handmade with love

i always believe we need the handmade to balance the mind. we are often surrounded by numbingly similar machine-made things, things that can only express the efficiency and speed with which they were produced. craft makes our homes more human. we sense the time, care and skill that went into the making. resembling life, in its slow accumulation of experience, a crafted piece is an expression of the daily moods of the maker during its creation. it speaks of the concentration and love with which the object was made. it can be sensuous, intricate, full of sentiment - and imperfect.





i can't wait to put these embroidered doilies up in our new place. (thank you, melly!)
after our move, i wish i can take time to make something. it slows us down. it's a ritual, an antidote to the hurry of modern life, a process that cannot be forced beyond its natural pace.