Blog Feature!

Dark Side of the Sun is being featured over at She Shoes, She Scores this week! Head over there and enter to win a pair of earrings from me!

Mainely Rat Rescue

So starting up TeamBPAL has occupied a lot of my time recently. It's also allowed me to "meet" some really great people. One of those people, stormslegacy, works with a rat rescue (http://www.mainelyratrescue.org), and they're in need of some help. A link to the full story is here: http://stormslegacy.livejournal.com/30291.html

I'm sure that all of you know that I adore rats. They're amazing pets. So sweet and intelligent and funny, and just fun. I'm going to send them as much soy formula as I can afford to mail, but I want to do something else. For the rest of this month, 50% of every item purchased from my etsy shop (darksideofthesun.etsy.com) will be sent off to help the ratties.

I realize that not everyone's a rat person, and that's okay. Mine have brought me so much joy though, and I want to help these to find homes with people who will love them! I've got 5 of my own, and 2 babies, and they've all got their own personalities. Miss Li's the oldest. She wasn't the most social rat, and still isn't, but over time, she's gotten so much better. She went from not wanting to be touched at all to coming to be loved on when her cage is opened. She comes out and runs around, and will even perch on your shoulder now. I'm sure everyone knows about my dear Ood Sigma, who died. He was my first hairless, and just an amazing boy. I miss him every day. Brenna's two, Rose and Martha (like Doctor Who! B's a little nerd.) are both sweet girls. They're playful and silly. Even my dad, who didn't think rats were that great, has changed his mind because of them. Then there's Nikodemus and Eleanore. P got them for me for Valentine's day, because I was so upset over losing my Ood. Niko's being a bit mopey right now because he got taken out of the cage that he was in. I keep telling him that it had to be done though, because we don't need more babies! He's quite fond of P though. Eleanore's a sweetheart. Before she had a name, we called her "Shoulder rat" because she'd just sit on your shoulder. She runs up to the cage whenever she sees me because she knows that I'll take her out and let her play. Then there are the babies, who, right now, are called "BABIES!" They're going on two weeks old and look like baby hippos. (They're hairless and grey) I'm looking forward to finding out their personalities.

If you can help, even a little, I know that the rescue would appreciate it. I don't know any of the people involved personally, but rat people can't be bad! If you want to help, but want something in return, go to my shop and buy something. If you want something custom, I can do that, too. stormslegacy is also offering sketches for donations here: http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/1261789/

And if you're local, please consider helping them out by fostering.

TREASURY!

I snagged my first treasury! It took some patience, and staring at a screen that I never thought would change, but it happened!

I decided to feature people who post on bpal.org, since they're all a bunch of amazing, creative, talented people. Go check it out! Comment! Show them some love!

http://www.etsy.com/treasury_list.php?room_id=114604

FoTD:4

How cute is this? Really? Call me a nerd if you must, but I love this! It's made by luckyduct and can be found here. She's also got Pacman and Ghost earrings and a Pacman and Pearls necklace, which are also awesome! Oh, and you can get the ring set with Ms. Pacman, too.
She's got a lot of other really unique and pretty jewelry too, but this called out to my inner nerd!

Have you found anything fun today?

FoTD: 3

I missed doing this over the weekend, but I'm not going to do multiples to catch up. Sorry!

Today's Find of the Day comes from Spicedragon. His Kronos Ring of the Titan is gorgeous! I don't even have the words to express how lovely it is! The person who ends up with this ring will be very lucky. If I had the extra money, I'd snatch it up in a heartbeat! Go check it out!

Busy, busy, busy!

I've been slacking already! Life got busy and I started working on a new set of items that should be up soon. It's not taking too terribly long, and the more I work on it, the quicker I'll be able to finish it. I'm not going into detail on it, but it will be a charity set of items, with proceeds going to several places.

Then! After I finish this, I'll begin working on my next jewelry collection. I'm really looking forward to it! I've got some neat ideas worked out, and others fermenting in my head. It should be fun...and educational!

I ran across a post on the etsy forum from the PetsJubilee team. They're having a photo contest! I had seen the thread several times, but because it said "Puppy Love," I didn't think twice about it. I've got dogs, and I've got some pretty adorable dogs, but I don't have photos of them. Well, at OMGIT'SEARLY this morning, I decided to look. It's not just for dogs! Yay! So I entered. I entered my rat who died on Tuesday. I miss him very much. My boyfriend came home with two new ones on Saturday, as an early Valentine's gift, and I adore them. They're silly and very different from each other. They'll be loved as much as any rat could be. They don't, however, replace my Sigma. He was my first hairless rat. He was very special. He was less like a rat and more like a person! He had his own personality, likes, dislikes, and quirks. I have a feeling that I'll never be completely okay with him being gone, but I can do my best. I know it's probably strange to enter a deceased pet in a contest, but I don't want to forget him. I want everyone to know just how great he was! He was pretty cute, too. ;)

Anyway, the voting is now opened until the 21st at noon EST. You can go vote once a day. It would be amazing and greatly appreciated if everyone would go vote for him every day. And if you wanted to get your friends to do it, that would be even more amazing! Fair warning: there's an adorable hedgehog, and some beautiful horses, and bunnies! (As well as dogs and cats) It would make me incredibly happy if Sigma won though. I'm not interested in the prize, and if he won, I'd probably go donate the prize to the animal shelter at which I volunteer. It's more about doing something for Sigma since he did so much for me.