[Jewelry making - Article 00328] - Re: [Orchid] Why Young People Care About Handmade Things

[SusanThornton]

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    I think what Nicole says is correct to a point but there is a
    difference in crafts as a hobby vs craft as a vocation. The young
    people I know are making things that are products as well as craft
    and trying to build a small business plan around that. Look at etsy.
    The guy that started that likens the business plan to a character in
    a children's book named Swimmy who gets the fish to swim in formation
    so that when there is a predator close by they form a bigger fish and
    the predator is scared away. Etsy sees itself as the 'eye' of that
    formation so the founder states. I think it is an interesting concept
    and it is working. 

Susan
www.ThorntonStudioJewelry.com
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