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Artisan Direct Connect
The Best Handmade Marketplace
Experience
The new way to shop
Handcrafted & Sustainably
Welcome to artisan marketplace
Do you Love Art Fairs?
Connect with artisans
All-year ~ online ~ easy
- Like walking around an art festival as you peruse this site
- Curated products
- Sustainable marketplace
- Experience the artists shops
- Give the gift that’s cherished
- Wear the jewelry that gets the “WOW”
- Display the beautiful decor…not found in the big box stores
- Know the accessories are toxic free
- Products not coming on cargo ship from around the world
Done with malls and big box?
All the same... No soul
- Fluorescent lights
- Parking
- Waiting in lines
- Carrying bags
- Not clean
- Large carbon footprint
- Bland products
- “Made in China”
- Poor Quality to price ratio
- Wandering people
- Funky smell
- Impersonal cheeky staff
- Pollution
- Traffic
- Artificial environment
- Crowds
- No charm or pizzazz
- Muzak
Handcrafted for you
- Quality lasts
- Embrace your home as curated by you
- Elegant simplicity: well chosen items
- Pass your love of the arts to your children
- Know a local craftsperson created these with care, attention & skill
- Buy from a person…with a skill and story
- Experience the artists shops
- Direct online: Better pricing for you and the artists
Shop your way
Accessible art fair...
Easy Safe Online Shopping
- Curated products
- Sustainable marketplace
- Products not coming on cargo ship from around the world
- Message artist directly with questions
- Contact us for help searching the right item
- Contact us (a person) for questions
- Yep, it’s about connections
Why shop artisan handcrafted .... locally, sustainably?
~ Artisans love creating
~ You love quality lifetime pieces
- Artists love their craft
- Keep the arts alive in your community & home
- Environmentally friendly
- Each piece is made by a person
- Quality made (not plastic throw away)
- Independent artists as owners of their stores
- Skill & training & practice to perfect their craft
- Skills get passed down to next generation
- Person-made pieces contain the heart & soul of the artist
- Check out the maker’s story & why they do what they do
~ Our crafters are just skilled neighbors you haven’t met yet 😉
Handmade
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- Premiere gifts
- Dazzling home decor
- Elegant Accessories
- Green friendly extras
Thank you
Our artists and craftspeople thank you for supporting them as they continue to share their skills and passion.
To some it’s a hobby – trying to continue their craft as they work and care for family.
For others, it’s a full time job. You are helping support your community business entrepreneurs.
This is a cottage industry – it takes care to create these products.
Thank you for being part of the movement to make conscientious purchases.
We think about quality #1 AND sustainability.
By supporting your neighbors as they continue their dream to create beautiful products for people to enjoy, you support your community.
Your purchase here is greatly appreciated!