If you've been to a mall, get email spam, even go to the super market, you KNOW holiday shopping is in full swing. If you want to get into to spirit of gift giving but want to avoid commercialism we have a solution for you! Kos Katalogue is a listing of many, many small businesses run by Kossacks, all following a dream, many of them just trying to make ends meet in a difficult economy. A purchase from a small business IS POLITICAL -- your money will go right back into the economy and you will be supporting someone who is creating a job for themselves -- and perhaps others. Plus, what you buy will have been made with love -- and you can't put a price on that!
Please HOTLIST the master Katalogue for your shopping convenience, and look for new listings! There are quite a few...and we are always adding more. If you would like to be a part of it, comment here with links to your store or send me a Kos mail with your info.
IF YOU ARE A MERCHANT in the Katalogue, the next week or so would be a good time to write a diary about your shop. Just remember to put "Kos Katalogue" in the title and in the tags. If you would like your shop to be included in the Geographic Locator section, please give your town and State in the first paragraph of your diary and a brief description of what you do or make. IF YOU ARE A SHOPPER who has been pleased with purchases on Kos Katalogue, feel free to blog about your experiences, too! Your testimonials will have great value to the merchants -- and as one of them, I thank you!
THANKS to mettle fatigue for working on a geographical locator list for our shops and also making the Katalogue more user friendly by category (look for her additions soon). And HUGZ to JekylnHyde for beautiful templates to help advertise our list throughout Daily Kos.
If you would like to do some good right away, shops that have urgent need of business include (if you would like to be included in this short list, let me know):
leathersmith
Fineena's Willie Ru Designs
Jan4Insight
asterkitty
Pootie Pads (to help with our cat Betty's vet bills)
michelewln needs to sell scarves and jewelry to help with family medical expenses
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Kos Katalogue: December 2014
The Holiday Season is almost here! Please consider buying your holiday or celebration gifts for friends and family from the Kos Katalogue.
Kos Katalogue is an online catalog of businesses owned by people who cherish and promote liberal values. Handmade or original gifts include pet supplies; fine art; quilts; jewelry; children's department; arts and crafts; stationery; books; clothing; craft supplies; electronics; food and drink; household sundries; yarn, knitting, crochet, and weaving; freelance services; software and webdesign; sporting goods; and music.
Below are four examples of these handmade or original gifts. Thanks for your support.
Community Quilt Project David M Bowman Studio
Wings: Hands on Silver Laughing Coyote Woodworks
Please remember to republish these diaries to your Daily Kos Groups. You can also follow all postings by clicking this link for the Kos Katalogue Group. Then, click 'Follow' and that will make all postings show up in 'My Stream' of your Daily Kos page.
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As always, the Kitchen Table is a social place. Come in, make yourself comfortable, and tell us about your day. Menus are welcome, too!
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Kitchen Table Kibitzing is a community series for those who wish to share part of the evening around a virtual kitchen table with kossacks who are caring and supportive of one another. So bring your stories, jokes, photos, funny pics, music, and interesting videos, as well as links—including quotations—to diaries, news stories, and books that you think this community would appreciate. Readers may notice that most who post diaries and comments in this series already know one another to some degree, but newcomers should not feel excluded. We welcome guests at our kitchen table, and hope to make some new friends as well.
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