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Beaded Cristmas Ornaments

Well, I finally gat around to making a draped beaded ornament. Silver bugles, silver lined green on 2 sides and silver lined red on the other two (alternating) Didn't turn out to bad for a first try. So, I bravely went and showed it to one of my neighbors that bought a couple pair of earrings and ordered a custom lighter case. She wants SIX of them!!!! Not going to tell you what I'm charging (I think I'd get beaten by a wet noodle by Sooz at the very least) but I'm happy even though it's going to use up a lot of my beads. And the $$$ will help out. It uses about twice as many beads as the lighter cases but only about 1/2 the time. Stringing seed beads, oh what fun! And counting all the rows, whee! (getting even better at the rippit stitch though all this!)

So, what are these things actually worth? Are there any links on the link list to examples?

Just wanted to share and all that.

FWIW, SSDD here. Ron's doing great and DH is definately being himself.

Later,

Helen C

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Hi Helen, Where did you get the pattern for making the beaded ornaments, if you don't mind my asking? I've got some time on my hands, and was thinking I could try it out.

Lisa M.

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LiisaAnn

ordered a custom lighter case. She wants SIX of them!!!<

Right on, Helen!! Congrats on a great sale!!

Carol in SLC My latest creation:

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Well, I've been seeing them around, there was a how to in the last Bead and Button so I just kind of fingered it out. First one, I made the bugle bead ladder, and went from there. On the next two, kinda skipped the ladder and did it row by row, adding the bugle beads every row (it involves doubling back through the bugle beads, don't really know how to explain it but if I figured it out, you probably can) (at the start of the row add a bugle, go through the one above and back through the one you just added, string however many seeds you need for that section, another bugle and then go through the far side of the next bugle and back through the one you just added. At the end of the row, go in the first bugle you added and add another or weave in you thread to start anew. Confusing? I hope not) Adding two more beads per section seems to be about right for the little ornanamets I'm using (just some cheapo ones from the dollar store. If they want a nice one, they can get their own. I have kids that like to break things so plastic's fine for me!)

Thanks for asking.

Later,

Helen C

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Helen C

materials cost + labor + 10% of the sum of those first two=wholesale

wholesale x 2 +retail

Materials is somewhere between actual cost and replacement value.

and as for labor--remember you should be making between $10 and $20 an hour, and of course you need to be efficient; keep getting faster AND better at it. That increases your rate of pay. The 10% is for packaging costs, promotion and profit...don't count on the profit, but do add in for it!! Sarajane

Sarajane's Polymer Clay Gallery

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oops, I meant wholesale x 2 = retail Sarajane

Sarajane's Polymer Clay Gallery

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