Category: Accessible Shopping

Here’s the schedule for Let’s Go Shopping 3, and it’s the best lineup yet!

Published September 2, 2020 by L. Legendary

Here we go! Take a look at the fantastic mix of businesses prepared to take you shopping on Friday, September 4, and Saturday, September 5, You’ll definitely want to plan your schedule around this amazing lineup of entrepreneurs! Get ready to shop ’til you drop!

Let’s Go Shopping 3 Schedule

Note that all times are Pacific Time. Please adjust for your time zone accordingly.

Friday, September 4

8AM Welcome and introduction

8:15 Glamsticks

9AM Scentsy with Nini
9:30 Guidelight Gadgets

10AM Elegant Insights Braille Creations

11AM Guidelight Dogs

12N Angela’s Awesome Homemade Beef Jerky
12:30 A T Guys

1PM Scenic Made

2PM Mitsy Kit

3PM Snag A Frag

4PM End of day

Saturday, September 5

8AM Pure Haven

9AM Beauty by Brittany
9:30 Guidelight Gadgets

10AM Mitsy Kit
10:30 My Photo Blanket

11AM A T Guys
11:30 Web Friendly Help

12N Elegant Insights Engraving

1PM Guidelight Dogs
1:30 Sparkle 911

2PM The Harbolt Company

3PM Happy Hour

4PM End of day.

What is Happy Hour, you ask? It’s a way for any of the vendors who want to take additional questions, make announcements, add to their presentation if they ran out of time, or get back to someone who had a question they could not answer during their session to finish. If you miss your favorite vendors and want to catch up, bring a beverage and join this casual chat. We’ll also have door prize drawings during this hour, so please stop in for the Let’s Go Shopping Happy Hour!

Don’t forget to use the tag, #LetsGoShopping when tweeting about the event!

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Let’s Go Shopping 3: Back to School, and a Holiday 2020 Preview

Published September 1, 2020 by L. Legendary

Almost six months ago, I found myself fretting over the number of industries that were quickly becoming threatened by the need to “stay home to slow the spread,” due to the mandatory quarantines imposed in many US states. As I followed the negotiations taking place in Congress, and the decisions that were made as to which industries would receive the proposed billions in an effort to keep the economy afloat, I grew concerned about the fate of some of my friends, owners of micro businesses, those very small, home-based, sole proprietorships that are the only means of support for many entrepreneurs I knew. I began to wonder, as was the case the last time Congress passed a bail-out package during a time of national hardship, if people with disabilities were going to be left out.

Further, upon learning of the regulations passed as to which small businesses would be eligible for the Payroll Protection Plan, I realized that many of the entrepreneurs I knew personally would not qualify, as they either ran a one person operation, or had few employees who worked part-time, or as independent contractors. Would micro businesses be passed over? What about business owners with disabilities? Would they be eligible to receive the stimulus checks that were dispersed to families? It occurred to me that a segment of the population about which I care deeply might be in trouble if the so-called “Cares Act” didn’t much care for them. I decided to do something about it.

The best way I could think of to give entrepreneurs with disabilities a fighting chance was to find a way to help them increase sales. Without knowing for sure whether or not everyone was going to receive a stimulus check, I wanted to create a program that might be somewhat more sustainable that a $1200 gone-in-a-flash payment, even if a check were distributed to everyone.

The result was an experiment I called Let’s Go Shopping. The idea was to assist small businesses to gain exposure to new customers, while exposing customers to a fun and unique way to shop a variety of businesses, all in one place, all without leaving their home. Creating a virtual shopping mall seemed infinitely less cumbersome for a small business owner than flying to a distant city to exhibit at a conference, with the requisite hotel stay and associated expenses, or applying for a business loan, or spending grueling hours working a trade show floor, which wasn’t possible during the Corona virus pandemic, anyway.

And what of the shoppers who could no longer go out? The ones who lacked a solid Internet connection, or who did not have a multiplicity of online access, due to children and/or spouse working from home? What about people who still wanted to send gifts, but who felt overwhelmed by the cognitive burden of online shopping, and who were frustrated about not being able to be part of upcoming graduation ceremonies, Easter gatherings, or Mother’s Day? Lockdown affected everyone differently, and as usual, I saw no one addressing the needs of the most vulnerable among us, people with disabilities, not-so-tech-savvy seniors, people with underlying health conditions, people stuck at home, with limited options. How could I connect small businesses with the customers who needed them?

The Let’s Go Shopping model is an online, accessible, virtual mall where anyone with a PC, laptop, smartphone, or even an old-school landline telephone can connect, via Zoom, to a variety of small businesses, just like in any real-world shopping mall. The first event was multiple hours, the second was multiple days, and the third will be the best yet.

Join us Friday, September 4th and Saturday, September 5th from 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM Pacific, 11:00 AM to 7:00 PM Eastern Time for Let’s Go Shopping 3 – Back to School and Holiday Gift Preview.

