Mayday! Underground Crafts & Art
MAYDAY! UNDERGROUND IS MOVING! Follow us to our new home at the Dome! OCTOBER 4th & 5th from 10am-5 both days. FREE ENTRY, FREE PARKING, FREE SWAG BAGS FOR THE FIRST 40 SHOPPERS!
Cool Fact: U.S. Senator Gaylord Nelson of Wisconsin announced his idea for a nationwide teach-in day on the environment, which led to the development of Earth Day. Perusing Etsy, I came across a range of really neat earth day inspired items:
Etsy also is home to many really cool items made using recycled materials:
Etsy recently launched a new type of treasury. Unlike Treasury Main and Treasury West, Treasury East allows lists to be formed at any time and they never expire. Site administrators explain that this is the new way of making lists and is better suited for the goals of the site. I decided to give it a whirl and featured Mayday vendors while I was at it!
Following up to an earlier post explaining Indie crafts, the folks at buyhandmade.org give a short explanation about why you should buy handmade. Add your ideas and why you love handmade items to the comments!
Buying Handmade makes for better gift-giving.
The giver of a handmade gift has avoided the parking lots and long lines of the big chain stores in favor of something more meaningful. If the giver has purchased the gift, s/he feels the satisfaction of supporting an artist or crafter directly. The recipient of the handmade gift receives something that is one-of-a-kind, and made with care and attention that can
be seen and touched. It is the result of skill and craftsmanship that is absent in the world of large-scale manufacturing.
Buying handmade is better for people.
The ascendancy of chain store culture and global manufacturing has left us dressing, furnishing, and decorating alike. We are encouraged to be consumers, not producers, of our own culture. Our ties to the local and human sources of our goods have been lost. Buying handmade helps us reconnect.
Buying handmade is better for the environment.
The accumulating environmental effects of mass production are a major cause of global warming and the poisoning of our air, water and soil. Every item you make or purchase from a small-scale independent artist or crafter strikes a small blow to the forces of mass production.
Mayday! Underground Crafts & Art 