Looking for crafters, for the next bag!!

No fear, you havnt missed your chance at getting one of the super awesome vegan craft sample bags! I am just starting to plan the next one, which is due to go on sale August 1st!!! Are you a crafter who wants to explore new ways to promote yourself? Do you love animals and the idea that 10% of the profits go to an animal sanctuary? Please email me at ecosampler@yahoo.com if you are interested in participating in the next vegan sample bag!!!!

Exciting!

Day by day we get closer to the first sample bags going on sale!! Tuesday is the day and we have some really great contributors this round! If you are interested in contributing samples for the next bag, please email me at ecosampler@yahoo.com for more info! We are also looking for the sponsor for the next bag, the cost is $30 (which goes straight to the sanctuary that is voted for that round) and you have your ad up from the day we sell out of this bag, until the day we sell out of the bag you are sponsoring...the second bag goes on sale in august, so that is a few months of exposure for only $30!! And it goes straight to the animals!!! The voting for sanctuaries only has a couple more days left and it is a really close call right now. We are also looking for folks who want to trade ad space on their blogs, websites, etc...please feel free to contact me if you are interested in that at all. I hope everyone is doing well, and I cant wait to get these sample bags in the mail!

reusable grocery bags!!!

Today I started making some of the reusable grocery bags, that the sample sets will come in.  I made 2 so far hahah, which is a start.  I upcycled a vinyl tablecloth and made it into 2 awesome market totes, and I think I have enough of that tablecloth left for 1 more bag!  I love when I feel like things are coming together, and I am getting work done.  Too bad the batteries died today, or I would take a photo of these cute bags to share!!

10 people signed up, already!!!

So far we have 10+ crafters/artists signed up to send in promotional samples for these bags!  How exciting!  Please feel free to check out the folks with ads to the right, all of those people are sending in promo items for our first vegan sample bag!!!!!

So, what is next?  Well I need to get my bootie movin and start sewing all of the reusable grocery bags together, and getting them ready!  We are hoping to have enough samples for 50 bags the first time around, so that means I have some sewing on my hands.  

What else could you ask for, all vegan samples from many different shops, and to top it off a nice reusable grocery tote!

Thats all the update I have for now

Oh yeah and check us out on myspace

Everyone who sends in samples will also be put on our top friends on myspace to gain exposure that way too!!  Email me with any questions.

Our very first vegan sample bag!!

Now looking for all types of vegan items for our first vegan sample bag!

What are we looking for?  

Anything that is made without animal products and the ingredients or materials arent tested on animals.  Vegan doesnt just pertain to food.  Soaps, food, jewelry, papercrafts, animal toys and treats, buttons, magnets, handknit items....If you have a craft and arent sure if your samples would be vegan, please feel free to email me at ecosampler@yahoo.com and I would be glad to clarify!

We are hoping to make 50 bags for our first vegan sampler, so when sending items please keep that it mind. 

Submissions are due by March 31, and the bags will go on sale April 14th and 10% of sales will go to an animal charity that will soon be announced!!!

This is a great opportunity to get the word out about your shop, and share handmade items with folks around the country!