Crafting for Animals Artfire Guild

If you know me at all, you know that one of my passions is animals and their well-being.  I was vegan for a while and vegetarian for even longer due to the things going on in animal farms, especially  the industrialized ones where animals are treated like machines rather than animals, with little or no respect, used, abused, and then killed to be eaten.  Most people turn the other cheek, but I decided not to.  I faced it and I cried, and then I said my prayers and decided that I was not going to let this issue go.  Ever.

I do beadwork and have a line of keychains out that I make and offer 10% of total sales from that line to one of two different organizations that help animals.  I am in the process of expanding the line, so please stay tuned, as this is just the beginning for me.  It is also just the beginning of my journey with the Crafting for animals Artfire Guild.

The Crafting for Animals Artfire Guild is for all animal lovers, it is a group of artists and crafters on Artfire.com who are dedicated to catering to the needs of animals by either creating and designing items for animals or by raising funds for charitable animal organizations.  The guild also has a blog that we use to post events, issues, features, promotions, and offer a monthly newsletter to subscribers.

This past week I decided to do a weekly column on the Crafting for Animals blog about current events and issues in animal rights and abuse in the world.  My purpose for doing this is to hopefully enlighten people about what is going on with animals today and what things we can do, as animal lovers, to help our winged, 4 legged, and friends from the sea.  Watch for my new posts every Wednesday!

Native American Beaded Wolf Paw Keychain : TSBeading - ArtFire Accessories

Native American Beaded Wolf Paw Keychain : TSBeading - ArtFire Accessories

Wolf Paw Keychain

This is the second item in my Paws for Charity collection.  It's a wolf paw in black and pearlescence colored beads.  The pearl color tends to shine like silver and makes the key chain sparkle.  Please see my listing in Etsy or Artfire for details.

Remember, 10% or $2.00 of the proceeds from this sale will go to the good people at Northwoods Wildlife Center in Minocqua, Wisconsin.  They do lots of good for wildlife and wildlife in need of medical care.  They have a rehabilitation center where the animals can rehabilitate prior to their release back into the wild.  Please consider purchasing a paw key chain to help out and wear your keys in style!

Beading for Animals

Today I finished drawing out my paw designs for a program that I will be launching later this week. What I am doing is selling certain items and a percentage of the purchase price will be sent to one of two organizations that help our winged, four-legged, and aquatic brothers and sisters. The reason that I am doing this is simple, I believe strongly that all life has a right to be here and to be treated with respect. I could go in to a long sermon about treating animals (whether they are our pets, raised for human consumption in one way or another, or out in the wild) with respect, and about our duty to care for them, but I won't. Today is not the day to do that, instead I will announce the two organizations that I found and will be donating to.

The first is the Northwoods Wildlife Center in Minocqua, Wisconsin. I fell in love with this organization after reading about all they do for wildlife throughout Wisconsin. Feel free to check them out!

The second organization that I have chosen is Saving Paws. Saving Paws is an organization that rescues pets and fosters them until they find a new home. They are a no-kill rescue and that is important to me. They are located in Appleton, Wisconsin. Feel free to check out their site as well!

When I get my projects done and begin selling, perhaps I could coax my two-legged brothers and sisters into helping me help out these organizations, and have something beautiful made for them in return. What that beautiful thing will be has been determined and drawn, I have only to begin beading them and launching my initial promotion.