I’ve been meaning to mention Goods 4 Girls for awhile now, ever since I first found out about it through my friend Lara. I was reminded of it today when I came across Party in my Pants via Bust magazine’s newsletter. Party in my Pants (aka PIMP) makes reusable cloth menstrual pads and […]

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Diana Ferry, an indie jewelry designer whose work can be found at D Celestine Limited, contacted me to let me know about about a fabulous event she’s organizing.
The event, called Pink at the Plaza, will take place on Saturday, May 17th from 10am - 3pm in Charlotte, North Carolina and will benefit the Avon Walk […]

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Even though I’m currently preoccupied with Mardi Gras, the upcoming Valentine’s Day holiday hasn’t entirely slipped my mind.
Little Whims on Etsy is stocked full of cute handmade cards perfect for Valentine’s Day as well as plenty of other cards and paper goods for all occasions.
Envirosax, one of my favorite reusuable shopping bag companies, has created […]

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Yesterday I read a post over at Indie Fixx about the Bleeding Hearts Benefit that Renee of Wolfie and the Sneak is organizing to benefit the Sierra Club.
Renee was recently reading about the impact oil drilling will have on Alaska, should the US pass legislation to begin leasing drilling rights in the Chuckchi Sea. […]

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I just learned about a local Etsy artist who was killed last week in a motorcycle accident. Dawn Habisreitinger was a Slidell, Louisiana resident who made jewelry and lampwork beads and who was an active member of both the Etsy and eBay communities. She was 30 years old and had two young sons. […]

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When a celebrity speaks, the world listens. And when a celebrity acts, the world pays attention. With all of those downtrodden faces like La Lohan and Britney “Pride of Louisiana” Spears manhandling the media, it’s time to see a positive and optimistic face taking the forefront.
Make It Right NOLA is the nonprofit organization […]

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I came across this cool bracelet from a post Phyllis made on her blog, Personal Treasures, called “Gifts that Benefit Charity - Part 2″.
This unique piece of jewelry features fair trade coffee encased in a glass vial, on a hammered sterling silver bracelet. This piece is part of designer Sherry Truitt’s hunger series of […]

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Wow, so it’s been a whole week since I last posted. Blame it on Halloween weekend, which has been pretty crazy around here with work (today is my only day off in the middle of a stretch of almost a week and a half) plus tons of friends back in town for the weekend. […]

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Wow, so I celebrated my blog’s anniversary on Monday, and then promptly ceased to post anymore for the rest of the week. To be fair, I was out of town for a few days, but lately I’ve just been trying to take a step back from a lot of things. I’ve been doing […]

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I’m currently entering my last semester of classes in IU’s Arts Administration program. And while I’m often off fighting the forces of good, and the honor of theater, film, visual arts, museums and more, a girl has to remember the simple pleasures in life, too. Like my kitten, Lottie; she was a stray […]

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