Re: OT Lest anyone see me as harsh

Awwww shuks...you're poems must hace realee sucked! They loev me in rcp.

LOL one of my friends who wanted to buy one of my goddess beads... a blue-and-ivory swirl encased in clear... was aghast that I wanted $15 for it, and rather petulantly said, "Well, for $15 I sure hope you put it on a necklace too!"

I don't want to upset you, but that question really reads differently than you intend it. It *sounds* like you want specifics, ie "I sell on Ruby Lane and bracelets with lampwork and Swarovski sell best".

Your best bet is to work on your beading knowledge and skills until you get to the point where your materials are very familiar to you; perhaps you can find a beader's magazine at your local bookstore, take a couple of classes at your local bead store, check out a book from the library. Work on your pieces and see if you can sell to friends and coworkers. Even if you don't plan to sell on a large scale, as soon as you start marketing to strangers, you're a professional and you should be able to back that up with skill and knowledge, which you will accumulate through experience.

Selling professionally is hard, and it's not cheap, no matter what it is you sell.

vj found this in rec.crafts.beads, from Kalera Stratton :

]was aghast that I wanted $15 ]for it, and rather petulantly said, "Well, for $15 I sure hope you put ]it on a necklace too!"

**sigh** families and friends. sometimes, you have to wonder!

----------- @vicki [SnuggleWench] (Books)

's not what you take, when you leave this world behind you;it's what you leave behind you when you go. -- Randy Travis

Im aghast too... 15 dollars..are you nuts? Heck, even I could afford one then. :-) ( I like your goddesses, couldja tell?) Diana

: >I agree with this. I find it to be extremely rude. I have seen people : >*graciously* turn down advice, or explain why they felt different;y, but : >to ask for advice and then to get defensive about suggested changes is : >plain rude. It pushes my hot-buttons too. I used to participate in : >rec.arts.poems, and they will rip your little poems apart... and if

: Awwww shuks...you're poems must hace realee sucked! : They loev me in rcp.

heh... but what aboot yore loevly speeling? :D

btw, howya doin', E.? Are yu feeling a bit better? :)

I haven't replied to this thread... just bin thinking about it and trying to wrap my mind around everyone's viewpoints. But I have realized that the lack of posts by Sooz and Dierdre is quite noticable and I miss them.

I don't believe I can say anything new that others haven't already said, so I'll just say that I wish Soozala and Dierdre would both come back. :(

I'll emale ya. :)

Yup. And sometimes I make a conscious decision NOT to wonder!

Oh, thank you, Diana! I was trying to give it to her cheap because she's a dear friend I've known for years, and a young single mom to boot! But she just didn't get it... sigh!

My poems were well-received, and I often received helpful suggestions. I saw many people's poems deconstructed... which is a useful tool in poetry... and then have temper tantrums and leave in snits. I'll have to pop my head in there and see your work.

Oh, wait. I've never participated in RCP. I was a regular in RAP. Never mind!

Friends are odd. They have come in three varietys for me. The first kind will say "oh, you should sell these" note that they do not suggest you allow them to buy one.. The second will buy from you, or commission work from you. The third kind refuses to believe that you are a profesional simply because they know you. True story here.. A friend had a boxer dog she and the family loved dearly. She wanted to have his portrait painted before he passed. I was told her I would be happy to do it for her and she said "well, we want to have a professional artist do it". I replied that "I 'am' a professional" She hemmed and hawed and said she was going to have a specific artist in the area do it... I just shrugged and shook my head.... I would have done it for the cost of materials. She is also one of the ones who would insist I could sell my work and not offer to buy. LOL.. Some people are clueless.. Diana

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"Kalera Stratton" wrote> "Diana Curtis" wrote:>> > Im aghast too... 15 dollars..are you nuts? Heck, even I could afford one > > then. :-)> > ( I like your goddesses, couldja tell?)> > Diana

vj found this in rec.crafts.beads, from "Diana Curtis" :

]Some people are clueless..

amen! many in my family have happily taken 'gifts' of jewelry. only Jamie and Johnny have actually wanted to pay for them!

----------- @vicki [SnuggleWench] (Books)

's not what you take, when you leave this world behind you;it's what you leave behind you when you go. -- Randy Travis

LOL a lot of my friends tell me I should sell my work. Of course, I've been selling on-and-off in galleries for almost a decade, but they seem to forget that part. If I remind them, they say something like "yeah, but I mean you should really *sell* it!" They're still saying that to me, even though a good portion of my living is coming from selling beads.

They also seem to think I don't know the value of my work, which is cute. One friend I made a bracelet for, for the cost of materials, came back a week later and said "I saw bracelets just like this on the coast selling for beaucoup bucks! You should sell these!" I just smiled and nodded and thanked him; he will never understand that I'm doing it on purpose, because I *like* him! He's a person who has stood by me in times of trouble. Of course I gave him a deal!

Now thats the fourth kind of friend... the kind that get deals cause its the best way to say thank you for being a friend. Your friend story is so cute, and sweet. Thanks for the smile Diana