The Cascade Ferret Network is excited to announce the availability for sale of a wide variety of apparel featuring ferret portraits created by Erin Bishop. CFN gets a commission for each shirt sold through our web page (www.cascadeferret.org). Please take a look at Erin's creative portrayal of ferrets. Erin was a foster parent for CFN during the summer of 2003. She was forced to discontinue fostering when she had to move back to California, but she fell in love with her foster kids and was determined to do what she could to help the shelter ferrets at CFN. I asked her if she could create some unique items for CFN to auction to raise funds to pay vet bills. Erin went beyond my wildest expectations! She was inspired to create a series of nine wonderfully unique ferret images that capture the whimsical, magical, and mischievous nature of ferrets. She uses unusual colors of acrylic paint, pen and ink and sometimes oils. Many of the images use shelter ferrets for models (two images feature one of her former foster kids, Zinc). Her work will be featured at our upcoming Ferret Awareness Day on June 27th. Some of her pieces have been creatively mounted in frames customized by Erin. Some are originals and some are limited editions of color copies of the originals. If you might be interested in bidding on any of her work during our Ferret Awareness Day, please email me, [log in to unmask], and we will see about arranging a way of bidding long distance. Erin has decided to use her talent to sell commissioned portraits of people's pets. If you would like to have a unique portrait of your pet, contact Erin's business, Fur Fix, at: 310-948-2200. Not only will you get a very magical portrait of your pet, you will also be helping shelter ferrets because if you mention that you heard about her through CFN, Erin has agreed to donate 50% of her fee to CFN. Elayne Barclay Network Coordinator Cascade Ferret Network www.cascadeferret.org [Posted in FML issue 4549]