Buy from a small business this holiday season

While I myself am not a business owner, I sure do aspire to be! How wonderful would it be to create things everyday and sell them for a profit? Not even for the profit, but the joy of knowing that your gift is going to someone special, on a special day.

This holiday season, I have decided to buy all of my presents from either local or small businesses. I had origionally already finished all of my Christmas shopping, but back to the department stores I went and returned all of my gifts. I even have a better feeling that each of my family members will love all of the handmade, and local gifts I give them. So, to come to a close, I wanted to share with you a post I read from Elsie, at A Beautiful Mess and her post on supporting small businesses. I think you will find it rather inspiring!

And after you've read the article, take a look at some of these bloggers who have started or currently run their own business, and support all of their hard work this Christmas!