$10.00 each  + S/H, of course

NECKLACES ON CORDS

Three basic types: on cords, metal chains, or beaded. It can depend upon a lot of things to denote a price for a necklace besides the basic type- how long it takes to make, the type of material involved, and the value of the pieces, such as the center pendant or pendants, and other beads if applicable. Aside from seed beads, I try not to ever use plastic.  My necklaces are adjustable in length, and they can often be fairly customized, if you are wanting one, that you have not yet seen showcased.

Generally, Cords Necklaces = $14.00 - $24.00 ;  Metal Chain with Beads, Charms, Pendants Necklaces = $19.00 - $50.00.

Examples of a Few Necklaces, Still Left For Sale

Check here: www.deviantart.com/teaphotogra…

for other necklaces not yet sold, though in the other sub-gallery where there are images of groups of pieces you might find a few there, too. I also have many works not yet uploaded. Between such other pieces and an idea you have, we could work on pieces together semi-comissioned pieces so-to-speak.

EARRINGS

On best quality silver metal or sometimes, real silver. Sometimes I even have bronze, copper, dark silver, black and gold metals. 

SIMPLE ones RANGE from, $10.00 - $14.00.

Ones that are longer, or are worth more, or took more skill such as with a wire-wrap etc.  or some combination, RANGE from- $15.00 - $18.50.

Examples of Earrings For Sale

Thank you again so much for being here.  Here we will explore how such a project began, Super Affiliates, Affiliates, a bit about South Coast Humane Society, the animals we help, & perhaps a couple other tid bits.

I feel it is important that if I'm going to promote products for a charity, that I put in the effort to give enough information about that very charity, so that you know where your money, or points, or advertisements are going to. This has always been an honest charity, and we will always do everything we can to my own knowledge to keep that very reputation.

HISTORY

"THE SHELTER PROJECT" began August-September 2010. We have just entered the 9th year.

The most recent News Article regarding the Project was written one year ago, and can be found here with a bit more detail:

But enough change, mostly within the Photo and Jewelry Products, and a bit with the humane society itself warranted a new News Article, so here we are.

The very first time "THE SHELTER PROJECT" was ever announced on dA was here:

As of 2012, this became the mascot of "THE SHELTER PROJECT":

The most recent dedication was to our 2018 supporters (or Affiliates & Super-Affiliates), also giving recent information about the Project, AS WELL AS,  our earnings for 2018:

I began volunteering my time with Foster Care Groups, County Pounds, & other Shelter systems, since January of 2008, eleven years ago.  I did a wide variety of things... and already learned a lot about these lovely beings.  But the thing that struck me the most was the immensity of their medical needs, and of course, the real necessity for spays and neuters. 

Then something happened and I could no any longer actually GO to these places quite as often, or even donate my own money that had been coming from a different (a more traditional) type of income at this point.

So, my newish (at the time) passion already had a kink in it.

The real problem was... that I was hooked, and bent on figuring out what I could to continue to help these innocent  animals with what they needed.

It finally hit me near the beginning of Spring 2010! I decided to JOIN two of my passions TOGETHER!  My LOVE  of creating art, WITH my LOVE  of helping our domesic animal friends! 

The overall concept was "Working for donations!"

I worked on the idea and chose TWO products to begin with at the time:  Photo Prints and Photo Greeting Cards.

It was a great idea to begin small like that, and add products as time went along.

WHO BENEFITS?

In the beginning, animals from a county animal facility in Central California benefited. I worked on a project with a lovely lady named Pauline kurios-kat who sponsored the framing of several of my photos, which the Director wanted as the walls were bare at their facility, being still fairly new.

For similar information on just 2018:

What is a dA Affiliate or dA Super-Affiliate?

There are also dA Group Affiliates -

to see who they are, check the list on my Profile Page: teaphotography.deviantart.com/

The main way for your dA Group to become an Affiliate of "The Shelter Project", is through advertisement placed on the group's profile page, or a journal/new article created on it's behalf- or as part of one.  Even the acceptance of particularly pertinent information about the Project, within their galleries, would gain a group's affiliation.   Let me know if your group is missing and should be there.

A dA Affiliate or dA Super-Affiliate has done, and many continue to do A LOT of various things.  And one thing that should be clarified is, once an Affiliate (or Super-Affiliate), ALWAYS an Affiliate.  This is to ensure the affiliation even if for any reason such generous person is officially no longer on dA, (de-Activated their account), is no longer active with their dA Account, has not participated in the Project in any type of way for either a long time, or at all.  The point being that, your help, services, donations, and purchases to create donations, will forever be appreciated.

  Affiliates:

A dA Affiliate is someone from specifically dA, (since it is the only place I've had the time or ability to maintain any kind of social networking), WHO advertises "The Shelter Project" in some way shape or form here on dA.  How have they done this?

There are several ways this can be done.  The *main way* is through advertisement. MANY Affiliates to this day, retain an advertisement for the Project in a Custom Box, somewhere on their personal dA Profile Page, and/or continue to maintain such an advertisement somewhere in their dA Journal or News Article, each time they post a new one.  Some dA Affiliates, have produced journals SOLELY about  "The Shelter Project", all by itself! 

There are NO rules about HOW to do these advertisements... and many Affiliates have done this in some varying ways. I will say, to give you an idea, that it usually includes some sort of blurb about the Project, a LINK to my Profile page and/or to the most recent News Article about it, or photo reporting pertinent info.-

Sometimes, they will include some small feature, with photos of the animals or jewelry, from my gallery, even though *most* ANY photo image can be created into a photo product to sell for donations to the animals. 

