Re: what worked for me once upon a time......... What a great idea. thank you. n/t


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Posted by Michelle Rossfeld on May 24, 2001 at 18:32:21:

In reply to: what worked for me once upon a time posted by Catherine Cartwright Jones on May 24, 2001 at 15:45:46:

: Very interesting ... and I think you may have the seed of a hugely
: profitable, and delightful thing there....
:
: because...
:
: once upon a time I did something similar, and it kept my babies fed
: and the roof over our head for years.
:
: Here's what I did, and I think this bears looking at!
:
: I did porcelain pendants, a bit bigger than a cat's paw .... by the
: hundreds and thousands...... each with a name, a Kanji, a little
cat,
: a ladybug .... something cute like that ..... and had huge baskets
of
: them for sale. The best sellers were generated by going through
the
: newspaper announcements of graduating classes, so I would copy
every
: last girls name onto a pendant .... and then ... when a festival
came,
: I'd have crowds of girls going rhtough the basket squeeling with
: delight when they found their name. Of course they bought the one
with
: their name on it, and several more too. I charged $1. each, and
: people would often by them by the dozen. It cost me virtually
nothing
: to make. I had spools of silk cord to make them into necklaces on
the
: spot. That was another $1.
:
: How to translate this into henna?
: Handmade paper .....henna, perhaps a sequin or 4, and a nice
coating
: of something glossy and waterproof. make them by the hundreds so
it's
: fun to go through the big basket of them ......
:
: Clear out your office's waste paper basket and your dryer lint, and
: try stuff! Waste paper, leftover henna, glue, perhaps a sequin, and
a
: glossy coating.... not a big investment.
:
: Keep the price at $1 per pendant, so it's an irresistable impulse
: item. You can't lose on this one! Remember, you're targeting
little
: girls with $2 in their pocket, so keep it fun, simple, pretty, and
: personal. Make them thick enough that they seem a bit durable and
have
: a nice "hang".
:
: Have fun! They seemed to sell best when I displayed them in big
flat
: baskets on bright cloths, 500 in each basket, so rifling through
them
: was a tactile and amusing experience... discovering names of
friends,
: pets, good luck pieces.
:
: Those things kept the bills paid better than anything else I ever
did!
: Even fancy galleries and museums kept big baskets of them as
checkout
: counter impuse items!
:
: I can't see any reason why hennaed handmade paper should sell less
: than porcelain...... just fiddle with it until you get the right
: "feel" size and weight.

 


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