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Michigan Handmade Ceramics

Michigan made products, such as ceramics, are often produced in factories, and for the most part their qualities are adequate for their purposes. Factory items are great if you simply want something utilitarian and if you want something cheap and readily available. If you need some plates for regular eating, or cups for the use of children and potential houseguests, you can buy these cheap items and you are done. You can find these items everywhere, in various malls and other shops all over the country.

If, however, you are one of the people who prefer unique items, you may prefer to the hand crafted items Michigan ceramic makers create. In the old days, you may not be able to find these items unless you live in a large city and you know the obscure shops that sell them. In the age of the Internet, it is no longer all that difficult to find the available choices. You can easily find an online craft store Michigan ceramics can be found in, and you can then get yourself a one-of-a-kind ceramic item. There’s not much of a difference in the prices, but the difference can be found in the product’s uniqueness. Each handmade ceramic item is unique—even the same kind of item made by the same artist will have subtle differences between them. Not only can you use them as decorative pieces the make a room more visually appealing, but also they often serve as great conversation pieces. These special bowls, cups, plates, and vases will make any room not just prettier, but also more interesting as well.

 

We can make a difference!  Michigan residents must realize this and consider buying locally whenever possible.  Here’s to you . . . .  here’s to our Great Lake State of Michigan!!

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Where to Sell Your Handmade Products

Selling products these days has become so much easier because of the internet. You can simply go online and offer the handmade products that you offer customers, and customers can easily purchase through an online payment system. While it’s relatively easy to set up an online store, the problem is there are so many websites available for people to go to these days. You need to take extra efforts in order for your website to stand out, and this is why it’s better to just connect your products to an existing specialty online store. If you have a full range of products that are handmade in Michigan, you can enlist yourself as a supplier of this online store, and you get the advantage of having ready customers.

Partnering with an existing online store that offers products that are hand made in Michigan will save you the time of building your own customer base. Since a lot of customers already go to this online store for their handmade and customized needs, offering your products in the same store will really enable you to get the customers that you need. You don’t even have to pay a fee to be recognized as a merchant, because all you have to do really is set aside a certain pre-set percentage as commission. At least you don’t have to worry or think about attracting customers because these online stores usually already have customers that frequent their websites and purchase from them.

We can make a difference!  Michigan residents must realize this and consider buying locally whenever possible.  Here’s to you . . . .  here’s to our Great Lake State of Michigan!!

Buy Local!

 

Visit Hand Made in Michigan

 

 

 

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Think of preparing your Christmas list as early as today? If so, you can choose from various products handmade in Michigan. Instead of just buying from store racks and display cases, there are online sites, like Hand Made in Michigan, these days that sell authentic items handmade in Michigan. Indeed, homemade gifts are more memorable to recipients than any other store-bought presents. Aside from the idea of thoughts and efforts being exerted to come up with such a present, one can actually make the necessary customization suited to the interest of the recipient. With these benefits, you might be looking for ways and means to come up with such amazing stuff.

When it comes to everything handmade, choosing online sites can be your best bet in finding gift ideas that are all-natural and made from expert arts and crafts artists in the Michigan area. From bags and purses to crocheted tops and table linens, home and garden needs, toys and hobbies, and many more, there are amazing websites that welcome artist-sellers from all over the state in one online place. This amazing platform aims to promote the artistic mindset of people from Detroit to Lansing and other cities and counties surrounding the Great Lake state. When shopping online though be wary of various fraudulent websites that promotes authentic Michigan home-made products but when it appears in your doorway, they are actually just generic copies. Make sure to deal with secured sites that offer comprehensive listing of all known home-made experts across the state. When buying from any of the sellers online, feel free to verify their legitimacy from the Better Business Bureau. Though Christmas seem far away, making sure that everyone gets a present is truly satisfying.

 

We can make a difference!  Michigan residents must realize this and consider buying locally whenever possible.  Here’s to you . . . .  here’s to our Great Lake State of Michigan!!

