The beads...round 1 of earrings
In the fall I get into a personal challenge with myself. I try to bead one or two pairs of earrings a night for the shop.
It is harder than it sounds, other things creep up that need attention, and when I turn around 3 days have gone by. But these are a few pairs done...
I will try to make a few more pairs in this style, then move on to another style...
What beautiful bead work you do @elew, I like the stars in the 2nd
picture from the top. Awesome color choices on all of them!
Thank you Shasta :) It is fun choosing with all the new beads!!!
These are all very pretty. <3
Thank you :)
Shared to showcase your work! They all look awesome!
Thank you Weetree <3
I know exactly how much time is involved in creating pair of these awesome earrings. Well, I'm sure you are much faster than I am. What ever you are charging, isn't enough. They are gorgeous!
Oh thank you <3 Yeah, you know how it goes. 3 hrs, 30.00...minus the fees and materials...
I have been talking with people in Beadwork Addicts for a year on how we need to all start charging 15.00 an hour for our work, but it will never happen if most people still want to starve and sell for 5.00 an hour.
It is what it is though for now. I have raised my prices a little bit, so they are higher than most others now...and they still sell :)
I've tried selling cheap and selling what I thought might be over priced and the higher priced items sell better. Go figure. They get my cool stuff and I get their money, yay.
There you go...I think maybe people think they are made overseas if we try to compete with those prices.
Sales are good, we like them :)