Outraged designer/entrepreneurs in Austin, TX-we need you!

[ErinDay Loyd]

I just stumbled onto this whole CPSIA bugaboo this morning on www.kvue.com and I am outraged. Kathleen suggested organizing a press conference. If you are an Austin, TX designer/entrepreneur who will be negatively-to-catastrophically impacted by this nonsensical legislation, please email me if you are also interested in helping organize a press conference to get the word out to the community. Thanks!

[Guest]

There is a specific etsy street team for Austin, Tx artistisans. Surely some of them would be easy to contact for your efforts:

Etsy Austin

Profile: The Etsy Austin team is a group of Etsy artists living in the
Austin area who've come together to befriend, help & inspire each
other; network & share business tips; engage in promotional activities for the team; get involved in the Austin indie craft scene; and have fun! This is a street team that will meet in person regularly and host/participate in local arts and crafts events.We're here to nurture creativity and small businesses, and encourage shopping locally and buying handmade.

Links:
Flickr Group http://www.flickr.com/groups/etsyaustin/
Team Blog http://etsyaustin.blogspot.com/

Contact: Beth aka SnuggleHerd http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=6079753

All Etsy sellers who reside in the greater Austin area & wish to meet other Austin area sellers are welcome to join, regardless of the type of art or craft you make & sell. All ages & backgrounds are welcome, whether you have been selling your wares for a long time or haven't made your first sale yet. Vintage sellers are welcome too, but many team events will be aimed at the promotion and sale of members' handmade goods.

Meetings:
EVEN MONTHS: Second Tues. of the month; 7:00 PM
ODD MONTHS: Second Sat. of the month; 2:00 PM
LOCATION for all meetings: Spider House Cafe in central Austin
map: http://tinyurl.com/spiderhousemap

http://etsyaustin.blogspot.com/

Members: actionjackson, adornmodern, alittlebitofsomethin, AmeliaBeth, annemariebeard, AprilWrightDesign, ArtByLilin, BagLadySecrets, BarbsDesigns, birdandmonster, blingforbowwow, bobbichukran, BowerbirdDesign, BrendaWampler, brightcarver, brokenearproductions, CarolBradley, chloeandjagger, cloud9designstudio, CollageObjects, coralreefdreams, Craftiness, crazeecrafteez, DelpfineWelchDesigns, demiduval, DevilgirlDesign, DivaKami, ecofab, ElizabethBonura, EstelleClothing, fiftyacorns, foxsar, ginapina, glademade, glintgear, Gothmartha, Gypsylullabi, HauntedHousewares, JanyMarie, jennyndesign, jewelalchemy, JojoVandiver, kanokwalee, kimskollection, laurenandrews, leahduncan, lipstickthedeer, lizamadchen, lolariera, lucybluestudio, LUSTERcreations, MagpieGemstones, mariposaluna, marynewton, melissamoze, misssnappy, ModelCitizen, MotsDots, mottsmithmott, NaturalObsessions, NotSoDotty, pairedhearts, Parsimony, PigseyArt, pinkhouse, polishedtwo, pommesfrites, PoppiDesigns, prozacprinsez, Rebecca2611, RedeemedByDSign, scarletfig, secondparty, shopshopdesigns, SnuggleHerd, SpiritMama, SweetWolf, theflashbulb, thesweetsouth, tinalewis, treasureboxtx, wendyoffield

Search etsy for items from this team by searching for the tag: teametsyaustin