Indie Coupons

While supplies last, every order receives a pack of Totally Indie Coupons! I’ve participated for several rounds now and everyone seems to really like them.  You receive a package of 39 different indie designer coupons showcasing everything from stationary, clothing, body care and jewelry.  There’s also a coupon off your future Botanical Earth order too!

The Totally Indie Coupons program is run by the super talented indie designer Lindsay Landis who also handcrafts adorable dog and cat collars over at Pattern & Paw

And Lillie over at A Planet 4 Creation helps to mail all the boxes to us….plus she cuts everything up which is an indulgence I haven’t taken her up on.  She makes the prettist blue and white porcelain earrings that I just love and have several pairs!

Cute Stationary

I should use the professional looking stationary for Botanical Earth when writing customers notes, but I just love the designs of Nut and Bee’s Sprout Sprout.  And now, Annette has come up with an adorable new collection…so get ready to see the cute little Bluebirds and Windflowers – I just placed an order this afternoon.  The design is brand new along with several other adorably cute new characters that you can see on her site, Nut and Bee.  Shipping is really fast too even though she’s in New Zealand and I’m here in the US.

It just dawned on me, if you have kids going off to school, the Letter Sets would be perfect hints to write home….or to send thank you notes, or do people do that any more with cellphones?  They should because there’s nothing is better than a handwritten note on original indie art work.

Handmade Manifesto

I was checking out a couple of different blogs today while my lye was cooling, and found one that is written by someone with my very same views of “hand crafted” and why it’s so great.  I am terrible at writing mission statements, mainly because I was forced to write them in corporate training workshops, as they always seem so silly or pompous.  But check out what handmade is all about at http://whipup.net/about/manifesto/ ….I couldn’t say it better!