- Made with care (and love). Put simply, someone's blood, sweat, and tears go into these items. It's not a machine or an assembly line creating these goods. It's someone who cares about each individual product. It's an item that was touched by a person from beginning to end...handmade.
- Eco-friendly. The handmade process by definition doesn't create harmful emissions. The only by-product may be the crafter's "blood, sweat, and tears!" There are no harmful gases emitted, the carbon footprint is extremely small.
- Local. Thus far, the business on my site are all local. They are Made in the USA (a couple may be Canadian). So, there are limited transportation costs involved with delivery of the final product.
- Unique. When you buy at a mall, the item is a "dime a dozen." There could be thousands of other people wearing the sweater you bought for you dear Aunt Louise. However, a handmade item is unique, possibly never before seen, and a conversation piece.
- Moms supporting moms. You may have a personal endeavor on which you're working (a blog perhaps?). You want people to support you. All these creative artists and crafters want people supporting them too...and who better than people in their same sisterhood...moms!
- Personalization. Often times you can personalize your handmade item. Either literally via embroidery, or figuratively via specifying colors or patterns. You surely cannot do this at box stores at the mall.
- Customer Service. When you buy handmade....
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