| Handmade products and items are very popular and | | | | personalise baby's names on blocks of wood or make |
| what was once a novelty is now becoming a major | | | | a handmade piece of furniture for a gift. Another |
| craze. In the last 20 years the handmade market has | | | | popular handmade item was children's toys with their |
| shown a dramatic rise in sales figures. Now products | | | | names and date of birth on. |
| such as fair trade have been popping up too. | | | | Shops are opening in towns and cities that sell |
| Handmade items such as craft and gifts are made at | | | | handmade and crafted personalised items too. These |
| home buy a person with their own ideas, some do it | | | | offer services to order a personal item to be crafted |
| for a hobby where over especially the fair trade | | | | there in front of your eyes. These could include |
| products do it for a living to stay alive. | | | | wooden boxes with in scripts, bookmarks, pencils, |
| A handmade item takes longer to make and produce | | | | t-shirts, scarfs and many more. |
| than an industrial made item as each part of the | | | | Big retails have also picked up on the popular market |
| process is create with little tools and made by hand. | | | | of handmade and personal items so they have |
| The price of these items reflect that and that is why | | | | created an online store to order for special occasions, |
| they have a slightly higher price tag than those made | | | | birthdays and Christmas. Thortorns have chocolates |
| in factories, however you can see the quality and | | | | that can be inscribed with messages and names. Buy |
| craftsmanship. | | | | a gift allows you to buy cufflinks with names on. Big |
| A good 20 years ago only craft stalls and a few | | | | clothes retails allows you to even devise and design |
| shops had the handmade items selling well. Wood | | | | your own t-shirts and top with logos and patterns. |
| carving was very poplar and most craftsmen could | | | | |