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