Jenna Smith Originals - A Lifetime of Artistic Pursuits
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Jenna Smith Originals - A Lifetime of Artistic Pursuits

Smooch Lip Bliss, like many businesses featured on Shop Different Midwest, was formed as a result of the owner providing a solution for a problem she found in her life. She quickly learned that others had similar experiences and began offering her solution which has resulted in a growing company that places handmade products as the best solution for something many people experience.

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Smooch Lip Bliss - Speak Soft-Choose Kind
Grant Anderson Grant Anderson

Smooch Lip Bliss - Speak Soft-Choose Kind

Smooch Lip Bliss, like many businesses featured on Shop Different Midwest, was formed as a result of the owner providing a solution for a problem she found in her life. She quickly learned that others had similar experiences and began offering her solution which has resulted in a growing company that places handmade products as the best solution for something many people experience.

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Fruit Butters - A Smooth-Spreading Jelly/Jam Substitute
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Fruit Butters - A Smooth-Spreading Jelly/Jam Substitute

Fruit Butters is the product of a family recipe that is now being shared with the world. Using only the freshest fruits and other organic ingredients, Fruit Butters is an ideal replacement for jellies and jams, containing less sugar and having a consistency that allows them to be spread much easier than other fruit-based products.

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Chez Pauline French Bakery - The Taste of Home
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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.

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highsummer - Elevate Your Space
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highsummer - Elevate Your Space

highsummer was officially founded in April of 2021. However, like many of the featured businesses, was backed by skills and passions that have been built over many years.

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Relovedbyliz - Reduce, Reuse, Relove
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Relovedbyliz - Reduce, Reuse, Relove

Reloved by Liz incorporates everything we stand for. Reusing old clothing, fighting fast fashion, and keeping things out of landfills and helping people look great while doing it!

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Stitch Sow Scribe - An Old Love Renewed
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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!

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Ed Sol Crafts - Capable Knives for Any Task
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Ed Sol Crafts - Capable Knives for Any Task

Ed Sol Crafts in located in Whiteland, IN and produces the highest quality chef and EDC knives. All handmade and using 100% domestically-sourced material to ensure long life to every item that leaves the shop.

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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.