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We encourage and incentivize intentional support for the diverse Main Street small businesses at the heart of our communities. www.intentionalist.com #SpendLikeItMatters

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Friday Afternoon Tea @fridaytea.com · 25/03/2026
Ready to celebrate Women’s History Month intentionally? 🎉 Our friends at @intentionalist.bsky.social have partnered with Seattle professional sports teams to reward YOU when you #SpendLikeItMatters at our business and other Woman-owned businesses!
A hand holds up an Intentionalist art card for Women’s History Month with a receipt upload qr link on it.
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Friday Afternoon Tea @fridaytea.com · 15/03/2026
For all y'all who blew up our site yesterday in pursuit of Lucky 13: don't forget to upload your receipts and help us win the @intentionalist.bsky.social leaderboard this month!
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Seattle Channel @seattlechannel.seattle.gov · 06/03/2026
Where you eat, drink, and shop matters. That idea is at the core of @intentionalist.bsky.social, an organization that works to ensure more entrepreneurs are seen, supported, and celebrated. As founder Laura Clise says, we all have a role in choosing where our money goes.
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Intentionalist helps shoppers put their money where their values are
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Friday Afternoon Tea @fridaytea.com · 04/03/2026
It's time! @intentionalist.bsky.social is rocking their Receipt & Receive program all March for woman-owned businesses (what up, Women's History Month!) and if you upload your receipts all this month through the link below we can totally win the leaderboards! intentionalist.com/womens-histo...
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Women's History Month Receipt and Receive
In celebration of Women's History Month, upload your receipt from Woman-owned small business to be entered to win special prizes.
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Intentionalist @intentionalist.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
We’ve started a list with links to quickly purchase e-gift cards from Twin Cities small businesses who have shared their support for immigrant communities. Send us screenshots of your small business e-gift card purchases and we’ll match them up to $1000. intentionalist.com/blog/gift-ca...
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Friday Afternoon Tea @fridaytea.com · 16/01/2026
Thank you @intentionalist.bsky.social for collating the data illustrating the current untenable decline of small business feasibility. We're more transparent about our financial stress than a lot of small businesses feel safe being, but it really is all of us. intentionalist.com/blog/the-sma...
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The Small Businesses We Love Are Struggling to Survive
New data shows that the small businesses we love are struggling to survive. Here’s what business owners shared—and why it matters.
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Friday Afternoon Tea @fridaytea.com · 30/10/2025
Pssst @intentionalist.bsky.social @king5news.com.web.brid.gy @spl.org @seattlenews.bsky.social can you help us shout the above out to our local communitea? 🍵❤️ #feedingneighbors #mutualaidseattle #seattlefooddrive #northwestharvest
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Friday Afternoon Tea @fridaytea.com · 23/09/2025
🌟Upload your receipts to the @intentionalist.bsky.social website by October 15th for the chance to win special prizes from your favorite sports team and Intentionalist 🎁 👉To learn more, visit intentionalist.com/l... 🎨Artwork by Flor de Cactus Studio
Receipt & Receive flyer from Intentionalist
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Friday Afternoon Tea @fridaytea.com · 07/09/2025
We are so grateful & honored to be nominated for three categories in this year's @intentionalist.bsky.social awards! Our 15th birthday is coming up & we are still as in love with facilitating communitea space & serving you joyfully as we were on day 1. 🍵❤️ Let's keep drinking tea together, yeah?
Intentionalist Nominee: Friday Afternoon Tea, Legacy AwardIntentionalist Nominee: Friday Afternoon Tea, Community Over CompetitionIntentionalist Nominee: Friday Afternoon Tea, Heart of the Community
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Friday Afternoon Tea @fridaytea.com · 30/08/2025
Finally, FIVE HOURS left to submit your @intentionalist.bsky.social Awards nominations! If you haven't hyped your fave Seattle indie brick & mortars over there, DO IT! These are a big deal for those of us behind the scenes of your third places! intentionalist.com/intentionali...
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Intentionalist Awards - Intentionalist
Celebrate the small businesses that make our neighborhoods shine. The Intentionalist Awards honor community champions whose dedication, creativity, and heart go far beyond what they sell. Join us as w...
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Intentionalist @intentionalist.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
The sign you’ve been waiting for… 🔗: intentionalist.com/intentionali... #SpendLikeItMatters #SmallBusiness
A billboard that reads: Intentionalist Awards nominations are due today.
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Friday Afternoon Tea @fridaytea.com · 27/08/2025
Nominations for this year's @intentionalist.bsky.social Awards closes this Friday! There's still time to get your nomination submissions in for any and all of your favorite Seattle indie brick & mortar businesses! intentionalist.com/intentionali...
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Intentionalist Awards - Intentionalist
Celebrate the small businesses that make our neighborhoods shine. The Intentionalist Awards honor community champions whose dedication, creativity, and heart go far beyond what they sell. Join us as w...
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Friday Afternoon Tea @fridaytea.com · 27/08/2025
Please do go and drop your nominations for us, your other fave indies, and your fave individual crew members as well! If you're not already following @intentionalist.bsky.social, do. They're an incredible platform uplifting small businesses and connecting communities every day!
