Growing up in a household where my mom was always a conscience consumer, trying to buy local or small batches & avoiding mass production items from China (She literally would look at every tag, on every product in a store!) made me a conscience shopper as an adult. Shopping small has become near & dear to my heart. Not only do I feel that I am doing my part to protest child labor & outsourcing to China, I have discovered handcrafted items are often of higher quality & are more unique than their mass produced counterparts. I have been a lover of Etsy for years, but find it harder & harder to find what I am searching for amongst the junk & resale items on their website. Determined to find unique items for myself, my family and my home, I started Handmade Loves as a place to collect ideas & showcase my favorite handmade items in one spot. I soon realized that I could play a part in lending a hand to artisans by getting their products noticed. I hope you enjoy browsing the works of the talented artisans featured on the website & in my social feeds.