Chakra Calm
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Post by Chakra Calm on Aug 30, 2014 6:57:48 GMT -5
Thank you everyone! I'm feeling excited by such a great response! I've only been making them for about a month but I'm hopeful they'll be popular!
Tommy, thank you for your advice. It was difficult deciding on pricing. I definitely don't feel I'm making enough of a profit but I wanted to make them affordable enough to sell and enable me to continue making them. I was planning on creeping the prices up slowly as I gain customers who get as addicted as I am to the stones. Hehe
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garock
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Post by garock on Aug 31, 2014 10:28:19 GMT -5
Welcome to the RTH ! Your work is fantastic ! Never seen stones done in macramé ! Great Idea !
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Post by pghram on Sept 1, 2014 16:49:33 GMT -5
Beautiful pieces & nice store.
Rich
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Chakra Calm
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Post by Chakra Calm on Sept 1, 2014 20:22:48 GMT -5
Thank you garock and Rich! I'm pretty excited about them! Now I need to find some good sources for the cabs!
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Post by rockjunquie on Sept 2, 2014 8:22:57 GMT -5
Thank you everyone! I'm feeling excited by such a great response! I've only been making them for about a month but I'm hopeful they'll be popular! Tommy, thank you for your advice. It was difficult deciding on pricing. I definitely don't feel I'm making enough of a profit but I wanted to make them affordable enough to sell and enable me to continue making them. I was planning on creeping the prices up slowly as I gain customers who get as addicted as I am to the stones. Hehe Tommy is right, don't price too low and remember it is always easier to lower prices than to raise them. If people love your stuff at 25 then may balk at coming back to 50. Here's a thread we did about pricing work I think you'll find that the general idea is not to price too low. |
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Post by connrock on Sept 2, 2014 9:21:05 GMT -5
VERY nice work,,,I like them a LOT!
How do you get the stones to stay wrapped in the macrame?
I tried something slightly similar to this but used soft thin leather.I tried different types of glue and even epoxy but they didn't seem strong enough to me.
connrock
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Chakra Calm
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Post by Chakra Calm on Sept 2, 2014 13:20:03 GMT -5
Thank you, connrock! I use the thinnest cord possible which allows extremely tight knots/wraps. As long as the wrap is the perfect width, it's incredibly snug and that stone's not moving at all. I rarely use glue. The pieces are just stone and cord. :-)
Thank you for the link, rockjunquie! I found it extremely enlightening, especially in regard to the "About Page" on Etsy. I haven't filled mine out yet because I wasn't sure what I wanted to say. After reading the advice on that thread, I realize I need to push my background in fine art. I must sell these as pieces of original art, not just jewelry. Quite frankly, I myself hadn't looked at these as pieces of art! Shame on me!
I'm soooooo glad I found this board!!!!
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Post by connrock on Sept 3, 2014 9:29:16 GMT -5
Thanks,,,If I understand you correctly,,,you actually do the macrame around the stone and not make the macrame and then fit it to the stone?
Amazing to me how well it holds!
VERY nice work!
connrock
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Sabre52
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Post by Sabre52 on Sept 4, 2014 19:06:56 GMT -5
Awesome work! Actually they look suited to masculine buyers too. Kind of a Native American crafts look to them. I can see both dudes and gals liking your wraps. And, as a bonus, you escape the high price of silver or gold filled wire. A suggestion. If you can find a way to do it, a leather wrapped oval would make a great manly looking centerpiece for a hatband for a cowboy hat. Stone mounted leather hat bands would be very cool and probably very popular......Mel
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Chakra Calm
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Post by Chakra Calm on Sept 6, 2014 9:23:44 GMT -5
Connrock, I do the macramé and periodically place the stone in to be sure it'll be the right fit. If it's a crystal point, I end up checking for placement after each knot.
Thank you, Mel! Yes, these are definitely unisex! I've had 6 sales in 2 weeks which I guess isn't too bad but anyway, three women and three men! I LOVE the hatband idea!!! To be honest, I've got so many ideas swimming around my brain, it's getting quite maddening!
~Beverly
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Post by connrock on Sept 7, 2014 8:13:26 GMT -5
Thanks,,,I'm almost tempted to try this but I've never tried macrame so it would be another item on my already long list of things I can "almost" do! LOL
connrock
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lindalouise
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Post by lindalouise on Sept 15, 2014 18:11:33 GMT -5
These are wonderful. I would love to learn how to do this.
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Post by Donnie's Rocky Treasures on Sept 19, 2014 6:31:22 GMT -5
Those are AWESOME!!!!!!! I have to go with the one with the red? & black as my favorite. One of my favorite color combinations! Would that be eudialyte by any chance?
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Chakra Calm
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Post by Chakra Calm on Sept 21, 2014 6:50:15 GMT -5
Thank you Lnda and Donnie :-)
Yes, Donnie! That's eudialyte! A gorgeous stone, wouldn't hurt my feelings if it never sells and I'm forced to wear it! LOL
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Fossilman
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Post by Fossilman on Sept 21, 2014 8:32:33 GMT -5
Beautiful work,my first time seeing that kind of wrap too............Thumbs up
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rattlehead
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Post by rattlehead on Oct 3, 2014 12:53:08 GMT -5
That work is beautiful. That third one especially really pops
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Post by FrogAndBearCreations on Oct 3, 2014 18:48:31 GMT -5
very nice job!
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Post by kap on Oct 5, 2014 8:41:38 GMT -5
Awesome wraps! I love the look like someone else said I would were something like that! I hope you dont mind if I share your link.
Keith
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