Want to start your holiday shopping early? Looking for unique fall decor
for your home? Want to get ready for the new school year in
style? We’ll have tech gadgets and guide dog gear, apparel and accessories, food, art, jewelry, and personalized gifts. We’ll even have help for remote workers setting up home offices, or for parents who need to set up home-schooling or distance learning stations. Expect a
fantastic mix of small businesses to explore, whether shopping for yourself, your
kids, or for fall and winter 2020. Let’s Go Shopping is a virtual mall like no
other, so grab your gift list and your phone, and Zoom in to our 2-day
event!

Get the Zoom virtual shopping mall invitation by subscribing to our announce list. You can send a blank email to:

lgs+subscribe@groups.io

or go to:

groups.io/g/LGS

Please share the news with your own network! Don’t forget to use the tag, #LetsGoShopping when tweeting about the event. Can’t get to the mall? No problem. We’ll bring the mall to you. Best of all, no mask needed!

Ready for a little retail therapy? Let’s Go Shopping!

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No org affiliation? No problem! An invitation to a stylish virtual boutique.

Published July 15, 2020 by L. Legendary

No matter which blindness advocacy organization’s name is printed on your membership card, there’s been a little something for everyone at the summer national conventions. this year, due to the pandemic crisis, our lives seem to have moved online. So has our conference-going. As was the case for many of you, I had planned to attend a number of conferences in person this year, and one by one, they all dropped back and punted to the player on the other team, Zoom.

By this time any other year, I would be exhibiting my Elegant Insights Braille Creations, greeting many of you in person, shaking your hand, introducing you to whomever was working the exhibit hall booth with me, showing you my pretty merchandise, and thanking you for stopping by. Instead, I’m offering my products virtually, via the conference platform chosen by the NFB for their online sessions and hoping you’ll select the link that will deposit you in my Zoom room.

While registered attendees are strongly encouraged to attend the general, educational, and affiliate sessions, the vendors who would typically have exhibit hall hours that did not conflict with the convention agenda would be eagerly awaiting the arrival of the conference attendees, hoping to make some sales. In the case of the convention of the American Council for the Blind, the “exhibit hall” was actually a series of recorded infomercial’s where blind business owners could present everything they possibly could in the span of ten minutes. These recorded presentations were then played on ACB Radio. The NFB invested in an elaborate conference platform, where sessions could be attended virtually, while exhibit hall hours were scheduled throughout the week.

After two days of presenting my products to a mostly empty room, surprising considering the trumpeted number of registered attendees, it has occurred to me that there is no reason to limit my audience to the NFB audience. Anyone can connect to a Zoom room, so I’d like to invite all-comers to a couple of sessions at which I’ll be talking about my products, answering questions, and hopefully, meeting the customers that I’m missing by adhering to the limits of the convention exhibit hall hours.

Copy and paste the link below into your browser to join our virtual booth via Zoom:

us02web.zoom.us/j/81181371379?pwd=ellQUW5vVThRYnpjeDRZSkhzcmlkQT09

Meeting ID: 811 8137 1379
Password: 514106

On Thursday, July 16, Friday, July 17, and Saturday July 18, I will be available during the NFB20 exhibit hall hours as follows:

Thursday
6AM to 8AM Pacific Time, 9AM to 11AM Eastern: I’ve got a couple of announcements I’m excited to share, including some great new products, as well as big news about a new direction for Elegant Insights.

Friday
6AM to 8AM Pacific Time, 9AM to 11AM Eastern: We’ll be talking about gifts, gifts, and more gifts. Hey, it’s never too early to start holiday shopping. Think of it as Christmas in July.

Friday
2PM to 4PM Pacific Time, 5PM to 7PM Eastern: Catch up on everything you’ve missed with Elegant Insights, and get your product questions answered. You may even win a gift of braille jewelry! Did somebody say prize drawing?

Saturday
6AM to 9AM Pacific Time, 9AM to noon Eastern: Am I really hitting the Zoom room at 6AM? Yes I am. On Saturday, I’ll be joined by Brent Harbolt from The Harbolt Company, and we’re just going to chat about the convention, check in with our customers about the best sessions, compare notes on how tired we are, and generally shoot the breeze.

Saturday
3PM to 5PM Pacific Time, 6PM to 8PM Eastern: Busy this Saturday night? After a long week working, social distancing, or conventioneering, zoom in to a session that’s all about fashion, fragrance, and fabulous. Laura and Brent invite you to join our Saturday Night Style event, where we’ll chat about apparel and accessories, fragrance and skin care, trends, and bath and beauty products for both men and women. Brent, Laura, and a mixed panel of fashionistas will answer your burning style questions. Need a heads-up about men’s grooming products? Summer trends? Color cosmetics? Hottest men’s fragrances? Ways to wear jewelry and accessories while wearing a mask? Okay, maybe not that last one, but whatever you want to know, we’re here to rescue you from any style emergency.

