{"id":1710,"date":"2013-01-21T09:00:01","date_gmt":"2013-01-21T14:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beltmann.com\/?p=1710"},"modified":"2013-01-21T09:00:01","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T14:00:01","slug":"shop-local-how-to-find-local-kansas-city-artists-and-crafts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beltmann.com\/chicago\/shop-local-how-to-find-local-kansas-city-artists-and-crafts\/","title":{"rendered":"SHOP LOCAL: How to Find Local Kansas City Artists and Crafts"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

If you\u2019re getting serious about calling a Kansas City moving company<\/a>, you might be interested to learn that Kansas City has quite a culture of artists and craftsmen. When you become a local or even before you settle into your new town, you might find it important to support the economy. There are a number of ways to do that \u2013 but one great way is to buy locally. Here\u2019s a step-by-step guide on how you can find local vendors and artists.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

    \n
  1. Log-onto https:\/\/www.etsy.com\/<\/a><\/li>\n
  2. Go to the bottom left-hand side of the page and click \u201cShop Local\u201d<\/li>\n
  3. Enter \u201cKansas City\u201d<\/li>\n
  4. You\u2019ll see there are over 30,000+ items made locally<\/li>\n
  5. You can then search by:\n
      \n
    1. Product type<\/li>\n
    2. A dollar amount<\/li>\n
    3. Or: handmade, vintage or supplies<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      Etsy.com artists are known for their jewelry, art, accessories, home goods and paper goods. If you just moved to a new home, some of the best items you can buy on Etsy might be:<\/p>\n

       <\/p>\n

        \n
      • Pictures:<\/strong> You can go direct to the artist and they\u2019ll even customize prints for you.<\/li>\n
      • Picture Frames:<\/strong> If you need an odd size or would like something created or tweaked from a listing, all you have to do is message the craftsman.<\/li>\n
      • We Just Moved Postcards: <\/strong>You can work directly with a designer to customize a postcard just for your family. That way everyone will have your new address.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

        \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

        Not only will you have something purely unique, you\u2019ll feel good knowing you\u2019re supporting the local Kansas City economy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

        If you\u2019re getting serious about calling a Kansas City moving company, you might be interested to learn that Kansas City has quite a culture of artists and craftsmen. When you become a local or even…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[39,94,19,20,35,42],"class_list":["post-1710","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-activities-kansas-city","tag-kansas-city-mover","tag-moving-tips","tag-moving-to-kansas-city","tag-new-job-kansas-city","tag-what-to-do-kansas-city"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beltmann.com\/chicago\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1710","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beltmann.com\/chicago\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beltmann.com\/chicago\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beltmann.com\/chicago\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beltmann.com\/chicago\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1710"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.beltmann.com\/chicago\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1710\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beltmann.com\/chicago\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1710"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beltmann.com\/chicago\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1710"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beltmann.com\/chicago\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1710"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}