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Thursday, November 3, 2011

Charm of "Handmade"

The modern era of industrial production has given us a lot of benefits. In any industry that we look around, be it textile, home furnishing, home decor; there is surplus supply of products and products. That leaves customers with a lot of options to choose from; also the massive volumes of production have rendered the prices relatively substantial. Though, the only issue which comes with such identical looking products is of "uniqueness". When it comes to gifting someone special or rather gifting someone special on a special occasion, one might find himself/herself in a difficult position. In such a situation gifting branded products seems to be the best option available. Surely, the branded products do come with an impressive price tag that gives a sense of pride to the one receiving the gift as well as to the one gifting them. Though again, it is not so difficult to differentiate a branded product from another, provided the tags/labels are still there on the product.  Branded products without their respective tags/labels all look the same. That leaves us back to the "Catch-22" situation of "gifting someone special something special". 
The next roadblock might come in your way in the form of locating shops to buy "handmade" products. The good part is that many of the "handmade selling" craftsmen have opened their shops on the World Wide Web, making it much easier for the handmade buyers and sellers to connect with each other. Also, they just do not have their own exclusive handmade labels, but also showcase their handmade crafts through sites that exclusively cater to the "handmade products" as a genre. So, now you do not need to travel to Ireland to look for something for your vintage frenzy friend; or even to some store in your city that sells such items as a fake and expensive copy. You just have to visit virtually any of the sites that cater to handmade gifts, and your life will be much easier. Only an adage to follow is to zero in on a site where you can find the sellers of handmade gifts selling directly through a handmade products selling website instead of a site buying through the sellers and then retailing the products as theirs. Interacting with the sellers directly leaves you not only with the option of customizing your products, but also you know that the products are genuinely handmade and made by genuine people. The process is similar to looking for an inconspicuous art work in an "online art gallery". 


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