New Product Development: Handmade Pendants

For the past two years at Homemade Hemp by Kandy, our primary focus has been the production of hemp jewelry. We bought our supplies from online wholesalers and local craft outlets such as Hobby Lobby and Michaels. After much experience at craft and art shows, we have found that homemade pendants sell well to both customers and jewelry-makers. Plus, they are surpisingly easy to make.

We've been experimenting with handmade charms for a few months now and our finished products premiered last month at a show in Evansville, Indiana.

Our homemade pendants are made from a variety of household items, such as washers, bottle caps, and Scrabble tiles. We can put any image on the pendants, including cartoon characters, peace signs, photographs, initials, and other designs. This helps us continue to fill demand since we can customize the pendant to exactly what the customer is looking for: a piece as beautiful and unique and the person ordering it.

We use supplies that make our pendants durable and affordable. Products like these tend to range from $5 to $9 in price, but Homemade Hemp by Kandy brings these unique items to the market for $4 a piece. We give bulk discounts to other jewelry makers as well.

We use these pendants for our own jewery production, which continues to help our handmade hemp jewelry stand out from our competitors. Homemade Hemp by Kandy offers the broadest and most unique selection of macrame jewelry around. Plus, our prices are GREAT.

All of our jewelry and pendants are handmade with love and care. Consider placing an order with us today. It's fast, easy, and worthwhile. Please go to our website for more information: http://kandyhemp.shopping.officelive.com/

A Gift that Will Keep on Giving

The biggest shopping day of the year is coming. Do you want to wake up at 4 AM, sit in traffic, wait in line, and fight off hundreds of other early birds for the best deals? I don’t either. That’s why I’m going to be giving handmade gifts to all my family and friends for Christmas.

Handmade gifts, whether you make them yourself or buy them from an artist, will last forever. Maybe not physically, but the memory of that particular Christmas will be talked about for years afterwards. Handmade gifts show that you really put thought into the purchasing process and wanted to give something totally unique to your loved ones.

Each handmade item has an individual personality – just like the person you’re shopping for. The artist who crafted the item put time, effort, love, and expertise into creating it. When you give a unique present, it says a lot about who you are as a person. It makes you stand out from the rest of the family members, who went and bought generic items from Macy’s or any other department store. A unique handmade gift gives you a more personal connection with the loved one you’re giving it too.

Buying handcrafted Christmas presents also stimulates small business, which makes up more than 90% of all business in America and provides many jobs for the working class. These small companies greatly appreciate your business and work harder for your satisfaction. Buying handmade goods from small firms increases the connection between business and consumer, and these businesses will probably recognize and remember you when you come back into their shop again. Customer service provided by individual artists and small companies is also more personal and often more effective.

Handmade goods tend to be more ‘green’ as well. Big businesses consume much more raw materials and natural resources than small companies. The complex hierarchy of large firms lessens the company’s awareness of the amounts of wastes they are using in order to manufacture products and run operations. Single artists or smaller firms are much more conscious of the impact their production is having on the environment. They attempt to manufacture goods by using the least amount of resources as possible and often utilize recycled materials.

So when you’re out shopping ( or avoiding getting trampled) on Black Friday, keep in mind that you could make a lasting memory, stimulate the economy, and help sustain the environment by purchasing handmade goods for your loved ones. You could avoid the mad rush at the mall in general by shopping at etsy.com or shophandmade.com , which are two popular marketplaces for handmade goods.

Remember, it’s not about how much you spend. It’s about giving a gift that will last forever. I hope you have a happy and safe holiday season!

Company Profile

Homemade Hemp by Kandy is a provider of hand-tied hemp jewelry, such as necklaces, anklets, bracelets, earrings, and keychains.

We were started in September 2008 in the wonderful city of St. Louis, Missouri. All of our products are handmade (with love!). We offer a selection of beautiful pieces that vary in color and style. We also take custom orders, if you can't find something you like out of our pre-made inventory. Our jewelry has been featured at craft fairs, flea markets, and online marketplaces. We strive for perfection and customer satisfaction. Feel free to contact us with any questions or concerns.

Kandace Pohrer, the founder and CEO, is a St. Louis native. She is 20 years old and currently a junior at the University of Evansville, Indiana. She is studying business management and hopes to own her own store someday. She greatly appreciates all of her customers and works very hard to make them happy.