Love Homeade Gifts? Buy Local, on Etsy

With the recent push to ‘shop small,’ most recently evidenced by American Express’s campaign, did you know you can shop even smaller than a local store?

Etsy showcases handmade items from all over the world, giving handcrafters a market for their wares.

According to its website, "Etsy is the world's most vibrant handmade marketplace. Etsy celebrates individual creativity in design and craftsmanship by connecting unique people, stories and items in a playful and meaningful way. Etsy provides a marketplace for crafters, artists and collectors to sell their handmade creations, vintage goods and crafting supplies.”

But did you know you can also find Etsy shop owners by location? There are about 10 Etsy dealers from the area, with more than 400 items based out of Bedford and Katonah alone, never mind that there are over 76,000 items listed in New York.

Here are some of our our hometown Etsy shops offering products from jewelry to sachets to hand-bound journals, pottery, board games and boot bracelets:

• Transplanted Artist
• Another Work in Progress
• Wolfies Bindery
• BelaMira
• David Glen Hughes Pottery
• Estelle Billot
• Pretty Sweet

 Have you ever shopped on Etsy before? How was your experience?