Shopping Local This Holiday Season

No matter how you celebrate the holidays this year, you can share the love and support local businesses by shopping local. Whether it's to purchase presents, catching up with old friends over a meal, or taking some time out to treat yourself (or your furbabies), the opportunities are endless! 

The reasons to shop local are equally endless. Sustainable Connections has a great top 10 list of reasons to think local, buy local, and be local. For myself personally, I can relate to how hard a small business owner works to make their dream a reality. I can appreciate the time invested to build it up strong. The experience of having someone in your community share their excitement for finding your business "right in my own town!". The moment you sit back and realize you did it! You're living your dream. Knowing that by sharing your passion with the world, you are able to support yourself, your loves ones. 

Here is a list of some local places to check out this holiday season. This year you can give endless gifts by shopping local.  If you want to share any local businesses please put them in the comments below! Let's share the love this holiday season!

Food

Art of Eating Deli & Catering 

Bella's Cafe & Bistro 

Just Baked

Duncans 

Breakfast at Tiffany's

Bambinos 

Woo's Kitchen  

The Old Germany Restaurant

Wysmykal Farm

SELF LOVE 

(be sure to share with loved ones!!)

JTW Natural Health Guidance Centre 

Soap Bum

Damaris   

Healing Handz  

Amber Lee's Beautiful Me Spa and Wellness 

Donald Gooding 

Steve's Barber Shop 

Bellissimo Salon

Cumberland Perfect Sleep 

The Zen Touch 

Art & Treasures

Sadie Jane Collection 

(my 50% off sale on paintings ends Dec 23. All proceeds will go towards my cats surgery, mandibulectomy. )

Nox Art 

Gallery 8 

Nature's Canvas 

Deanne Fitzpatrick Studio    

ErinInk Tattoos

Chris Brown Designs

McCully's Market & Things 

Don Miller's Birdhouses 

Music

Amherst Music Center  

Flowers

Buds to Blossoms Floral Boutique 

Bordertown Flowers & Frills

Furry Lovin

Dogs to Diva's 

Posh Pet Grooming Studio

CLOTHING 

Flow      

DAYLES  

Mansours    

Sharron's Closet 

San Lilies Bridal Ladies Wear 

(Just in case this holiday season is extra magical)

Jewelry & Accessories

Cougar Ave

Lyrics & Lace

Vanity Asylum 

Vicky Comeau Designs 

L.A Crafts  

Celebrate With Me!

It's celebration time folks! I've just began a new chapter of my life with my partner. Life has a strange way of changing your plans that you create. None of this was supposed to happen for at least another ten months. At least I didn't think they were supposed to happen. The universe had bigger plans for us though. Now, although unprepared, we are able to start this beautiful journey together. We just moved into our first house this weekend. It's been a blur trying to get everything together and in order. All while helping Beth with her move at the same time and searching for a new job! Yes that's right, the universe has decided to close some doors that needed closing and open so many new wonderful doors of opportunity.

With so many new and exciting things happening I thought I would share the celebrations with you! I started a sale on Friday, 25% off all paintings! That's right. From now until June 15th you can get lost in a world of colour and save money while you're at it.  Normally I put the money that I make from my paintings back into my art supplies, but for this sale it's going towards items we need for our new nest and our trip back to Newfoundland to get the rest of our belongings out from storage.

As always, payment plans are available. So if you or anyone you know needs some colour in their world you now know where to go!

To view my art work you can pop by my Facebook page, or head over to my website. I haven't updated my website recently though, so you will find all my available paintings over on Facebook. You can contact me at sadiejane26@hotmail.ca to place your order and discuss payment plan options.