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MassMarket Imitating Handmade Ofcourse!
Tuesday, March 9, 2010 at 06:41PM 
detail photo by m. diazI was in the chain, mega-shop, Target a few weeks ago browsing through the office supply section and along the notebooks/journals and blank books I ran across this little gem of a blank book.
It's nothing new for mass-marketed items to imitate hand-made. Still, it kills me that this particular book is a mass manufactured item and not handmade (especially when it looks so, so, so, so handmade and is ridiculously cheap). How can artisans compete?!
Aesthetically I had to get it- though I felt like a traitor in doing so!
I had to get it because when I held it I couldn't get over all of those buttons and it has this wonderful feel when you hold it in yours hands. I kept thinking what a great place for including all my sewing notes and that's exactly how I'm using it.
Still I feel so guilty. :(
blank journal from Target
journal in use
my own apron instructions
Reader Comments (4)
It's... it's so cute >u<
That's insane. It's very cute though. You could've made it though!
yeah yeah but it would have cost me about the same minus my time! and I'm all about maximizing my time ;))
mmmmm this looks like a fun book. Apron instructions and tips for life!
I'm starting up a little moleskine right now that's gonna be called : "RAD DUDE. A GUIDE TO EVERYTHING" and then fill it with illustrations of edible plants in north america, instructions on how to make the best cookies, and lists of the best albums of the 2000s.
you'll love it!