Food Not Bombs

The following was written by Heather of Holistically Heather, For The Love Of Vegan and Recycled Cycle. In addition to contacting Heather, you can also post in this thread.

Gift bags for local food not bombs are filling up nicely with vegan etsian items. Anyone else who would like to donate items to a good cause and promote their shop, please get ahold of me!

What is food not bombs?if you want more info check out http://www.foodnotbombs.net/
We share a vegan hot meal with local folks who need it. Food not bombs is a worldwide organization that is always one of the first to show up at a natural disaster. Our local chapter just started and we are still struggling to get on our feet. We rely solely on donation and reclamation of food.

New Members & Team Treasuries!

I have two members to welcome to the team this week-

Held
Eat Your Greens

Please give them a warm welcome and don't forget to heart their shops!

I also got two team treasuries today that can be found
here and here. Please show them some love by leaving a comment and clicking on each featured item!

The Team Store Opens in One Week!

One week from today, I'll be listing team sampler packs that will be available to purchase in our team shop. The sampler packs will consist of a variety of samples & promo items from several of our members shops, including jewelry, soap, coupons, zines, lip balms, keychains, magnets and more. We will have a vegan-themed one available, too, which will include items that say "vegan" on them.

The profits from the packs will go into a treasury for the team and will be used for whatever the team decides on- ads, promo items, vegan advocacy, etc.. So, by shopping at our team shop you'll be helping to support our team, which means we can promote veganism even more! Plus, you'll have some super cool stuff in return.

Pumpkin Whoopie Pies

These are a great treat for this time of year. For the frosting in the middle, I use the fluffy buttercream frosting from Vegan Cupcakes Take Over the World. You can use a vegan cream cheese frosting, too. This is a recipe that I veganized & tweaked to make just right. It took several tries, but they finally turned out perfect! Oh, and that picture is not of pies that I actually made. I found a stock photo on one of the online recipe sites. The ones I make do not turn out that purrty....

Pumpkin Whoopie Pies

3 cups flour

1 tsp. baking powder

1 tsp. baking soda

1 tsp. salt

1 tsp. cinnamon

1 tsp. ginger

1/2 tsp. ground cloves

2 1/2 cups brown sugar

1 cup canola oil

2 egg replacers (I use Ener-G brand)

2 cups pumpkin

1 tsp. vanilla

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Combine flour, baking powder, baking soda and spices in large mixing bowl. In a seperate bowl, cream together sugar, oil, egg replacers, pumpkin and vanilla. Add wet ingredients to the dry ingredients and mix together. Drop by rounded tablespoons onto greased cookie sheets and bake for 10 to 12 minutes or until the center of the cookies springs back when lightly pressed. Cool thoroughly on wire racks or towels before spreading with filling.

Make the frosting of your choice and "sandwich" two cookies together.

October Team Challenge

Members, the October Team Challenge is under way, so don't miss out! The theme of the challenge is "Vegan Halloween" and each member gets one submission, which can be a new or preexisting item. The deadline for submissions is October 21, at which time a poll will be posted to determine the winner. If you win, you get to choose a prize from these shops and grab bags.

Sales!!

There are three shops that are having sales-

Uncommon Threads is having a a 30% off "Can't wait till Halloween/Moving" sale from October 9 through October 19. Vegan Etsy members can combine this with their usual 20% off/free shipping & gift for orders over $50 (so that's 50% off/free shipping & gift for orders over $50!). She has some super cute, unique aprons available as well as pampering eye pillows. Either convo her first to have the price readjusted or pay right away and she will refund you through paypal.

Daisy Wares is having a "Happy Birthday Daisy Wares" sale today and tomorrow only. Everything in the store is 25% off! For the refund, convo her first to have a reserved listing with the adjusted price or pay right away and she will refund you. All of you vegans out there that like to wear message gear, make sure to check out her new vegan pendants! She has a lot of other beautiful jewelry as well as bath & body items.

Uber Duper Creations is having a 20% off sale for the entire month of October in honor of World Farm Animals Day with 10% of sales going to Peaceful Prairie Sanctuary. If you have companion animals, this is a great shop to check out!!

Don't miss out on these great deals!

Welcome to new members & team treasury!

There is one new member who I would like to welcome to the team this week-

Big A Little A

Please give them a warm welcome by checking out their shop and hearting them!

Also, I was able to snag this treasury today. Please show it some love by leaving a comment and clicking on the featured items!

New features & reminders

Starting this Sunday, we'll have a new feature on this blog. On the top of the right hand sidebar, we will have a "Member of the week". The member that is being featured will have their etsy mini there for one week and they will get to choose the next week's featured member, but there is one catch. The person they choose must be an active member, which means that they have to participate in the team in at least some small way that benefits the team and it's members. If you have a question about it, please see this thread.

We also have another post section, ISO Requests ("in search of"). If someone is looking for something in particular, all you need to do is send me a convo through my shop, and I'll post it here as well as on our message board under this thread. This is for non-members as well as members! When you convo me, please send me a small write up about what you're looking for, including details and how to contact you.

There are two deadlines coming up that I would like to remind all members about. I will be listing our team sampler packs in our shop around the 18th, so all promo items are due to be sent out to me on the 10th. If you need the address to send them to, convo me. For details on all of this and to ask questions, please visit this thread.

The second deadline is the 12th and that is for sending in recipes for the team cookbook that we are doing in collaboration with Cruelty Free Etsy and EtsyVeg. If you need details or help on this, then visit this thread.