Reasons to Support Local

Supporting local keeps more money in the local economy. Locally owned business build a sense of stronger community by keeping up the ecstatic of a neighborhood, by linking neighbors economically and socially, and by contributing to local causes.

One of a Kind business often select products based, not on a national sales or trends, but on their own interests and the needs of their local customers, this provides more unique and specialized product choices.

Supporting the Environment. Buying local has less impact on the environment because items such as fruit and vegetables do not need to be shipped across the country to be purchases.  Therefore, produce is fresher and in season so you are getting a richer variety of food throughout the year.  In addition, local business often have nicer up keep and good use of their space unlike sprawling strip malls and huge outlet centers.

Above all you can have a sense of pride that you know where your products are coming from and who they are supporting. They are support you and your community! 

WHAT TO WEAR IN THE AIR

Great idea to make traveling easier and more comfortable. Wear a cotton scarf on the plane that doubles as a cozy blanket. You will save space in the travel bag and be cozy and not have to use the airplane blankets. This stylish idea can go straight from the terminal to dinner at the Ritz.

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SELLING ONLINE IS EASIER THAN EVER!!!

The internet has done wonders for how the small and large businesses do get their products out in front of their customers before there were limited ways for people to see your products. Now because of the internet has opened up the doors for even the stay at home mom that makes specially beaded necklace to get her unique designs in front of the public.
The first and most traditional way artists, designers and collectors would sell their products with a website. This is a great to exclusively showcase your items, but can be limited to you being able to drive traffic to your site, being able to build a website and being able to afford a webmaster if you cannot design a site yourself. Having a website a great way to showcase your product, but there are easier ways to promote your product. Just because you build it does not mean they will come.

Etsy is an e-commerce website focused on handmade or vintage items as well as art and craft supplies. These items cover a wide range including art, photography, clothing, jewelry, food, bath and beauty products, quilts, knick-knacks, and toys. Many individuals also sell craft supplies such as beads, wire, and jewelry-making tools. All vintage items must be at least 20 years old. The site follows in the tradition of open craft fairs, giving sellers personal storefronts where they list their goods for a fee of $0.20. Etsy is a great way for people who are not savy with web design to have an online store front. Etsy is a great community of buyer and sellers that want to support each other.
http://www.etsy.com/people/CORIJEAN

eBay.com is an online auction and shopping website in which people and businesses buy and sell a broad variety of goods and services worldwide. Founded in 1995, eBay is one of the notable success stories of the dot-com bubble; it is now a multi-billion dollar business with operations localized in over thirty countries.

Google changed the name of its Local Business Center to Google Places to underscore its tighter integration with Place Pages. You can post contact information, hours, photos, video clips and coupons. Business owners can use Place Pages to get customer feedback and communicate with patrons, and a personalized dashboard collects data including how many times people have found your firm on Google and what keywords they used to sniff it out called Google Analytics.

A new one…Art meets commerce head-on at Big Cartel, an online platform that enables up-and-coming bands, fashion designers, jewelers, record labels and other creative types to launch their own customizable web storefronts.Big Cartel now boasts more than 125,000 registered stores in all, each tailored to the seller's unique business needs and distinct artistic vision.

There are a lot more options out there and it is to pick the ones that work for your products and designs. These are just a few, but a good few.

CREATING OPPORTUNITY HOLIDAY MARKET EVENT IN ITHACA

HOLIDAY INDOOR MARKET IN ITHACA

CREATING OPPORTUNITY MARKET is for unique designers, crafters and vintage collectors to be able to bring their creative and dynamic ideas to their market during this great holiday season, which they might not be able to otherwise. It is all about cool items we love, and discovering new ideas we will love to give to loved ones.



CREATING OPPORTUNITY MARKET PAGE


SATURDAY & SUNDAY NOV. 24TH & 25TH 10 AM TO 7 PM

LOCATED INSIDE THE HILTON GARDEN INN 130 E. SENECA STREET ITHACA, NY 14850


DISCOVERING LOCAL DYMANTIC, ARTISTS, UNIQUE DESIGNERS CREATIVE CRAFTERS, & TREAUSRE HUNT VINTAGE COLLECTORS

Cori Jean TRUNK SHOWCASE & VINTAGE & DESIGNER TAG SALE - MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND

Cori Jean TRUNK SHOWCASE & VINTAGE & DESIGNER TAG SALE

Handmade Bags and Vintage Fabric Dresses by Local Sag Harbor Designer Cori Jean

featuring Eclectic and Unique finds from around the world Vintage Dresses & Costume Jewelry, Designer Clothing, Jewelry, & Shoes

2331 Montauk Hwy Bridgehampton
Across From Post Office
MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND


SATURDAY SUNDAY AND MONDAY 10 AM TO 6 PM


www.corijean.net

Print on Tile Portrait! Amaze Your Friends!

