Knee Deep Studio

Knee Deep Studio sent in some adorable watercolors and earrings! This shop is in such high demand with our sample bag buyers that someone actually emailed me requesting I make sure to include a Knee Deep item in their bag!













I love the composition and coloring of this painting in particular, so pretty!

Maple Ash and Oak, OH MY

I have said it before and I will say it again, I love anything heart shaped or bicycle themed...Maple Ash and Oak sent in fabric heart shaped pins!!! These are so adorable, I cant wait to open my box, peek inside my bag and hopefully have one for myself! (yes, I am a dork, I package all of the bags then just randomly grab one for myself, I like suprises!!)











I love the selection of organic shirts, all so different and beautiful!

Palafox Studios 23

Yay for having a few leftover samples from our Earth Day 2010 sample bags from Palafox Studios 23!














I absolutely love this bracelet, so pretty!

JF Illustrations

Jf Illustrations sent in some super cute little cards and coupons!

This shop is full of cute animal themed items that I absolutely love!

This star pendant is so cute and goes right along with my new fascination with the ocean, so many hidden wonders in those waters!

CRAB!!

I saw so many cool little side stepping crabs when I was snorkeling this summer...I love snorkeling, you can see all these amazing new creatures without even interrupting their lives!

Starrlight Star Bright...whose an awesome vegan jewelry designer?

Starrlight Jewelry sent in yet another box of amazing samples for our Holiday 2010 sample bags!

Check out these super awesome angel wing earrings, love em!

These chandelier earrings are my favorite, they are my go to accessory for fancy events! Besides, I feel super special that she uses a photo of me modeling the earrings for her etsy page! Yep, that's right, I am the purple girl before you, hah!

This particular sample bag Starrlight Jewelry sent in little companion animal charms! Sooooo cute! Starrlight Jewelry has participated in every single Vegan Craft Sample Bag from the beginning and has been an amazing support for this little animal charity. Starrlight Jewelry also donates to many other animal charities and rescues a gaggle of felines, feel good about shopping with Starr.

Starr is also a fellow member of Vegan Etsy Team, a guild of amazing handmade artisans who are vegan and creative beautiful vegan items!

The Morose Bee

Who loves mustaches??? EVERYONE loves mustaches!

The Morose Bee sent in some absolutely awesome-tastic mustache rings! Who needs the finger tattoo, when you have a super sweet ring instead.

I absolutely love this dinosaur necklace!

If you know me, you know how much I love freight trains...it's in my blood! This ring set is so unique and cool.

Earth Day Celebration!

Happy Earth Day 2010, now I am a firm believer that doing things everyday for the earth is much better than just one day. But what better way to do a little something extra than on Earth Day!

To celebrate Earth Day 2010, Vegan Craft Samples latest bag was released this month on World Rat Day, 100% profits from this round of bags will go to Carolina Pet Rescue!

The bags sell out very quickly, so make sure you get yours asap, they are available in our Etsy Shop and on our Website!

Vegan Makeup and Dog Treats- Awesome, add em to the bag!

Eyeshadow and dog treats!

With the recent addition of dog treats from Stylin Pup Pillows, now even your puppy pals will be happy when you open up your bag from It's All In The Bag!

Do you wear makeup but you dont want to wear all the icky goupy stuff tested on animals, full of bear flesh or whatever is in that stuff? Pure Natural Minerals has sent in vegan eye shadow samples, a great alternative to the nasty stuff at the drug store! Each sample set comes with 3 different colors.

Dirty Ass Soaps- Keep Your bum clean with super creative soaps!

Last summer I met Ali from Dirty Ass Soaps, and almost immediately she presented me with a cute little oreo, a waffle, and a fried egg soap. I looked at these soaps in amazement, they look real!

So real, that I had my oreo on the kitchen sink and one of my friends said "Why is there an oreo on your sink, you still gonna eat that?"

So these soaps are adorable, right? Guess what, they are 100% vegan too!

The jaw dropping denture soaps remind me of my grandfather, and all the tricks he used to do with his. If he were still around, that would be his holiday gift for sure!

Whether you are a gamer or just a child of the 90's you will definately appreciate the Nintendo controller soap, it smells like Mountain Dew!! Get your gaming fix, and all while smelling like highschool again.

Upon talking with Ali I found out that she makes all of the molds herself, how cool is that? These soaps are so creative, and I am really happy to have Dirty Ass Soaps involved in our holiday sample bags! Check out our holiday bags, on sale mid November 2009!

