To understand our mission first you must understand what a handmade artists is. So one of our members wrote this up a while back and it sums it up pretty good. Handmade Offer compliments, critiques and kind words. The competition is friendly and lighthearted. Promote each other’s works, with free advertising of online shops on the forum and through online programs like Twitter and Blogging. While there are no fees or dues to be a Forum Member, we ask that in exchange for advertising your work, you participate in the discussions in a positive and friendly manner. Friends are made fast and easily here. This forum quickly grew and a need was apparent that there was a whole bunch of handmade stuff being made that needed to be sold somewhere. Our artists sell all over the place some sell at craft shows, street fairs, or other online venues and some even have brick and mortar store fronts. The next obvious move was to take this small community of artists and give them another outlet to sell their creations and The Handmade Artists Shop was born! Our primary mission for the Handmade Artists’ Shop is to support handmade. There are so many mass produced items out there that we feel the world has lost the respect for the small time merchant. It is so easy to go out to one of those mega stores and get everything you want in one stop. We’ll some of us think it’s better to take some time and create something with our hands and our imaginations. So therefore The Handmade Artists’ Shop will hopefully be one of those places that when you leave you say, “They truly love and support the handmade”