{royal buffet butterfly mobile catching the sunlight in my living room}
In keeping this blog, I always try to keep a "flow" to it, almost like an ongoing story of sorts. Obviously a lot of the ongoing story is and has been "what did I create today" ~ but now with all my new found time :) ...no really...I just decided that I would start a new "regular" post titled "no rhyme or reason" where I can list, share anything I want whether it relates to the the present stream of this blog or not. Because so often I want to post about something and then spend far too much time agonizing about when, how, where. Ultimately does not get posted ~ time to put an end to that scenario.
Beginning with this post. I will not commit to exactly when this post will "air" because I’m just not great about sticking to a "regular" committed schedule, other than posting to this blog :) which I seem to commit to just fine.
For this weeks no rhyme or reason:
Economy Schmaconomy.
These are all handmade creations that I have either purchased over the last 3 months or suggested to Sean for gift ideas to me over the the holidays, my birthday, and valentine’s day. (we like buying handmade over here!)
Since handmade is my livelihood. It goes without saying that I know how important it is to support other artisans. I think that being in support of one another in whatever way is comfortable to you, either financially or spreading the word, can be our own "stimulus package".
Here are some creations I own and LOVE. (consider this some of my Etsy faves, I’ve been promising to share.)
{all photos, courtesy of the artists listed below}
In order from left to right, AshleyG, Mummysam, Irene Suchocki, Jqline, Slgdesigns, Royalbuffet.
(by the way, thank you for all your kind comments and emails you sent to me about yesterday’s announcement!)
You have such great taste :)
Buying handmade is definitely the way forwards (and upwards).
As a design spotter, I see a huge lean towards the handmade market and I love that this is happening.
I think that balance will come as we all start to realize that handmade makes much more sense, and it will help us dig ourselves out of this capitalistic hole we're all stuck in.
Hooray for handmade! :D