This holiday season, Buy AMERICAN MADE

Well it's that time of year. The goblins are out, witches are flying by and the bats are in the belfry! It must be Halloween. I'm expecting plenty of tricks at my door tonight. I'm all set up with a few treats of my own.

We all know what comes next. Frenzied shopping. The endless hours of searching for just the right gift for that hard to buy person. We will sit by the computer screen scrolling till our eyeballs are so dry that even when we blink - they will hurt so bad that they can cry no more.

But wait...I have a site for you to peruse. Yes, you can do all your shopping and find something for everyone! Even Uncle Fred. And best of all it gets delivered right to your door! It's called ARTFIRE.com.

Here you will find an immensely diversifed group of shops that have just about anything and everything. Looking for a set of booties for a new baby. Enter that in the search bar and see what you get. Lots to choose from!  Looking for earrings for a niece or a set of cufflinks for the hubby? Go on try it out. What's that you say? Something more exotic. OK. Then try serval cats and see what you get. Or antique clothing.
Or antique anything. There is also a great commercial area here as well.
The possibilities are endless. Have a price range? You can enter that too, and ARTFIRE will show you ideas.

Most of what you will find on the ARTFIRE site are handmade, by artisans like myself. We do what we do best. Promote each other and our home site-ARTFIRE. We make things one item at a time, with our two hands. We take pride in what we do. And further more for most of us---IT'S MADE IN THE U.S.A. What could be better than that?

My Good Fortune

It has been my good fortune to have severall of my critters included in various collections over on ARTFIRE. I am so honored, to be among the many who are chosen on any given day, to be considered for a coveted spot. Although we are given 12 boxes to fill, that is not always an easy task.
First one must choose a title for their collection. Then they must search thru all that ARTFIRE has to offer and pick out 12 items to put that collection together. Sixteen if you want your collection to be considered for that day's e-mail. I still don't know how they choose the e-mail exactly. There are so many collections being made by the members of ARTFIRE it must be a daunting endeavor. One that I am glad I do not have to partake in.
You can view these collections at anytime by visiting us at:
www.artfire.com and clicking on the collection tab.
Happy browsing.
Catherine