The day after Black Friday is Small Business Saturday. Why do corporate businesses come before small businesses? Because they have the money for advertising and mind control. They have bigger budgets, more staff, and more time to infiltrate your consciousness and convince you to spend your hard-earned money on them.

However, small businesses should be taking precedence this holiday season and all year round. Why? Because small businesses are the backbone of this country. We couldn’t live without them. All corporate businesses started out as small businesses and grew to be bigger than they should have been. Now a lot of them are failing to leave small businesses to pick up the slack.

Small businesses provide quality products and personal customer service. Small businesses provide attention to detail that corporate stores don’t take the trouble to provide. The biggest reason of all to support a small business is because that money is going directly to the person providing the product or service which in turn helps support their families.

How can you support small businesses? By being a customer and becoming a loyal customer. By telling your friends and family about them. By providing top reviews on social media sites to draw more people to their business. By doing what you can to help them flourish.

I am going to provide several small business links below. If you know of any others that would be of interest, please provide a link and a name in the comments so we can all check them out! Thanks!

1. The Organic Prepper Bookstore – Daisy has her own printable and downloadable books and courses in this collection of books as well as a book by yours truly, Selco Begovic, and Lisa Egan.

2. My Amazon Store – While Amazon is a big corporate company, it supports a lot of authors, small business owners, and bloggers. They provide a place for them to sell their products on a much larger scale to provide a better income. My store has links to a lot of these people as well as some items that I find invaluable. (If you sell items on Amazon, please let me know so I can link to them!)

3. Customized Food Storage Plans by The Merrill Project – Charisse will help you put together food storage suited to your family’s needs and tastes. She has a seven, fourteen, and twenty-one recipe plan that can help anyone!

4. Electronic Emergency Binders by The Merrill Project – These electronic binders would be a great addition to anyone’s preps. You can customize them for one person or six people. They can be stored on an SD card for easy transportation or printed out if you wish.

5. eBay stores – honestly, most eBay stores are small businesses. Most of them are supporting families or are a side hustle to make some extra money. A lot of the sellers sell things that are brand new or are in excellent used condition. Consider them in your holiday shopping this year. The link to my eBay store is https://www.ebay.com/str/ericasbooksandmore. 

6. Never Buy Bread Again by Laurie Neverman – The woman behind Common Sense Home has a great cookbook on baking bread with twenty in-depth recipes to make you a more confident bread baker. Pair this with a loaf pan and a bread knife and you would have an excellent gift!

7. By Robin – Robin is an excellent artist and designer who makes one-of-a-kind cards, jewelry, glass etchings, and anything else you may want to be designed. Take a look through her pictures for samples of what she can do.

8. The Garden Academy by Our Stoney Acres. Rick has fantastic gardening courses that would you or a loved one learn how to garden. With his expertise and practical tips, you will be sure to have a great garden-growing season next year.

9. Abby’s Elderberry – Want to really support a small business and a family? Abby’s Elderberry Syrup is the business of a young lady who dreams of buying a horse! Elderberry syrup is a powerful immunity booster for colds and cases of flu and would be a great present for anyone!

10. Simplicity Soaps – Everything is made by hand in her own kitchen. Soaps and lotions make an easy present for almost everyone on your list. They also make great additions to stockings and gift baskets!

11. Nomadic Knot Designs – She makes crochet items that are always appreciated. You can purchase crochets stocking hats as well as the popular messy bun hats!

12. From Dirt to Dollars: A Guide to Selling at the Farmers Market by Annie Coombe – Know someone who may be interested in selling their products? This very informative book would be a great gift for someone who gardens a lot or always seems to have extra produce. Selling at the farmers market should not be scary and Annie helps you do it the right way!

13. S Scents Handmade Home and Body – Stephanie is a local gal who makes fantastic-smelling candles, lotions, and lip balm to help drive the winter blues and dry skin problems away.

14. Scott Family Farms Honey Bees and Christmas Trees – You really need to check this site out! They have honey products, bath and body products, homemade soaps, home items, and more. So many products! If you live in Georgia or near their farm, they also have Christmas trees for sale.

15. 3 Children’s Books by Kat Mendenhall – These excellent children’s books by Kat would be a fun gift to give to a child and nurture their minds with books. They are stories about her goats and her dog. The titles are Moo Moo Sue, Howdy Howdy My Name is Rowdy, and How Buddy Found His Bark. They are $10 each or $28 for all three plus postage if mailed. You can contact Kat at katmartywrite@gmail.com for ordering or any questions.

16. Lilla Rose – Leah Terry – If you are looking for well-made, cute hair clips, pins, and headbands, this is the place for you! They have some really good deals and a lot to choose from. From thin hair to thick hair, they have you covered!

17. The Productive Gardener E-Course – Dana from Piwakawaka Valley has developed a great e-course to help you or be a great gift for a gardening friend. This is a twelve-month course that gives tips, tricks, and lots of advice to become a better, more productive gardener.

18. Artisan Bread – The Art of Sourdough Ebook – Dana from Piwakawaka Valley has also written a wonderful book about starting and making sourdough bread that also features a troubleshooting section. This would be a good present for the baker in your life!

19. Artsy Inspirations by Tina Tompkins Ames – She has a delightful collection of cards, adult coloring books and pages, gift boxes, soaps, and more. There are neatly boxed sets to give to friends or something small for stockings and gift baskets!

20. Ready Gardens – Ready Gardens has a variety of garden items and seeds for the gardener on your list. You can get seed kits, survival seed banks, seeds, and free growing guides. They also have a Little Gardeners Starter Kit for the child on your list to get started on the wonders of growing a garden!

This is just the tip of the iceberg for small businesses and authors. There are so many more out there. Like I mentioned earlier if you have a small business or have a product you want others to know about, drop the link and a description in the comments below. (If it appears to be spam or just plain nasty, I will delete the comment.)

(This post contains some affiliate links (including Amazon), but mostly just direct links to the businesses. I am only profiting from three of these links which help to support this blog and my family. The rest of the links are supporting their own businesses and their families.) 

Thanks for reading,
Erica

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Updated 11/23/2023

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