I don’t want to get all nerdy on you and make you do math. But I wanted to provide a few statistical reasons shopping indie makes sense.

It’s beautiful that independent companies are fueled by passion and love. I’m always inspired by the successes and triumphs of other small business people because we work really hard for those achievements. However stories and good feeling aren’t always enough to produce the necessary capital to stay in business. We need cold hard facts about how small businesses are shaping our economy. Here are a few stats that demonstrate the importance of supporting small businesses.

• 95.4% of businesses have fewer that ten employees
• 49% of the business in the U.S are home based
• Only .07% of businesses are large businesses defined by having 500 or more employees

Amazing isn’t it? Imagine the damage it would cause if these businesses bagan disappearing. These businesses are adding jobs to your local economy, they pay state sales tax and they provide additional purchasing/ service options.

I’m really just trying to drive home the point that supporting small businesses, handmade, artists and your local community shops is essential as we work to rebuild a stronger economy. Shop indie it’s the economical thing to do.

Stats were taken from Microbusiness Strategies.

I am probably late with the idea of recycling crayons, but none the less I still think that it is an excellent idea and will start to use it with my son’s crayons.  I came across this post via twitter and went directly to Not Without Salt.  Crayon recycling is a great way  to provide your child, children, or even yourself with more joy and awesome colors from old crayons.  Over at Not Without Salt, Ashley decided to have nice big crayons, but there are many different options.  Here is a DIY video I found that shows you one of the many possible ways. Enjoy!

I just wanted to express my excitement over the new hem tags that arrived Friday. Effective immediately all shirts will be tagged with the Antisparkle star logo.