Whether you have an upcoming job interview, special event, or just want to look your best in all those Zoom meetings, join us from 6 PM to 8 PM Eastern Time, 3PM to 5 PM Pacific for Saturday Night Style. Here is your Zoom invitation:

Join our zoom group with your computer or zoom app on your device by clicking the link below:
us02web.zoom.us/j/81181371379?pwd=ellQUW5vVThRYnpjeDRZSkhzcmlkQT09

Meeting ID: 811 8137 1379
Password: 514106

Join our zoom group by doing a single tap on your mobile device on one of the numbers below:
+16699006833,,81181371379#,,,,0#,,514106# US (San Jose)
+12532158782,,81181371379#,,,,0#,,514106# US (Tacoma)

Join our zoom group from your landline telephone by calling one of the numbers below. (You will need to enter the meeting ID and password with this option)
Meeting ID: 811 8137 1379
Password: 514106

+1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose)
+1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma)
+1 346 248 7799 US (Houston)
+1 929 436 2866 US (New York)
+1 301 715 8592 US (Germantown)
+1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)

Find your local number: us02web.zoom.us/u/kddCvKUbKa
See you there!

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Did you miss our second Let’s Go Shopping mall crawl? Here are the event recordings

Published May 18, 2020 by L. Legendary

With Father’s Day upcoming, and graduations happening now, you might be wondering how to get gifts to everyone on your list. Need a little personal assistance? Prefer to speak to a real person instead of shop online? Looking for something specific, but need more information? Our second Let’s Go Shopping event had it all. Maybe you really wanted to attend, but couldn’t find the time. I’ve got you covered.

As promised, here are the recordings for our second Let’s Go Shopping event, which took place May 7, 8, and 9, 2020. If you attended our virtual mall crawl, I hope you discovered new businesses with which to do some gift shopping, and enjoyed hearing about new products from your existing favorite entrepreneurs. If you placed an order for anything you heard about on our three-day extravaganza, thank you so much for your patronage. We appreciate your business. If you missed any part of the event, you are invited to check out the below rebroadcasts.

Please note that unless stated with respect to a specific date of availability, all mentions of special pricing, discounts, or door prizes have expired. Also, thank you for your patience regarding shipping and inventory restocking issues, as all of our vendors are working through the stay at home restrictions in their area, as well as dealing with delays from their own suppliers.

Thank you for joining us for LGS2, and enjoy the recordings. Ready for a little retail therapy? Let’s Go Shopping!

Day One: Thursday, May 7

A T Guys
Pure Haven
Patti and Ricky
Scentsy with Nini
Elegant Insights
A T Guys

Day Two: Friday, May 8

Guidelights and Gadgets
The Pampered Chef
Popcornalicious
Elegant Insights
Guidelight Dogs Accessories

Day Three: Saturday, May 9

The Harbolt Company
Elegant Insights
Guidelight Dogs Toys
Pure Haven
Mystic Access
Scentsy with Nini
Beauty by Brittany
The Harbolt Company

Want information about future Let’s Go Shopping Virtual Events? Be sure to go here and sign up for our announcement group.go here and sign up for our announcement group.

Shop ’til you drop!

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Here’s the Let’s Go Shopping 2 business directory: Be sure to shop ’til you drop!

Published May 7, 2020 by L. Legendary

Here is our stellar lineup of business owners. Please patronize these amazing entrepreneurs!

Ready for a little retail therapy? Let’s Go Shopping!

A. T. Guys
A. T. Guys will be offering a special deal for everyone who tunes in. We are taking orders and ready to provide the technology you need.

J. J. Meddaugh
269-216-4798
www.atguys.com
support@atguys.com
Twitter: @atguys
Facebook: www.facebook.com/atguys

Pure Haven by Leanne
We offer a full line of personal care and cleaning products for the
whole family, that are 100% free of toxins, nonGMO, cruelty-free,
gluten-free, and made in America at our USDA certified organic
manufacturing facility without compromise! We remove the toxins so YOU
can protect your family and make your home a pure haven.

Leanne Merren
269-207-4207
leanne4pureliving@gmail.com
www.purehaven.com/leannemerren
Facebook: www.facebook.com/purehavenbyleanne
FB Group: www.facebook.com/groups/purehavenbyleanne

Patti and Ricky
Functional and fashionable apparel and accessories for people of all abilities.

Alexandra Herold
www.pattiandricky.com
303-578-6594
alex@pattiandricky.com
Twitter: @pattiandricky_
Facebook: www.facebook.com/pattiandricky/
Instagram: @pattiandrickycom

Scentsy with Nini
Fill your life with fragrance.

Nini Urschel
Independent Scentsy Consultant
916-206-1151
www.nini.scentsy.us
nini95626@sbcglobal.net
Facebook: www.facebook.com/pages/category/Product-Service/NV-Wickless-Scents-More-125248947558448/

Elegant Insights Braille Creations
A distinctive, handcrafted collection of jewelry and accessories embossed in braille.

Laura Legendary
702-605-1265
www.elegantinsightsjewelry.com
l.legendary@elegantinsightsjewelry.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/Elegant.Insights
Twitter: @ElegantInsights
Instagram: www.instagram.com/elegantinsights

GuideLights and Gadgets, Inc.
Simple and affordable technological fun.

