...two new must check out shopping sites for indie and handmade goods have popped up! Wha?
Artist Tricia McKellar emailed this site to me a couple months ago- I checked it out then but there wasn't much going on yet...I tucked it away in my "check on later" folder only to forget about it. Luckily, Andy Mathis reminded me of it again this morning and when I hopped over today, woah! How it's coming along! Amazing!
In Andy's words, "It's like flickr, indie public, and the good things about Etsy, all rolled into one." And I must agree. It's stylish and chic, looks very well put together and houses a juried selection of goods by "small, independent, artisan businesses who love their craft." It's very community oriented encouraging shop owners to blog and interact with one another to create "markets" which house a collection of goods from various shops under a specific theme- markets include Modern Simplicity, Inspired by Nature, Wearable Art and more.
I'm still finding my footing, searching around, but it's already proving to be a wonderful new outlet to discover indie talent and shop for handmade goods. And the fact that it looks so beautiful makes it all the more appealing to hunt around! And for you shop owners, it's free to set up shop there! Might be cool to get in on the ground floor, hmm? I'm excited to see how this site grows!
Some picks from 1000 Markets: 1- rococo shawl from Tickled Pink Knits 2- little house pendants from Stone Soup Jewelry 3- yarrow messenger bag from ink lore 4- sea urchin tryptich from Littleput
I've been receiving emails from this site for the past few months but I honestly just marked them all as spam and went on with my life, thinking it was some netflix type subscription shopping service, or something? Shopflick? But this morning in my pre-coffee, not yet lucid state, I opened their latest gift guide email and actually clicked a link. Thank goodness. I've been missing out on this amazing site for way too long!
It houses some pretty high end independent fashion labels along with more inexpensive handmade accessories and other good stuff. The coolest part about it tho, are the flicks! You can watch video interviews with the artists and designers, learn more about their line and where they came from- it connects you to them on a whole different level. I understand now, Shop-flick! Rad.
The first video I found that drew me in to discover more is about Raquel Allegra, a designer who makes edged out t-shirts (at a hefty price, wow! but I digress...) from reclaimed prison tees- it's rocker eco-chic for the fashion hounds out there, and pure inspiration and entertainment for the broke wannabes like me. Take a peek below, and then head to Shopflick to watch and shop some more! Too fun!
