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Reasons You Should Buy Handmade Products over Commercial Products ?

Posted by bathsoap • 4/13/09 • Subscribe to this Discussion [RSS] • Report This Topic
Topics: caffee soap, creatiive mom, handcrafted soap, handmade, kids and mom, momys, Natural, natural soap, Soap, soaps

Handmade products are unique. Do you really want the same scarf, mug, earrings, necklace or other item that 20,000 other people have?

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4/13/09

SWSamurai

Money stays local, in many cases. Craft faires, farmer's markets, etc... they are all ways for people to get their wears out there in the public eye. I support them over the corporate ventures any time I can.

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4/13/09

bathsoap

! Handmade items are always unique, even if they are the same type of product because they are not made by machines they are crafted by human beings so each piece will have it's own unique characteristics.
check out some of soap handmade is amazing I also make goat milk soaps of fresh farm goat milk

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4/13/09

lancome

I buy becouse are great products
Handmade items are special. When you get a gift don't you feel a little bit more loved when someone gives you a handmade gift? Everyone loves getting handmade gifts or wearing something that was made just for them.

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8/31/09

lancome

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10/07/09

allsoaps

I love Handcrafted Soaps and Handmade candels
If you guys had more sites send to me thanks...

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10/07/09

floriflori

All handmade created with love.Handmade is no different to an art piece. Most artists create and design to fulfill their passion and creativity.

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10/07/09

Myraaso

Usually the items are one-of-a-kind, therefore you are almost guaranteed you won't show up at a party and find 10 other people wearing the same thing.

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10/07/09

LadyHands

I love it because I am make some of the items

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10/08/09

Hels

William Morris thought that mass-producing goods both exploited the workers AND disappointed the final clients. Along an assembly line, where everybody added a different element to the final widget, no individual worker was responsible for the end product; no worker cared about the widgets’ beauty or creativity since the widgets were about to go off to distant, impersonal markets. The best you could say about mass produced goods was that they were cheap.

Like everyone here has said, handmade clothes, hats, soaps, candles, creams, cushions, bed throws, jewellery, woodwork, glass pieces, brass pieces and many other items are more special, more creative, more useful for the buyer because they were made with individuality. The worst you can say about handmade goods is that they tend to be more expensive.

William Morris was a great writer. The Arts and Crafts movement was spot on, but alas his artists and craftsmen tended to price themselves out of the market.

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