayday will go to Patriot Siberian Husky Rescue

31. Nita - ApacheMoon.etsy.com - Donate 50% of proceeds on two items(http://webmail.ntlworld.com/do/redirect?url=http%253A%252F%252Fwww.etsy.com%252Fview_listing.php%253Flisting_id%253D9681161 andhttp://webmail.ntlworld.com/do/redirect?url=http%253A%252F%252Fwww.etsy.com%252Fview_listing.php%253Flisting_id%253D15483972)

32. Shari - CiaoHound.etsy.com + PetsJubilee.etsy.com - 20% Discount

33. Stephanie - LuLusPhotography.etsy.com

34. Renee - BelleSirota.etsy.com - 20% of sales will go to the EFAcharity of themonth (Rainbow Connection Animal Foundation)

35. Gena - Dogonwear.etsy.com - 100% to spay day
36. Annette - http://dragonhouseofyuen.etsy.com 20% from each baby hare will be donated to a rabbit rescue and have free shipping.

37 Pey - http://peylu.etsy.com

Catnip Toys for Playful Cats.

I've had a very busy day today, making catnip mini pillows for several causes.
Next Saturday I am helping out at a christmas fair to raise funds for a local cat group. I offered to make catnip toys. I've also offered to make Vegan cupcakes, which of course I can't make until next Friday (the day before the event). I have also decided to hols a contest here, on my blog, and award a catnip toy to 2 lucky winners. Contest to be posted tomorrow (Monday). Also I am donating 2 catnip mini pillows to the Etsy group http://handmade4hounds.etsy.com/ , for their shop to help raise funds for rescued greyhounds. I am a member of the group. the other Etsy shop i am donating 2 to, is http://awbar.etsy.com/ , again to raise funds in their shop. AWBAR stands for 'Abandoned Wild Baby Animal Rescue'. Check out these groups they're doing fab work helping very needy animals. if you're not one of the lucky winners fro the contest, you could consider buying some catnip toys from wither of these shops, yuo then get to help them raise funds for needy animals at the same time!
I will try to take some photos at the fair next Saturday.


here's a photo of the catnip mini pillows: quite a batch!



These are the 2 that will be the prizes in the contest:
So keep a look out tomorrow for the contest, one of these catnip toys could be on it's way to you.
To see the ones i have donated to the Etsy shops, check out:
http://handmade4Hounds.etsy.com and http://awbar.etsy.com

Monthly Challenges

This is where I have chosen to display my entries to Etsy for Animals monthly challenges. for those 'not in the know' about challenges on Etsy, they are , oh heck, read the EtsyforAnimals blog and get the idea :)
My entry for march is this adorable mini shopper. The the is Green- recycled or colour.
I made a gorgeous acrylic felt mini shopper in green, decorated with 3D appliqued daffodils and daffodil and ladybug buttons. I also made Scoubidou yellow and green handles. A perfect example for St Davids Day, my entry to the Green challenge, and a handly little shopper.

All challenge entries will be for sale in my shop, with 10% to going to the cause that prompted me to make it, in this case Etsy for Animals charity of the month.
Photos to follow!



My April entry was a sweet little felt coin purse with an appliqued hedgehog.

My July entry is this bright bold beach bag!

My August entry:

C is for COW! it was difficult to decide on one C, but I think all the posts about moos swayed me, and Voila! here is my entry. A beautiful Cow on a coin purse.

20% of the price of this item will be donated to the etsy for Animals charity of the month.
The link to the item is:
http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=13363328
my shop is: http://midnightrabbits.etsy.com/

St Davids Day and daffodils

I am Welsh. Although not usually patriotic, there's something about the 1st March, that brings out the 'welsh' in me :)
The Etsy for Animals monthly challenge (for those of you that are not into etsy and challenges, it's too long to explain, but briefly each month a theme is set and an item made for that theme and posted on their blog- wow, there's a whole new post for my challenge entries!)
for march is 'Green - recycled or colour. so i decided (with a prompt from my good EFA friend Mishkat), to use st davids day as inspiration and of course the national flower of wales the daffodil! Yay!
So her is my latest creation- a mini- shopper made of acrfylic felt and decorated with 3D appliqued daffordils, daffodil and ladybug buttons, and green and yellow Scoubidou handles.