Tuesday, November 29, 2011

Handmade with Soul

In this day and age of mass produced, fast paced, bigger is better it can sometimes feel like everything is cookie cutter. Sometimes it's easy to forget how things were not too long ago. Stronger and more efficient systems are praised. Youth and modernity worshipped. But what about the beauty of taking your time? Of making things with love and using skills passed down from one generation to the next. Maybe it doesn't make a difference you say, but I say it does. I say it does because things made by hand with time and care without the use of mass producing machines and computers who have no heart and emotions, carry with them the care and energy of the people that made them. Things made by hand have soul. This bag from Calleen Cordero is just that. Beautiful and handmade with soul. Each piece is handmade from start to finish from cutting the leather to sewing it to adorning it with metal detailing. These bags are of the highest quality, made in the USA and carefully crafted with skills that have been passed down for generations and it shows!