Whether you are gathering gifts at the mall or even at thrift stores, it’s getting more difficult to
dodge and weave all the lead, recalled parts and choking hazards all in the quest
to fill your little ones stockings. That and the growing movement to buy local
and stop acting as consumerist sheep has inspired folks at Etsy, Craftster, Indiepublic, Craft Magazine,
Interweave Press, Burdastyle, The Austin Craft Mafia, Design Sponge, and The
American Craft Council to band together and pledge to only buy handmade gifts
this holiday season, and you can take the pledge too! Look here for more reasons why, and
sign up today. Then, check out at any of the great sites above
for gift ideas and one-of-a-kind items, or take a peek at our very own handmade section of the Babble Holiday Gift
Guide where you will see that handmade is not just for hippies anymore. - April Peveteaux
