I haven’t felt much like blogging lately. My grandmother took a turn for the worse a couple days ago and they were sure she wasn’t going to make it. She rallied a bit, though, and is still hanging on. I’m just trying not to get my hopes up too high. The whole thing is incredibly stressful, and if it feels that way to me it must be even more so for my mother, my aunts, and my grandfather!
Anyway, here’s a jewelry set I just finished. I’m planning on charging $26 for the set. It’s made out of gold plated beads and wire, swarovski crystals, fresh water pearls, and crackle glass nuggets along with some less fancy clasps and such. 🙂 I like how it turned out. Might have to use this pattern again.
4 responses so far ↓
1 auschick // Jun 25, 2008 at 9:54 pm
Have you thought about selling your wares on Etsy.com? I think you could do really well on that site – as long as you can keep up with demand 🙂
2 andi // Jun 26, 2008 at 6:46 pm
That’s a good idea. I’ll probably have to up the price by a tiny bit to cover the sellers fees, but the fees aren’t bad so I wouldn’t have to raise prices much. Only a dollar or so. Maybe I’ll sign up for that this weekend. 🙂
3 Stacey S. // Jul 8, 2008 at 8:01 am
Andi, I would raise the price quite a bit. $26 for 3 pieces is WAY too low. Especially because you’re using pearls and Swarovski crystals. Consider $50+. If you’re selling them separately I would price the necklace at $26.
Just an opinion.
4 andi // Jul 8, 2008 at 2:23 pm
I’ll think about it, but with this set I had to mix some less expensive parts (like the chain on the necklace and the clasps) with the nicer things. I keep track of how much it costs me to make them and try to add about 50% to come up with a fair price. If someone wanted to give me more for it I certainly wouldn’t complain!