Handmade.

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There is a new website where people are pledging to buying "Handmade".

What is handmade? I've been arguing this for a long time with my innerself. If you've assembled it, these days it's considered handmade. Truely when I look at things, nothing is ultimately handmade.

You cannot stop supporting large organizations and sweatshops because many of the materials you use in everyday life to assemble those "handmade" goods are ultimately made in sweatshops, factories and massproduced.

So unless you as a crafter are spinning your own wool right off the sheep, using natural non chemical dyes, making your own beads and findings, making your own paper and glue then I can justify seeing you sign up for this site.

I too get lured into promoting myself as being part of the handmade revolution. But really, now...Where does it begin and where do we draw the line ladies and gents? Now, I'm not posting this to cause angry controversy. I am posting this to get some legit feedback from other crafters and what they think about this new website. (This means rude posts will not be tolerated, and inspirational opinionated posts will be happily tolerated (even if I can't agree)!

In the end is it just a bunch of small business ladies rah-rahing for their own small time commercialism? Or is it really going to help close those sweatshops, manufacturing plants and take business away from the Wal-mart craft departments?