Good morning! This is an impromptu love letter. I realized this morning that I want to gush over my friends and people I admire so I bring to you a short notice of Small Shop Saturday sales that I would recommend!
Remember that Small Shop Saturday helps keep people fed, housed, and safe. I am here for supporting small businesses as much as we can. I am the product of small business owners and the product of living through income, housing, and food insecurity due to my parents’ passions. Support Small!!
Rana The Artist is a Black, Disabled artist whose sole income comes from her art. She opened up a sticker shop this year thanks to a grant she worked hard to win! Her stickers are adorable and cute and wonderful. You can also get commissioned portraits and logos done by contacting her here. By supporting Rana’s shop, you are helping keep her housed, fed, and medicated! You are also helping support her pup Brownie! Get 20% off with code: THANKFUL
TBM Skincare is owned by my friend Brandy! Brandy also puts on amazing challenges, retreats, and has a fantastic podcast. I wrote about her newest challenge, here. By supporting Brandy, you are helping a Black entrepreneur build her dreams, while also helping support keeping her and her son housed, fed, and healthy! They also have a pup who needs to be warm, fed, and well too. At TBM Skin, you can find gifts for the skin care enthusiast in your life. You can also join the club and receive free shipping and special discounts! Discounts already applied, no code needed.
Support
by purchasing the newest creativity journal! I have talked about how I love my 2023 journal and how excited I am to use this new 2024 journal. By supporting Dianna, you are helping build her dreams and goals and giving her a bit more money to have time to spend with her family. Right now, you can get this for 30% off using code TWINKLE30 (good until 11/30/23).
Harvest Yarns is a crochet shop by my friend Sabrina. She transitioned from a tech job to this small business back in 2022. Her shop has tons of patterns and finished items. By supporting Sabrina, you are helping her keep herself and her mother housed and fed, along with stocking insulin for her mother. If you are looking for more options, you can visit Sabrina’s IG. There she has tons of available finished products. My personal favorites are the ornaments she has available.
Sassy Latte can be supported on Patreon. You can join their Patreon at multiple tiers for multiple purposes from political content to joy to the complexities of healing and being polyamorous. By supporting Sassy, you are support them and their kids, housing, food, and so much more.
Finally, you are invited to sign up for a Year Ahead Reading with me! It’s $60 for an IG video chat (because we can be on there as long as needed, whereas Zoom cuts off at 40 minutes), 2 cards for each month: 1 tarot and 1 oracle. Comment or DM me on IG to set up a time. Payment can go to Paypal, Venmo, or Cashapp.
What are some of your favorite small businesses? Drop them below!
Wishing you well this week! May your life offer what you need in this moment.
With love,
Aventurine ✨
Thank you for the shout out!