March Meet the Maker - 15th March 2022

15 March 2022

Time

Time stood still over the past couple of years, but also flew by far too quickly. I forgot how old I was recently, due to not taking into account that two years had passed. Time flies by when you’re having fun so they say, but I really think it just passes by quickly when you’re busy, whether it’s fun or not. Fun is obviously the preferred option.


The time I take to make some of my products far outweighs the prices I put on them. As a relatively unknown small business, if I was to place a price tag of £600 on a small macrame clutch bag, people would laugh at me. However,  while I was doing a bit of market research earlier this week I found just that item, it was under the name of a designer label, and it was over £600!! 


The time it took that business to make that bag would probably be no different to me making it. Because it’s a well know designer label, people consider it better quality and an acceptable price for something that is basically a status symbol. 


The question is, are my skills worth less than that designer label? I wonder who made that bag, where it was made, how many air miles its travelled to be sold in a posh London/Paris/New York/Milan boutique. 


Time is something we all have, maybe it’s a good idea to consider the time others have invested when making a purchase, instead of the label on the front. 

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