For a little while now I’ve been participating in a new social shopping site called ThisNext - as you’ll see if you look in the sidebar of Make Me. In fact, without realising it at the time, I signed up and started using it within days of the site launching.

I’ve been using it as a way to show my handmade jewellery to the world, as well as to recommend just some of my favourite handmade items by other indie designers.

And it’s great! I’ve had a play with a few social shopping sites and ThisNext is by far my favourite for its excellent design, fast loading and very user-friendly interface. Plus the people who run it are all (in my experience!) lovely and very supportive of indie design.

Today ThisNext have featured a couple of my pieces of jewellery in their blog, as well as those of other handmaking types and a great write up about the joys of shopping at Etsy.com.

In terms of my own work, my cherry blossom earrings and one of my Japanese etch pendants featuring a chrysanthemum design were written about in this blog post by Kristopher Dukes.

Also read read the great review of shopping at Etsy which features some wonderful designers and makers who all sell their wares via Etsy.

Don’t forget to have a look at my ThisNext recommendations. And if you do sign up to make your own recommendations then visit my profile and recommend me too - the world needs more recommending!