An Affiliate is also someone who donates POINTS.  To see 2019's NEW points pool update, go to: teaphotography.deviantart.com/ and scroll past the ID section on the left-hand side.  Thank you in advance for any POINTS you are able to give.

An Affiliate is so-named on my Profile Page down the left-hand side in a Box with info. about the Project.

However, please understand, I have long since LOST the ability to keep up with this section due to my own personal issues etc., and the rate in which advertisements and POINTS have previously been donated on behalf of the Project.  This began occurring even long before my personal infamous year of 2017, when I was hardly here and quite unwell.  If you have ever donation 10 or more and you have not been named as an Affiliate in that section please let me know, MOST preferably by email.

  It is STILL true that email is better for me than dA Notes.  If you DO Note me, that's okay, but just know it will take me a lot longer to see it, let alone reply, if ever- and I never want anyone to take that personally. 

I tend to at least check email at least about 2x/week.  When  I log on to dA, and there is so much to see and do, that I have a list- and checking Notes often doesn't make the list. It's not part of my main work flow.  Simply, we all do things differently.

If you are NOT named, and for some reason that is okay with you, please know that you ARE still technically considered an Affiliate, even if not in some public way. YOU ARE A GIGANTIC HELP to "The Shelter Project". 

Super-Affiliates:

This group should be up-to-date.  But PLEASE let me know, if I have not named you on the Profile Page, or in this journal.

A dA Super-Affiliate very often does, or has done everything mentioned above that an Affiliate has done, which amazes me, since what the Affiliates do, is already generous enough, and can require some amount of time & effort (and/or money, if they are purchasing their own points), all on their own!

THE BIGGEST DIFFERENCE, is that Super-Affiliates DO make actual purchases of my photo products and/or jewelry products which creates immediate and tangible monetary donations. 

Not only that, it helps *me* to feel like I have a job.  The promoting, locally, on dA, creating the work, the ordering, correspondence, packaging, mailing, etc.  It may sound like a lot of work,  but it is the WORK I want and love to do.  

It's a WIN, WIN, WIN- a triple win!

1.  The Animals receive their donations for their medical needs!

2.  YOU receive artwork created for what has been and will continue to be a very valuable cause.

3.  I get to be involved!  (It's all quite therapeutic, physically & mentally.)

Always remember, if there is NOTHING at all from the total list of possible products, that YOU, yourself would want, in most all cases there is someone you know who would love *something* as a gift!  In fact, about half of the time, these products have been purchased as gifts, and to be able to tell the giftee WHAT their gift has done to be of service, is actually quite special! Then THEY become involved, too.

OTHER POSSIBLE THINGS THAT CREATES A dA *SUPER* AFFILIATE

Upon occasion we've had a couple extremely clever and creative artists who "think outside the box" and have come up with artistic projects of their own on behalf of "THE SHELTER PROJECT" in order to earn point donations, and quite quickly in my opinion. One such artist I used to call an "Honourary Super Affiliate" - but now I simply count her a Super Affiliate on par with the others. She has created and sold many skins, donating most of the points each time to our Project! AMAZING!

You should know this talented artist is UszatyArbuz .

Occasionally, a dA Super-Affiliate donates actual money. To be honest, this used to bother me due to my incessant need to be trusted.  But I know by now I have earned it. And I've come to understand why someone may prefer this, and it is wrong of me to "look a gift-horse in the mouth". 

Most of the time they have used PayPal.  There is rarely any reason why I would EVER receive actual money for any other reason.  The account is specifically for "THE SHELTER PROJECT". 

Being trusted is very important to me, since I myself, have had very poor experiences in the past with trusting others, whether face to face or online. It is one reason why I don't and haven't asked for actual money for any reason in the past. When I've received such money upon occasion anyway, I have given the persons something in return.

Directly donated money for "The Shelter Project" has been used for the following:

1.  Promotional Products for the Project, such as: business cards, rack cards, and pens.  In fact, I have made "kits" with them. 

2.  Locating inexpensive frames for the 11x14 prints that I need now and again, as explained in detail above.

3. Simply to the humane society, itself, (but through the Project) OR toward materials FOR the art products that are sold for the donations.

PayPal, has always served and proven to be the very best and safest way to do anything that our Super-Affiliates have done.  In all of these years, I have not had a problem with this method, and even with our Super-Affiliates from many other countries.  The only little confusing bit, if from a different country than I am, is the exchange rate, but PayPal is better than ever in assisting with this. 

Regardless, we have always worked through it together, and we always will.

Once in a while a Super-Affiliate is considered to be a Super-Affiliate, when they have maintained a long-term sub-project on behalf of  "The Shelter Project" which has resulted in support in super profound ways.

Who Are The Super-Affiliates:

(We Would Love it, if YOU Were a Super-Affilate, too!)

philippeL , JocelyneR , Meljean1 , sukoto-san , bewilderedconfused ,

Corvidae65 , Geak-of-Nature , LayaboutJoe , Arte-de-Junqueiro , Stygma ,

Tigles1Artistry , awesome43 ,  surrealistic-gloom , ArtByCher , DanaAnderson ,

Lirulin-yirth ,  Jenna-Rose , Shirimasen , Iluvbiscuit2 , Andaelentari ,

ArtBYbeverly , cwehaar , suezn , CarolynYM ,  ShinyHeels ,

MirachRavaia , snoogaloo , kurios-kat , Jenny42 , Annissina ,

chained2stone , Felizias , WakefieldDesigns ,  bergunty , BGai ,

ShinyphotoArt , CRG-Free , UszatyArbuz , ShinyphotoArt , Doll-Ladi ,

LuLupoo SapphireNiteStar davincipoppalag coastbeachartist