Conscious Clothing - making sustainability a focus
Osborn Design & Craft - from inspiration to execution
Apple Girl Art - repurposing racing components
Cheeky Little Goat - bold, colorful, funky, fun, and vibrant
Loomi Shop - handmade essentials and more!
Author Pete Fleck - dark experiences reborn into fiction
Jenna Smith Originals - A Lifetime of Artistic Pursuits
Klay Design Studio - Classy Earrings for All Occasions!
Following a 10-year stint working in television, Karyn Lay, the owner of Klay Design Studio, returned to her love of making jewelry, moved back to Indiana, and has been sharing her love of jewelry ever since!
Magnolia Green Grooming Co. - grow that amazing beard starting today!
Stitch Sow Scribe - An Old Love Renewed
Stitch Sow Scribe is an old love that was renewed through the stress of Covid. Finding a healthy outlet is something many people searched for during those days and some of those outlets evolved into great businesses!
Meadows Flower Farm - Fresh Flowers for Your Home
Meadows Flower Farm is your local source for fresh-cut flowers for your home.
Chez Pauline French Bakery - The Taste of Home
Chez Pauline French Bakery started during Covid when Pauline, the owner, found herself missing authentic French bread. The menu has grown beyond bread to also offer French desserts, all made in Fisher, IN.
Three Shepherds Dog Accessories - For the Large Breeds
Three Shepherds Dog Accessories specializes in providing cute, handmade accessories for large breed dogs.
Pup & The Pepper - Hot sauce with a mission
Marret Metzger Studio - Make Art Part of Your Daily Routine
Marret Metzger is a clay artist that uses a technique knows as sgraffito to create breathtaking works of functional art.
Wabashiki Woodworks - The New Victorian Movement
Mike Meares Art - vibrant colors with a musical focus
Mike Meares Art is a 2D artist with a focus on music and abstract, colorful wall decorations. Check out his work and see if something is right for your home!
Fire Stationery - Making Snail Mail Fashionable Again
Fire Stationery was born out of a love of sending and receiving hand written notes. The top notch materials will make you anticipate the next opportunity to send a note to someone close to you.
Valentine’s Day Shopping Ideas!
Floating Gardens - bring some greenery into your home
Floating Gardens was founded with the intent of making propagation stations more pleasing to look at while also giving you more places to keep them, adding height to your plant collection.
What is Shop Different?
Shop Different is focused on small steps that will make big differences in how we all purchase things, support our neighbors, live happier lives, and stand up against injustices around the world. Our primary focus is on quality with secondary focuses being on small, handmade, artistic, and local (around the midwest) business.
Many of the ideas share origins with minimalism in that we would rather buy fewer, but nicer, things. Buying quality allows your things to last longer, staying out of landfills, and really making them yours over time. Buying from artists, local, and small business keeps money in the community where you work and live and supports regular people, keeping your money from working its way up the chain of a large corporation where it is distributed in ever-decreasing portions to hourly workers, both here and abroad.
We are not against purchasing from large companies and realize that in our modern world, it will be difficult to find the things you need without visiting some of them. However, it is absolutely impossible to match the pride of ownership you will feel when buying from an local artist with anything you will find from those large corporations.