Support Middletown Entrepreneurs on Etsy This Holiday Season

Many businesses throughout Middletown's Downtown Business District and Middlesex County Chamber of Commerce members took part in Small Business Saturday. Did you know you could shop even smaller than our local stores right here in town? Etsy showcases handmade items from all over the world, including several shops based out of Middletown homes.

According to its website, "Etsy is the world's handmade marketplace. Our mission is to empower people to change the way the global economy works.

"We see a world in which very-very small businesses have much-much more sway in shaping the economy, local living economies are thriving everywhere, and people value authorship and provenance as much as price and convenience. We are bringing heart to commerce and making the world more fair, more sustainable, and more fun."

Did you know you can find Etsy shop owners by location? There are 33 Etsy dealers with hundreds of items listed in Middletown, in addition to — get ready — 85,660 items listed in Connecticut.

Here are several of Middletown's hometown Etsy shops who offer fiber arts, photography, jewelry, prints, greeting cards, artwork, home items and much more. Check out the full list here.

• Emilia Triay
• Katharine Owens
• Laura
• Robin
• Regina Salafia
• Susan
• Sean Fournier
• Katia Porter
• Elizabeth Colon
• Nicki
• tracksevenvintage
• Jerry Augustine
• Virginia Stafford
• Jean Rill-Alberto 

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