Some of my favorite resources for holiday shopping are the online stores of indie designers and artists and small companies.
With our modern day mall-centric lifestyle, it has become increasingly difficult to find truly unique gifts.
Now don’t get me wrong…I’m not knocking the mall. I will never say no to a day of power shopping at the outlets or an afternoon of strolling through patches of skylight sunbeams as I skip in and out of Banana Republic, J. Crew and Anthropologie. And I would by a liar if I claimed to eschew Target. I love Target! (What? I’m a suburban stay at home mom…loving Target is clearly stated in the contract we have to sign.)
BUT more than any of that retail bliss, I love finding a little Etsy shop that feeds my soul with talent and creativity. I LOVE knowing that I own something that’s one of a kind – or one of a few. And I am over the moon to think that I helped boost the business of a small time artist, designer or small business owner.
So I thought I’d try to do just that this holiday season by hosting daily giveaways for the little guy.
I want to help generate business for the people who really need it in this sucky economy.
And I would like to combine that with some free stuff for my readers. Just a thank you for coming by and listening to what I have to say. A little holiday gift from me to you.
These giveaways will be open to anyone. Anyone (but me) can enter. And I still have open spots for new to me artists/designers/companies who would like to do a giveaway (if that’s you, e-mail me at bigpieceofcake@gmail.com).
I’ll offer extra entries for spreading the word through Facebook, Twitter, blog posts and anything else you can do to drive traffic to these vendors and their holiday gift resource goodness.
Here are a few of my favorites that have already confirmed:
Others include jewelry, toys and home products.
All giveaways will be open for two weeks, so you’ll have plenty of time to check in and enter any that you may have missed.
BUT because we’re all busy, I thought I’d offer an easy way to make sure you get at least one entry for all of the giveaways. Post the button below on your sidebar, and you will be automatically entered for each and every one.
Don’t do that until tomorrow though as there won’t be anything on the site before then.
Oh yeah – that’s right. I’ll be hosting these on a new giveaways and reviews page, As Good As Cake Reviews and Giveaways. All will be linked to The Big Piece of Cake, but full details will be on the new site. Feel free to check it out. There isn’t anything on it yet, but how about that super cute header? I did that myself via cut/paste and Photobucket. Just goes to show, you can do pretty much anything online with zero html training and limited design talent. At least that’s been my experience.
Anyway – send me an e-mail (bigpieceofcake@gmail.com) if you post the button. I’m closing comments on this one so there is no confusion about where to comment for entries.
Check back tomorrow (Tuesday) for the first giveaway. And start spreading the word. Or better yet – promote some little guys on your own sites. I’ll be happy to link you up here. Let’s help send them as much sales traffic as we can this holiday season.
Because they really need the money for their own holiday shopping at J. Crew and Anthropologie. (Kidding!)