It's that time of year again....shopping for that perfect for someone special or yourself! You already know I am a huge advocate to buy American made and especially from local business. I also turned vegan this year because of my health and yes...because I found out what horrible conditions our animal friends live and die in. There are two links I am featuring today who I think you will like and you will be supporting American artists and animal lovers.

The first is   Daisey Wares  http://www.etsy.com/shop/daisywares   the owner sells and makes handmade jewlery and vegan body products. She also rescues farm animals and works with the Harvest Home Sanctuary.
http://www.harvesthomeanimal.org/

The second is The Qi papers    http://www.etsy.com/shop/qipapers?ref=em  the owner sells and makes handmade postcards and cards. She uses the Japanese art of woodblock printing called Moku Hanga. She also rescues bunnies and fosters lots of them.

Please check out both of these sites and support small business!


By the way I am going to a Christmas party tommorrow at the Double Tree Hotel. It's for cancer survivors and is sponsored by UC Irvine Medical Center. Woo! Hoo!


Eat your fruits & veggies!   xo  Inge

Animal Acres

As you can probably imagine, I have alot of tv time. Yesterday I was watching a movie on Lifetime and during the commercial break they were honoring women achievers. This time Lorri Houston, founder of Animal Acres right here in Acton California was featured! Well, it's a bit of a drive up north but definitely on my list of places to visit. Check out her blog http://www.animalacres.org/

If you live in LA area and want something to do April 29th, check this out

http://www.animalacres.org/events/2011/cuisine

Just as soon as I can sit on my butt, I will be traveling to different sanctuaries and networking to get my thriftshop started. I wish I could start today! xo Inge

Friends in Need Animal Rescue

http://www.friends-in-need.org/index.html


I was at the dog park today with our furbabies, it finally cooled off enough to take Lucy out... she is prone to seizures if she is in the heat too long even though she is taking anti-seizure meds. A family showed up with a triped dog, a corgi mix... this dog walked and played like normal with the other dogs. What I found amazing is that the woman told us that the dog had just been rescued off the street and lost its leg only two weeks ago. It had apparantly had been hit by a car and the leg bone started mending itself for a while (it was not fresh break) the only way to save the dog was to amputate. These people were not rich by any means but they opened their hearts and pocket book to save this dog.

These stories make me want to start my foundation even more. One way or another I will find a way to open and run my thrift shop so I can help people like the ones I met a the dog park pay their vet bills. For now I have to put that dream on hold because I have to work to pay my own vet bills, not to mention the everyday stuff. I would like to find a local animal organization that I can volunteer at and learn the ropes until I can afford to open my own place.

I found this animal rescue on Google... I sure would like to have something like this as well. For now I will keep dreaming and rescuing as many animals that I can... after all dreams really do come true!

Hope your week is fun and don't forget to laugh outloud!
xoxo Inge

Rolling Dog Ranch

is in a contest to win money for their sanctuary. All you have to do is vote. Go to this site
http://www.theanimalrescuesite.com/clickToGive/shelterchallenge.faces?siteId=3

and type in Rolling Dog Ranch and their postal code MT.

Thanks!!!!! Inge

Calling All Animal Lovers!

I was looking at one of my fav blogs http://theqipapers.blogspot.com/2009/12/counting.html
and found another site who foster cares bunnies. http://renorabbits.blogspot.com/2009/12/foster-buns-need-your-help.html
This person needs help and since it is the holidays...
Hope your day is fun and don't forget to laugh out loud!
xoxo Inge