Want to make a unique piece of art to decorate your empty walls? Or to make the perfect gift for the grandparents or in-laws?

Here is a simple way to make this modern and minimalistic design using just tiles, tissue paper and a laser printer.

It is time to amaze your friends...

You will need:
1. Nice photo
2. Computer
3. 9 pieces of 10x10cm tiles
4. 5 sheets of printer paper
5. 5 strips of 10x20cm tissue paper
6. Double sided adhesive
7. Printer
8. Exacto knife
9. Decoupage glue
10. Paintbrush

Step 1
Picking and editing you photo

First you have to pick a nice photo. Make sure you pick a photo in which you will not cut away vital parts (such as eyes) later on.
Chose which part of the photo you want to use and cut out a square. Put the square in a new document.



On this new document you can:

Change image size to 30cmx30cm.
Desaturate the image.
Change brightness and contrast until you get the desired result.
You might want use the paintbrush to get rid of unwanted details in the background.
You might want to reverse the picture, otherwise you will end up (like me) with a mirror image of your original photo.

Step 2
Dividing your picture into smaller elements

In order to print your paper you will have to take a few extra steps.

Make lines on your edited photo at 10 and 20 cm. This is just to make the next step easier, if you find it hard you can skip this.

Cut out the squares between the lines. Cut 0,5 cm away from the lines! Otherwise you will end up with a distorted face in the end. If you did not make the lines just check the ruler and make the cutting free hand. Each square will measure 9cm in each direction.

Paste the squares into 5 new documents, 2 in each except for the last one which will have just one square.

If needed, rotate the new documents to make them printable.



Step 3
Printing your photo on tissue paper

Obiously it is hard to put tissue paper into an ordinary laser printer. This is a nice trick to make it work.

Take your strips of 10 x 20cm tissue paper. Put double sided adhesive on upper and lower side.
Attach to middle of printer paper.

Do NOT use common tape as it will melt in your laser printer and make it useless (take my word for granted, I have tried)

Print the 5 documents on the 5 pieces of tissue paper


Step 4
Cutting the parts

No need for longer explanation. Cut all nine squares. Try not to cut your fingers as well.








Step 5
Time to use the glue!

Put decoupage glue on tiles. Adhere tissue paper.

If you want a softer look, adhere pieces with printed side facing tile. (That is the reason you might want to reverse it earlier). For a more detailed look, adhere printed side out.

When dry, add at least two more layers of decoupage glue on top of tissue paper.


Step 6
Finished!

Now you might want to put tiles into a frame or just stick to a piece of board and put on your wall.

Good luck!



Thank you
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CREATING OPPORTUNIY MARKET IN THE HAMPTONS

There are amazing artist out there, but not all of us have the opportunity to own our own store front or gallery... Or even want to. Creating Opportunity Market gives an artist an opportunity to showcase and sell their workmanship and designs to the public.

Making It Personal... Take The Journey!

Tapping directly into your own personal emotions Intel produces a polished short film that archives your life in a virtual gallery showcasing what you care about, and telling a personalized journey.

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Make your photos clothing art !

Paint Inkodye, a light-sensitive dye, onto the front of a T-shirt, lay your black-and-white negative on top, and set it in the sun. Within minutes, your photos will have developed into a print you can wear. lumi.co ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Inkodye is used for photograms, shadow prints, painting, dyeing, silk-screening, batik and more! Works great on cotton, wood, suede, silk and other natural fibers. Expose your design to sunlight and watch the color appear! It is set permanently once exposed. Wash out unexposed dye in hot soapy water and agitate vigorously.

New York Starts New Clothing Sales Tax - What do you think?

In New York, there is no state sales tax for clothing under $110 – currently only some counties do tax clothing – but that’s all going to change come Oct. 1 when the state tax on all clothing is reinstated.

The tax will last only six months and beginning on April 1, 2011, the tax will be rescinded on clothing that retails for less than $55.

The current plan is to raise the exemption level to $110 again in April of 2012


What are your thoughts on the issue?