got craft hearts VOKRA

photo credit: The Itty Bitty Kitty Committee (Based in Tacoma, WA, the IBKC blog follows the daily lives of the author's foster kittens.)

Last Spring, Vancouver Fashion eZine set up shop at the Got Craft Spring show and donated 50% of their sales to support VOKRA - the Vancouver Orphan Kitten Rescue Association. Not only did Marilyn exceed her sales expectations, she sold more magazines at the Spring show than at any event. Which proves my theory that crafters love their felines!

Vancouver Orphan Kitten Rescue Association is a no-kill, non-profit registered charity, formed in 2001 with the mandate of caring for very young, mainly bottle-feeding, kittens. They have gone from an average of 150 or so per year to over 1300 kittens and cats rescued in 2009 from homelessness or euthanasia. VOKRA is not a shelter. Instead, they provide over 100 individual foster homes throughout the lower mainland. VOKRA covers all of the costs for its fostering families and is 100% volunteer run with no paid staff or government funding, relying on private donations and grants.

We are pleased to say that Vancouver Fashion eZine will be back at the holiday show. Printed magazines will be on sale at the front door for $10.00 each. Half of this cost will go directly to VOKRA.

The Vancouver Fashion eZine promotes the best talent by featuring some of the most creative people (designers, photographers, make-up artists, stylists, models etc.) and their contributions to the local fashion scene in each issue of their magazine. Grab your very own copy on December 5th!

crafty kisses to all

photo credit: Studio Jeanie

Thank you to everybody that came to Got Craft yesterday! We had a fantastic turn out and as always, so much fun! A big thank you to all of our vendors including Spool of Thread Sewing Lounge who hosted the DIY table and taught everybody how to many those snazzy pinwheel pins and Jeanie for being our A+ / 5 diamond / #1 photographer!

Did your receive a swag bag? The line up this year started at a record breaking 6:30am! That's 3.5 hours before the show started! By 7:30am, all 30 bags were spoken for. Read one woman's pursuit for a coveted swag bag over on her blog - Travelling the Amaranth Road - love it!

Oohhh... and the kittens! Thank you to Marilyn from Vancouver Fashion eZine who was on-site selling printed issues with half of her profits supporting the Vancouver Orphan Kitten Rescue Association. Got Craft attendees broke her record by purchasing a whopping 50 issues and raising $268 with a few additional donations! Yay kittens!

Mark your calendars! Our holiday show is on Sunday, December 5th, 2010 from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm at the Royal Canadian Legion. Interested in participating? Applications are available online.

artists pictured from left to right starting at the top: telly, Jennifer Conway, Sassy Contessa, Thistle Town Studio, A Farmers Daughter, Uncle Phil, kove, unknown, Laura Bucci Handmade, Queen Bee Luxuries

fundraiser :: Vancouver Orphan Kitten Rescue

photo credit: charlie & lucy from VOKRA

Vancouver Orphan Kitten Rescue Association is a no-kill, non-profit registered charity, formed in 2001 with the mandate of caring for very young, mainly bottle-feeding, kittens. They soon found that older kittens, under the age they could safely be vaccinated, also would do much better in a foster home. Feral mothers and kittens soon joined the list, as we began to form a trap-neuter-release (TNR) program to prevent more kittens from being born into starvation, disease, and misery on the streets. They have gone from an average of 150 or so per year to over 1300 kittens and cats rescued in 2009 from homelessness or euthanasia.

VOKRA is not a shelter. Instead, they provide over 100 individual foster homes throughout the lower mainland. VOKRA covers all of the costs for its fostering families: food, litter, other supplies and equipment, nutritional supplements ... everything. VOKRA is 100% volunteer run with no paid staff or government funding, relying on private donations and grants.


photo credit: Vancouver Fashion eZine Nov 2008 cover

In support of VOKRA, Vancouver Fashion eZine will be at Got Craft this Sunday, May 2nd selling printed issues for the affordable cost of $10.00 each. Half of this cost will go directly to VOKRA.

Vancouver Fashion eZine is a local fashion magazine run by people who love fashion and art. It promotes Vancouver talent by featuring some of the most creative people (designers, photographers, make-up artists, stylists, models etc.) in a printed magazine. Celebrating the Vancouver fashion community and the unique artists that contribute their work to the local fashion scene.