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Summer Tourism Staying Local Consumers are busy this summer staying local (gas prices) and buying locally grown food direct from growers (fresh, organic, specialty products). Their willingness to go out of their way to buy food locally and direct from farmers proves there is an excellent chance these same shoppers would be interested in you, the maker of glorious handmade anything. Nothing really earth-shattering about that - many crafts show up at local farmers markets and festivals. But… Continue

.....and what the heck does slowCOLOR mean? Carl Honoré, author of "In Praise of Slowness" provides the best answer: “…'slow' is shorthand for better, balanced, more sustainable…about using resources in a way that respects the environment -- smaller-scale, local touch, artisan-made -- the opposite of mass production. It's finding the right speed, doing something as well as possible, not as fast as possible.” SlowCOLOR’s traditional, plant dyed products meet this description, thus the name… Continue

Search in Etsy using the power of Google Search Did you know you can search on the Etsy site (or any other site) using Google to expand what and how you can search the site? Since the search function within Etsy is limited by the way it is set up, it can be frustrating to find exactly what you want. With Google's Advanced Search, you can limit your Google search to a specific URL, such as etsy.com. To use Google this way go to the regular Google Search page and click on the link to "advan… Continue