{"id":1896,"date":"2011-12-12T19:25:24","date_gmt":"2011-12-13T00:25:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.catchingfireflies.com\/blog\/?p=1896"},"modified":"2011-12-12T19:26:44","modified_gmt":"2011-12-13T00:26:44","slug":"have-yourself-a-merry-michigan-christmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/2011\/12\/have-yourself-a-merry-michigan-christmas\/","title":{"rendered":"have yourself a merry michigan christmas"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/www.candgnews.com\/news\/have-yourself-merry-michigan-christmas\" target=\"_blank\">Great gifts can be found close to home this holiday season<\/a><\/h2>\n<p>by Jen Sakey of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.candgnews.com\" target=\"_blank\">c and g news<\/a><\/p>\n<h4><a href=\"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/c-and-g.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1897\" title=\"yellow door art market\" src=\"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/c-and-g.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"565\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/c-and-g.jpg 800w, http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/c-and-g-300x211.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/h4>\n<p>(excerpt)<\/p>\n<p>Looking for a few more gifts on your holiday shopping list? Choosing a Michigan-made item or purchasing from a small, local business can be a win-win \u2014 recipients get to unwrap something unique, while shoppers help boost Michigan\u2019s economy.<\/p>\n<p>Instead of buying gifts online or at a large retail store, shoppers can make a real difference by staying in their own community. This option was emphasized on Small Business Saturday Nov. 26, which proved beneficial for many small stores in metro Detroit.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSales were up 30 percent this year,\u201d said April McCrumb, owner of Catching Fireflies in Berkley. \u201cI\u2019m thrilled.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After 11 years in business in downtown Berkley, McCrumb said she\u2019s noticed a growing mindset among customers to shop locally. Catching Fireflies, which has another location in downtown Rochester, offers shoppers whimsical, fun items, including Detroit- and Michigan-themed gifts.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re independently owned, and we offer a big variety of goods, including items from local artists,\u201d said McCrumb.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, McCrumb and her husband, Steve, own the Yellow Door Art Market, just two doors down from the Catching Fireflies Berkley location. The store sells handmade items from more than 70 Michigan artists, so not only are shoppers supporting a local business, they\u2019re supporting the artists, too.<\/p>\n<p>Catching Fireflies is located at 3117 W. 12 Mile in Berkley and 203 E. University in Rochester. For more information, visit <a title=\"www.catchingfireflies.com\" href=\"..\/..\/\">www.catchingfireflies.com<\/a>. Yellow Door Art Market is located at 3141 W. 12 Mile Road in Berkley. For more information, visit <a title=\"www.yellowdoorartmarket.com\" href=\"http:\/\/www.yellowdoorartmarket.com\/\">www.yellowdoorartmarket.com.<\/a><\/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\/12\/have-yourself-a-merry-michigan-christmas\/\" type=\"text\/javascript\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div><div class=\"linkwithin_hook\" id=\"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/2011\/12\/have-yourself-a-merry-michigan-christmas\/\"><\/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>Great gifts can be found close to home this holiday season by Jen Sakey of c and g news (excerpt) Looking for a few more gifts on your holiday shopping list? Choosing a Michigan-made item or purchasing from a small, local business can be a win-win \u2014 recipients get to unwrap something unique, while shoppers help boost Michigan\u2019s economy. Instead of buying gifts online or at a large retail store, shoppers can make a real difference by staying in their own community. This option was emphasized on Small Business Saturday Nov. 26, which proved beneficial for many small stores in metro Detroit. \u201cSales were up 30 percent this year,\u201d said April McCrumb, owner of Catching Fireflies in Berkley. \u201cI\u2019m thrilled.\u201d After 11 years in business in downtown Berkley, McCrumb said she\u2019s noticed a growing mindset among customers to shop locally. Catching Fireflies, which has another location in downtown Rochester, offers shoppers whimsical, fun items, including Detroit- and Michigan-themed gifts. \u201cWe\u2019re independently owned, and we offer a big variety of goods, including items from local artists,\u201d said McCrumb. In addition, McCrumb and her husband, Steve, own the Yellow Door Art Market, just two doors down from the Catching Fireflies Berkley location.&hellip; <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/2011\/12\/have-yourself-a-merry-michigan-christmas\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n<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},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[65],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1896","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-in-the-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1896","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1896"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1896\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1899,"href":"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1896\/revisions\/1899"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1896"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1896"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1896"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}