Comments on: Save Handmade! http://loveandblunder.com/2009/01/05/save-handmade/ "To become aware of the possibility of the search is to be onto something. Not to be onto something is to be in despair." -Walker Percy, The Moviegoer Mon, 31 May 2010 08:57:07 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Devona http://loveandblunder.com/2009/01/05/save-handmade/comment-page-1/#comment-9005 Devona Tue, 06 Jan 2009 17:32:35 +0000 http://loveandblunder.com/?p=627#comment-9005 Unfortunately the law does not allow for any distinction between a "manufacturer" and "artist/crafter/artisan." How frustrating. As QOC has mentioned, there is the problem that all secondhand children's clothing/toys will also have to be submitted for testing which no thrift shop or garage sale will be able to comply with. Tons of good quality secondhand items will be headed to the landfill or sold the new black market. I think I will have to do the "adult use only" thing. There doesn't seem to be any other way. ;) Unfortunately the law does not allow for any distinction between a “manufacturer” and “artist/crafter/artisan.” How frustrating. As QOC has mentioned, there is the problem that all secondhand children’s clothing/toys will also have to be submitted for testing which no thrift shop or garage sale will be able to comply with. Tons of good quality secondhand items will be headed to the landfill or sold the new black market.

I think I will have to do the “adult use only” thing. There doesn’t seem to be any other way. ;)

]]> By: Mary http://loveandblunder.com/2009/01/05/save-handmade/comment-page-1/#comment-9004 Mary Tue, 06 Jan 2009 16:48:23 +0000 http://loveandblunder.com/?p=627#comment-9004 Is the government going to shut down all the craft fairs in the country? There HAS to be an exception for small cottage industry. I mean, you're not a "manufacturer", you are an artist, right? Mary Is the government going to shut down all the craft fairs in the country? There HAS to be an exception for small cottage industry. I mean, you’re not a “manufacturer”, you are an artist, right?

Mary

]]> By: Queen of Carrots http://loveandblunder.com/2009/01/05/save-handmade/comment-page-1/#comment-9003 Queen of Carrots Tue, 06 Jan 2009 13:53:02 +0000 http://loveandblunder.com/?p=627#comment-9003 Like most regulatory solutions, this cripples people who weren't involved in the problem, while leaving the big toy manufacturers who caused the problem barely scathed. And the effect on children's resale is distressing, too. You could try a solution I saw suggested at another blog: Just label your stuff as "For Adult Use Only." :-P You know, those are decorative dresses to hang on the wall. ;-) Like most regulatory solutions, this cripples people who weren’t involved in the problem, while leaving the big toy manufacturers who caused the problem barely scathed. And the effect on children’s resale is distressing, too.

You could try a solution I saw suggested at another blog: Just label your stuff as “For Adult Use Only.” :-P You know, those are decorative dresses to hang on the wall. ;-)

]]> By: John H http://loveandblunder.com/2009/01/05/save-handmade/comment-page-1/#comment-9002 John H Tue, 06 Jan 2009 09:14:48 +0000 http://loveandblunder.com/?p=627#comment-9002 How depressing. I've signed the Handmade Toy Alliance's petition, and hope that one or other of the administrations in office between now and 10 February takes action to avoid this. How depressing. I’ve signed the Handmade Toy Alliance’s petition, and hope that one or other of the administrations in office between now and 10 February takes action to avoid this.

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