etsy lets you shop locally!

Etsy is one of my favorite online shops. There's so many wonderful things there, beautiful things made my fantastically talented artisans from all over the world (try a search for 'hammered silver bangles' or 'stacking rings' or 'swedish' or 'bellydance' and see what I mean).

And now they let you shop local! In my area, there are 57 recently updated shops. The best of them are:

Hunter Glass- really neat hand-made glass sculptures

Muse Belts - fun leather belts that aren't like anything sold in stores

Jasmine Scott - contemporary and hand-made resin rings

Matt Ewing - super-interesting and complicated, almost Steampunk rings

Dandelion Wish - Hand-embroidered felt stuffies and adorable little notebooks

AJs Jams - neat local flavors of home-made jam

Lotus Hoops - Hooping hoops from right here!