View entire thread: dollhouse miniatures, crafting supplies and much more..
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View entire thread: Changing tastes - natural gems vs. dyed
Posted by Kandice Seeber on Sun Sep 17, 2006 3:50 AM Post subject: Re: Changing tastes - natural gems vs. dyed
Yep, I have a love/hate thing for plastic, too. But the lucite flowers are soooo freaking pretty. -- Kandice Seeber
www.lampwork.net Vote for my site! http://tinyurl.com/bbcon "Beckibead" <beckibead@yahoo.com> wrote in
message news:1158343736.485140.133400@p79g2000cwp.googlegroups.com... [quote:67f645fca9] Vibrant Jewels wrote: I used
to never use plastic/acrylic/lucite beads, Karleen -- I feel this is a very important point. I am still a bead snob
when it comes to plastic vs. anything else -- yet plastic beads, especially flowers and lots of plastic shapes in fact,
have always been an important component of high-end costume jewelry. Which I love to distraction. You can only hang so
much weight around your neck before it becomes a problem. Ask anyone who has long hair (not me as I would not know,
LOL). There are GORGEOUS vintage plastic flowers being sold for lots of money right now. Yet every time I see one of
them in a finished piece, I cringe. Becki [/quote:67f645fca9]
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View entire thread: Changing tastes - natural gems vs. dyed
Posted by Beckibead on Fri Sep 15, 2006 7:08 PM Post subject: Re: Changing tastes - natural gems vs. dyed
Vibrant Jewels wrote: [quote:38c251823c]I used to never use plastic/acrylic/lucite beads, [/quote:38c251823c] Karleen
-- I feel this is a very important point. I am still a bead snob when it comes to plastic vs. anything else -- yet
plastic beads, especially flowers and lots of plastic shapes in fact, have always been an important component of high-
end costume jewelry. Which I love to distraction. You can only hang so much weight around your neck before it becomes
a problem. Ask anyone who has long hair (not me as I would not know, LOL). There are GORGEOUS vintage plastic flowers
being sold for lots of money right now. Yet every time I see one of them in a finished piece, I cringe. Becki
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View entire thread: New Earrings and One More Tree
Posted by Dr. Sooz on Wed Sep 13, 2006 2:05 AM Post subject: Re: New Earrings and One More Tree
I buy vintage jewelry from eBay UK frequently. I find they have things I'm unfamiliar with here way over on the western
coast of the USA. Love them! Bird jewelry in particular. (Most eBay UKers take Paypal.) Shipping is usually very
reasonable for small items. ```````````````````````````````` Shirley Shone wrote: [quote:8c356955c0]The earrings and
the tree look good. I made another tree last night in Autumn shades.. I have just ordered a batch of chip beads of UK
ebay. Not much good for you though not being local Shirley[/quote:8c356955c0]
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View entire thread: A Block
Posted by Beckibead on Sun Sep 10, 2006 7:48 PM Post subject: Re: A Block
Hey, Sonny. I don't pay any attention to "fall colors" because I make what I want, not what I want to sell!
LOL. But since you are male (likely more logical) just Google fall colors -- you will get more information than you
ever wanted. And for inspiration, I go to Ebay. If the pieces selling in the artisans category don't do it for me, I
do a search for vintage jewelry and bask in the wonders of years past. Sometimes, when we can't create, it is because
we need a break. It will pass. Becki
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View entire thread: Pricing question and critique needed...
Posted by Dr. Sooz on Thu Jul 20, 2006 9:38 PM Post subject: Re: Pricing question and critique needed...
I KNOW! Shirley, if I charged for all the hours I spent tracking down the unique little vintage bits I add to my
bracelets and earrings, people would have a coronary at the price. They just don't get it. And a solid sterling silver
clasp costs quite a lot, even at wholesale prices. Do they never go into a fine jewelry store, where gold and silver
things are sold? Do they only shop at Target? It is *very* trying. My in-laws are my biggest fans. My MIL is always
saying she wants to be my sales rep for the newly-retired folks in Florida. (These people have MONEYYYYYY) I'd love
it, but I can't work enough to open that particular can of worms. Hopefully my health will get better and better and I
will someday be able to produce more -- maybe I'll even go into remission! I would so love that. I have so many things
I want to do. But Christine, upgrade your materials bit by bit -- use us as mentors -- and I bet your business will do
better and better. Write up your repair guarantee on your business cards. (I give a lifetime guarantee on my pieces --
if it breaks, I'll fix it for free, unless of course you're going to throw it in the path of a locomotive or something
equally stupid!) I make sure people know this. I also write up what materials I used on each piece, and attach it to
the piece on a decorative little price-card with a bit of thread -- you'd be shocked how effective THAT is! I talk a
LOT to my customers at shows -- not pushy, just chatty, informative..... interesting stories about the materials I use,
and I try to make them laugh. I wear a good deal of my own work so they can see how it looks. I always provide a
mirror so they can see how things look on them. Etc. I KNOW what my work is made out of -- that's EXTREMELY important
(see price-card description, above). If you don't know if your materials are silver or silverplate, you need to pay
more attention in the future. Keep your receipts, take notes when you order (if necessary), etc. Use the same sources
over and over -- build good business relationships with your suppliers. It will make you feel secure, and you'll grow
to trust your suppliers, which is lovely. If you look on that link I posted here, you'll find a lot of good sources.
Out on a Whim (Whimbeads) has spectacular seed beads. The CrystalsXpress store on eBay has fabulous Swarovski. All
these also have good prices. Marjean (ladymorgause on eBay) has incredible prices and fantastic Czech glass beads, and
more. With just those three alone (plus some silver), well -- I daresay you could RULE THE WORLD.
```````````````````````` Shirley Shone wrote: [quote:77e3f73d33]In message
<1153342427.006924.94630@m73g2000cwd.googlegroups.com>, calzephyr@gmail.com writes People HAGGLE?!?!? Oh my
GAWD!! LOL! I wish I could hear you say that in RL, Dr. Sooz. It's not that haggling is a bad thing, but you probably
know those people that want everything for $1. Or less. Then huff at you and say that they could make it themselves :-)
I don't mind budging on a price, or giving a deal, but some people drive me crazy :-D Best, Christine I know how you
feel Christine, here where I live in Uk people expect to buy my things for less than the price of the beads. They do not
get them. If they want it they must pay the price of it or it goes in my collection. I must have the most jewellery in
the village. When I made the bracelet that was portrayed on the front of B&B. I wore it to my computer class. Now
one of the tutors very fond of jewellery was looking at with great interest. I said don't ask you cannot afford it.
Taken aback she said why. I said it would cost you 200 pounds. I had to go to Sheffield for some of the beads. I had to
send to London for the 200 Swarovski crystals and to Germany for the clasp. Then it took me many hours to make it. Even
then my hourly rate would only be a third of what you earn for teaching this class. I left the class because she wanted
exotic things for nothing. She was replacement for my tutor Martin who had suffered a heart attack. Shirley -- Shirley
Shone shirley@allcrafts.demon.co.uk http://www.allcrafts.demon.co.uk[/quote:77e3f73d33]
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