



EFA: Etsy For Animals
Etsy for Animals (EFA) aka Artists Helping Animals,
is a team of independent artists, craftspeople,
vintage sellers and craft suppliers on Etsy.com
who are dedicated to providing charitable relief to animals
by donating a portion of the profits from their shops
to an animal charity of their choosing,
and/or to EFA's featured Charity of the Month.
Each month, TEAM EFA designates one animal charity as our Charity of the Month.
All EFA Charities of the Month is the charity of choice of at least one EFA member.
EFA members who choose to donate a portion of their product sales to the EFA Charity of the Month, please tag those listings with our cotm tag.
If after the month is done & your products are still tagged with the cotm tag then those will go to benefit next month's cotm. If you wish to donate a percentage to another charity, including a -previous- cotm, please remove 'cotm' from your tag.
Using these tags helps to identify your pledge and makes it easier for shoppers & Treasury makers to locate your cotm products.




Posted by
Brizel Handcrafts
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Saturday, December 25, 2010
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Labels: christmas, Christmas animals
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Brizel Handcrafts
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Wednesday, December 08, 2010
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Labels: christmas, Dogs, oakland examiner

Posted by
Brizel Handcrafts
on
Sunday, November 28, 2010
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Labels: christmas, Etsy EFA Treasury


I'm a stray tom cat,
and the garbage heap along these three houses
(one of which is Aubrey's,
who by the way gave me my infamous name),
is my territory !

Being a stray is not an easy life for a cat. We may be instinctive but who likes to dash under cars or inside a trash can when rain comes? It isn't fun either when fleas are crawling all over my poor body during summer. The hard part is looking for food. I'm not choosy, but who likes to eat junk? I don't! We have pride you know, but we all do what we have to do, even eating junk in order to survive.

There are lots of reasons why I appeal to all of you out there not to forget us. We strays help in many ways.
Do you ever wonder why you don't have any mice or snakes getting inside your house? … Yup! That's because we patrol your area for these unwanted rodents. We try to catch pigeons and cockroaches too, but man, don't they fly quickly!

We are territorial animals. We can't have so many stray cats lurking in our area. It would be bad for our reputation, so I tell them to find their own corner, then your place doesn't get populated with us, God forbid!
Last but not the least, we are loyal followers. We love, we care.
I've only mentioned three reasons but there are lots more and we dare you to find it out.

Aubrey's supposed to bring food around this time….
I Wonder….
Oh! There she is!
Goodbye folks!
It's lunchtime!
Posted by
Brizel Handcrafts
on
Saturday, November 27, 2010
3
comments
Labels: Cats, christmas, EFA Shopping Guide
by Patty of Catcalls
Hi friends ! We kitties are getting purrrrticularly excited these days as our humans start to bring out all those fun Christmas decorations ! We love this holiday as much as you do but since we are felines, we have to celebrate in our own way.
So we thought it would be a good idea to share some helpful information from our popular book, "How to Avoid Holiday CATastrophes". If you follow these few suggestions, you will guarantee yourself a Merry Christmas... cuz if the cat's not happy- NOBODY'S happy!
1. Real Christmas trees are more dangerous to cats than fake plastic ones. Pine needles can puncture our internal organs if eaten, and they are also toxic! If you get a real tree, try to find one that doesn't shed !
2. Tinsel is a big no-no for us ! It gets in our tummies and can cause blockages- ooohhh pain !
3. Chocolate is toxic ! It has icky unpronounceable stuff called methylxanthines and theobromides. Some of my friends have gotten very sick from it. Please don't let us have any !
Twinkle Toes Christmas blank cards
4. Mistletoe, Holly, and Poinsettias sure are pretty-- BUT...better put them somewhere where we can't get a taste of them. They're poisonous !
5. If you need to decorate our windows, better to use paper cut outs than that artificial snow spray- another nasty poison !
And now for the good stuff !
1. Please play with us ! It's fun to see company, but remember we love you too, and need some attention. We can get nervous and get into things if we are neglected.
2. For you big time "Deck the Halls" peeps, can you give us our own room to play in ? A safe room for us to retreat to with all our own toys, bed, food and water ? Then you can entertain your friends while we feel happy and safe in our own spot.

3. On Christmas morning, make sure we have our own stocking of goodies ! It's so fun to wake up and run downstairs to see our name on one with all kinds of permissables packed inside !
In fact...our friend, Michele, has put together a whole bunch of fantastic ideas for you to get for us !!! These are all safe, fun, and purrrrrfect gifts to help us have a Meowy Christmas !

Posted by
Brizel Handcrafts
on
Saturday, November 20, 2010
13
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Labels: Cats, christmas, handmade holidays, solstice, winter