Sharing the Handmade Love!--Two Great Causes <3

I have been blown away lately by the people I have met on Etsy! These guys truely care for one another and they strive to spead the JOY of buying handmade items. I have recently discovered two incredible causes that I wish to tell everyone about. Help me thank these companies for what they are doing by clicking on their links and seeing what they are all about!

Self Production Design

These Estians have a wonderful swaray of georgous promotion product with which they have had great success on Etsy. Their comments are tops and I am planning on ordering my own! (see picture below) So, what do they do with all that success?? They give back by offering FREE advertising and promotion goods to their fellow sellers on Etsy. Incredible! Not only that, but they are giving away products from featured shops each week. Short on money? This is a great way to win some Quality Handmade items. Click on the link below to learn more about how to win great stuff, and read about their featured weekly sellers!

http://selfproductiondesign.blogspot.com/2009/05/new-blog-feature-makers-mark.html

(Here's the item I will be purchasing shortly! Take look at my pictures in my etsy shop and let me know which ones I should add to this gallery card. I need nine so the more suggestions the better! Thanks!) http://www.wechoosejoy.etsy.com/

The Handmade Movement

Ok...this cause is run by Phipps. He is a T-Shirt designer with his own shop on Etsy as well as an incredible blog called The Handmade Movement. Twice a week they pick a handfull of Etsy sellers who are struggling with sales, or maybe having a hard time getting their name out there, or just brand new and they SNEAK ATTACK them :) I have done this a few times, it is so much fun! What is a Sneak Attack you might ask...well, supporters of this group get together at a designated time and pick 2 or 3 lucky etsians to purchase from. This helps give them a big boost in sales and gives them lots of great feedback on their shop for future shoppers to read. Then, Phipps blogs about them so that others can read about their shop and their wonderful products! "Sneak Attack" items can be purchased from supporters of this group by clicking on the sneak attack link on my side bar. Each Sneak Attack item sold will go twards purchases from featured stores on the Handmade Movement website to help get these new shops off to a great start.