Barry Scheur
(617) 969-7500
www.guidelightsandgadgets.us/
1597 Suncrest Drive
Myrtle Beach, SC 29577.
bscheur@scheur.com

The Pampered Chef

Ryan Crile
(559)931-5640
theboiz@icloud.com
www.pamperedchef.com/pws/theboiz
FB: Ryan Criles Pampered Chef

Hayward gourmet Popcorn and Confections
Welcome to Hayward Gourmet! Our home-made, made from scratch, gourmet popcorn is a delicious and mouthwatering treat that you will not find anywhere else. Sure, there are other popcorn companies but Hayward Gourmet takes pride in creating, making, and hand packing every batch of gourmet popcorn. We are a family owned business in historic Hayward, Wisconsin. We have over 40 flavors with an abundance of other culinary products available to make your popcorn experience as unique as you want it to be! Let Hayward Gourmet guide you through a tasty experience like no other! Take a look at our product line and don’t hesitate to contact Catalina Martinez with any questions you may have! Thanks for “Popping In” and checking out all that Hayward Gourmet has to offer you!

Catalina Martinez
612-227-3011
popcornalicious.haywardgourmet.com
popcornalicious@gmail.com

GuideLight Dog Products
(Division of GuideLights and Gadgets, Inc.) Happiness wags.

KaeAnn Rausch
781-286-1696
GuideLightDogs@gmail.com
www.guidelightsandgadgets.us/CatalogGuideLightDogProducts.html
Twitter: @Kaeko658

Mystic Access
WHERE THE MAGIC IS IN LEARNING!®

Chris Grabowski, Kim Loftis
716-543-3323 (Ext. 500)
www.MysticAccess.com
info@mysticaccess.com
Facebook: mysticaccessempower
Twitter: @MystickAccess

Beauty by Brittany
Color your world with Mary Kay Cosmetics and Skin Care

Brittany Savage
Independent beauty consultant
804-832-5439
www.marykay.com/bsavage2
tanielizabeth21@yahoo.com
Twitter: @tanielizabeth21

The Harbolt Company
We specialize in unique and hard to find items to make your life easier. We love what we do, and so will you!

Brent Harbolt
405-633-2572
www.harboltcompany.com
sales@harboltcompany.com
Twitter: @harboltcompany
Facebook: www.facebook.com/theharboltcompany

Don’t forget to use the tag #LetsGoShopping when tweeting about the event!

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An accessible, virtual shopping event just for dads and grads: Let’s Go Shopping 2!

Published May 6, 2020 by L. Legendary

To everyone who attended our first online, all day, virtual mall crawl, Let’s Go Shopping, thank you! It was a huge success. So much so, in fact, we are doing it again!

When:

May 7, 8, & 9, from 9 AM to 1 PM Pacific time. It’s a three-day extravaganza for dads and grads. Please join us!

Thursday, May 7
09:00: Welcome and introduction (15 mins)
09:15: A T Guys (45 mins)

10:00: Pure Haven (30 mins)

10:30: Patti and Ricky (30 mins)

11:00: Scentsy with Nini (30 mins)

11:30: Elegant Insights (60 mins)

12:30: A T Guys (30 mins)

1:00: End of Day

Friday, May 8

09:00: Guidelights and Gadgets (60 mins)

10:00: The Pampered Chef (60 mins)

11:00: Popcornalicious (60 mins)

12:00: Elegant Insights (30 mins)

12:30: Guidelight Dogs Accessories (30 mins)

1:00: End of Day

Saturday, May 9

09:00: The Harbolt Company (30 mins)

09:30: Elegant Insights (30 mins)

10:00: Guidelight Dogs Toys 30 mins)

10:30: Pure Haven (30 mins)

11:00: Mystic Access (30 mins)

11:30: Scentsy with Nini (30 mins)

12:00: Beauty by Brittany (30 mins)

12:30: The Harbolt Company (25 mins)
12:55: Door prizes and wrap up

1:00: End of Day

Here’s your invitation!

You are invited to a 3 day, online, accessible, virtual mall crawl.

Let’s Go Shopping!
Dates: 5/7/2020 through 5/9/2020
Times: 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM Daily. (Pacific time)

To be eligible for door prizes, or to get alerts for special offers and info on future Let’s Go Shopping Virtual Events, subscribe to our low volume, announce only, moderated email group:

groups.io/g/LGS

Daily Schedule:
May 7, 2020 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM (Pacific time)
May 8, 2020 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM (Pacific time)
May 9, 2020 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM (Pacific Time)

How to join our Zoom virtual mall:

Click below to join the event from your computer or Zoom Ap on your mobile device:
zoom.us/j/98318804235?pwd=WFQrS2lnVEQ2WWxPeE9kVzNNUHU0QT09
Meeting ID: 983 1880 4235
Password: 238717

Click below to one tap call in to the event on your mobile device:
+16699006833,,98318804235#,,#,238717# US (San Jose)
+13462487799,,98318804235#,,#,238717# US (Houston)

Call one of the numbers below to join the event from a land line phone. (meeting ID and password will be required)
Meeting ID: 983 1880 4235
Password: 238717
+1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose)
+1 346 248 7799 US (Houston)
+1 301 715 8592 US
+1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)
+1 929 436 2866 US (New York)
+1 253 215 8782 US

Find your local number: zoom.us/u/abZUrvSCbt

Happy shopping!

