In a few hours… H&G Expo 2013

The 2013 Home & Garden Expo is about to begin. Starting today, you’ll have the chance to buy lots of goodies for your home or patio, while contributing to Relay for Life (RFL) of Second Life. Here you have a few, and only a few, shots of the exhibitions and their products, in no particular order.

Remember the best way to support RFL is buying from the RFL vendors. The money you spend in those items will go to the charity in full. Of course, be free (and generous) to buy from non-RFL vendors to support the time, investment, and creativity of all the great designers participating in this event. Without them, none of this Expo would have been possible.

 See in this picture, for example, part of MudHoney’s  display. There are two items in this shot: a beautiful bed (that I know many would want to own), which is the for profit item; next to it is the RFL vendor –the nightstand– prominently featured. I like the way MudHoney did it because its creator knows the bed will attract a lot of attention (and will probably sell pretty well), so she puts a huge RFL vendor next to it. Props for that, because not all other RFL vendors are so well balanced or strategically placed.

One last and very important thing: Support original content ONLY. This is a huge event, so surely it isn’t easy to control what dozens of exhibitors will bring to the show. But you, as an informed and responsible shopper, know how to distinguish what’s original from what’s not.

The 6th Annual Home & Garden Expo starts today at noon PST.