Tag : buying local

18 Apr 2015

The Thrill Of The Chase – And His Spokesmodeling Session!

How’s that for a little play on words? We are indeed thrilled for this Chase to represent our studio as a spokesmodel for the class of 2016. Ally has known Chase’s mom going back to high school which always makes it nice too. Chase seems like a really good kid and he’s an enterprising young man already with a business with a couple friends – PWR Detroit! Check out the website and their bracelets made from beads from around the globe, and you’ll […]

02 Aug 2013

Doug’s Rant – More on Buying LOCAL! – August 2, 2013

I have written plenty about buying local before but something happened today that made me want to revisit it… This is a single-topic rant. A silly story We source most of our products and services from local businesses, and we always look local first, but once in a while there is a product we need that we get from a bigger company out of state. I’m not going to name names but this particular vendor based 4 states away just […]

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26 Apr 2013

Marty’s Cookies – Yummy and Frameable!

I had always been aware of Marty’s Cookies (they’ve been baking cookies locally in Metro Detroit for over 30 years) but for whatever reason I hadn’t been very familiar with the product, at least not more so than any other cookies. Cookies are clearly a weakness of mine and I’ve tried many good ones, so when we had the opportunity to photograph some Marty’s Cookies for their new website I was excited – It’s a pretty common occurrence when you […]

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02 Dec 2011

Hail to….. wait – which?

I couldn’t resist this one…. One more little “buy local” rant and then I’ll (try to) leave it alone for a while. As a follow up to my “Meditations on Buying Local” post, this shirt appeared on this link at Rivals.com…. I’m sure many of you saw this already since a lot of people got a kick out of it and posted it on facebook especially here in Michigan where we are based. For those of you who aren’t in […]

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18 Nov 2011

Meditations on Buying Local…

BUY LOCAL – you hear this everywhere right? Save our local economy! It’s pervasive. There are facebook and LinkedIn groups devoted to the idea, politicians throw the issue around to try to make each other look better than the opponent knowing that it’s an emotional hot button for their constituents, businesses remind you at every turn almost as a sales pitch to get you to come in and buy something in their store. You start to become numb to it. […]

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