The new version of Etsy....

I just discovered this new site called Shop Handmade and wanted to share it with all of you. If you are familiar with Etsy then you'll love it! It's got everything you could ever want, all made by artisans and sold directly to you, without the middle man, or shall I say, middle woman. Etsy is one of my favorite places to look for gifts but lately I've been totally overwhelmed by the sheer number of people listing products on there. Let's say you search for earrings...you could potentionally be faced with 46,000 pages of results. Not 46,000 items, 46,000 PAGES!!! Who has time for that? Even when you narrow your search results, it becomes rather cumbersome. Now enter the same search terms on Shop Handmade and it yields 164 pages....ahhh, much more reasonable. Yes, it is not the veteran site for selling handmade items but at least it's more manageable. Not to mention they have the added benefit of carbon mitigation. How? Here's a quote from their site..."Every item on ShopHandmade is carbon mitigated. We protect 25 square feet of endangered rainforest every time an item is sold. You don't pay a penny for this. Sellers don't pay a penny for this. We pay for it." Now that's a place I'd like to spend my money! Be stylish, frugal, and environmentally conscious all at the same time! Check it out.... www.shophandmade.com