Handmade cards. A bit of guidence please.
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Handmade cards. A bit of guidence please.
How much do you thing they should cost? For pretty much a standard card?
I have been making cards for a few weeks now, and will hopefully start selling them at the local school Christmas fair. I have done a little research by looking on eBay, and other sites for a general idea of price, but I suppose it's more about the quality.
I have been making cards for a few weeks now, and will hopefully start selling them at the local school Christmas fair. I have done a little research by looking on eBay, and other sites for a general idea of price, but I suppose it's more about the quality.
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Handmade cards can sell from £1.50 to £15.00 depending on how ornate and well done.
Nice ones usually £2.00 to £4.00 in the artistic end of the market.
Basic printed ones, no more than normal cards.
Nice ones usually £2.00 to £4.00 in the artistic end of the market.
Basic printed ones, no more than normal cards.
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I charge between £1.50 - £5.00 depending on if it's a standard card or one that has been made to order. At Christmas boxes of cards are so cheap in the shops that people usually only buy hand-made if it's personalised. A friend of mine used to charge £10 but she lived in a posh area, round here they want bargains!
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I charge between £1.50 - £5.00 depending on if it's a standard card or one that has been made to order. At Christmas boxes of cards are so cheap in the shops that people usually only buy hand-made if it's personalised. A friend of mine used to charge £10 but she lived in a posh area, round here they want bargains!
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Oh and if you don't already have one then invest in a scoreboard/ boxmaker, boxes are dead easy to make but you can put another pound or so on the price of the card.
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I might have a look for one out of curiosity. Thank you for pointing those out to me though.
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My Mrs has been into arts & crafts for a while, making cards etc for family members. Normally just Christmas cards (can I say Christmas on Scoobynet?) using decoupage sets. Costs a fortune in supplies from art shops but when she's making them they look bloody good. Nice personal touch but you won't become a millionaire by making them - more of a hobby Nat says
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Who buys all those crafting kits like they sell on QVC? Does anybody actually use that stuff? Or do crafters send their efforts only to fellow crafters?
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My Mum's really into card making, though doesn't really sell them as she does them for friends and family mainly. She watches hours upon hours of the QVC type programmes, but usually only to get ideas and rarely buys the packs they advertise. She showed me a programme about bag making, which is what I am into, and they had a device on there which I thought would be really useful. 2 minutes later I had bought it off eBay for half the price!
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My Mrs used to buy packs from local art places like The Range or Trent Valley in Scun'orpe - the odd kit from French eBay. Didn't even know QVC still existed
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It is more of a hobby at the moment, but I have been asked to sell some (rent a table) at the school Christmas fair.
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Certainly for the fashion it helps if you're 24 stone or over, they use the words skimming and flattering a LOT.
But they're ok for what they are, 30 day money back guarantee allows wimmins to try lots of new stuff. But they make back what they lose in returns by over-charging for p&p, and not including that in the "price you pay" which i think is very misleading. They have a bad image amongst younger people in particular, but you'd like their accounts, trust me.
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http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fb...e=3&permPage=1
That's a link to the cards. The pictures give a little representation of the cards.
That's a link to the cards. The pictures give a little representation of the cards.
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Thank you.
Some of them I have left a little plain, so that there is space for me to add something personalised to them, but if I take them to the school fair, I will probably add some more details to them so they can sell there and then.
If I don't get much interest at least I have a stock pile of cards for a while
Some of them I have left a little plain, so that there is space for me to add something personalised to them, but if I take them to the school fair, I will probably add some more details to them so they can sell there and then.
If I don't get much interest at least I have a stock pile of cards for a while
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The main problem with them and the other craft channel is that often you have to buy huge kits so before you have finished using them all you are bored of them.
I'm lucky because I run a craft club so use the club money to buy new stuff and can off-load all my old bits there.
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Thank you.
Some of them I have left a little plain, so that there is space for me to add something personalised to them, but if I take them to the school fair, I will probably add some more details to them so they can sell there and then.
If I don't get much interest at least I have a stock pile of cards for a while
Some of them I have left a little plain, so that there is space for me to add something personalised to them, but if I take them to the school fair, I will probably add some more details to them so they can sell there and then.
If I don't get much interest at least I have a stock pile of cards for a while
Crafty Blogs is a good site for looking at other people's blogs for inspiration and Pinterest is fab (but a huge time sucker) if you're not already on there.
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http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fb...e=3&permPage=1
That's a link to the cards. The pictures give a little representation of the cards.
That's a link to the cards. The pictures give a little representation of the cards.
I used to have an artistic flare then I started working in retail!
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http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fb...e=3&permPage=1
That's a link to the cards. The pictures give a little representation of the cards.
That's a link to the cards. The pictures give a little representation of the cards.