{"id":1784,"date":"2011-11-15T23:20:52","date_gmt":"2011-11-16T04:20:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.catchingfireflies.com\/blog\/?p=1784"},"modified":"2011-11-15T23:21:56","modified_gmt":"2011-11-16T04:21:56","slug":"celebrating-small-business-saturday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/2011\/11\/celebrating-small-business-saturday\/","title":{"rendered":"celebrating small business saturday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Everybody knows that Black Friday is all about big box store sales and Cyber Monday is full of online deals, but did you know there&#8217;s a new day that celebrates small businesses?\u00a0 Saturday, November 26 is the 2nd Annual <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SmallBusinessSaturday\" target=\"_blank\">Small Business Saturday<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/small-biz-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1785\" title=\"small  business saturday\" src=\"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/small-biz-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"682\" height=\"652\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/small-biz-2.jpg 682w, http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/small-biz-2-300x286.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 682px) 100vw, 682px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p data-ft=\"{&quot;type&quot;:1}\">Small businesses generated 64% of new jobs created over the past 15 years.\u00a0 Celebrate their contribution to our communities by pledging to shop small.\u00a0 As a thank you choosing to support independent stores, all American Express card users who register their card <a href=\"https:\/\/sync.americanexpress.com\/sbs2011\" target=\"_blank\">HERE<\/a> by November 26, 2011 will get a credit of $25 on their statement when they make a purchase with their card at stores like <a href=\"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\" target=\"_blank\">catching fireflies<\/a> &amp; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.yellowdoorartmarket.com\" target=\"_blank\">yellow door art market<\/a> on Small Business Saturday.<\/p>\n<p data-ft=\"{&quot;type&quot;:1}\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/small-biz1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1786\" title=\"small biz1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/small-biz1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"617\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/small-biz1.jpg 600w, http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/small-biz1-291x300.jpg 291w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p data-ft=\"{&quot;type&quot;:1}\">We&#8217;re so grateful that we were able to start our small business in Berkley over 11 years ago &amp; also were able to expand our whimsical world to downtown Rochester.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YTL5s633iEE\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Thank you firefly fans for being part of our small business story.\u00a0 Cheers to celebrating many more Small Business Saturdays with you.<\/p>\n<div id=\"flaresmith\" class=\"feedflare\"><script src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~s\/http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/catchingfireflies\/TyNo?i=http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/2011\/11\/celebrating-small-business-saturday\/\" type=\"text\/javascript\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div><div class=\"linkwithin_hook\" id=\"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/2011\/11\/celebrating-small-business-saturday\/\"><\/div><script>\n<!-- \/\/LinkWithinCodeStart\nvar linkwithin_site_id = 944859;\nvar linkwithin_div_class = \"linkwithin_hook\";\n\/\/LinkWithinCodeEnd -->\n<\/script>\n<script src=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/widget.js\"><\/script>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/pixel.png\" alt=\"Related Posts Plugin for WordPress, Blogger...\" style=\"border: 0\" \/><\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Everybody knows that Black Friday is all about big box store sales and Cyber Monday is full of online deals, but did you know there&#8217;s a new day that celebrates small businesses?\u00a0 Saturday, November 26 is the 2nd Annual Small Business Saturday. 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