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Let’s Go Shopping again – with the event recordings

Published April 9, 2020 by L. Legendary

If you missed all or part of the epic online virtual event “Let’s Go Shopping,” then you may have been waiting for the promised recording. Below is an edited version of the entire day, separated into smaller segments so that it’s a bit easier to visit the shops that interest you most. Note that unless otherwise stated, any mention of special products, prices, gift certificates, discounts or door prizes have expired, and no longer valid. Enjoy the presentations, and thanks for shopping!

Let’s Go Shopping part 1

Sight and Sound Technology
Elegant Insights Braille Creations
Hartgen Consultancy

Let’s Go Shopping part 2

PattiandRicky
Strawberry Moon Reborns
Beauty by Brittany

Let’s Go Shopping part 3

A. T. Guys
GlamSticks
GuideLights and Gadgets, Inc.
Scentsy with Nini
Patti and Ricky

Let’s Go Shopping part 4

GuideLight Dogs
Tawny’s Pottery Lab
A. T. Guys
The Unseen Bean

Let’s Go Shopping part 5

The Harbolt Company
Elegant Insights Braille Creations
Wrap-up

Vendor directory:

Sight and Sound Technology
Sight and Sound Technology Ireland is the leading provider of hardware and software to the blind, visually impaired and those with learning and reading difficulties.

Stuart Lawler
?www.sightandsound.co.uk
Telephone: +35316909720
Mobile: +353879926360
stuart.lawler@sightandsoundtechnology.ie
Twitter: @sastireland

Elegant Insights Braille Creations
Jewelry and accessories with a tactile twist. We bring out the beauty of braille.

Laura Legendary
www.elegantinsightsjewelry.com
l.legendary@elegantinsightsjewelry.com
702-605-1265
Facebook: www.facebook.com/Elegant.Insights
Twitter: @ElegantInsights
Instagram: www.instagram.com/elegantinsights

Hartgen Consultancy
Training and products for the JAWS Screen-reader. Quality, Confidence, Excellence.

Brian Hartgen
www.hartgenconsultancy.com
US: 239-256-7779
Twitter : www.twitter.com/hartgenconsult
Facebook: www.facebook.com/hartgenconsult

Patti and Ricky
Functional and fashionable apparel and accessories for people of all abilities.

Alexandra Herold
www.pattiandricky.com
303-578-6594
alex@pattiandricky.com
Twitter: @pattiandricky_
Facebook: www.facebook.com/pattiandricky/
Instagram: @pattiandrickycom

StrawberryMoonReborns
Lifelike baby dolls for your child, or the child in all of us.

Lulu Hartgen
www.strawberrymoonreborns.com
+44-7773-501-358.
Facebook: www.facebook.com/strawberrymoonkins
And
Facebook: www.facebook.com/strawberrymoonreborns
Instagram: @strawberrymoonreborns
Twitter: @SMReborns.

Beauty by Brittany
Color your world with Mary Kay Cosmetics

Brittany Savage
Independent beauty consultant
www.marykay.com/bsavage2
tanielizabeth21@yahoo.com
Twitter: @tanielizabeth21

A. T. Guys
A. T. Guys will be offering a special deal for everyone who tunes in. We are taking orders and ready to provide the technology you need.

J. J. Meddaugh
support@atguys.com
269-216-4798
Twitter: @atguys
Facebook: www.facebook.com/atguys

Glamsticks
Glamsticks ™ are bespoke, designer and couture crutches, canes, walking sticks, wheelchair covers and accessories all individually crafted for your personal use.

Lady Sharon Farley-Mason
www.glamsticks.co.uk
glamsticks@hotmail.com
UK 07903143322
Twitter: @glamsticks
Facebook: www.facebook.com/GlamSticks
Instagram: @sharonfm1_glamsticks

GuideLights and Gadgets, Inc.
Simple and affordable technological fun.

Barry Scheur
www.guidelightsandgadgets.us/
1597 Suncrest Drive
Myrtle Beach, SC 29577.
(617) 969-7500
bscheur@scheur.com

Scentsy with Nini
Fill your life with fragrance.

Nini Urschel
Independent Scentsy Consultant
www.nini.scentsy.us
916-206-1151
nini95626@sbcglobal.net
Facebook: NV Wickless Scents & More

GuideLight Dogs
Happiness wags.

