Meet Penny Farrow who creates leather products by hand with traditional hand-held tools. Her products are individually hand-cut and sewn by hand. Her shop on Zibbet is filled with artistically designed, unique journal covers, purses, messenger bags, and hip bags which are perfect to hold your stash at arts and crafts shows. Penny can make custom made leather products. Just let her know Continue reading »

We’re sure you’ll agree that this year has just flown by!  It always does!  In the last few months we’ve been working hard to continually improve Zibbet and we’ve certainly achieved a lot.

The purpose of our ‘3 month battle plan’ is to keep you informed of what features and enhancements you can expect over the coming months.  It’s also an opportunity for you to make Continue reading »

Hot on the heels of last week’s Bicycle Lovers post, this week I am writing about eco-friendly finds.

Of course, handmade items in general are more eco-friendly than not because they aren’t mass-produced in factories, wasting energy. But for today’s eco-friendly finds, we’ll be taking a look at a handful of shops who are really going above and beyond the norm, to Continue reading »

We are pleased to introduce you to Jennifer Braverman, the creator of Sea Willow Herbs. Jennifer has been working with and learning about herbs for over five years. She has attended classes at the Appalachia School of Holistic Herbalism in Asheville, North Carolina and Red Moon Herbs in Black Mountain, NC.

Jennifer prefers to use only herbs and plants that are Continue reading »

Please welcome Elle (Michelle) Carmon, owner of Elle’s Beads on Zibbet. Elle is an avid supporter of handmade. She creates unique upcycled magnets and jewelry items. Today Elle shares her tips on how to use Tumblr to market our Zibbet shops…

For those of you unfamiliar with Tumblr, it is a social media microblogging website designed for posting short paragraphs of Continue reading »