Traditionally, it was a simple token such as a piece of fruit or a handmade card with a personal message.

I'll go there with flowers and a handmade card on his birthday.

She was facing a very difficult time, and receiving a handmade card really brightened her day.

That and an unsolicited hug and one of his handmade cards.

When she visited him, he gave her handmade cards and it turned out that a lot of the prisoners made art.

The owners really look after guests — there's cake and tea on arrival and handmade chocolates and fresh-cut flowers in the rooms.

On the corner stands the chocolate museum, easy to miss and presumably reluctant to promote itself in a city with so many shops selling delicious handmade chocolates.

The business began as a small shop selling handmade chocolates.

It comes in a pastic box with a built-in handmade instrument consisting of a metal plate, springs, and a contact microphone.

Martin guitars are handmade instruments that once were made by artisans who apprenticed for years to learn their trade.

The company produces recorders for beginners and handmade instruments for soloists.

Once the escaping inmates climbed to the top of the pipe, they used handmade instruments to cut a hole near a skylight.

He first creates the photograph and then prints it onto the surface (e.g. canvas, wood panel, handmade paper, etc.), using a photographic emulsion.

The books were made with high-quality materials (handmade paper, traditional inks and, in some cases, specially designed typefaces), and were often bound by hand.

It was intended to look like handmade paper, but to cost far less.

The type was hand-set and the books were printed on handmade paper, and sometimes on vellum.

The last mill was a paper mill, built in 1808 and was noted for its handmade paper.

As a handmade product, it's important that standards are maintained.

Fig rolls were the ideal solution to this advice, although they remained a locally-produced and handmade product.

The handmade products - which can only be produced in small batches - are known as artisan cheeses.

The one-off handmade products of the blacksmith are less economically viable in the modern world, while in the past they were an absolute necessity.

They are supported by shoppers who are seeking niche and often handmade products as opposed to those mass-produced by corporations.