KaeAnn Rausch
www.guidelightsandgadgets.us/CatalogGuideLightDogProducts.html
guidelightdogs@gmail.com
781-286-1696
Twitter: @Kaeko658

Tawny’s Pottery Lab
From my hands to yours, everyday art designed to touch: pet bowls, mugs, pendants, home decor

Tawny Villegas
Www.pottery-lab.com
www.etsy.com/shop/tawnyspotterylab
IG: @potterylab
Twitter: @pottery_lab
FB: www.facebook.com/potterylab/

The Unseen Bean
Taste the passion in blind roasted coffee.

Jerry Leary
www.theunseenbean.com
720-369-8039
info@theunseenbean.com
Twitter @theunseenbean

The Harbolt Company
We specialize in unique and hard to find items to make your life easier. We love what we do, and so will you!

Brent Harbolt
www.harboltcompany.com
sales@harboltcompany.com
405-633-2572
Twitter: @harboltcompany
Facebook: www.facebook.com/theharboltcompany

Thank you for joining us!

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Let’s Go Shopping and win door prizes too!

Published April 3, 2020 by L. Legendary

In case you haven’t heard, there’s this little event happening online tomorrow. It’s a virtual mall crawl! We invite you to attend via the Zoom video conferencing platform.

Zoom Meeting ID: 287180525

Let’s Go Shopping is an online, accessible, virtual event for small businesses and the customers who need them. You’ll find gifts for Mother’s Day, graduations, or just to gift a friend a lift. Oh, and did I mention door prizes? There’s going to be door prizes!

Below is a list of the vendors who will be offering door prizes, and a brief description of each. Some of the business owners are giving them away during their session, others are giving them out at the end of the day. You do not have to be present to win the door prizes at end of day, although you do have to attend the session in which the vendor him or herself will be awarding them. We will simply be choosing random numbers between 1 and however many attendees are in the session. We’ll ask our Siri or Alexa or whichever virtual personal assistant we’re using to pick the number. Not very sophisticated, but I guess it’s a bit better than game dice. Maybe not that much better.

Sight and Sound Technology Ireland

Free software license.

We’ll offer a free license of either JAWS, Zoomtext or Fusion to one person who attends our session.
Retail value: $750

Hartgen Consultancy

JAWS Screen Reader One Year.
Leasey Total Package.

If you’ve always wanted to try JAWS, now is your chance! You could win a full year of the famous JAWS Screen Reader. You can also win the total Leasey package, both items awarded in session.
Retail value: $90.00.
Retail value: $91.00

GuideLights And Gadgets

MAGNETIC BALL BEARING TACTILE WATCH
Color: Silver and Black
Band: Leather
DESCRIPTION: Similar to the Bradley line of watches, except the tactile ball bearings are both on the watch face. 40 mm diameter case.
Retail value: $125.00

Soundbox Amplifier
This rectangular wooden box device uses magnetic induction to amplify the sound of any small portable electronic device such as your iPhone, Victor Stream, or even your house phone handset. No wires or bluetooth connections are necessary. The box sits underneath the sound source and amplifies up to 300 percent louder. Rechargeable battery and charging cable included.
RETAIL value: $45.00.

Strawberry Moon Reborns

Strawberry Moondust Magic Sounds Diaper.

This exclusive accessory is perfect for your Strawberry Moonkin or your own baby doll. Attend the session to win!
Retail Value: $25.00

Patti and Ricky

Discount coupon code.

A Gift Certificate for anything in the www.pattiandricky.com marketplace. Awarded at end of day.
Retail value: $20.00.

The Unseen Bean

Free Shipping.

Free shipping with your purchase. Enter code freeship at checkout. no minimum! Available during session.
Retail value: $10.00.

Scentsy with Nini

Mini Scentsy warmer and a Scentsy Bar.

This mini plug-in wax melt warmer and full size wax bar will fill your life with fragrance. Your choice of warmer style and fragrance, US only. Attend to win.
Retail value: $26.00

A. T. Guys

Gift certificates.

Two gift certificates, one in a session, one at end of day. Restrictions may apply. Plus, a SoundPods Bluetooth Speaker during one of the sessions,
Retail value: $51.00.
Retail value: $26.00.
Retail value: $49.95.

Beauty by Brittany

Skin care.

A Mary Kay detoxifying charcoal mask. Attend to win!
Retail value: $24.00.

The Harbolt Company

Discount coupon.
10% off coupon on your first purchase. Restrictions may apply. End of day.
Retail value: Varies.

Elegant Insights Braille Creations

Braille accessories.

Three-piece braille embossed refrigerator magnet set, several adorable designs to choose from. Presented at end of day.
Retail value: $20.00.

To register for one of the end of day drawings, please go to this Google docs page and provide your email address:

bit.ly/3bSO0tF

If that link doesn’t work for you, go here to the Elegant Insights contact page.

You need to give us permission to send you details about shipping your item, so thank you for providing your name and email. Also, the entire day will be recorded, so if you would like to be notified when the recording is available, we can drop you a note.

I hope you all have fun shopping tomorrow, although there’s a really good chance we might break Zoom! *crosses fingers*

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Ready for a little retail therapy? Here’s the Let’s Go Shopping event schedule and vendor details!