Buy Local!

 

Visit Hand Made in Michigan

 

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Online Crafts Stores

Looking for a one-stop shop that can address all of your needs is a little easier these days, considering that everything is available online. If you need Michigan hand crafted items  for one reason or another, going to an actual store may actually limit your options because you’re only constrained to the items that they have on display. Michigan made products are available in regular stores, but you have to physically go from store to store and your choices are only limited to the items that they have on display. This means that you won’t have as much flexibility and leeway as you want, and this is why it’s better to just go to the Internet and look for a credible crafts store online.

A Michigan Online art and craft store  can give you as many options as you want when it comes to handcrafted products. Since everything is available online, you can browse through your options and make your choice without even having to leave your house or office. As you browse through handcrafted options online, you get to look at photos of the items, which will help you make your choice. The convenience brought by online shopping is something that you can really take advantage of here, because you get a lot of options and you really get to choose among them. With just a few clicks, you can pay for these handcrafted products online and have the items delivered straight to your doorstep.

 

We can make a difference!  Michigan residents must realize this and consider buying locally whenever possible.  Here’s to you . . . .  here’s to our Great Lake State of Michigan!!

Buy Local!

 

Visit Hand Made in Michigan

 

 

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Works of Art

College dorm rooms all over the world are not exactly known for their décor, but even a cursory survey will note that many if these rooms contain posters of famous art works. Whether the poster features a Leonardo, a Cezanne, a Van Gogh, or a Rembrandt is immaterial. But the fact remains that these kinds of posters are popular. After all, they’re not all that expensive.

You can’t say the same thing about the original art works, however. Paintings by anyone of the aforementioned artists are nowadays worth millions of dollars. Some of them, such as the painting of the Mona Lisa, are literally priceless because they will never ever be sold.

This is an extreme situation, but it parallels the contrast between products that were manufactured in assembly lines in factories and items that were lovingly handmade by skilled craftsmen. Products you can buy that were churned out by factories are often extremely cheap, not just in price but also in quality and uniqueness. Each factory-made product is essentially the same, and what you buy will be the exact copy that others buy as well. It parallels the posters in the college dorms, because a poster of the Mona Lisa in One room will be the same as another poster across the country.

But an item that was, for example, hand made in Michigan will be unique. When you purchase that item handmade in Michigan, you will be receiving a virtual work of art. This is the true value of handmade items.

 

We can make a difference!  Michigan residents must realize this and consider buying locally whenever possible.  Here’s to you . . . .  here’s to our Great Lake State of Michigan!!

Buy Local!

 

Visit Hand Made in Michigan

 

 
Conscious Clothing

 

Clothing with Sustainability in Mind

Everything that Rose creates is made to order in the exact size and color of the clients choice.  She specializes in using organic cotton, hemp, wool, soy, and bamboo to create her works of art.  Items being created to the clients specifications and the addition of hand dying, which is an art form in itself, gives Rose's clothing intentional unique beauty.  Conventional cotton is one of the most heavily treated commercial crops in the world.
The amount of pesticides and herbicides that go into producing a single T-shirt is astounding!  Rose's highest priority goes into finding and using sustainable and low impact materials while maintaining her love of fashion and comfort.

 

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Today we will be talking about how buying local keeps money in the community and how that creates a positive outcome.  When dollars are spent locally several positive things happen.  If we spend our money locally in our city or even inside the state of Michigan the money can in turn be spent locally in your city or state, raising the overall economic activity, paying more salaries, and building more tax base.  This re-circulating of money leads to an increase in economic activity entirely due to spending locally.  There are four ways a firm keeps money local: wages and benefits paid to local residents, profits earned by local owners, the purchases of local goods and services for resale and internal use and contributions to local nonprofits.  consistently, locally owned businesses exceed their chain competitors in all four components.