Interested in submitting samples of your handmade items? Check out our website, and click the "get in the bag" link to sign up!

Giveaway Enter to win a bag full of vegan handmade samples from around the world

There is still time to enter our blog giveaway here, I will use a random number generator to select the winner in the beginning of October! So get your entries in now.
I would also like to announce that we have reached 35 contributors for our holiday bags and are still accepting more!

You can sign up to promote your shop in our holiday bags by going to our website and signing up under "get in the bag". Please also feel free to check out our FAQ, forum (where purchases can leave feedback for each individual shop), friends, press (reviews of our bags)
We would love to have some new handmade artisans involved, but time is running out to get into our huge holiday bags!

Be sure to check out our little interview in VegNews Magazine, which comes out at the beginning of October, perfect timing for a little extra press for our bags!
Followed by a giveaway of one of the holiday bags on their website.

This is really exciting, and a great opportunity to share our handmade goodies with people and encourage them to shop handmade!

It's All In The Bag- Vegan Craft Samples Reviewed By Sarah Kramer author of How It All Vegan series

Today we were reviewed by Sarah Kramer, author of the How It All Vegan cookbook series. You can check out the review on her website, or read it right here as I copy and paste it!

"I recently received a bag from Vegan Craft Samples. WHAT A FUN IDEA!! For $25 you get a cloth bag sent to you filled with vegan goodies from all different crafty vegan product makers. The best part is that 100% of the $$ goes to a different animal sanctuary each month! Each bag is unique and different containing 17-20 different samples!

I think my favourite item in the bag (besides a rad keychain from Vegan Dish) is the Girls are not Chicks colouring book. I can’t decide if I should keep that … or send it to my nephew and start his feminist brainwashing now!! :)

Check out Vegan Craft Samples HERE!

Very Berry Cherry Clutch Vegancraftastic

As soon as I saw this cute little clutch, from vegancraftastic, I thought of my sister! She is into the 50's pinup style and absolutely loves cherry anything. This clutch would be perfect to carry with any little black dress, and is super adorable!

Camille Wanders Right Into My Heart- love this etsy shop!

We recently received Camille Wanders samples for the August 2009 It's All In The Bag release, and they are AWESOME! Camille Wanders sent in some really cute handmade little pouches, so cool! I like the little pouches so much that I decided to check the shop out tonight, and its got a really laid back, organic, earthy vibe to it.

I really like that there are a variety of sizes for the shirts in the shop, I even found a shirt that I love that will fit my chub a dub dub body type! There are a lot of nature themed throughout all of the items with plenty of trees and butterflies. I absolutely adore the designs and have added the shirt to my "BIRTHDAY WISHLIST"!

It's All In The Bag August 2009 edition comes out in about a week on August 16th, and we are really excited, all of the contributors sent in amazing samples of their work. 100% of profits from the bags go to Peaceful Prairie Sanctuary, and here's hoping we can raise even more money for the animals with this round of bags!

Interested in being in our Holiday 2009 sample/promotion bag? You can sign up on our website!

Thanks again Camille Wanders for sending in some of your uniquely handmade beauties!

Beautiful Indigo Necklace To Brighten Up A Gloomy Summer Day!

I was looking on etsy for something to cheer me up this morning and did a search for VeganEtsy Team. The first item that popped up was this beautiful bright indigo necklace by Pink Bubble, and I absolutely love it! It kind of reminds me of the Native Jewelry that my father used to make, but a more modern take on it I suppose. Pink bubble really has a lot of cute things in their shop, worth a peek!

The Search For Natural Vegan Soap without chemicals and fragrance oils

Today I was in search of true purely natural soap, and I happened upon Elegant Rose Boutique, where they sell natural soaps, that arent full of dyes and chemical fragrance oils! I cant wait to try these soaps out next time I am on a soap mission! Besides, who doesnt love soap that just so happens to smell like chocolate mint, without some fake scented garbage in it? I def. love minty chocolatey goodness!

Pamper yourself with Daisy Wares heavenly vegan bath and body

Revitalize your face with a clay facial mask from Daisy Wares.

While you are waiting for your mask to harden, hop into the shower with one of Daisy Wares chocolate coconut bars of soap, yummmm.

Step out of the shower to a hydrating Shae butter body cream, great for dry cracked skin, and a smooth silky feeling all over.

Grab your favorite flavor of vegan lip balm and you are set for the day!

Daisy Wares sells a wide array of handmade bath and body items and gives 10% of sales to The Animal Place