Friday, July 2, 2010

NICE Stuff: A Beautiful Idea

I'm not quite sure how I stumbled upon the website A Beautiful Idea. Maybe someone sent it to me via Twitter or I saw it on another blog, but it's title rings true. Started by Evie Shaffer, the site aims to "motivate artists to use their gifts to change the world."

As it states on the site, "Imagine if just 1% of Etsy.com's 200,000 sellers donated the profits of one $20 item a month. That's $40,000 a month."



A Beautiful Idea partners with some fabulous artists who are selling the loveliest items in their etsy shops. You can help by shopping (my favorite kind of helping!) in their stores. I love when my shopping addiction can support a charity at the same time. :)

And if you are an etsy seller yourself, consider partnering up with A Beautiful Idea. The more people that participate, the bigger the impact that is made!

4 comments:

Holley said...

Awesome! Etsy is a weakness of mine.
I have no problem shopping for charity!

leafonatree said...

A very nice idea. ;)

Valerie Hart said...

This is SO LOVELY Melissa! Thank you for sharing! I was thinking of a way that I could "give back" with my art---this is perfect. Going to go and sign up!

Love & Blessings,

xoxo Valerie

evie said...

Thank you so much for posting about A Beautiful Idea! I appreciate you spreading the word! :)