Leaving a Legacy... 
I buy, and create handmade because I want to leave a legacy.
I've had a rough childhood, and really just a rough life, but one of my happiest memories from childhood are the handmade nightgowns that my father made us for christmas one year. I swore that I would hand mine down to my children, and that I would make it a tradition to give my own family hand made christmas p.j.'s every year when I was grown. I was 9 at the time.
I've always loved to create, and the beauty in handmade items. My goal is to prove to my family that items do not have to be branded to be beautiful, functional, and stylish. I hope that one day my family members who swear they will never own or use anything handmade, and that think that if it's not branded then it must not be worth anything, will one day not only use items that I've made, but proudly proclaim that they are handmade!
Ever since I've pondered having children, I've known that in one way or another, I wanted to leave a legacy for them...to be make a difference, and to be remembered. I hope that my crafting can be part of this legacy. I hope that I will be the mother, and the grandmother that is remembered as always creating beautiful items, and that is not only remebered because of the items left behind, but by my own children, and hopefully even friends, that create because of me and remember me while doing so.
I buy handmade because I want the best for my children, and what could be better than something that was created by hand with love in everything that went into it? I want to support other people and families who work at home to support their families, like I do, in hopes that not only will they support me, but that it will be like a virus, and more and more people will begin to be able to be truly happy, and get back to the things that are most important in life. I dream of a world where we are never in need because we can make, or trade for anything we don't have, and money is much less important. I know this is wishful thinking, but everytime I buy handmade, I feel like we are a step closer. So that's why I buy, and make, handmade, and why you should consider it too!
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