Summer CNYEtsy Shows

The CNYEtsy Team will participate in it's very first shows this summer! It's very exciting and there are a lot of great artisans showing their work at both shows. You can even get a 10% discount for a participating members purchase on the local postcards! Just visit me at the Hamilton Farmers market any Saturday to pick one up. They also are available at Porters studio in Hamilton and at the MADArt Gallery. You can also email me and I will send you one if you will be in the CNY Area July 4th or August 29th!

For more information please visit the CNYEtsy Team Blog

Ecoleeko in Vegan Sampler!

Ecoleeko is a proud contributor to a Vegan Sampler Bag Sale! I will submit 50 special surprise Ecoleeko samples to be included in the bags along with 49 other contributors! All items will be "Vegan" and come in a handmade reusable grocery bag! As the excerpt from the Vegan Sample site states-

"Vegan doesn't apply to just foods, it applies to many items many people don't even think about. The following ingredients are NOT vegan: silk, honey, goat's milk, wool, leather, sugar (unless you know it is from a non-charcoal using process), beeswax, emu oil, Coral, Bone, Leather, Pearls (genuine saltwater or freshwater - glass pearls are OK, of course), feathers, milk, butter, angora, mohair, wool, cashmere, shell, gelatin."

The bags will go on sale on April 14th and 10% of the proceeds will go to a chosen animal charity to be announced. Please visit the site and support a great cause!!


Are you a crafter/artisan interested in joining the sampler? Contact Heather to see if there are still spots left.....
"Anything that is made without animal products and the ingredients or materials arent tested on animals. Vegan doesnt just pertain to food. Soaps, food, jewelry, papercrafts, animal toys and treats, buttons, magnets, handknit items....If you have a craft and arent sure if your samples would be vegan, please feel free to email me at ecosampler@yahoo.com and I would be glad to clarify!"

Change.org Needs You!

Attention Small Toy makers, Handmade baby Companies, Etsians, People who purchase 2nd hand kids toys, clothing, furniture, books, Mommies, Daddies, Everyone who buys gifts for babies or kids...We need your help to spread the word and vote at Change.org!!!!

Help us Save Small Business From the CPSIA. I ask you to vote and highly recommend you check it out. You can read more and vote for the idea by clicking the following link:

http://www.change.org/ideas/view/save_handmade_toys_from_the_cpsia

This law will stop many small handmade businesses from existing that create anything for babies or kids under 12 years of age related from existing after February. It is very important for you to know what your government will decide for you and your kids futures! Along with small companies, you be be unable to purchase any kid related material at thrift stores including clothing, toys, games, dolls, shoes, jewelry, used book stores from selling kids books, many large companies will have to discontinue carrying items due to the crazy testing fees, etc small manufacturers will have to pay to keep items legal.
Please help me, Ecoleeko, and many other companies from not disappearing..We all need your help!!!
Mommies..Please pass on to your mommy blogs,friends and groups!!!!!!!!

Search the Handmade Toy Alliance and CPSIA as well for information.
The bill is HR 4040 effective Feb 10th, 2009

The top 10 ideas are going to be presented to the Obama Administration on Inauguration Day and will be supported by a national lobbying campaign run by Change.org, MySpace, and more than a dozen leading nonprofits after the Inauguration. So each idea has a real chance at becoming policy.

Thanks so much for reading. Please vote!!!If you voted once before, you can vote again!

New Etsy Team

This is a new Ecoleeko Blog..I was looking for something more user friendly, so here it is! I will repost some of my other posts from the other blog, but for now..I'll get up to date..
First..I'd like to introduce a new Etsy Team...The Upstate CNY Etsy Team..I decided to start to find and get together all the great Etsians and Etsy artists in the central New York area. If you live in Central NY and are a part of Etsy, please take a look..I set up a main page on Ning You can contact me through Etsy at Ecoleeko.