Let's take Hand Made in Michigan for example.  If someone chooses to buy a ring from Hand Made in Michigan instead of Wal-Mart we can conclude that the money spent at Hand Made in Michigan will help pay for any wages or benefits that Hand Made in Michigan has, the owner of Hand Made in Michigan is from Michigan so the profits earned from the sale are kept in Michigan and re-spent in Michigan, and as we have stated in our 2nd blog on why to buy local Michigan products, charitable contributions are much greater when from a locally owned business compared to their national counterparts.  When you purchase a ring at Wal-Mart, the only local positive outcome is the wage to the local employee that works at Wal-Mart.  As you can see, it is very important to keep our purchases local so the money can recirculate locally and work for us instead of someone else.

 

We can make a difference!  Michigan residents must realize this and consider buying locally whenever possible.  Here’s to you . . . .  here’s to our Great Lake State of Michigan!!

Buy Local!

 

Visit Hand Made in Michigan

 


 

Clothing and Accessories for American Girl Dolls

She loves to create and design outfits and accessories for 18" and 15" Dolls like: American Girl, My Generation Doll, Madame Alexander, Gotz and Bitty Baby.  Tisch's daughter is her inspiration and her favorite part is adding all those little extra details to her outfits and accessories to make them one of a kind.  Tisch can pretty much create anything you want.  If you see something at one of her shows but don't see it on Hand Made in Michigan, send her a message and she might have enough fabric left to make another one for you.  This is a must see shop on Hand Made in Michigan.  There is plenty to choose from and from experience with my two girls I can say that Tisch's work is awesome.  She has no problem staying busy due to the great demand for her products.

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  1. Go to Hand Made in Michigan at www.mi-made.com.  When you get to the site click on “Sellers” at the bottom of the page.

           

  1. You will now see the “Seller Login” screen.  Put your “Username” and “Password” in and click the “Login” button.

             

 

  1. After clicking the “Login” button you will be taken to the “Seller Admin” page.  To add a product click on “Add Products to My Store.”

 

  1. The next screen will be the “My Catalog” screen.  This is where you will choose which category your product will be in.  Left mouse click on the appropriate category.

 

  1. After choosing the category you will see the “Add New Product” screen.  The fields with the red asterisk must be filled in.  It is also important that an inventory level is put in.  If that field is left blank the system thinks there is no inventory so the buyer will not be able to purchase the product.  You must put at least “1” in the inventory for the product to be able to be sold.  When you are finished filling in all the necessary information on the “Add New Product” screen click “Next Step” at the bottom of the screen.

 

  1. The last step will be to add images of the product.  You can add up to 6 images for each product.  Click on the “Browse” button of the “Main Image” box below to start.  This will be the image that is displayed the most on the site.

          

  1. After clicking on the “Browse” button you will need to choose an image that is on your computer.  You will then be taken to a new screen with your image on it.  You will also see a box outlining your image.  The part of your image inside the box is what will show up on the main screen of our website.  The box can be move by placing the curser in the box, hold down the left mouse key and move the box.  Wherever the box is moved is what will show up.  When a possible client clicks on this product, they are taken to a “Product Detail” page where they will be able to see the whole image not just what is in the box.  When you are finished placing the box click on “Process Image.”

        

 

  1. After clicking on “Process Image” you will be taken back to screen seen below.  The first image will appear in the “Main Image” area and you be able to now add 5 more images if you choose to add that many.  You only are required to add one image.

 

  1. This completes the “Adding Products” instruction.

 

 
  1. Go to Hand Made in Michigan at www.mi-made.com.  When you get to the site click on “Sellers.”  See below.

 

 

  1. You will now see the “Seller Login” screen.  Click on “Register Now.”  See below.

 

  1. You will now see the “Seller Registration” screen.  The  fields with the red asterisks are mandatory fields that must be filled in.  See below for “Seller Registration” screen.


  1. After filling out the registration form click on the “Register” button at the bottom of the screen.  You will now see you seller admin. page.

      

 

  1. This completes the registration process.  If you have any problems you can e-mail or call for assistance.

 

 

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