[Jewelry making - Article 00623] - Re: [Orchid] Why Young People Care About Handmade Things

[Cairenn]

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    I see that so often, I do a lot of shows and one of the things that
    I enjoy doing is seedbead work. Seedbeaders are probably the worst
    offenders of underpricing themselves. Their material cost is very
    low, so they end up with prices that are priced way below anything
    that I do. For many years, my boothmate, marked everything up, 3
    times material cost. Somehow, she didn't think that she could charge
    for her labor (since your labor isn't deductable). I'm still trying
    to get her prices up. At least we don't have any $3.50 earrings, any
    more. By the way, she had raised the price on that style from $1.50.
    In the meantime, all the new ones she made had St. Sil. wires and
    headpins. She still has some of the surgical steel wire ones and she
    doesn't want to raise the price on those. My suggestion is to bag
    those and at shows where we need a 'bargain bin', put them out then.

Cairenn, the Howling Artist 
www.howlingartist.com 
One is only as small as one's heart.
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