Support the Artists: Give Handmade Gifts

Looking for gift ideas? If you can't get to a craft show this year, here's the next best thing.

Maybe you're an artist looking for a place to display your crafts.

Etsy is a neat site where you can buy handmade items. There are 30 categories from Accessories to Woodworking. My personal favorite category is "Geekery."

With that many items, it's a good thing they have  a well-designed site with clear photos and neat tools to help you shop:

• Showcase allows you can see the top items from 36 different sellers
• Time Machine and Time Machine 2 display recently listed items
• Geolocator helps you find gifts by location

Disclaimer: I don't have any items for sale here and don't know anyone who does.

I just like the shop and the idea of supporting artists and craftspeople.

I've always enjoyed handmade and it seems like the right thing to do. It's fun to build a relationship with the person who creates the item. My favorite items are those that are not mass produced.

How about you? Where's your favorite place to shop online? or off?

Comments

[Swarovski Rhinestones]

Great idea! Much better than my method, which is to tear things out of magazines, leave them in a big pile and then eventually throw them away because I can't remember why I saved them.

[Gift ideas]

Wow!Thank you for introducing this amazing site.I never heard of this .Next time i buy a gift i will try this

[Gift Ideas]

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[frank]

I love handmade cards, birhday cards that is, it's so much more personal, they cost more but then they are far more important to the person who gets it.

[hockey equipment]

Thanks for this wonderful post.I like your post because of the link of such a wonderful site.I am crazy For hand made things so such site is really wonderful for me.Now I can purchase the gifts of my own choice.

[Henry]

:) some nice gifts here - i wonder if they can ship before xmas ! (i think ive left it too late)

[cat]

thanks for the info on etsy, i will check them out. and great blog by the way. thanks!

[Rekha]

Handmade gifts are very impressive thank you for this suggestion.

[Ron]

Etsy is great - they have incredibly unique gifts.

[Santa Claus]

Feel free to post your Green Christmas Gift Ideas on our Santa Claus Christmas Blog We are trying to keep Christmas green.

[Willem Hagen]

I would love to recommend my "green lich"...

[Cricut Gypsy]

Etsy is huge with crafters and scrappers and anybody who is creative and a little crafty. It makes it so easy to sell your creations, art, jewelry and other things. I love it! I shop there and have seen some amazing crafts and designs... when I'm facing an artists block.. that place is full of ideas!

[dekoratif mumlar]

i prefer all time hand made gift because its very meanless

[Easy Wood Projects]

Hand made gifts are the most thoughtful gift a person can give.