President Obama support Small Business Saturday

In 2010, in an effort to support small businesses, American Express promoted the new shopping day as a counterpart to Black Friday and Cyber Monday. Since then, more and more publicity has helped support this day and the small businesses in every city. This year, President Obama showed his support while shopping for Christmas gifts. It's good to know that there is such a strong support for small business owners.

Read the full article: http://news.yahoo.com/obama-buys-books-promote-independent-shops-192649796--finance.html

'Tis the Holiday Season

Now that Halloween is over, the next big crafting projects are Christmas related; decorations, gifts, and paper crafts. I'll be selling at the Starbucks Holiday Bazaar the first week of December, at Starbucks headquarters. Unfortunately it's not open to the public but it is open to the 4000 employees in the building. There are other holiday shows happening soon that you can shop at for great gifts AND support local businesses!

EtsyRain hosts an annual Holiday Show at McCaw Hall: http://etsyrain.com/shows/etsyrain-2012-handmade-holiday-show

Happy shopping and happy holidays!