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We always tromp down Belmont to Paper Boy any time we need to buy someone a birthday card, because the stationary store usually has a nice little selection of cards handmade here in Chicago. We have an affinity for Chicago's DIY scene, and are complete suckers for anything fashioned by local artists.

Made in Chicago is back once again, to help you find socially-conscious and feel-good presents that will allow starving artists to buy dinner, or more yarn to knit their kid a scarf. Kristy Bowen, 33, is a poet and visual artist originally from Rockford. Bowen runs Dancing Girl Press, an online zine and publishing company committed to producing the work of female poets. She also sells delicious writerly and post-Victorian items from hand dyed slips...

Last week Made in Chicago brought you art to hang on your walls. Now we bring you home accessories in our quest to help you live a more local life. Susan Dwyer, 26, who describes herself as "a Chicago-based maker of things," sells architecturally inspired wallets, pillows and ceramics from her Etsy shop Up in the Air Somewhere. You can also find her work in person at the Renegade Craft Fair Holiday Sale going on...

Made in Chicago's taken a short hiatus, but now we're back, full of turkey and thankful for the artists and artisans in our town. Dolan Geiman grew up in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia on his family's Christmas tree farm. Dolan started making things from an early age and exploring the Blue Ridge Mountains near his home. His work reminds us of traipsing around old barns and making tree forts back in Tennessee. Dolan and...

Last week, we introduced our “Made in Chicago” feature about local artists. This week, we bring you Jacqueline Sourvelis, 28, of Le Photique. Jacqueline grew up in Detroit and has been in Chicago since summer 2004. We love all her local themed jewelry (like the Chicago Skyline necklace, pictured right). We asked Jacqueline to share her Etsy secrets:...

A+D Gallery's "Pass It On" DIY Exhibit Curators