http://www.sickandpretty.com/medical-alert-bracelets/ Thu, 02 Aug 2012 11:49:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 http://www.sickandpretty.com/medical-alert-bracelets/#comment-15 Nishu Sun, 27 May 2012 02:48:16 +0000 http://www.sickandpretty.com/?p=30#comment-15 A little late but I just saw this and must comenmt. To think that most of those comenmts likely came from other crafters and artists! That's gross and sad.Recently, there was a comenmt on Design Sponge that criticized the price of some beautifully designed and screen printed tea towels. Grace, of course, defended the pricing, pointing out that it was actually on the "cheap" side. Then the comenmter came back to say, "I am a big fan of handmade, don’t get me wrong. I exclusively purchase gifts from Etsy!" but maybe just didn't value tea towels enough. People in the etsy community often like to say that they "support handmade." But buying handmade is not the same as supporting handmade. Supporting handmade encompasses economic and moral support, showing in words and wallet that you believe handmade has a value that exceeds the cost of supplies and an hourly wage. Simply buying on etsy because you realize that you can actually save money by buying handmade, and get better quality to boot, is not supporting handmade. It's just buying handmade.So much of the defense of pricing talks about quality materials and the amount of work, but that assumes that you are just a worker, when in fact you're an artist. You are charging for the time it takes to design an item, both it's visual look and the production process. You are charging for your knowledge and talent. You are charging for the time that it took to develop the skills and techniques in the first place. Nevermind the obvious: marketing, photographing, electricity, rent, etc.I don't think the petty members withing the etsy community deserves the time and effort of a defense, but it is nice to see others call them out! A little late but I just saw this and must comenmt. To think that most of those comenmts likely came from other crafters and artists! That’s gross and sad.Recently, there was a comenmt on Design Sponge that criticized the price of some beautifully designed and screen printed tea towels. Grace, of course, defended the pricing, pointing out that it was actually on the “cheap” side. Then the comenmter came back to say, “I am a big fan of handmade, don’t get me wrong. I exclusively purchase gifts from Etsy!” but maybe just didn’t value tea towels enough. People in the etsy community often like to say that they “support handmade.” But buying handmade is not the same as supporting handmade. Supporting handmade encompasses economic and moral support, showing in words and wallet that you believe handmade has a value that exceeds the cost of supplies and an hourly wage. Simply buying on etsy because you realize that you can actually save money by buying handmade, and get better quality to boot, is not supporting handmade. It’s just buying handmade.So much of the defense of pricing talks about quality materials and the amount of work, but that assumes that you are just a worker, when in fact you’re an artist. You are charging for the time it takes to design an item, both it’s visual look and the production process. You are charging for your knowledge and talent. You are charging for the time that it took to develop the skills and techniques in the first place. Nevermind the obvious: marketing, photographing, electricity, rent, etc.I don’t think the petty members withing the etsy community deserves the time and effort of a defense, but it is nice to see others call them out!

]]> http://www.sickandpretty.com/medical-alert-bracelets/#comment-6 Lorraine Mon, 14 May 2012 22:28:00 +0000 http://www.sickandpretty.com/?p=30#comment-6 Caleb uses Road ID and LOVES it! Caleb uses Road ID and LOVES it!

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