Wednesday, March 21, 2012

Nair & Bjorn Press Release...Gifting Sarah Jessica Parker

Nair & Bjorn makes unique stylish accessories and donates a portion of the proceeds to no-kill shelters. Through The Artisan Group, they were selected to gift Sarah Jessica Parker with one of their items.

Online PR News – 21-March-2012Nair & Bjorn is excited to announce, in association with The Artisan Group, they were recently selected to gift their vintage I Love Paris Collection inspired La Mere Collier (Mother’s Necklace) in an exclusive collaborative gift bag prepared especially for Celebrity Sarah Jessica Parker.

Nair & Bjorn was started in Southern California over a year ago by combining two passions, the love to create handmade ladies/girls accessories and an unconditional love of dogs. The inspiration behind the business is Mowgli, an adorable terrier mix that was a stray they found while walking over 2 years ago on Valentines Day. The accessories Nair & Bjorn make by hand include sandals, clips, bobby pins, rings, necklaces, bracelets and earrings. Owner and Creative Designer Kimberly Spector, strives to create unique, stylish and fun items that give back because unfortunately, not every dog is blessed to have a home. With every purchase, 5% of the proceeds are donated to no-kill shelters to help provide rescue dogs with a better life. As their company grows, they would like to donate a larger percentage of the proceeds to no-kill shelters. Their mantra is Shop. Donate. Make A Difference. They hope to make a huge difference and to bring about awareness for all rescue animals eventually, throughout the world. They believe that every dog deserves a home and every home should have a dog…it will forever change your life.

Nair & Bjorn will be gifting Sarah Jessica Parker with a special initial necklace created just for her.

To learn more about Nair & Bjorn and their products, or their participation in The Artisan Group's celebrity gifting initiatives, visit http://www.nairandbjorn.com, or email nairandbjorn@gmail.com.

For press inquiries regarding The Artisan Group, please visit http://www.theartisangroup.org or email press@theartisangroup.org.

About Nair & Bjorn

Owner and Creative Designer Kimberly Spector started the business over a year ago with their website going live this past October. Spector has loved animals, especially dogs for as long as she can remember. Nair & Bjorn strives to make wonderful accessories with the utmost creativity keeping in mind one of their main goals, giving back. People who love dogs and are looking for unique, stylish and "pawsome" ladies/girls accessories, please visit the NairandBjorn.com website. Shop. Donate. Make A Difference.

Tuesday, March 20, 2012

Why Support No-kill Shelters...by Labavenger

Support No Kill Animal Shelters and save lives ! 

The U.S. stats are heartbreaking for animal lovers. Around 9,6 million animals are euthanized each year in High Kill Shelters and pounds all over the U.S. And what is even more depressing is that many of those High Kill Shelters don´t even use euthanasia shots that kill animals in seconds. Many of those backwoods High Kill shelters use gas chambers that take 20 to 30 minutes to kill those innocent dogs and cats. They horribly suffocate as they desperately try to get out.

Sadly this will go on until every single animal lover in the U.S. understands, that High Kill shelters do this in part because few people adopt and the shelters need the ¨space¨ to fill with even more dogs and cats to kill.

Below are a few recommendations to help animals at shelters: 

a) It it very important to adopt/foster animals from your local animal shelter. This will give the animals a chance to live at a home with a loving family. And more important, those animals will get a opportunity to walk out alive of High Kill Shelters.

b) You should go to a vet you trust and have all your pets spayed/neutered. This will prevent unwanted litters and more animals living on the streets. 

c) You should never buy your next pet. If you buy a pet you are only supporting puppy mills and the horrible living conditions in those awful places. You should remember that there are lots of animals at High Kill Shelters and pounds waiting for a chance to live and be loved by a family

d) Support only No Kill Animal Shelters. These type of shelters don´t kill animals unless they have a terminal disease and have to be humanely put to sleep with the euthanasia shot.

e) If you can´t adopt/foster for whatever reason, please donate to your local No Kill Animal Shelter, animal rescue or animal sanctuary. Every Dollar helps them keep up their good work and save even more animal lives. 

f) If you are having money problems and can´t donate, please go to Twitter, Facebook and other social media sites. Please crosspost every single animal you can. Crossposting, tweeting, etc does save lives, because it gets the info out there to people that can adopt, foster, rescue or donate. 

If you are thinking about surrendering your pet, think again. Surrendered pets at High Kill Shelters and pounds have a hold period of less than a week before they are killed. If you still want to surrender your pet, please give him only to an animal loving friend or family member.  PETA, HSUS, and the ASPCA DO kill animals, please watch this video and visit these links for more info.
 If you are not sure which shelters are really No Kill please visit this link and see a list by state. Please check out

@exposeDOGkiller on Twitter. 


Monday, March 12, 2012

OMD, Nair & Bjorn to gift Sarah Jessica Parker!



I can honestly say that this has been one of the happiest days of my life!  After months of hard work, and through a wonderful opportunity with The Artisan Group, we have been chosen in a lottery drawing to gift Sarah Jessica Parker (SJP) with one of our items.  After not being chosen in the previous 2 lotteries for Tom Cruise and Tori Spelling, it was somewhat discouraging but after being chosen today well, it's simply pawsome!

Good things come to those who wait & I  am a firm believer that everything happens for a reason.  In this case, I think the reason is that I am a huge fan of SJP and couldn't think of a more wonderful celebrity to be able to send a Nair & Bjorn original product to.  One of my favorite shows is Sex and the City & one of my favorite characters is Carrie Bradshaw.  I believe that I have seen every episode numerous times & always watched the reruns on TBS & the CW.

In a few short weeks, SJP will receive one of our special handcrafted items.  Next step, deciding what to make for her...