The site also features a customized bidding option. Say you want a knit scarf that’s all done in a bird design with your name intertwined throughout it (just saying…), you can post the project and crafters will bid on it. Shyeah! Nothing, absolutely nothing is hotter than customized clothing. Anyway, the point of this post was to list a few recent Etsy finds that stand out…check it out…

01. Flow Belt Buckle ($75) by Fosterweld, 02. Swing Dress ($45) by LaMadeleine, 03. Chocolate Bloomers ($45) by Reconstructionist, 04. Wing Propeller Cowl Neck Dress ($130) by AvaLove.

Made sells products created mostly by local, independent designers from the Northeast United States. The bulk of their goods are one of a kind and handmade. Admittedly, their online store is pretty sparse compared to the bricks-and-mortar location, but hopefully they’ll pick it up a bit and start getting more work out there.

For other shops featuring independent designers, try etsy.com (the biggest, the best and my favorite), indieshopper.com, or the indieshopping blog for individual finds.

“She became a Chicana heroine and an unintended purveyor of Mexican kitsch. She is an emblem of confessional painting at a time when nothing is intimate anymore. But this year, as Mexico celebrates the centenary of her birth, the largest retrospective ever of her work attempts to look beyond what Mexicans call Fridamania.”

Fair enough, but Fridamania is kind of awesome. I love that there are a million t-shirts and bags with Khalo’s glowering face emblazoned on them. I think it would be an honor to have thousands of Mexican women sporting my face on a grocery tote. In fact, it should probably be a fully registered purse category. If you’re going to have a shopping tote (and you should!), it may as well be a produce-aisle conversation starter. There’s a massive selection of handmade Frida purses at Etsy.com, and you can find a few at the Blue Ruin Gallery Shop. Or, you could always plan a trip to Mexico, whatever.