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.

Wednesday, November 30, 2011

December Monthly Challenge Theme: Treats and Toys


December Monthly Challenge Theme:
Treats and Toys
... what the animals want for the holidays !



It’s holiday gift-giving season and there’s no better time to honor our fabulous, faithful fur friends (& hopefully make some sales in the process) so promote your wares and share your crafty talents with your teammates by entering this month’s challenge… Treats and Toys: what the animals want for the holidays!


Here are some fun examples...



Fish Bones: Organic catnip Toy

by Rendachs








So what are you waiting for… enter today!

To participate in this wonderful challenge, simply tag your entries “teamefatreats” without the quotation marks and convo jessicalynneart.


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 the EFA website or the Challenge blog, winner’s choice, for the following month!


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 of jessicalynneart, 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: DECEMBER CHALLENGE.


One more important step:


5. TAG your Etsy listing with the monthly Challenge theme tag (this month = teamefatreats) (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'



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.


Challenge entries are promoted on Etsy Teams, EFA's Yahoo Groups, Twitter and Facebook... so get your entries in right away !



Looking forward to seeing your animal treats

Heather of TheBlueWindmill

Monthly Challenge Leader