{"id":1565,"date":"2008-12-01T08:42:00","date_gmt":"2008-12-01T16:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/needmore-shopping-guide-handmade-gifts"},"modified":"2017-01-20T15:23:41","modified_gmt":"2017-01-20T23:23:41","slug":"needmore-shopping-guide-handmade-gifts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/needmoredesigns.com\/needmore-shopping-guide-handmade-gifts\/","title":{"rendered":"Needmore Shopping Guide: Handmade Gifts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This year, Seth Godin\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/sethgodin.typepad.com\/seths_blog\/2008\/11\/holiday-shoppin.html\">holiday shopping guide<\/a> especially resonated as powerful, particularly his first (quite simple) idea: <strong>Buy handmade items from people you like.<\/strong>\u00a0 In no particular order, below is a list of Needmore friends and clients who are creating amazing handmade gifts, just perfect for the holidays.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/amytavern.com\">Amy Tavern<\/a> and Portland\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/jillbliss.com\/\">Jill Bliss<\/a> have teamed up to create a stunning <a href=\"http:\/\/amytavern.com\/month.php\">twig and flower necklace<\/a>. There are only four of these incredible pieces that were just put online today. I still have yet to wear Amy\u2019s exquisite <a href=\"http:\/\/amytavern.com\/eggandbean.php?id=5826\">flat egg links necklace<\/a> without receiving multiple comments throughout the day.<\/p>\n<p>Portland artist <a href=\"http:\/\/amyruppel.com\/\">Amy Ruppel<\/a>, along with <a href=\"http:\/\/bishop-art.com\/\">Bishop Lennon<\/a>, is having her last <a href=\"http:\/\/amyruppel.com\/artsale\/index.htm\">art sale<\/a> before the holidays starting today at 11 am (these sell out quicker than you can bat your eye). We have a number of Amy\u2019s pieces in our home and just love them.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone with a sweet tooth will flip over <a href=\"http:\/\/saintcupcake.com\/\">delicious cupcakes<\/a> or <a href=\"http:\/\/theultimatebiscotti.com\/\">decadent handmade biscotti<\/a> (and do we have just the <a href=\"http:\/\/stumptowncoffee.com\/\">coffee<\/a> to pair them with). We\u2019ve also just discovered a new <a href=\"http:\/\/cacaodrinkchocolate.com\/\">favorite chocolate shop<\/a> in town \u2013 these folks are <a href=\"http:\/\/cacaodrinkchocolate.com\/ask_jesse_and_aubrey.html\">passionate<\/a> about chocolate and are my current favorite for most delicious mocha in town (they even let you choose from a variety of chocolates for your mocha).<\/p>\n<p>We hope you enjoy checking out some of our personal favorites for this year. We\u2019d love to hear yours!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This year, Seth Godin\u2019s holiday shopping guide especially resonated as powerful, particularly his first (quite simple) idea&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":8535,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[75,150,443],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/needmoredesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/cupcake.jpeg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/needmoredesigns.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1565"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/needmoredesigns.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/needmoredesigns.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/needmoredesigns.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/needmoredesigns.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1565"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/needmoredesigns.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1565\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/needmoredesigns.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8535"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/needmoredesigns.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1565"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/needmoredesigns.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1565"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/needmoredesigns.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1565"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}