Athens Locally Crafted Weblog

Athens Locally Crafted Open Round the Clock**

Wed, 10 Dec 2008 15:04:51 -0500

Season’s Greetings!

Athens Locally Crafted is excited about the current Holiday Season and has some excellent products from local Athens artists and crafters that are sure to meet your gift-giving needs.

This month we begin offering delivery-to-your-door, to assist you during this busy time of the year. See below for explanations of this and other changes that will make your Locally Crafted buying experience simple for you.

The Locally Crafted website will ALWAYS be open beginning Wednesday, December 10, 2008.

That’s right…from now on you can support local Athens artisans by placing your order whenever the mood strikes you!

Locally Crafted will soon begin offering direct delivery to your front door. Thursday of each week will be the designated delivery day. If you find that you need a next-day or other delivery arrangements, please contact us and we will set up a day/time that fits into your needs and schedule. We can also deliver a gift to local residents for you. A nominal fee of $3 will be charged for each delivery.

Locally Crafted can also ship gifts for you to your friends and loved ones. If you need shipping, please contact us to inquire about shipping rates.

Visit www.athens.locallycrafted.net to find unique art, crafts and other goodies from your local online market.

In honor of starting our 2nd year we are offering 10% off of the first 2 orders placed from Dec 10th – December 31st 08.
Once the order is complete we will make payment adjustments.

Happy Holidays!

Athens Locally Crafted
Buy Local. Buy Handmade.
locallycrafted@gmail.com

Athens Locally Crafted October 08

Mon, 27 Oct 2008 09:01:14 -0500

Hello

Hope everyone is enjoying this lovely Fall weather!
We have a new crafter, Daisycakes Soap. Along with some glycerin bars she also makes lip balms, bath bombs & solid perfumes.
Come on in a check and her out!

Also check out the Thieves Oil from Moon Mama. This oil is a blend of cinnamon, rosemary, lemon, clove and eucalyptus. It helps with allergy stuffiness, and helps keep the sniffles from settling into a full-blown respiratory infection.
It also protects against all the germs floating around during cold and flu season…a must have for this season!

Remember ordering is Monday, 27th thru Thursday, 30th and pick up is on Saturday, November 1st! (unless planned otherwise)
Visit us and sign up for a membership to receive our monthly email plus get updates on local holiday markets and festivals.
Have a wonderful week and hope to see you Saturday!

www.athens.locallycrafted.net

Ansley
Buy Local. Buy Handmade.

Athens Locally Crafted September 2008

Mon, 29 Sep 2008 09:17:17 -0500

Hello friends!

The time for Locally Crafted has come upon us again and with the Holidays right around the corner, now is the time to
start collecting little treasures to give to those we love most.
‘Going Green", a popular statement right now leads me to speak to you about why you would want to buy local arts.
Green living is not just using natural biodegradable products for your household or for oneself.
It’s also about buying local….buying handmade…….buying recycled…….
It’s about what Athens Locally Crafted is doing in your community, supporting local artists.
It says on our main page:
Athens Locally Crafted is a virtual market where local craftspeople of all kinds can display their goods. Athens Locally Crafted believes in the importance of a local economy, with local artisans and crafters providing unique goods that strengthen that economy’s base and improve our local culture. Buying local lowers the overall social cost of goods from production to your doorstep. Local artisans are your neighbors, colleagues and friends.

We believe all of these things: we want to support our local economy because that is where it hits home for us first and it’s a good place to start: home base.
So, please come out (online) and help support your community!

I put together a list of items that I thought everyone should have this winter to help you be well.

First off, write your friends and family and tell them how dear they are (or aren’t) to you with “Green Scene” note cards.
Hang out with friends with // over some hot tea from terra ken wearing your crocheted 100% cotton hat as your burning some warm vanilla sugar incense./*
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We want to welcome our most recent vendor, Julie at Subterranean Jewelry. She has handcrafted clay necklaces that she fires to over 1800 degrees, and places on
hand-wrapped sterling silver chains and findings.

We hope everyone is enjoying this lovely fall weather and remember the pick up location has changed to the Athens Farmers Market on Saturday, unless prior arrangements have been made.

Take Care and Be Well

Ansley Beacham
Buy Local. Buy Handmade.

Athens Locally Crafted August 2008

Sun, 24 Aug 2008 19:43:39 -0500

It’s that time again….Locally Crafted is back!

The dog days of August are almost over…and the shift to the Fall season is in the air. Fall begins a long season of gift-giving occasions, birthdays, weddings, and the beginning of the Holiday season.

Get a jump start on all of your special holiday purchases. Locally Crafted is your one-stop online shop for unique arts and crafts, all made locally in the Athens area.

Please visit us at: athens.locallycrafted.net

And remember that the pick up location has switched to the Athens Farmers Market at Bishop Park.

Craft On!
Ansley
Buy Local. Buy Handmade.

