{"id":19039,"date":"2022-11-23T16:51:30","date_gmt":"2022-11-23T21:51:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/themagicalbuffet.com\/blog1\/?p=19039"},"modified":"2022-11-23T16:51:30","modified_gmt":"2022-11-23T21:51:30","slug":"small-business-saturday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/themagicalbuffet.com\/blog1\/?p=19039","title":{"rendered":"Small Business Saturday"},"content":{"rendered":"

$\"\"$ It\u2019s happening, the holiday shopping season. Don\u2019t worry, I\u2019ll soon be publishing my Favorite Things list to help you select the best of the best for yourself or others, but today I want to highlight Small Business Saturday. I feel like it\u2019s a tradition that was started by American Express Small Business, but for whatever reason, the Saturday after Thanksgiving is highlighted as a good time to hopefully support smaller businesses in your community. However, what if the small businesses in your area don\u2019t carry that much in the way of witchy magical products? Don\u2019t despair because I happen to spend some time on Etsy, and I have a handful of great Etsy shops for you to consider.<\/p>\n

Obviously, it would be silly to not mention MY Etsy shop, TheMagicalBuffet<\/a>. I am the smallest of the small businesses I\u2019ll be highlighting in this article. I mainly craft talismans, but there\u2019s other fun stuff to be found there.<\/p>\n

Next up is probably the largest of the small businesses I\u2019ll be writing about today, and that is SpookyDoodleClub<\/a>. I love this shop! The artist has a spooky cute aesthetic that ends up as jewelry, hats, lighters, and more! I own multiple pairs of earrings from here!<\/p>\n

If you want a little Jewish mysticism this holiday season, I\u2019d direct you to Devotaj<\/a>. The owner crafts adorable golems and cute stickers. One of her Nazar (Evil Eye) stickers is on my cell phone right now!<\/p>\n

Here comes a one, two, three punch of talented professional artists who have set up Etsy stores to sell their art in a wide array of gift ideas.<\/p>\n

First is albaillustration<\/a>, home of Elisabeth Alba. Are you familiar with the \u201cEveryday Witch Oracle\u201d or \u201cEveryday Witch Tarot\u201d? Alba did all the artwork for those decks, along with a myriad of other witchy publications. You can purchase original artworks and even the paintings that became cards in those well-known decks!<\/p>\n

JaneStarrWeils<\/a> is a fantasy artist that I\u2019ve had the pleasure of meeting at a few events. Her beautiful artwork is on mugs, totes, stickers, and more.<\/p>\n

The last artist is MickieMuellerStudio<\/a>, the Etsy shop for Mickie Mueller. I feel like I don\u2019t need to say anything more, but I will. Mueller has done the artwork for multiple tarot decks and illustrations for Llewellyn. She\u2019s kind of a big deal. Buckle up because her Etsy shop has a nearly overwhelming variety of inventory.<\/p>\n

And if you know anything about me, you know I\u2019m going to make sure you know that my friend and author Deborah Blake has an Etsy shop! Go to deborahblake<\/a> for signed copies of books and decks, adorable gift sets, and handmade jewelry. That\u2019s right, she also makes jewelry.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m going to close this out with one shop that doesn\u2019t do anything \u201cwitchy\u201d, but I love his work. MichaelJoJewelry<\/a> handmakes amazing jewelry by using parts from broken and\/or unwanted jewelry. Some of his work is straightforward, however, you\u2019ll also find some jaw dropping works of funky, chunky, awesomeness.<\/p>\n

I try to shop more intentionally than I used to. To that end, I try to support my local independent businesses, after that, I\u2019ll try to find independent crafters, and you know what? Sometimes you just buy someone a gift card to Dunkin\u2019 Donuts. Do your best. Stay hydrated. Exhale.<\/p>\n

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