Published April 2, 2020 by L. Legendary

Here is the final schedule and business directory for the all-day, online, virtual shopping day! See you there!

Saturday, April 4th, 2020, from 7 AM to 7 PM Pacific Time. Let’s Go Shopping is an all-day, online, accessible event connecting small businesses and the customers who need them. Ready for a little retail therapy?

Let’s Go Shopping!

Please note that all times are pacific Time. Adjust accordingly for your time zone.

7:00 am PT: Good morning and welcome (Laura)

7:30 am: Sight and Sound Technology

8:00 am PT: Elegant Insights Braille Creations

9:00 am PT: Hartgen Consultancy

10:00 am PT: PattiandRicky.com Adaptive Fashion

11:00 am PT: Strawberry Moon Reborns

11:30 am: Beauty by Brittany

12:00 pm PT: A. T. Guys

12:30 pm: GlamSticks

1:00 pm PT: GuideLights and Gadgets, Inc.

1:30 pm: Scentsy with Nini

2:00 pm PT: PattiandRicky.com Inclusive Accessories

3:00 pm PT: GuideLight Dogs

3:30 pm: Tawny’s Pottery Lab

4:00 pm PT: A. T. Guys

4:30 pm: The Unseen Bean

5:00 pm PT: The Harbolt Company

6:00 pm PT: Elegant Insights Braille Creations

6:30 pm: Door prizes and wrap-up Laura and friends

Let’s Go Shopping with these fabulous vendors!

Sight and Sound Technology
Sight and Sound Technology Ireland is the leading provider of hardware and software to the blind, visually impaired and those with learning and reading difficulties.

Stuart Lawler
?www.sightandsound.co.uk
Telephone: +35316909720
Mobile: +353879926360
stuart.lawler@sightandsoundtechnology.ie
Twitter: @sastireland

Elegant Insights Braille Creations
Jewelry and accessories with a tactile twist. We bring out the beauty of braille.

Hartgen Consultancy
Training and products for the JAWS Screen-reader. Quality, Confidence, Excellence.

Brian Hartgen
www.hartgenconsultancy.com
US: 239-256-7779
Twitter : www.twitter.com/hartgenconsult
Facebook: www.facebook.com/hartgenconsult

Patti and Ricky
Functional and fashionable apparel and accessories for people of all abilities.

Alexandra Herold
www.pattiandricky.com
303-578-6594
alex@pattiandricky.com
Twitter: @pattiandricky_
Facebook: www.facebook.com/pattiandricky/
Instagram: @pattiandrickycom

StrawberryMoonReborns
Lifelike baby dolls for your child, or the child in all of us.

Beauty by Brittany
Color your world with Mary Kay Cosmetics

Brittany Savage
Independent beauty consultant
www.marykay.com/bsavage2
tanielizabeth21@yahoo.com
Twitter: @tanielizabeth21

A. T. Guys
A. T. Guys will be offering a special deal for everyone who tunes in. We are taking orders and ready to provide the technology you need.

J. J. Meddaugh
support@atguys.com
269-216-4798
Twitter: @atguys
Facebook: www.facebook.com/atguys

Glamsticks
Glamsticks ™ are bespoke, designer and couture crutches, canes, walking sticks, wheelchair covers and accessories all individually crafted for your personal use.

Lady Sharon Farley-Mason
www.glamsticks.co.uk
glamsticks@hotmail.com
UK 07903143322
Twitter: @glamsticks
Facebook: www.facebook.com/GlamSticks
Instagram: @sharonfm1_glamsticks

GuideLights and Gadgets, Inc.
Simple and affordable technological fun.

Barry Scheur
www.guidelightsandgadgets.us/
1597 Suncrest Drive
Myrtle Beach, SC 29577.
(617) 969-7500
bscheur@scheur.com

Scentsy with Nini
Fill your life with fragrance.

Nini Urschel
Independent Scentsy Consultant
www.nini.scentsy.us
916-206-1151
nini95626@sbcglobal.net
Facebook: NV Wickless Scents & More

GuideLight Dogs
Happiness wags.

KaeAnn Rausch
www.guidelightsandgadgets.us/CatalogGuideLightDogProducts.html
guidelightdogs@gmail.com
781-286-1696
Twitter: @Kaeko658

Tawny’s Pottery Lab
From my hands to yours, everyday art designed to touch: pet bowls, mugs, pendants, home decor

Tawny Villegas
Www.pottery-lab.com
www.etsy.com/shop/tawnyspotterylab
IG: @potterylab
Twitter: @pottery_lab
FB: www.facebook.com/potterylab/

The Unseen Bean
Taste the passion in blind roasted coffee.

Jerry Leary
www.theunseenbean.com
720-369-8039
info@theunseenbean.com
Twitter @theunseenbean

The Harbolt Company
We specialize in unique and hard to find items to make your life easier. We love what we do, and so will you!

