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Re: Last Repost. It’s also hard for handcrafted vendors to keep up with products from China, so not only do we not get into as many shows, doing back to back to back is very hard on us as well. This isn’t “Chinese made products are bad”, I buy enamel pins! Just understand why our products are more!

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Fwiw, out here in St Louis I saw someone with a really cool art doll on her shoulder, and she knew your work! She had some of your dolls back at home 🥹 It's hard when mass produced items can cheaply replace what we make, so finding those gems that truly appreciate it is so worth it. 🥹

It’s even harder when a lot of us are doing art as a means of income because of disability or illness as we cannot feasibly do “normal” jobs. It’s extremely rare to have large deep pockets patrons or well off partners.