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Saturday, September 12, 2009
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Give the Mega Hunting Basket
The mega hunting call gift basket is full of amish crafted hunting and game calls. plus it comes with the best-b-que-sauce anywhere. if you want to surprise that special hunter, this gift basket is the one. sold on line at www.cottagecraftworks.com
Hand Crafted Cottage Industry
Cottage Craft Works on line store
Cottage Craft Works .com provides a market place dedicated to the cottage craft industries. The products are selected based on quality and workmanship to provide heirloom products to pass from generation to generation. Products are from craftsmen who have perfected their trade, and artisans who produce outstanding works of art. Many of our products are made deep in the Amish communities while others are produced in the back roads of America. We feature a full line of hunting calls for wild game and water foul. We also provide unique products to use in the kitchen, home and office. Check out our new site at www.cottagecraftworks.com
If you are a crafter or artisan, click on our vendor page to submit products for review. We buy products at wholesale, thus we charge the vendors no fees.
Crafter and Artisian Market Place
Cottage Craft Works .com provides a new market place for the accomplished craftsmen and artisans. Dedicated to the cottage industries, we hand select products based on quality of workmanship, artistic features, and unique applications. Our mission is to provide a market for the cottage based businesses and to provide our customers with tomorrows heirlooms. We purchase selected products at wholesale prices, pay shipping and handling charges to ship to our customers. We do not charge fees or have other hidden cost. We are simply a new store on the world wide web to showcase talent and provide home based cottage craftsmen and artisans a different market place.
Click on the Vendor tab at www.cottagecraftworks.com for more information.
Cottage Industry Products
The cottage industry is made up of home based crafts people and artisans who still work in small work shops or other parts of their homes. Many trades and crafts have been handed down from many generations. These are the back bone of the American dream, making a quality hand made item and selling them from these home based shops. These talented people are hard to find many are in small towns or live deep in the back roads. Amish communities survive mostly on the cottage based industry concept. www.cottagecraftworks.com is a site dedicated to the cottage based industry.
The American Dream of Handcrafted Products
It seems the American dream of making a quality handcrafted product and then being able to sell it is not as easy today, even with the Internet. No matter what the home based business person can dream up, it likely can already be found on the shelf of a discount store, much cheaper than what can be made by them one at a time. Most of the time products will be duplicated in plastic, made of wood fibers, or sewn on a computerized machine. Nothing like the hand rubbed hardwoods used in the real hand crafted items, or the pain staken hours of the needle and thread in quilt work patterns. The hours it takes to make some of these products can never be recouped in the prices these discount stores are selling them for. Trying to find a market place in difficult economic times is even becoming harder. Even many of the Amish have seeked other revenue streams, working in local factories. With these factories now cutting back, the economy is now hitting these communities hard as well. We at www.cottagecraftworks.com believe the art of making these future cherished items is very important to keep in our American heritage alive. Our web site is totally dedicated to the cottage based industry. We provide a new market place for the cottage based business owners. We charge no fees to set up or carry quality items in our on line store. Please join us in keeping this industry alive.
Aluminum Laundry Cart
I thought hanging out your laundry to dry was old fashioned, or in some up scaled neighborhoods considered rather trashy. I guess we can now call it "Going Green". Funny how things go-a-round. I grew up in a home where the weekly event was not going to the movie on Saturday, rather it was laundry day. We developed a system of washing and hanging out those cloths. Now at age 54, I still enjoy the fresh smell of my sheets and towels after they have hung outside to dry. Much older now and having some back problems I find bending over and toting the laundry basket is not as easy as it use to be. To make this task much easier I discovered an aluminum laundry cart made by an Amish gentleman. It is designed to hold a regular sized plastic laundry basket. I actually use mine in the house to take clothes from the hamper to the washing machine, and yes the dryer when I use it. I love it so much that I have it on my website at
www.cottagecraftworks.com This site is dedicated to the home based cottage craft industry. I feature both Amish and other vendor made items. For our hunting friends we have a full line of quality Amish made game and hunting calls.
Hunting and Family Heirlooms
Hunting traditions and the passing of hunting gear down to your kids then to their kids to become family heirlooms, is becoming more difficult and less affordable. The old time hand craftsmanship is being replaced by cheaper imports of less quality. Hello I'm Liz Stevens for years we have admired the hard working home based craftsmen. We enjoy trips to the Amish communities to see what’s new, and touch and feel the quality of items they make. We are very concerned with the American dream of making a living by being able to build something with your hands is fading away. Cheaper imports and or replacing hardwoods with plastic, is making it more difficult to sell home based business products. If your still interested in old fashioned handmade quality products, we have dedicated a web site and on line store to the cottage crafts industry. We have a full line of Amish crafted hunting calls. Check us out at https://www.cottagecraftworks.com
All Aluminum Bicycle Cargo Trailer:
We just added an industrial grade all aluminum bicycle cargo trailer to our online store. It is Amish made and used by the Amish to transport cargo. It has 20" wheels,and aluminum sides. Great for sporting, camping, warehouse, government, delivery business, or day to day transport. With the optional cover it becomes rain proof. My online store caters to the hand crafted cottage industry. We have a full line of Amish crafted products but also seek cottage crafters and artisans to feature on our site. We simply purchase wholesale thus no fees are charged. My site is Cottagecraftworks.com check it out and let me know what you think.
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