The day after Thanksgiving I got up at 3am to visit my local Target with a friend. I figured I had never done the Black Friday thing before, why not this year? I am a hypocrite and maybe a poser because the day before I made my status "buy handmade and local this Friday! Stick it to the big business' and help the little guys!" But we go and it's just awful. I looked around the store and could find nothing that I wanted to give
my family. It's all the same!
Now I've been on Etsy for a little over a year now. While I haven't sold much, I realized that there are
some incredible Artisans on Etsy. Like these fantastic shoes http://www.etsy.com/listing/53597636/studio-jellyfish-comic-heels-in-yellow byStudiojellyfish. I adore them! You can find anything and everything. Or if you like to see and touch
what you're buying first hand, shop local, support your local small businesses. I decided to make presents for
my family this year and I shopped at 2 different yarn stores to get what I needed. Yes it can be more expensive
but you're helping the little guys make it through these tough economic times too.
The point of this long shpeal is this: I want to start a campaign to revamp Christmas. And I've even worked
out a slogan! "Personalize it, Don't Commercialize it". So the next few week I will encourage you to do just that.
For phase one of my campaign, I will bring you tips for homemade decorations, ornaments, great places to shop
local around Atlanta and great items from Etsy. Of course for those new tech gadgets you'll need to go to you
local giant chain...but why not by a nice casing and personalize it? http://www.etsy.com/listing/62788956/sale-peacock-water-resistant-padded?ref=sr_gallery_2&ga_search_query=ipod+cover&ga_search_type=handmade&ga_page=&order=&includes[0]=tags&includes[1]=title&filter[0]=handmade
Signing off until tomorrow! Happy handmade shopping!
