I’m concurrently running two sales for my Etsy shop effective November 28 to December 5.

One is for the general public — 10% off any purchase plus free shipping to the U.S. and Canada.

The other is for my mailing list only — 30% off purchases totalling $50 or more, plus free insured shipping to the U.S. & Canada.

Of course, those on my mailing list are eligible for both.

Not on my mailing list? It’s easy to join! Just click the yellow sticky note on the right sidebar. Over there – see? I promise to send no spam – just ham. Just kidding. I promise to honor your privacy, and protect your email address from peepin’ pryin’ eyes. The benefit will be the occasional super duper MLO (Mailing List Only) special and a heads up on any ‘Paws For A Good Cause eBay Charity Auction’.

On a related note, my shop will temporarily close due to holiday travel after the sale and will reopen again next year.

So I’ll take this opportunity now to wish you a warm, safe, and joy-filled holidays with your loved ones.

Until next year — take care & stay well!

I’ll be listing new items throughout this week so please check out the new goodies when you get a chance!

I am still here. I’ve just been busy designing and creating graphics for EFA Artists Helping Animals’ first birthday bash, re-theming (is that even a real word?) my blog, and working on a couple of other personal projects.

EFA is an Etsy Street Team I belong to. We are a group of artists and craftspeople who love animals and donate a portion of our proceeds to animal charities and organizations.

What’s this Birthday Bash Extravaganza, you ask? The EFA Street Team Store, as well as over 130 EFA Street Team Members participating, will be offering 20% off their shops from Sept 15 – Sept 30. Isn’t that exciting? Go check it out by clicking the Bday Bash Extravaganza link above.

I am self-taught on Adobe Photoshop and only know about 5-10% of all the coolio things it can do, so this was quite a challenge. Although it was very time-consuming, I really enjoyed the whole process.

I studied photos of each animal, sketched them out, erased and resketched, simplifying the lines & shapes as I went along, traced them, inked them, then scanned them before transferring them to Photoshop for some color.

If you google images for “baby elephant”, you will see some similarities in the elephant mascot above. The only thing that was rather unpleasant was that I ended up at a website that had poor rabbits with bizarre viral growths when I googled “cottontail rabbit”.

These are just a few of the graphics I made. I have to admit, it’s really kinda cool to see these avatars scattered all over Etsy. Shops with those avatars are all the members that are participating in the birthday special.

I didn’t join in. However, I’ll be offering my own “Mailing List Only Special” for one of those weeks in September so look for it coming soon!

Not on my mailing list? It’s easy to join! Just click the yellow sticky note on the right sidebar. I promise to keep your email address safe n’ secure – and I won’t inundate you with spam.

Thanks so much for stopping by. Please check back again soon for new, lower priced items and my Mailing List Only Special. And don’t forget to check out all the talented EFA members’ stores during Sept 15 -30 for a super duper discount!