try handmade

I just found a cool blog with a cool mission--to get people to buy handmade!  (No, not etsy, silly!...)

It's Try Handmade, whose creator, Erika, states her blog's purpose thusly:

"I am completely enamored of handmade products and I want to share this love with you. I understand that it can initially seem intimidating making a purchase from an individual instead of a faceless yet ‘reliable’ corporation, and I am here to help you find items which will help change your mind using nothing but the sheer power of their incredibleness.

"I 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 my help, but being able to encourage and support artists, artisans, crafters, and hobbyists is a dream come true for me."

Hey, Erika, me too!!!

Anyway, I found them because their craft editor, Lotta, did a little write-up on crafting/decorating with alphabet blocks, which I am in the habit of doing ("oh, that's why all these old photos!"), so she mentioned me--in such a very nice way. 

Just another lovely site, doing lovely things.  Yay!

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[junkgarden]

Hi! I have a blog award for you.
Angie