Did you know... ... every time you spend $10 at a locally owned store, anywhere from $4 to $7 re-circulates in your local economy. That's $1 to $6 MORE than if that same $10 was spent at a big retailer. With the convenience of online ordering and big box stores, shopping local during the holiday season can be hard. But have no fear -- we put together a list of holiday gift ideas and where…
"The clothes I make are handmade, but the fact is all the clothes we buy are handmade by someone. Maybe that someone is a mother in Bangladesh earning only three dollars a week, and that’s why your shirt is able to cost twenty bucks. I didn’t really understand the value of all the work it takes to craft well-made clothing until I began doing it myself."
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“Bring back shop class! I support being tech savvy, but not everyone has the constitution to sit in front of a computer. Open the textile mills back up! This is a state of workers. Making is work. Let’s work.”