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Kristin Pratt @prattkristin.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
Have a favorite small business or small business employee you want to see be recognized and win a cash award for their work in supporting the community? Then check out the @intentionalist.bsky.social and nominate by Aug 29! I’ve already got my noms in! :) intentionalist.com/intentionali...
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Kristin Pratt @prattkristin.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
Would love to see more #indiebookstores be a part of @intentionalist.bsky.social :) I’m sure there are loads of minority-owned small businesses that deserve to be recognized, and several booksellers that deserve to be recognized as a Team Member of the Year! intentionalist.com/intentionali...
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Nominate a small business! The annual Intentionalist Awards recognize small business community champions and celebrate the many ways that the value of Main Street small businesses is so much more […]
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Kristin Pratt @prattkristin.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
Nominated my favorite tea shop for “heart of the community” and my favorite bookseller for “team member of the year” for the @intentionalist.bsky.social awards! :) If you have a fave small business you’d like to see recognized, you can do so here by Aug 29: intentionalist.com/intentionali...
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Friday Afternoon Tea @fridaytea.com · 16/07/2025
We hear this year's @intentionalist.bsky.social Awards nominations just opened! You can nominate your favorite Seattle brick & mortar indies (and their individual crew members) for several categories. intentionalist.com/intentionali...
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Nominate a small business! The annual Intentionalist Awards recognize small business community champions and celebrate the many ways that the value of Main Street small businesses is so much more […]
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Intentionalist @intentionalist.bsky.social · 29/06/2025
Support #LGBTQ small businesses and enter to win prizes from Seattle pro sports teams + Intentionalist! #pridemonth #queerowned 🔗 : intentionalist.com/pride-month-...
Asian woman holding a sign that reads: All I want for Pride is for everyone to #SpendLikeItMatters at queer-owned businesses and upload their receipts via Intentionalist.com.
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Friday Afternoon Tea @fridaytea.com · 28/06/2025
Eek! Mistagged @intentionalist.bsky.social above! Link to the Pride marketplace here: intentionalist.com/pride-month/
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Pride Month - Intentionalist - Pride Month in Seattle
Pride Month is a great opportunity to #SpendLikeItMatters in support of LGBTQ-owned businesses in Seattle and beyond.
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Friday Afternoon Tea @fridaytea.com · 26/06/2025
We are so proud of our communitea! @intentionalist.bsky.social set a goal of $30k in receipts from LGBTQIA+ owned businesses in the Seattle area this month: we're seeing 2/3 of that goal met with a few days left for a final push! Show your #Pride by shopping queer indies & uploading your receipts!
Receipt & Receive program goal tracker showing $19,201 spent of $30k goal
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Friday Afternoon Tea @fridaytea.com · 26/06/2025
You can contribute to this initiative by shopping us directly, OR by shopping indie queer biz via @intentionalist.bsky.social's online marketplace. Take 20% off goods & gift cards on that platform with code "PRIDE2025" through Monday! intentionalist.com/pride-month-...
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Pride Month Marketplace - Intentionalist
In our Pride Month Marketplace, you can purchase products and gift certificates from LGBTQ-owned businesses.
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Intentionalist @intentionalist.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
Thanks to our Seattle Pro Sports Team partners your 20% savings is covered & doesn’t impact the bottom line of the LGBTQ small businesses you love! intentionalist.com/pride-month-...
Flower background with text that includes the coupon code “PRIDE2025” to save 20% off.
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Friday Afternoon Tea @fridaytea.com · 10/06/2025
We’re Bursting with Pride! 🏳️‍🌈 - mailchi.mp/fridaytea/we...
"CommuniTea for Queer & Trans Care!" initiative progress bar showing 3.7% of $10k goal raised. $3 per oz of Earl Gay and Free to be Me teas sold this month will be respectively donated to National Queer & Trans Therapists of Color Network and Trans Education Network of Texas, as well as $1 to each charity from every cold brew flight, peaflower limonata, and Matcha Merch item.
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Friday Afternoon Tea @fridaytea.com · 09/06/2025
Upload your receipts to the Intentionalist website by June 30th for the chance to win special prizes from your favorite sports team and @intentionalist.bsky.social . 🎁 To learn more, visit intentionalist.com/p...
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Friday Afternoon Tea @fridaytea.com · 09/06/2025
Ready to celebrate Pride Month intentionally? 🎉 Our friends at @intentionalist.bsky.social have partnered with Seattle professional sports teams to reward YOU when you #SpendLikeItMatters at our business and other LGBTQ-owned businesses!
Flower rainbow with text "Pride Month" and Seattle sport team logos
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Friday Afternoon Tea @fridaytea.com · 07/06/2025
Pro tip: get any of these items FREE this month through @intentionalist.bsky.social : check out their page to learn more!⁠ intentionalist.com/b...
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BECU Equity in Action - Intentionalist
BECU's Equity in Action: It’s on Us initiative highlights diverse small businesses and provides opportunities to enjoy free treats.
