Amy Hadley's take on cool people, places, and things.
What's decorating for Christmas without the smell of evergreen wafting through the air? And when it's time to put out the candle, a wick dipper is like magic... no smoke! http://www.heynowwhoanow.com/handmade/wick-dipper-the-musical
Not to be confused with cow jewelry, Brooke MacFarlane makes jewelry for people. She uses 50% of her proceeds to buy cows for people in Kenya. Which is just plain awesome.
I want! I want! I want! Meet the lovely ladies behind the wacky and wonderful creations at the first Austin Handmade Market. I'll take one of everything. (Read full blog post at amyhadley.com/video/go-handmade!)
As if you need an excuse to eat chocolate, a shop in Austin, Texas, uses chocolate to raise money for the community. How could you pass it up? The owners of Viva Chocolato! have a number of creative ways they preach the gospel of chocolate (a little dark chocolate every day is good for you!) AND support local charities. Read full blog post at http://www.amyhadley.com/video/long-live-chocolate/.