(Baonghean.vn) - In recent years, the trend of making handmade products has gradually affirmed its position in the market. With creativity and skillful hands, from small stones, pieces of fabric, colored threads... have been made by many young people into unique and attractive gifts. Christmas is approaching, which is also the time when handmade gifts are chosen by many people to express their feelings to the people they love.
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| Handmade refers to items made by hand, without using machines. This type is no longer strange to many people, especially young people. From small gifts such as hair ties, a card, a wallet to more luxurious products such as cosmetics, perfumes, jewelry or furniture can all be made this way. Ms. Bui Thi Huyen (Vinh City) is a bank employee and in her free time she creates handmade gift models ordered by friends and acquaintances. |
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| Designing and making lovely, cute products not only becomes a “side job” for many people but also helps them to be more active and use their free time effectively. That is the reason why more and more young people are attached to this job. For them, it is a place to unleash their passion and creativity. |
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Materials for making handmade products are very rich and diverse. They can be common materials such as paper, cardboard, fabric, wool, fiber, wood to specialized materials for handmade enthusiasts such as beads, feathers, etc. Along with the popularity of handmade products, materials for designing handmade products are increasingly popular and easy to buy. |
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| According to Ms. Pham Thi Tra Giang (Trung Do Ward, Vinh City), in addition to her main job as a pharmacist, she has also been involved in this side job for many years. Her handmade products are mainly greeting cards and flower baskets. During holidays, especially Christmas, the number of customers ordering gifts increases sharply. On peak days, there can be up to more than 200 people ordering. |
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| Crepe paper is one of the most popular materials to make beautiful, soft and natural flowers. Crepe paper can be made into many types such as roses, apricot blossoms or orchids. Therefore, this is the material chosen by many people to make paper flowers. If in the past this type of paper had to be imported from the Northern market, now in many markets and stores in Vinh it can be easily purchased at a price of 10,000 - 30,000 VND/roll. |
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Unique, pretty and personal handmade items are more attractive than industrially made products. |
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| Some handmade products for Christmas decoration. |
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Making handmade items is a challenge that requires patience and creativity from the maker. |
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| With prices not higher than industrially produced gifts, handmade products are increasingly popular among young people. |
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| In addition to making handmade products in a small-scale trend, there are now a number of stores that choose this method to do business. Especially, when Christmas is approaching, this is the place that many people choose as a stop to choose a meaningful gift for their loved ones. |
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A unique handmade product must always go through many meticulous manual stages, expressing creativity through the selection and combination of materials. The most important factors of a handmade product are the level of manual technique, meticulous care with every detail and the quality of each raw material. Finally, because the time and effort of the maker to create a handmade product is extremely large, the messages of love sent in it make each gift seem to carry more complete meaning./. |
Thanh Quynh
