the SPECTACULAR LOVE IT FUN TIMES gift guide!!!

i have some really lovely gift ideas for you.

I know today you had your freak out moment- it's actually THE MONTH OF DECEMBER, the same month as Christmas, and you have some work to do, missy. You've got friends to get gifts for (on a reasonable budget, since economy right now = : ( ) ), and if you're planning on getting them online, you should have them shipped soon and get them all wrapped up beautifully!

So here's the deal. If you haven't heard about the online marketplace Etsy, which carries all things beautiful and handmade, you're missing out. I have gotten some of my very best gifts for people I love from this place. 

Want to know more about Etsy? Okay! On their website they say that Etsy is "an online marketplace for buying and selling all things handmade. Our mission is to enable people to make a living making things, and to reconnect makers with buyers. Our vision is to build a new economy and present a better choice: Buy, Sell, and Live Handmade!"

Need I say more? Get an Etsy move-on! It's so easy to sign up.  And no, they aren't paying me for this, I just love what they do. And just to let you know, this isn't Craft Fair Stuff. It's GOOD stuff. Trust me. 

CLICK HERE FOR ETSY!!!!! BUT NOT YET, BECAUSE I HAVE MORE.....

To give you some ideas about gift giving this year, I've posted some items here from Etsy that I absolutely adore, and that just might be that perfect gift for someone special (friend, boyfriend, mom, sister, dad, etc) this season.  

Click on the link to follow. 

"Forever Print (Orange)" by ameliamae

10 Things I Love...Stationery Set by elsiecake

"Flying Into the Clouds Bracelet" by LillyQueen

Rugged Brown Leather Wraparound Journal by EarthworksJournals

Parachuting Squirrels Canvas Tote Bag by MisNopales

....and there's so much more at Etsy.com. They even have their own gift guides!

NOW GET SHOPPING HANDMADE!!!!!

and for heavens sakes, let me know if you have any success!

Love,

Claire "I like to give things" Taulbee