World Farm Animals Day Promotion!

Several Vegan Etsy members are doing a team promotion for World Farm Animals Day from October 1 thru October 7. What this involves is that each member who is participating will be having their choice of promotion in their shop, which can range from a sale to donating a percentage of their sales to an animal charity. Please check out the World Farm Animals Day site for information and resources.

"WORLD FARM ANIMALS DAY, observed on (or around) October 2nd, is a time dedicated to exposing, mourning, and memorializing the needless suffering and slaughter of the more than 55 billion cows, pigs, turkeys, chickens, and other sentient land animals in the world's factory farms and slaughterhouses. It is a time for all to speak out against the atrocities and brutalization of animals raised for meat, eggs, and dairy."

Our team has a member that has her own sanctuary, For The Animals! To read her story, check out her shop for links to it as well as a video. All proceeds from her lovely shop go to the sanctuary.

Below are the members that are participating in this promotion. Everyone will have their promotion listed in their shop's intro. To find some of our items on Etsy, search for "WFAD" or click here.

New team treasury!

Michelle of My Zoetrope snagged this treasury. Please show it some love by leaving a comment and clicking on the featured items. Thank you, Michelle!

World Farm Animals Day Promotion

Vegan Etsy will be doing a team promotion for World Farm Animals Day from October 1 through October 7. This promotion will involve several of our stores with each doing their own promotion, which could include donating a percentage of sales to an animal charity, sales, free shipping or any number of other things. Please check back here a day or two before the promotion starts to find out which stores will be participating.

What is World Farm Animals Day, you ask? Their website explains it much better than I can! WORLD FARM ANIMALS DAY, observed on (or around) October 2nd, is a time dedicated to exposing, mourning, and memorializing the needless suffering and slaughter of the more than 55 billion cows, pigs, turkeys, chickens, and other sentient land animals in the world's factory farms and slaughterhouses. It is a time for all to speak out against the atrocities and brutalization of animals raised for meat, eggs, and dairy.

If you are a member and would like to participate in the promotion, please visit this thread for more information.

Calico Beans

This is a really simple recipe that's great served over rice with some steamed veggies on the side.

Calico Beans

1 package burger style crumbles
1 onion, chopped
1/2 cup brown sugar (Sucanat works fine)
1/2 cup ketchup
1 teaspoon mustard
2 teaspoons vinegar
2 16 oz. cans beans, your choice, drained (kidney, butter, black, etc.)
1 16 oz. can vegetarian baked beans

Combine everything in a large bowl and mix well. Pour into a casserole dish and bake at 350 degrees for 40 minutes.

Blog Giveaway!

The following was written by Heather of Holistically Heather, For The Love of Vegan and Recycled Cycle.

This blog giveaway is going to be a bit different, you have to work for this one!

I make vegan whips/floggers and I need a list of things you could use them for, a funny list, for my listing on etsy.

So here is how you enter, go check out my whip, and enter a funny use for the whip/flogger...I will most likely end up using some of the answers...the answer that my roommate and I like the best will be the winner!
The winner will be announced next wednesday October 1st!
Vegan Flogger

This is all fine and dandy, but what do you win?
You will win a set of 3 organic lavender laundry sachets!!
A $10 value.
Lavender Laundry Sachets



Thanks to artbysusmitha for the idea for this giveaway!

http://www.holisticallyheathersgiveaways.blogspot.com

Review- Belle Sirota and Aguavino

I don't spend a huge amount of time in my car, but it's nice to have a few extra things in it that make me smile. My beetle has a little vase next to the steering wheel, so when Belle Sirota joined the team, I knew I had found the flower that I wanted to put in it. She was very accomodating, making me a custom flower of the size and colors I wanted. The result was a gorgeous flower made out of beads that sparkle when the sun hits them. My mom loved it so much that I ordered a second one for her beetle, only in colors to match her car. They were both perfect and the service was exceptional!

The second item I got was from Aguavino. We had just come home from a road trip to Boulder, where I had fallen in love with the prairie dogs that were by one of the dog parks we went to. Well, as soon as I saw that she had listed a necklace with a prairie dog on it, I had to have it. The necklace now hangs on my rearview mirror and I have named the prairie dog Myrtle. As with Belle Sirota, my experience with Aguavino was perfect. I would definitely recommend both of these stores!

Vote for the challenge winner!

The September team challenge is now closed and a poll for everyone to vote for your favorite is posted here. The poll will close in one week, so please take a minute to vote!

Members- Don't Miss Out!

This weekend is your last chance to enter in the September team challenge! As of midnight tomorrow, the challenge will be closed. After that, a poll will be made and everyone can vote for their favorite entry. The winner gets to choose a prize from this list of member stores. Don't miss out!

Also, a lot of members aren't taking advantage of the benefits you can receive from being a member. Please take some time to visit this page to learn about how you can make the most out of being on the team. They are great ways to help give you more exposure and publicity, so it's worth a little bit of time!

Forest Nymphs and Brisil Handmade Bath and Body is having a sale this weekend. 15% off all products THRU MONDAY Also, ...NEW- Ceramic necklaces and pet bowls in their "ArtbyFUNK" section and ...NEW- Botanical Facial Toner and Mist!