Tortie Tuesday/ Beaded Tail

This Tortie Tuesday is brought to you today by Beaded Tail Jewelry. I have made several Fairy Cats now and wanted to make a tortoiseshell, I have never owned one , so I looked to my friends and Sharla of Beaded Tail kindly sent me several pictures of Isabella. You can see Isabella on her blog here.

I also wanted everyone to know the great job these women are doing with their shop! The proceeds are all donated toCharity! What a wonderful thing this mother and daughter are doing together. So here is a paw it forward to you Beaded Tail !
Visit her shop today and purchase something knowing it is for the greater good!

Beaded Tail Bio
Hello! I'm Sharla and along with my mom, Sheri, we are using our love of creating beaded jewelry to benefit our love for animals. Recent news reports regarding animal hardships have put us into action to design and create beaded jewelry which we will give a portion of the sales proceeds to animal awareness causes. Each of our one of a kind designs contains an animal theme from paw toggles to cat face beads or animal awareness ribbon charms or butterflies.

Our items come from a smoke free environment, however, we are owned by both cats and dogs.

The following are a list of the organizations that we support:

American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals .... www.ascpa.org
Humane Society for the United States .... www.hsus.org
Dogs for the Deaf.... www.dogsforthedeaf.org
Alley Cat Allies.... http://alleycat.org
Chintimini Wildlife Rescue .... www.chintiminiwildlife.org

Total 2008 Donations $407 - Thank you to all our customers!

Our January 2009 donation was $44.50 to The Anderson House - safe home for women and children affected by domestic violence.

Copies of receipts are available upon request.

I have had pets literally all my life and currently my husband and I have a Husky named Sadie that was rescued from a puppy mill by the humane society and we have two cats, Isabella and Angel, that we adopted from the humane society in 2006. My mom has an American Eskimo named Samy that she adopted after someone got him as a puppy and was unable to take care of him. Our animals are a huge part of our lives and now live like royalty!

In addition to our current pets, we've had many wonderful pets that we've adopted from the humane society or had found abandoned so we certainly know that there is a great need for animal awareness education to prevent overpopulation, abused and homeless animals. We are grateful to be able to sell our jewelry here on Etsy in order to benefit animals.

We're making tails wag one bead at a time!

Sculpting Corgi's!!!!!!

Fairy Welsh Corgi

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Tri colored Pembroke Ornament

Cardigan with lights ornament

Pembroke with squirrel toy Ornament

Hey I am in a Etsy treasury, plus....

http://www.etsy.com/treasury_list.php?room_id=43743

I am the featured artist interview on this blog today!
Visit All things Jewelry and Then Some for the interview!


I am also in a Fantasy Artists of Etsy Exhibition

New Pegasus and..

or Fairy Pony...
New Faerie Cat...
New Pink Dragon....

Tagged again...

I got tagged by Threads of Magique in a game of blog tag. game rules: pick out the sixth photo in the sixth picture file on your computer and write a bog about it, then tag six other bloggers. Pretty simple, join in if you'd like, and pass it on.

"Let your thoughts rest here awhile
in beauty and in love"
André Smith, Founder - Inscription at Chapel entrance

Here's my picture. It's the chapel over at The Maitland Art Center. I did my college internship here. I spent many hours working on the gardens, they are in much need of tender loving care. The place was neglected for many years, and now plans are under way to restore this landmark.
The Maitland Art Center was founded as an art colony (called the Research Studio) in 1938 by visionary American artist and architect André Smith (1880-1959). This tradition continues at MAC today, with gallery exhibitions, resident artists (Artists-in-Action), a strong curriculum of art instruction in an intimate atmosphere, and community programming. Visit this historic, aesthetic gem set in the middle of busy, growing Central Florida.

The Art Center is one of the few surviving examples of "fantasy" architecture in the Southeast, the Center has been recognized by the State of Florida as a historic site and has been entered on the National Register of Historic Places. It features Mayan/Aztec motifs and includes 23 separate structures linked by beautiful gardens and courtyards.Founded in the 1938 by visionary artist and architect Jules André Smith (1880-1959), the Center was originally called the Research Studio, hosting a number of famous painters, sculptors, and printmakers, including: Milton Avery, Ralston Crawford, Doris Lee, and Boris Margo. Today, that tradition continues with resident artists (Artists-in-Action), and a strong curriculum of art instruction in an atmosphere which encourages experimentation and creativity.

I do not like tagging others, so if you are reading this and need a posting for your blog, feel free to be tagged