Erika runs the ‘Try Handmade Picks’ column and will be showcasing the wonderful and talented Artisans we have on Zibbet.  If you’re featured, you should feel proud, as Erika has a keen eye for quality handmade products.  The ‘Try Handmade Picks’ column will be a great one to visit regularly, especially when shopping for yourself or a loved one!

Erika is the founder of TryHandmade.com and is on a mission to get people to move away from shopping at big box stores, and back to the more intimate and personal world of Handmade.  She started Try Handmade as a blog in mid-2008, and it has now grown to an entire network of sites devoted to spreading the word about the amazingness of Handmade.

She says… I find it wonderful and awe-inspiring that there really are people out there making so many things which we can choose instead of mass-produced dreck. Whether you buy handmade new items, or upcycled / recycled / repurposed, you’re doing the planet a favor, and you’re helping to support an artisan. What could be better than that? New factories will get built with or without our help, but being able to encourage and support artists, artisans, crafters, and hobbyists is a dream come true.

Erika lives in Palo Alto, California with her husband Craig, kids Henry, Ed, and Charlie, and her dog Molly.

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