{"id":1089,"date":"2007-04-19T10:36:39","date_gmt":"2007-04-19T14:36:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.com\/blog\/?p=1089"},"modified":"2014-09-22T11:49:32","modified_gmt":"2014-09-22T15:49:32","slug":"made_in_china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/2007\/04\/made_in_china\/","title":{"rendered":"made in china"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/photos\/uncategorized\/2007\/04\/19\/china_1.jpg\"><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/photos\/uncategorized\/2007\/04\/19\/china_3.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"image-full\" title=\"China_3\" alt=\"China_3\" src=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/photos\/uncategorized\/2007\/04\/19\/china_3.jpg\" border=\"0\" style=\"FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 5px 5px 0px\" \/><\/a>I see that sticker on lots of products I buy, but haven&#8217;t given it much thought past that. <\/p>\n<p>My friend, <a href=\"http:\/\/allendesigns.typepad.com\/blog\/\">Michelle Allen<\/a> has begun producing a line of clocks and home wares in China recently and has <a href=\"http:\/\/allendesigns.typepad.com\/blog\/china\/index.html\">documented her latest trip on her blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/photos\/uncategorized\/2007\/04\/19\/china_2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"image-full\" title=\"China_2\" alt=\"China_2\" src=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/photos\/uncategorized\/2007\/04\/19\/china_2.jpg\" border=\"0\" style=\"FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 5px 5px 0px\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>I really found her postings fascinating.&nbsp; I don&#8217;t know what I was expecting, but some of the photos resemble our <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aipaper.com\/\">a.i. paper design<\/a> studio (big tables, jars of findings, baskets filled with frames&#8230; just <em>a lot<\/em> less people)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/photos\/uncategorized\/2007\/04\/19\/china_1_2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"image-full\" title=\"China_1_2\" alt=\"China_1_2\" src=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/photos\/uncategorized\/2007\/04\/19\/china_1_2.jpg\" border=\"0\" style=\"FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 5px 5px 0px\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>See some of Michelle&#8217;s clocks we carry <a href=\"http:\/\/www.shopcatchingfireflies.com\/Qstore\/Qstore.cgi?CMD=009&amp;DEPT=1111698612\">here.<\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"flaresmith\" class=\"feedflare\"><script src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~s\/http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/catchingfireflies\/TyNo?i=http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/2007\/04\/made_in_china\/\" type=\"text\/javascript\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div><div class=\"linkwithin_hook\" id=\"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/2007\/04\/made_in_china\/\"><\/div><script>\n<!-- \/\/LinkWithinCodeStart\nvar linkwithin_site_id = 944859;\nvar linkwithin_div_class = \"linkwithin_hook\";\n\/\/LinkWithinCodeEnd -->\n<\/script>\n<script src=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/widget.js\"><\/script>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/pixel.png\" alt=\"Related Posts Plugin for WordPress, Blogger...\" style=\"border: 0\" \/><\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I see that sticker on lots of products I buy, but haven&#8217;t given it much thought past that. 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