There are people that will spend hundreds of dollars on something just because it's X-brand, yet think twice about spending any money on a "trinket" they can "make themselves at home." What people don't understand is that sometimes those X-brand items are made by people (that after a while, possibly resemble robots) in a factory (hello machines, chemicals, labor, waste?) Handmade items aren't. They're usually made by someone in their home or studio. Yes some artisans use machines, but all of them take time and care creating each piece. I hate to sound corny, but there's love in creating. There's passion. And there's this special care when you're creating something that just doesn't really exist in anything mass-produced in a factory.