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Intentionalist @intentionalist.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
Our founder @lauraclise.bsky.social contributed to this article about why it’s important to #BuyBlack and #SpendLikeItMatters year-round.
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Celebrate Black History Year-Round, Not Just In February
There was a time when events like “The Soul of Seattle” were the only ones of their kind in the city, where the Black population is less than 7% of all residents. Enter restaurateur and provocateur Do...
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Akillerhoneybee @akillerhoneybee.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
@intentionalist.bsky.social www.intentionalist.com was born in Seattle but has listings all over the states for small businesses owned by marginalized #communities that could use every day support. ✨ #smallbusiness
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Intentionalist. Support local small businesses. Spend Like It Matters
Intentionalist makes it easy to find and support local small businesses through everyday decisions about where we eat, drink, and shop.
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Intentionalist @intentionalist.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
“This collaboration is about three different but incredibly bold, creative, compassionate Black woman business owners bringing their talents together to help spread love and light and hope to the community.” #SpendLikeItMatters
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Three Black Women-Owned Businesses Collaborate Over Candles and Community — Converge Media
#SupportBlackBusiness - In a moment of joyful solidarity and support in Black History Month, three Black woman-owned businesses came together at The Postman in Seattle’s Central District on Thursday t...
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Intentionalist @intentionalist.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
@lauraclise.bsky.social spoke with Converge Media about the many ways to show up for and support Black-owned businesses as part of your #BlackHistoryMonth celebration! #SpendLikeItMatters
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Laura Clise and Intentionalist: Building Community Through Conscious Commerce — Converge Media
#SupportBlackBuiness - During her interview on The Day With Trae with Trae Holiday, Laura Clise, the founder of Intentionalist, shared her inspiring journey and shed light on the impactful work Intent...
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Intentionalist @intentionalist.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
Now, more than ever ❤️ #SpendLikeItMatters #SmallBusinessEveryday
At times of heightened fear and anxiety, a reminder that local businesses you love welcome a visit from a friendly face.
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Laura Clise @lauraclise.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
Loved seeing (and ordering) a cocktail honoring Urban League of Metropolitan Seattle CEO, Michelle Merriweather on the menu at Black Woman-owned Marjorie in Seattle! And the meal was divine 🤌🏽 #SpendLikeItMatters
Cocktail and cocktail menu.
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Intentionalist @intentionalist.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
Everyday decisions about where we eat, drink & shop are opportunities to put our collective thumb on the scales of economic justice. #SpendLikeItMatters #SmallBusinessEveryday
Black-owned businesses to support on Martin Luther King Jr. Way in Seattle
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Intentionalist @intentionalist.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
We do what we do, because you do what you do! And six years in, we’re still just getting started! #SpendLikeItMatters #SmallBusinessEveryday
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2024 Year in Review - Intentionalist
2024 was a year of resilience, growth, and community impact for Intentionalist. As a small business ourselves, we understand firsthand the challenges and opportunities that come with building somethin...
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Intentionalist @intentionalist.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
Besa’s Buy Black Brunch + the chance to win a Buy Black (gift) Card you can use at 130+ Greater Seattle Black-owned businesses! #SmallBusiness #SpendLikeItMatters
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Besa’a Buy Black Card Brunch: A Day of Networking, Celebration, and Shopping Local — Converge Media
By Besa Gordon - Yesterday’s Buy Black Brunch was EVERYTHING! A sold-out event, amazing vibes, and so much joy filled Simply Soulful as we celebrated community, connection, and Black-owned businesse...
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Intentionalist @intentionalist.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
Thanks to the Bellevue Downtown Association for the great write-up of the 11 small businesses + special offers featured in our Bellevue Small Business Pass! #smallbusinesssaturday #spendlikeitmatters
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Small Business Saturday in Downtown Bellevue | Bellevue Downtown Association
Small Business Saturday in Downtown Bellevue | Bellevue Downtown Association
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Intentionalist @intentionalist.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
To celebrate #SmallBusinessSaturday, we’ve put together 3 Small Business Passes featuring FREE treats & discounts at Seattle + Bellevue small businesses covered by our partners! Ready? Set. #SpendLikeItMatters!
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Small Business Saturday 2024 - Intentionalist
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Intentionalist @intentionalist.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
We believe that everyday decisions about where we eat, drink & shop are opportunities to intentionally support the diverse small businesses at the heart of our communities. #SpendLikeItMatters 🔗: www.intentionalist.com
Monika Matthews, owner of QueenCare in Seattle, WA. 

Black woman-owned body care shop owner holding her signature Brown Sugar Scrub.Dennis & Osbaldo Hernandez, owners of Frelard Tamales in Seattle, WA.

Frelard Tamales is a proudly Queer-owned, Latinx-owned, Immigrant-owned restaurant.Mam’s Books is an Asian American Bookstore in Seattle, WA owned by Sokha Danh.

Two Asian American met holding a sign that reads: Mams Books.Intentionalist founder standing in front of an Afghan woman-owned shop, Retail Therapy, in Seattle, WA.
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