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The making of gifts, crafts, and household items by hand instead of purchasing them at a store.
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"She'll sell you lots of stuff, but basically Martha [Stewart] does not believe in store-bought. She urges us to reject mass manufacturing and mass taste and to embrace the personal and the handcrafted. What she embodies is the opposite of conspicous consumption. It is something much more demanding and appealing: conspicuous creation."
—Margaret Wente, "Martha Comes to Town," The Globe and Mail
—Margaret Wente, "Martha Comes to Town," The Globe and Mail
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