Handmade Designs At the Markets

Local Markets have taken off and in 2013 selling your handmade products at the markets is a key spoke in any business plans for a start up or emerging idea.  As people like you seek to make a meaningful connection with place, process and product, markets and stalls are the key intersection between customers jaded with corporate sameness at shopping centers.

No longer is it good enough to present food of questionable origin, or buy clothes produced in sweatshops and not feel as you are as much a part of the problem for supporting it with your purchase.

People have wised up to the idea that wearing a new $4 shirt means someone, somewhere in the world, has had to work by hand on that item in appalling conditions for as low as $1 for a 14 hour day.

Buy local and keep your money supporting local producers.

A New Advice Expert For the Ladies

We like what we hear so far about Dr. Diana Kirschner's new book, Love in 90 Days: The Essential Guide to Finding Your Own True Love. Especially since the article lists four disastrous dating patterns that women fall into.

Let's play a fun challenge and see if we can come up with four corresponding disastrous dating habits in men:

The Recluse - It corresponds to the female hermit, but the male doesn't think he'll be better off alone. No, he desperately wants a mate, but is too painfully shy to go talk to anybody. Basically the only chance he gets for a girlfriend is if a female cat burglar breaks into his apartment.
The Player - The opposite, this is a man with too much confidence, a copy of "The Art of the Pick-Up" in his pocket, and an ego which needs to constantly be fed with fresh women.
The White Knight - Mr. Nice Guy who always ends up in the friendzone. Need we say more?
The Unicorn - A roaring bore who can't shut up about how special and unique he is. So much so that he has to examine each woman with a magnifying glass and find her at fault. It's probably for the best anyway.

Did we get those right or not? Have all the ladies met at least one of each?Posted byJodie BrittainatTuesday, January 18, 2011