March Pay It Forward

This month's Pay It Forward is City People's Garden Center. To read about the Pay It Forward circle read last month's blog about it. This month I am deviating a bit from the blogger format, as the free info City People's provides is not online, but at their store; in the form of free workshops. They have knowledgeable people who give free workshops all the time. I went to one about keeping urban chickens, because I covet having my own coop one day. While I was there, I supported them by buying a blueberry bush for the yard. Check them out!

 

Pay it Forward- Support Bloggers Who Provide Free Content

I just read a blog post by Pam at Gingerbreadsnowflake and how she plans to support bloggers who provide free content online; by providing patterns, recipes, how-to's, etc. Once a month even if it's a small amount, buy something from their shop. Support INDY and free content bloggers, so that they can keep providing that content. Being an independent artist myself, I think this is a great idea. Forget the department stores and buy from each other, and we'd all be getting more creative items, plus supporting people who put a lot of effort into getting information out there on how to do so many things ourselves. Thanks for sharing this idea, Pam!



I'm starting this off myself by buying some yarn at the Burien Yarn Stash . They have comfy couches and chairs to drop in and knit anytime without a charge. Bonnie is always helpful when someone is working on a project and willing to offer ideas. They have some free patterns on their website.  Beware, though, it's hard to go in and only buy a bit of yarn!

Let me know if you decide to join in on supporting INDY artists and bloggers who provide fee content by buying something from someone once a month; it could be $5 or $10, but would mean so much to these people. Please share in the comments if you want to join in!