Arte du Blythe Fat Book Auction Live Now for A Place to Bark Through October 15!

The "Blythe and Friends" book, pictured above, contains 25 hand-made, front and back, 4" x 4" original mixed media art pages as well as handmade front and back covers, from artists in nine states and three countries. The book was created by the Arte du Blythe group on Yahoo, which was founded by Shoshanah Jennings of Hannah Grey Curiosities & Drygoods (http://www.hannahgrey.com/) and Heather Simpson-Bluhm of Bluhm Studios (http://www.bluhmstudios.com/), both based in California. The book was hosted by me as group administrator, in Indiana. It features work by well-known and published artists such as Vicky Breslin, Debbie Metti, Angela Hoffman, Chelise Stroud-Hery (founder of ZNE), Shelly Mundel, Maija Lepore, Heather Simpson-Bluhm, and Shoshanah Jennings. Artists from the United States, Canada, and Israel sent submissions.The book is a paper arts lover's dream or is perfect for a lover of Blythe, animals, dolls and/or good deeds.A Place to Bark and Meow is mixed media artist Bernie Berlin's no-kill animal rescue in Tennessee. Bernie Berlin's blog is http://aplacetobark.blogspot.com/. As she herself says, "I run a full-time dog rescue, taking in the dogs that have been abandoned, abused or police confiscated. I foster, retrain, transport & adopt. Cats are also welcome at my rescue. I am drawn to the unwanted, unloved and misunderstood. I am hoping to educate and effect change for the animals that do not have a voice of their own."
A Place to Bark and Meow was one of the five top national finalists in last year's Parade magazine charity profile/fund-raiser. To date 2,453 people have donated $44,527 to AP2B, but the needs are constant as Bernie travels to other states to rescue abandoned, abused and injured animals, rehabilitating them (often with costly veterinary bills and medicines) and then placing them in loving homes.Bernie currently specializes in Faberge-style eggs and is the author of the popular Artist Trading Card Workshop. She will send a special surprise to be enclosed with the 'fat book' for the winner.
To bid, simply leave a comment at the following link. Special thanks to Scrapbook Royalty and its head tiara, the darling Elena Etcheverry, Traveling Princess, for hosting this auction.

Pullip Auction Benefits Crop Out Autism

Scrapbook Royalty, a not-for-profit organization which produces crops and other crafty events to raise funds for worthy organizations, is conducting both a raffle and a silent auction for new and beautiful Pullip dolls, donated by Scott at The Valley of the Dolls wonderstore in Los Angeles http://thevalleyofthedolls.com.

The sweet and beautiful Elena Lai Etcheverry, princess of Scrapbook Royalty, is pulling this all together to benefit Crop out Autism/Autism Speaks http://www.scrapbookroyalty.com/autism.html.

The event will be 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday Sept. 13 at the California Center for the Arts in Escondido, CA. The Holly GoLightly Pullip (nothing to do with colonoscopies for you oldsters like me), will be auctioned live at the event. Meanwhile, two other Pullips are available on-line via the silent auction process right now by following the links above. They are Cornice and (pictured) Raphia. There is also a $5 per ticket raffle for Arietta. See the info here http://www.scrapbookroyalty.com/autism.html.

At Crop Out Autism you can purchase a cropping space completes with classes, meals and goodies. Croppers are asked to raise $100 each for the cause in addition to registration.

Keep watching the Scrapbook Royalty Web site because our exciting, one-of-a-kind "Blythe & Friends" fat book with 25 original 4 x 4 pages from artists ( including moi) in nine states and three countries will be debuting soon in silent auction as a fundraiser for A Place to Bark http://www.aplacetobark.com. Don't worry. I'll keep you posted!