Brent Harbolt
www.harboltcompany.com
sales@harboltcompany.com
405-633-2572
Twitter: @harboltcompany
Facebook: www.facebook.com/theharboltcompany

Special thanks to The Harbolt Company for donating the Zoom virtual shopping mall. Thanks also to vendors donating door prizes throughout the day. Be sure to tune in on saturday, April 4th, 2020 to shop ’till you drop!

Let’s Go Shopping!

Join us via the Zoom Video Conferencing platform:

Laura Legendary has invited you to the online event, “Let’s Go Shopping!”

An all-day, accessible, online event. Let’s Go Shopping! We’re connecting small businesses and the customers who need them.

Join us Saturday April 4, 2020, start time 7:00 AM Pacific Time, 8:00 AM Mountain Time, 9:00 Central Time, 10:00 AM Eastern Time (US and Canada). Event concludes at 7 PM Pacific Time.

Join Zoom Meeting from your computer or mobile device with Zoom app installed. (needs meeting ID.)
Meeting ID: 287 180 525

zoom.us/j/287180525

One tap join from your mobile device. (does not require meeting ID.)

+16699006833,,287180525# US (San Jose)
+13462487799,,287180525# US (Houston)

Dial by your location on a land line phone. (needs meeting ID.)
Meeting ID: 287 180 525

+1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose)
+1 346 248 7799 US (Houston)
+1 929 436 2866 US (New York)
+1 253 215 8782 US
+1 301 715 8592 US
+1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)

Find your local number: zoom.us/u/abZUrvSCbt

Be sure to show up and shop!

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For immediate release – An online, accessible event: Let’s Go Shopping!

Published March 31, 2020 by L. Legendary

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

March 30, 2020

Stuck at home? Let’s Go Shopping! Attend this online event that brings together small businesses and the customers who need them.

Henderson, NV – Laura Legendary, owner of Elegant Insights Braille Creations, has organized an all-day, online accessible experience for seniors and consumers with disabilities called “Let’s Go Shopping!” On Saturday, April 4th, from 7 AM PT to 7 PM PT, shoppers will be able to call or connect to the Zoom platform to shop for gifts for Easter, Passover, Mother’s Day, graduations, or any upcoming gift-giving occasion. With millions of people in self-isolation, getting out to shop is all but impossible for those with limited mobility.

People with disabilities, seniors, and those in rural areas with limited bandwidth or lack of access to help from their children, in-home health care provider, or personal assistant may find navigating web sites to go shopping online difficult. “People with print or cognitive disabilities who would normally have access to assistive technology through their workplace, or a care worker who they rely on to accomplish shopping tasks may now find themselves cut off, thanks to the need to remain at home. As a result, they may find online shopping to be cognitively burdensome,” says Legendary. “My goal with the Let’s Go Shopping event was two-fold: Not only to give micro businesses a boost, but to bring a virtual shopping mall to customers,” says Legendary, who is blind. “Besides, we could all use a little retail therapy about now.”

Attendees will access the live online mall using the Zoom Video Conferencing platform. Zoom has been a lifesaver for students and parents who need to connect with teachers and colleagues. Zoom enables users to sign in using a desktop, laptop, smartphone app, or even their landline telephone. Brent Harbolt, of The Harbolt Company, one of the participating vendors, has donated the Zoom room for the event. “Let’s Go Shopping is an opportunity for me to reach new customers who are looking for gadgets to make their life a little easier, provide product descriptions, and directly answer people’s questions in real time,” says Harbolt.

All of the small business owners participating in the “Let’s Go Shopping” event have a disability. Vendors include A T Guys, PattiandRicky.com, GuideLights and Gadgets Inc., Elegant Insights Braille Creations, Hartgen Consultancy, and more. Shoppers will be able to purchase artisan crafted dolls, home fragrance and beauty products, independent living aids, adaptive apparel and accessories, ceramics, and braille jewelry.

Elegant Insights Braille Creations is a distinctive, handcrafted collection of jewelry and accessories, made in the USA, and embossed in braille. Founded in 2011 by Laura Legendary, Elegant Insights jewelry is meaningful, unusual, accessible, and inclusive. We bring out the beauty of braille.

Contact: Laura Legendary, Elegant Insights Braille Creations
702-605-1265
l.legendary@elegantinsightsjewelry.com

Braille jewelry in bloom…

To attend, use any of the following Zoom links or appropriate phone numbers for your area:
Join Zoom Meeting from your computer or mobile device with zoom app installed. (needs meeting ID.)
Meeting ID: 287 180 525

zoom.us/j/287180525

One tap join from your mobile device. (does not require meeting ID.)

+16699006833,,287180525# US (San Jose)
+13462487799,,287180525# US (Houston)

Dial by your location on a land line phone. (needs meeting ID.)
Meeting ID: 287 180 525

+1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose)
+1 346 248 7799 US (Houston)
+1 929 436 2866 US (New York)
+1 253 215 8782 US
+1 301 715 8592 US
+1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)

Find your local number: zoom.us/u/abZUrvSCbt

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