This is a "Part II" if you will from last week's Working Wednesday entry on Small Business Saturday (SBS). This is the Saturday after Thanksgiving and is to encourage everyone to frequent a small business in your community. It could be a dry cleaners, hardware store, restaurant, a service provider, other retail establishments, etc. etc. for they are the backbone of your local economy not a national chain store.
One of the things in these economic times is the returning (for some) of making things yourself. I think of this now during the Christmas season and the traditional gift-gifting that accompanies it. I challenge you, if you are not doing so already, to make something yourself either as a decoration, gift, cards, etc. and purchase the needed supplies at a local small business.
Need ideas? Here are some websites that are really 12 month resources, but great to start off your search:
1. http://makeprojects.com/
Most are on the tech-y side, but simple enough. Heard the Publisher at a conference and I was "hooked". They also have a magazine.
2. pinterest.com
I warn you--once you get started, you won't stop. This is probably more for females than males, but use the "search" block and I bet you will find things.
3. http://tidbits365.blogspot.com/
This has great photos with tutorials as the blogger goes along throughout the project/recipe.
4. http://sciencetoymaker.org/
http://www.rd.com/home/17-easy-toys-you-can-make-at-home/
These are just a few websites for making toys for children. I like the first one the best. There are some good, selected ones on the second site.
5. http://www.foxfire.org/
If you want to need to feel motivated first, try buying one of the first Foxfire books. These books chronicle the legacy of a Do It Yourself culture deep in the Appalachian Mountains.
Remember the culture you call "home". Think of your friends, neighbors, co-workers. I would think they all have or remember how to make things from raw materials or "scratch". You can do it, I know you can!
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