The handcrafted market has blown up over the last 10 years. With Etsy and Amazon Handmade being a booming business, you can spend hours browsing and admiring the most beautifully handcrafted designs. Why should you actually buy handmade? That is the question going through your head as you browse the internet and see similar items for less, from mass produced companies overseas. Well, we have the top 5 reasons why you should venture out into the handcrafted market for your next gift buying experience. Quality Craftsmanship When you go to purchase a handcrafted item, you are buying someone's blood, sweat, and tears. Yes, that may sound gross, but it's the truth. A small business who makes thei
Exactly one week ago today we were whisked off to NYC to record a segment on The Wendy Williams Show. <insert happy dance here> We were given the chance to be on the "Judge Wendy" segment, to see who REALLY is the boss of Jewels For Hope, myself or my mother Sandy? I'm here to give you the tea on our adventure through the show. It was SO. MUCH. FUN. Of course, my mother and I were nervous wrecks. This was all for fun, it wasn't a real argument me and her have with each other (because she knows I'm really boss LOL). I'll give you the play by play, because of course, I documented the whole thing... I mean, c'mon. It's the Wendy Williams Show. I HAD to take a million photos. We started off the
