Please welcome miss Marie as today's handmade face! Marie is the brains behind the Marimello blog and also started a benefit shop and blog called Witch Fire to help raise money to fight the devastating forest fires that raged on in southern California late last year. Let's meet her and her cool skeleton bike! :)
What does handmade mean to you, Marie?
If buying means trading money for something that the buyer values more than the money, then handmade describes something that is inherently more valuable to me. To me, handmade isn't just an adjective, it's a noun and something that tips the scale for me when I buy an item. Handmade goods are more inspiring because they are part of a huge community of supportive people who put more than raw materials into what they sell. Making things for myself and buying things that are handmade by independent designers and crafters puts me in touch with more than just the check out clerk. I meet more creative and inspiring people than I normally would, because people who make things are more revealing about themselves and often put more of their belief systems into what they do. They're doing something special that no one else can do, and I like that.
Thanks for sharing Marie! Check out Marie's Witch Fire shop to see what she's selling and maybe even donate some items for the shop yourself!
