This blog is dedicated to promoting and

fund driving for Team EFA members'

chosen animal charities.


Etsy for Animals (EFA) aka Artists Helping Animals,

is a team of independent artists, craftspeople,

vintage sellers and craft suppliers on Etsy.com

who are dedicated to providing charitable relief to animals

by donating a portion of the profits from their shops

to an animal charity of their choosing,

and/or to EFA's featured Charity of the Month.

Friday, September 30, 2011

It’s time to get your “spook” on... October's Monthly Challenge Theme


It’s time to get your “spook” on

because October’s Monthly Challenge theme is…


“Things that go Bump in the Night”

written by Heather of TheBlueWindmill




… and creatures of the night unite!



Need some inspiration ?


Try Edgar Allen Poe’s famous poem “The Raven” read by the mellifluous voice of James Earl Jones:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WcqPQXqQXzI&feature=related


To participate in this wonderful challenge, simply tag your entries “teamefanight

without the quotation marks and convo your entry to jessicalynneart asap by October 7th.


Here are the specifics on how to enter a monthly challenge:


If you are an EFA member & would like to submit an entry, please convo our Challenge Volunteer, Jess ofjessicalynneart, with the following information:


1. PROViDE the link to an item in your shop that fits the theme or has been created for the theme.


2. EXPLAiN how you think the item fits the monthly Challenge theme


3. TELL US a bit about your work/donations/volunteer work with animals or animal charities


4. TiTLE your convo with the name of the MONTH and the word CHALLENGE, for example: OCTOBER CHALLENGE.


One more important step:


5. TAG your Etsy listing with the monthly Challenge theme tag (this month = teamefanight) (see the Themes-at-a-glance list here for other tags). Be sure to ALSO keep your regular team tag in place, either 'team efa' or 'team efa cotm'



Remember, when we've received sixteen qualifying entries they will be entered in our Challenge Competition where the winner will get a free one month advertising slot on either EFA's Challenge Blog for the following month !

Thanks !
Heather of TheBlueWindmill
Monthly Challenge Leader