True Worth of Handmade Items...
These are adorable!!!  As someone who makes things by hand, I just had to put my two cents in as well.<br /><br />Making things by hand is HARD. And time consuming.  And it is sometimes exhausting trying to come up with new ideas!  And then, when someone buys something from us,  they feel like they have the right to nag and complain because they think they should be charged the same (if not less, YA cheapskates) than a mass produced, store purchased item.  Well, guess what!?  You can complain all you want because it isn't cookie cutter perfect or it doesn't meet your Walmart quality seal of approval. But do you know how much good it will do you?  NADA.  NONE.  ZIP.  ZILCH.  NINE.  Not the number.  The German word for NO.  And whhhhy do I say such foul things?  Because you chose to purchase something that took hours, if not days to make rather than a mass produced item that may take only seconds or minutes.  You chose to purchase something that was made by imperfect hands rather than cold, machinery.  You chose to purchase something that is most likely one of a kind which means character, imperfections, and uniqueness.  To get those things, it takes more time and more effort and more creativity than anything you will ever buy in a regular, chain store.<br /><br />But you don't actually want to pay what the true value of that item is...  A person's time, energy, inner beauty, and love goes into every handmade item that he or she makes.  And really...  Who can put a price on that?  $14 just doesn't sound like a fair number for a totally different reason now.
Rating: 5 stars