Okay, hold on to your holiday hats! This is the ultimate RI Handmade Holiday Shopping Guide with gift ideas, online shopping, holiday show links, and more. This season, it’s easier than ever to buy handmade products from local artisans and crafters! Whether online or at an upcoming arts and crafts sale, you will find something for [...]
Here are few gifts dad may like depending on your budget and his interests. For some local handmade options, check Linda’s crafty gift ideas for dad. 1. Quality time with the kids. A family outing or just dad and the kids may start with breakfast at home or at his favorite diner or coffee shop. [...]
By Elyse Major I like to shop. Or rather, I like to go shopping. I’m not the kind of person who returns home with armfuls of large glossy shopping bags from the mall (although that happens); I’m more likely to be excited by a charming shop and leave with packages filled with prized miscellany. Recently, [...]
For those of you who have only visited IKEA on the weekends when the aisles are jam-packed with shoppers, you are probably thinking that pitching IKEA as a destination for kid-friendly fun is a bit of a stretch. But, can you keep a secret? I recently discovered that IKEA during the week is simply not [...]
It always makes good sense to reduce, reuse, and recycle, but these economic times necessitate it more than ever. Add to that our rapidly growing children who are constantly in need of clothing that’s the right size and weather appropriate or age-appropriate gear—and you have the perfect equation for reselling outgrown, sometimes seldom worn clothes. [...]
