People often look at the tags on my handmade goods and declare that my prices are outrageous. I did the math and THIS is what that handmade beanie you want for $10 ACTUALLY cost to make.

So if you see that $30 on the label, be courteous. Know that I am paying myself far, far less than minimum wage in labor ($2.22 per hour, to be exact) to even come to such a supposedly ghastly price. I can't take that $10 for a hat because no one can live on $0.37 an hour, much less sustain a business.

Handmade goods aren't overpriced, people just undervalue the hard work and years of skill artists put into them.

Honestly. This is exactly right. And if you’re fighting for 15 imagine what this would cost. Small businesses are not exempt

manufactured goods mass produced by horrendously exploited and underpaid workers have conditioned us to wildly undervalue handmade crafts