Support East Hampton and Portland Entrepreneurs This Holiday Season

Many businesses in East Hampton and Portland took part in Small Business Saturday recently, an event aimed at getting consumers to shop locally and support small businesses But did you know you could shop even smaller than your local stores right here in town? Etsy showcases handmade items from all over the world, including several shops based out of East Hampton and Portland homes.

According to its website, "Etsy is the world's handmade marketplace. Our mission is to empower people to change the way the global economy works.

"We see a world in which very-very small businesses have much-much more sway in shaping the economy, local living economies are thriving everywhere, and people value authorship and provenance as much as price and convenience. We are bringing heart to commerce and making the world more fair, more sustainable, and more fun."

On Etsy you can find shop owners by location here. In East Hampton and Portland there are several Etsy dealers with hundreds of items for sale. Throughout Connecticut there are 85,660 items listed for sale on the website.

Here are several of East Hampton and Portland hometown Etsy shop owners who offer handsewn items, paper goods, jewelry and more.

• Holly Davidson
• Plunk Soap
• Glitter Dust Designs
• Tall Girl Studios
• Alyssas Jewelry
• Bushy Hill Bonanza

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