Athens Locally Crafted July 2008

Tue, 29 Jul 2008 19:49:40 -0500

Hello Athens Craft Enthusiasts,

Welcome to the monthly Athens Locally Crafted. The heat of summer is upon us, and thankfully, it has brought along a bit of much needed rain. The summer time is a great season to help your local artists and artisans. Bring fresh local creations into your space and support the artists as they continue their crafts…

www.athens.locally.crafted.net will be open for your orders starting tonight (Tuesday July 29) at 9pm. It will remain open until Thursday July 31 at midnight. Be sure to order that special creation for yourself or a friend. For your convenience, you can pay through Paypal with paypal funds or credit card. Other payment options include cash or check at pick-up. The new pick-up will be on Saturday August 2 at the Athens Farmers’ Market, which is held at the Bishop Park off of Sunset Blvd in the basketball court.

This month we are featuring new products from Hee Baa Cards & Gifts. Check out her new billfold and tote bags.

Songbird Soaps features Down to Earth, Earth Lander and Lavender soaps, along with a variety of candles in various sizes and homeopathic scents.

EMG has some beautiful paintings as well as prints. Dave Cain Jewelry has some really pretty sterling silver pendants and earrings assembled in the Japanese hana gusari method with garnet, carnelian, onyx, tiger eye, turquise and many others to choose from.

We hope that you can find something that you are looking for and if you don’t see what you’re looking for, please leave us a comment at locallycrafted@gmail.com

We look forward to seeing you Saturday at Bishop Park here in Athens. www.athens.locallycrafted.net

Buy Local. Buy Handmade. Craft On! Ansley Beacham

Athens Locally Crafted...New Changes!

Sun, 06 Jul 2008 20:42:33 -0500

Greetings Friends,

We hope you and yours had a fabulous 4th of July weekend! As the busy summertime is in full-swing, we will be changing the Locally Crafted ordering time (from weekly to monthly) and pick-up location to begin at the end of this month. Please see below for the changes…

Starting this month, Locally Crafted will have one ordering period per month. The website will be open for orders on the last Monday through Wednesday of each month. You will receive a reminder email the Sunday proceeding the final Monday. For July, the ordering period is Monday the 28th through Wednesday the 30th.

The pick-up location will be the Athens Farmers’ Market, which is held at the Bishop Park basketball courts. The pick-up day will be the Saturday following the last Monday of each month. Some months this Saturday will be the final one of the month, and some will be the first Saturday of the next month. For July orders, the pick-up date will be Saturday August 2nd. You can meet me at my booth and pick up your order between 8am and noon.

Locally Crafted remains the place to get gifts for those special gift-giving occasions…birthdays, anniversaries, graduations, pick-me-ups, and the list goes on. We will continue to offer multiple payment options, including the easy to use Paypal button.

Thank you to everyone for your continued support of Locally Crafted and the Athens craft community. We look forward to providing your special gifts that are made with love right here in the Athens area.

Athens Locally Crafted 23 June 2008

Mon, 23 Jun 2008 20:12:03 -0500

Hello Friends,

This is getting you a bit later than normal due to the fact that we were in Savannah catching some sun!

We have returned today and are getting back into routine.

Hope that your weekend was just as great as ours.

Please come out to the Athens Farmers Market this weekend and visit your favorite artist then take a moment to visit all the wonderful produce that is available now!

Hope to see you this weekend and next!

Viva Bien! Live Well! Ansley Beacham

Athens Locally Crafted Availability for 16 June

Sun, 15 Jun 2008 19:53:11 -0500

Hello all!

I hope all the Wonderful Papas out there had a wonderful day with your families and received lots of love on your special day!

We had lots of rain this weekend and hope you did as well….so very thankful for it….we needed it!

We don’t have any new products this week but we have signed on a couple more exciting crafters! Hopefully Locally Crafted will be able to show their work next week.

Hope everyone has a great week and looking forward to seeing you soon!

Craft On and Viva Bien! Ansley

Athens Locally Crafted 9 June 08

Mon, 09 Jun 2008 08:47:32 -0500

Hello!

I hope you all had a wonderful weekend and hopefully you didn’t melt in the 103 degree heat!

We have a new artist, Elsa Jones from Luminart. She makes River Creatures which are driftwood pieces painted and dressed with flora to bring out their personalities.” You can find them under the “Wood” category.

We hope you have a wonderful week and hope to see you in the next week!

Happy Crafting! Ansley

Athens Locally Crafted Availability for June 2nd

Mon, 02 Jun 2008 09:45:57 -0500

Hello Fellow Craft Lovers,

I hope that you enjoyed your beautiful weekend and got achance to visit the Athens Farmers Market on Saturday. It was a great day with fresh produce, Righteous Juice, fresh teas, coffee, breads and 15 tents of local crafters! Bishop Park was crawling with early birds gathering their produce and then shopping around at the different craft booths for hidden treasures.

If you feel the need to check out your product before you buy it on Locally Crafted, come out and see your favorites at the Farmers market. We are there every Saturday and if you need your gift before pick up day on Monday, be sure to let us know, we can work it out!

Don’t forget Father’s Day is just around the corner; Get him some Shaving Oil and some Warm Vanilla Sugar After Shaving Oil from Deena n Emily or show him your love for him with the Flash Back Bath/Shower Gel from Terra Ken Herbals or maybe he’s into pottery and paintings… Whatever kind of art your dad loves show him you love him by buying local!

Take care and hope to see you soon! Ansley

Buy Handmade. Buy Local.