About Try Handmade
- What we write about
- Jewelry
- Clothing and Fashion
- Food
- Bags, Purses, Wallets
- Baby and Child
- Shop Local
- Cosmetics, Spa and Bath
- Focus on Makers
- Seasonal Handmade
- For the Home
- Going Green
- DIY Interview
- Ceramics and Pottery
- Photography
- Papercraft & Typography
- Toys and Fun
- Painting
- More to Read
- Plus Size Fashion
- Drawing & Sketching
- Geeky
- Mixed Media
- Make it Yourself
- Crafting with Lotta
- Holidays
- Why Handmade?
- In My Town: Chicagoland, IL, USA
- Printmaking
- Pets
- Get on the Wall
- In My Town: Washington DC Metro Area, USA
- Charitable Projects & Social Initiatives
- Runway to Reality
- Workspaces
- Furniture
- Played by Hand
- Freshly Made
- Publications
- Performance & Public Art
- Design & Style
- Gift Guides
- Sculpture & 3D
- Craft Shows & Events
We’re completely enamored of handmade products and want to share this love with you. We understand that it can initially seem intimidating making a purchase from an individual instead of a faceless yet ‘reliable’ corporation, and we’re here to help you find items which will help change your mind using nothing but the sheer power of their incredibleness.
We find it wonderful and awe-inspiring that there really are people out there making so many things which we can choose instead of mass-produced dreck. Whether you buy handmade new items, or upcycled / recycled / repurposed, you’re doing the planet a favor, and you are helping to support an artisan. What could be better than that? New factories will get built with or without our help, but being able to encourage and support artists, artisans, crafters, and hobbyists is a dream come true.
A portion of revenue from this site goes to Kiva to fund microloans to small businesses run by women across the globe. [view loan recipients]
And now on to the…
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
READERS:
- “Where can I buy the items you write about?” In each post there are links right to the seller’s online store – click on them and make your purchases :)
MAKERS:
- “Can you feature my work?” Submit it and we’ll see!
- “Can I purchase a review or ‘featured sponsor’ post on your site?” Nope.
Nice things people have said about this site
“Try Handmade is single-handedly responsible for making me poor. I don’t blame the recession, I blame you Erika! (slinks off to sell children in order to support etsy addiction)” - Procrastamom.
“Lovely site http://tryhandmade.com/” @gwenbell
“RT @gwenbell: Lovely site http://tryhandmade.com/” @CraftyChica, Kathy Cano-Murillo
“Erika over at tryhandmade.com is doing some very important work. She is helping all of us push the handmade resurgence from a micro-trend to a macro social movement. We applaud her work and think her blog is just lovely.” - Artfire.
TryHandmade is “designed in a way that’s super friendly to browsing the handmade items and searching for what you’re looking for.” - ThreadBanger.
“I truly believe it is your life’s goal to make me spend my childrens’ college tuition on hand made goods.” - MammaLoves.
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