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