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Trustwordie welcomed into the Made Local community
Just before Christmas, I was accepted onto the Design & Crafts Council Ireland’s (DCCI) Register of Design/Craft Enterprises as a Designer/Maker. It was a big but necessary step for trustwordie in order to be eligible to apply to join the Made Local community. I'm all about shopping local, sourcing local and using my regional supply chain so it was wonderful to be formally accepted into the community today. So we're up on the DCCI directory in our all glory.
Black Friday Cyber Monday meh
I'm not having a BFCM sale because I don't celebrate thanksgiving, meaningless consumerism, bleeding suppliers dry or make decisions on the cost based only on how it affects me. It's never just the price, there is always a cost. Happy feckin holidays.
No, I will not be enabling print trolls
I have a rather nasty sense of humour and say the most awful things, usually for the shock effect but I don't really mean them. So when I tell people I know about these trustwordie cards, this is a typical conversation: Everyone: 'Oh, are you going to write really mean, nasty cards? That would be so funny.' Me: 'Eh no, they're going to be random words of kindness to help people connect in the real world.' Everyone: 'You're joking, right?' Me: 'Eh no, there are enough horrible people online trolling people on social without enabling them to bully and harass people directly to...
Steal like an Artist for the trustwordie passion project
I can't remember exactly where the idea for trustwordie came from but reading Steal Like an Artist by Austin Kleon got me thinking about a little sideline passion project so here we are today.