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Holiday Shopping Guide - Call for Recommendations
One of the things that I always enjoyed doing with this blog in the past is creating a Holiday Shopping Guide (that’s a link to an old one for reference) for those of us who want to support small businesses and individuals with our shopping dollars. Well, it’s definitely that time of year again, so I’m asking for suggestions and recommendations to put on the list. In the past, we’ve included businesses, artisans, and even nonprofit organizations.
Please leave a comment with a link and a little about the business/artists/group, or email the information directly to me at lornadoone (at) Comcast (dot) net, and I’ll get to work putting together our Holiday Shopping Guide for 2010. It's fine to promote yourself, too!
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Mostly Boston-area local
- Honey Design. Jewelry made by my friend
- Made In Lowell. Cute felted designs, some handmade jewelry, and a local gal, to boot.
- Lily Pad Tutus is run by my friend, and has cute tutus and accessories for little kids. Local to Boston (metro-west).
- Jen in Maine. My friend Jen's shop, in Maine - yarn, knitted gifts, and hand made sewn items.
- Ashley G. Great artist, sells lots of prints. (a Portlander - Oregon)
- North Star Alpacas for alpaca roving, yarn, and knitted items. Out of Michigan.
-Fabulosity is a friend of Jen (see above), out of Montana, who spins and dyes yarn and roving.
- Ginger Louse Clothing - fun country-styled clothes for kids
- Maine Woods Yarn sells yarn and wool for spinning. Local to Maine. The drop spindle I use for spinning is from them. :)
- And last, but not least: My shop. Crocheted scarves and hats, mostly. :)
Websites:
- Art by Ursula Vernon (
- Starfire's Creations out of southern NH. Lots of body butters, soaps, candles, lip balms, etc. All handmade. She makes great stuff, to order (so it can take a few weeks to get your stuff, but it's worth it). I use her body butters.
Renegade Handmade is a brick and mortar store in Chicago selling items handmade by many local artisans. It has a lot of hip, ironic handmade gifts and everything they sell is a 50/50 split consignment with the original artisan. It has all the joy of browsing etsy.com while also contributing to our local economy through real estate taxes and rents.