Comments on: How You Spend Matters: The Case for Buying Handmade http://tryhandmade.com/how-you-spend-matters-the-case-for-buying-handmade/ Shopping blog featuring products made by people not factories. Mon, 21 May 2012 14:00:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: D http://tryhandmade.com/how-you-spend-matters-the-case-for-buying-handmade/#comment-1319 D Tue, 05 May 2009 13:30:39 +0000 http://tryhandmade.com/?p=2555#comment-1319 Very well said. I'm relatively new to providing hand made gifts and your comments are spot on. I take pride in what I do, and want everyone to be impressed with what they are buying and want to show it off. Some of the hand made pens that I make are expensive and I would hate for someone to not love something that they spend their hard earn money on. D Very well said. I'm relatively new to providing hand made gifts and your comments are spot on. I take pride in what I do, and want everyone to be impressed with what they are buying and want to show it off. Some of the hand made pens that I make are expensive and I would hate for someone to not love something that they spend their hard earn money on.

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]]> By: Tiffany http://tryhandmade.com/how-you-spend-matters-the-case-for-buying-handmade/#comment-1318 Tiffany Wed, 01 Apr 2009 21:55:44 +0000 http://tryhandmade.com/?p=2555#comment-1318 Thank you so much for featuring my image, Beverly. This is a great topic for a blog post, and many people I know have been sharing their thoughts on this. I look forward to reading your future posts. Cheers! Tiffany Thank you so much for featuring my image, Beverly. This is a great topic for a blog post, and many people I know have been sharing their thoughts on this. I look forward to reading your future posts. Cheers! Tiffany

]]> By: Mary Ellen Golden http://tryhandmade.com/how-you-spend-matters-the-case-for-buying-handmade/#comment-1317 Mary Ellen Golden Sat, 21 Mar 2009 16:48:54 +0000 http://tryhandmade.com/?p=2555#comment-1317 What a great idea for a column! and a great person to write it. Beverly is working very hard at making a difference for the artisans of the handmade community. I participated as a buyer in one of the Etsy Patrons events and it did make a difference for new members of Etsy. I am eagerly anticipating her next column. Thank you, Beverly. What a great idea for a column! and a great person to write it. Beverly is working very hard at making a difference for the artisans of the handmade community. I participated as a buyer in one of the Etsy Patrons events and it did make a difference for new members of Etsy. I am eagerly anticipating her next column. Thank you, Beverly.

]]> By: Sharon Fullen http://tryhandmade.com/how-you-spend-matters-the-case-for-buying-handmade/#comment-1316 Sharon Fullen Thu, 19 Mar 2009 22:18:23 +0000 http://tryhandmade.com/?p=2555#comment-1316 As someone who grew up wearing clothing made by my mother, kept warm by sweaters knit by my Grandmother, slept under Granny's hand stitched quilts and ate home canned food - I do my best to support the handmade movement. My grandparents were berry farmers and raised our own cattle. I'm in my mid-50s and these are the life memories that I cherish and do all I can to personally support. I and 8 other women family members have formed a partnership to create and market two lines of our own handcrafted jewelry. We sell our artisan line through our own web site and our A.F.F. (affordable-fun-fab)line at Etsy. Who we buy from is important - you won't find me at Wal-Mart no matter how bad the economy gets. I'm also at the Farmer's Market every week and glad to pay the extra to support their hard work. Cherish the earth, celebrate hard work and remember that an unregulated mass-produced Chinese-made G.I. Joe doll is not what we should be striving for. Glad I found this community to participate in. Sharon Rose of Sharon Jewelry P.S. My 3-year-old twin grandsons love tossing Granny's sock monkeys around just as I did at their age. As someone who grew up wearing clothing made by my mother, kept warm by sweaters knit by my Grandmother, slept under Granny's hand stitched quilts and ate home canned food – I do my best to support the handmade movement. My grandparents were berry farmers and raised our own cattle. I'm in my mid-50s and these are the life memories that I cherish and do all I can to personally support.

