Rebecca's handmade inspiration

What inspires me to purchase handmade items is the beauty and individuality that comes from handmade items. You can see the time, detail, thought and art that has gone into it.

Recently, I just bought a beautiful handmade drop spindle from Butterfly Girl Designs on etsy. She has some of the most beautiful spindles that are true works of art and are also functional. Function and beauty are the best combination.

Rebecca, WAHM, www.crazyhatlady.com
New York
Friday, July 11, 2008 2:20 am

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wellers's handmade inspiration

Where can you find an antique owl locket with emeralds for eyes or a fuzzy monster notebook or an antique fortune telling machine necklace that really works? Handmade shops! Ooh, they make me all warm and fuzzy inside.

wellers, 21, student, wellers.etsy.com
austin
Thursday, August 7, 2008 2:44 am

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Handmade Inspires Style

I love using handmade items. It lets me know i am putting my child and other peoples children in chemical free, organic, and happily made items. I know that my child will not be harmed and that other peoples children will not be harmed by the crazy stuff they put in manufacturer made items! it makes me feel like a good mom and a good person!

Connorsmama, waitress/wham, www.hyenacart.com/connorsmamacreations
Wisconsin
Tuesday, July 8, 2008 12:17 am

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Leaving a Legacy...

I buy, and create handmade because I want to leave a legacy.

I've had a rough childhood, and really just a rough life, but one of my happiest memories from childhood are the handmade nightgowns that my father made us for christmas one year. I swore that I would hand mine down to my children, and that I would make it a tradition to give my own family hand made christmas p.j.'s every year when I was grown. I was 9 at the time.

I've always loved to create, and the beauty in handmade items. My goal is to prove to my family that items do not have to be branded to be beautiful, functional, and stylish. I hope that one day my family members who swear they will never own or use anything handmade, and that think that if it's not branded then it must not be worth anything, will one day not only use items that I've made, but proudly proclaim that they are handmade!

Ever since I've pondered having children, I've known that in one way or another, I wanted to leave a legacy for them...to be make a difference, and to be remembered. I hope that my crafting can be part of this legacy. I hope that I will be the mother, and the grandmother that is remembered as always creating beautiful items, and that is not only remebered because of the items left behind, but by my own children, and hopefully even friends, that create because of me and remember me while doing so.

I buy handmade because I want the best for my children, and what could be better than something that was created by hand with love in everything that went into it? I want to support other people and families who work at home to support their families, like I do, in hopes that not only will they support me, but that it will be like a virus, and more and more people will begin to be able to be truly happy, and get back to the things that are most important in life. I dream of a world where we are never in need because we can make, or trade for anything we don't have, and money is much less important. I know this is wishful thinking, but everytime I buy handmade, I feel like we are a step closer. So that's why I buy, and make, handmade, and why you should consider it too!

Kelley, WAHM behind The Cozy Cloth Corner, 24, WAHM, Licensced Daycare Provider, Premier Jeweler, and owner of The Cozy Cloth Corner on HC, www.hyenacart.com/cozy_cloth
MI
Wednesday, August 6, 2008 9:16 am

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Handmade Makes You Happy

The reason I buy handmade is because I love the attention to detail and love that goes into a handmade item. I am not presuming that the artist loves me, but I know that they love their craft. I can tell when something is made well, and is unique, that the artist gets joy from making something fun and pretty that will make other people smile.
My most recent purchase is a funky painting of a vintage radio. I love it and hung it up in my office.

Betty, 44, designer, artist, SnappyShop.etsy.com
Los Angeles
Tuesday, July 8, 2008 5:57 pm

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