A very cool new initiative - The 3/50 Project

I first found out about the 3/50 Project on Craftsters.org.  The idea is to help save our local stores.

The idea behind the 3/50 project is that spending money at our local independant stores returns 68% of what we spend back to the community ... for large chain stores, that number is as low as 48%, and for online stores it can be as low as 0%!

So shop smart, but where you can. Shop local.

Check out the350project.net for more information and to join in the cause.