The winner of our #bunny #sugarskull pouch is @/hoppypoppy818 on Instagram!
Thank you to those who entered, we look forward to doing bigger and better giveaways as we continue to grow!
If you would like to get a pouch of your own, please feel free to reach out to us on and of our social media outlets or via email.
I have often found myself in a creative slump, questioning my new designs, wondering if I have veered too far from the norm (is there such thing as too much bunny stuff?) and feeling altogether discouraged. There are many wonderful small businesses out there and many are dedicated to animal activism, how would I ever be able to make it?Amidst so much doubt, many creations got scrapped, many plans were abandoned, and many items barely even made it to the prototype stage.
Tales of Creativity and Play was very inspirational and eye-opening, helping me return to the days of my childhood past and channel them into creating awesome new designs for Friends Not Food. Sometimes you just have to go for it – put your work out there even if you’re not 100% sure it will be well-received. It would do us all some good to let a bit of our childhood selves out!
If you’ve ever wanted to start off on your own business or venture, but have felt dicsouraged, I would highly encourage watching this video!
So to sum it up, we need trust to play, and we need trust to be creative. So, there’s a connection. And there are a series of behaviors that we’ve learnt as kids, and that turn out to be quite useful to us as designers.
Hello and welcome to the Friends Not Food Store Blog!
Friends Not Food started after seeing rabbit meat on the shelves of the local Whole Foods market. With five bunnies at home, this was a disturbing sight (especially since the grocery trip was mainly for their fresh foods!). Upon returning home, I hit the internet to see what other information I could find about this rabbit meat phenomenon. Turns out, this meat was being peddled as being some amazing source of lean protein – at exorbitant prices I might add.
Since then, information has come out on the deplorable conditions of the poor bunnies being raised to end up in the refrigerated section of your local Whole Foods. Many boycotts have taken place and many bunny parents have altogether stopped their patronage to what once was their stop of choice to feed both them and their fur babies. A Change.org petition is even circling around as a plea to keep these babies out of the meat aisle and can be found here!
In the meantime, we have decided that there must be something done to show our love of buns, hence Friends Not Food Store was born! Here you will find bunny related items that will allow you to show your support for these fuzzies in the cutest of ways. 10% of profits will be donated to local rabbit shelters to further advocate for the wellbeing of these small animals.
Follow along for adorable pictures of bunnies, handmade items that will let you further incorporate bunnies into your life, and the occasional bunstruction anecdote. You won’t regret it!
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