Reader of the Week at Wickedly Chic!

I've been chosen as Reader of the Week over at Wickedly Chic, one of the best websites out there for Indie shopping. As reader of the week, they asked me to suggest some of my favorite Indie merchants. This gave me a great opportunity to plug the merchants in my Reclaimed to Fame Market. Unfortunately I was limited and couldn't choose them all but put in as many as I could. I wrote glowing reviews for each of the merchants. Though each review was only a sentence long, Wickedly Chic apparently decided not to include them and just added the links to the shops. It must have been too long for their page. But it's still very nice to see our Reclaimed to Fame merchants given front page on that site!

http://www.wickedlychic.com/

New Reclaimed to Fame Market!

I'm very pleased and proud to announce the newly formed Reclaimed to Fame Market on 1000 Markets. I joined 1000 Markets a couple of months ago and set up a shop there. I loved the look and concept of this new online marketplace. The idea behind 1000 Markets is to create a marketplace that is more than just a collection of products. They want to connect the artisan merchants with the people who love their products.



To visit 1000 Markets is like strolling through your favorite marketplace, only you don't need to leave your home to do it. In each shop, there is a place where you can post comments to the merchants. Some of the merchants also have blogs in their shops where you can read about them and their work and get to know them better. The shops are organized into different markets specializing in unique products.

I approached the owner of 1000 Markets, Matt Trifiro, with the idea of creating a market exclusively for recycled products. He told me what he needed to put it all together and I've been working with him on setting up the criteria for admission, finding appropriate merchants and working up a slogan and market policies. Christine Epstein of Oceano Sea Glass designed our beautiful banner. And yesterday it all went live!

At this time, we have 16 merchants in the market. We have outside art such as fire pits and birdhouses, clothing, jewelry, greeting cards and some fabulously inventive artwork. Each of the merchants was hand picked by me to ensure that shoppers in our market will find only unique, handcrafted recycled arts and crafts. If you're a shopper looking for something special that you won't find at your local mall, I know you'll be pleased with the assortment of products our market offers. Not only will you be buying something unique, but you'll be helping to contribute to the health of our world by buying recycled. If you're a merchant at 1000 Markets and sell only recycled products and would liked to be included in our market, please contact me.



Happy shopping, everyone!

Reclaimed to Fame Market