I and 8 other women family members have formed a partnership to create and market two lines of our own handcrafted jewelry. We sell our artisan line through our own web site and our A.F.F. (affordable-fun-fab)line at Etsy.

Who we buy from is important – you won't find me at Wal-Mart no matter how bad the economy gets. I'm also at the Farmer's Market every week and glad to pay the extra to support their hard work.

Cherish the earth, celebrate hard work and remember that an unregulated mass-produced Chinese-made G.I. Joe doll is not what we should be striving for.

Glad I found this community to participate in.

Sharon
Rose of Sharon Jewelry

P.S. My 3-year-old twin grandsons love tossing Granny's sock monkeys around just as I did at their age.

]]> By: Beverly Rustica http://tryhandmade.com/how-you-spend-matters-the-case-for-buying-handmade/#comment-1315 Beverly Rustica Thu, 19 Mar 2009 12:50:24 +0000 http://tryhandmade.com/?p=2555#comment-1315 Thanks so much for the comments! Erika, I will look for that book, it sounds really interesting. Thanks so much for the comments! Erika, I will look for that book, it sounds really interesting.

]]> By: Erika Pitera http://tryhandmade.com/how-you-spend-matters-the-case-for-buying-handmade/#comment-1314 Erika Pitera Thu, 19 Mar 2009 12:35:12 +0000 http://tryhandmade.com/?p=2555#comment-1314 Well said! People need to understand that each and every one of us actually can make a difference by acting conscientiously. How we spend our money absolutely does matter, and I back buying handmade 100%. There's an interesting book called The Better World Shopping Guide that really focuses on how consumers affect the world. Looking forward to reading more of your articles, as well! Well said! People need to understand that each and every one of us actually can make a difference by acting conscientiously. How we spend our money absolutely does matter, and I back buying handmade 100%. There's an interesting book called The Better World Shopping Guide that really focuses on how consumers affect the world. Looking forward to reading more of your articles, as well!

]]> By: kim rhodes-thomas http://tryhandmade.com/how-you-spend-matters-the-case-for-buying-handmade/#comment-1313 kim rhodes-thomas Thu, 19 Mar 2009 12:02:41 +0000 http://tryhandmade.com/?p=2555#comment-1313 Looking foward to reading more of your articles! Looking foward to reading more of your articles!

]]> By: Jacqueline http://tryhandmade.com/how-you-spend-matters-the-case-for-buying-handmade/#comment-1312 Jacqueline Wed, 18 Mar 2009 18:21:57 +0000 http://tryhandmade.com/?p=2555#comment-1312 That's such a nice message! I'm totally with you and it goes without saying that i know how important it is to support other artisans. Nothing is more beautiful than an artisan following his or her dream! Thank you so much for sharing! Have a lovely merry happy day and lots of love to you and yours! That's such a nice message! I'm totally with you and it goes without saying that i know how important it is to support other artisans. Nothing is more beautiful than an artisan following his or her dream! Thank you so much for sharing! Have a lovely merry happy day and lots of love to you and yours!

]]> By: Rebecca http://tryhandmade.com/how-you-spend-matters-the-case-for-buying-handmade/#comment-1311 Rebecca Wed, 18 Mar 2009 17:16:21 +0000 http://tryhandmade.com/?p=2555#comment-1311 I love handmade and in fact just made a handmade purchase today for some much needed pot holders from BeanPickleSprout. I look forward to following your column. I love handmade and in fact just made a handmade purchase today for some much needed pot holders from BeanPickleSprout. I look forward to following your column.

]]> By: Sea Glass Things http://tryhandmade.com/how-you-spend-matters-the-case-for-buying-handmade/#comment-1310 Sea Glass Things Wed, 18 Mar 2009 16:49:15 +0000 http://tryhandmade.com/?p=2555#comment-1310 Yeah Beverly!!! Great article - can't wait to keep reading your posts! :0) Marla Sea Glass Things Yeah Beverly!!! Great article – can't wait to keep reading your posts!

:0) Marla
Sea Glass Things

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