Comments | pinkpeppercorns: Money, money, money

pinkpeppercorns

Money, money, money

Oct 29, 2008 10:11

I need it for such extravagances as ..., uh, ... butter. (I'm going on three days without butter, and I think I might just die.)

( So I've got a few ribbons and a nice felted purse to exchange for the funds to buy butter and a few other such extravagances. )

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rumorofrain October 29 2008, 18:22:13 UTC

I'm interested in the middle batch of ribbons!

onfruitstreet October 29 2008, 18:59:27 UTC

Bless your heart. Although, I rather hate to charge you and, if anything, I really should put any exchange towards honey (if you have honey to spare, that is), as I'm getting low again. (Which reminds me, I haven't seen a honey or bee report for a good long while. How is everything on that front?)

The top two ribbons are more orange than whatever color they appear to be (sort of red on my monitor). If you're still interested, I can deliver them. Are you still making books? I still cherish the little book I got from you.

rumorofrain October 29 2008, 19:16:53 UTC

I didn't get any new bees this spring after those hoodlums knocked my hives over, so sadly I harvested no honey this year. I am planning to get two packages next spring, so hopefully I'll have more honey a year from now. :(

If you have to buy honey from the store, I recommend Warm Colors Apiary. It's organic (that is, he does not use any chemicals on his bees) and he's the guy who taught me about beekeeping.

Also, never feel bad about charging anyone for your art, especially me! I appreciate how much work went into them, and I'm sure they're worth much more than $10. I feel like I'm getting a great bargain!

I haven't done any bookbinding lately, but I tend to do it more in the winter since it's an indoor project. I'm actually hoping to incorporate the ribbons into some books! I have been itching to do some book-binding, but I'm working madly on a big knitting project that I'm hoping to finish in the next month ( ... )

onfruitstreet October 29 2008, 19:32:31 UTC

Holy cow! I missed that some schmucks turned your hives over! How awful! And how sad! I am so sorry.

I am sort of caught between a rock and a hard spot on the ribbon sales. I pretty much stopped selling them until a woman approached me about buying them wholesale. She sells them for exorbitant prices and told me that if I listed them on my site at my "regular" price, I would have to put them on her business cards (rather than mine) so that her clients wouldn't go to my site and see that they were priced at half what she sells them for. Strangely, she has sold more of them in the past month at double what I normally charge than I've been able to sell (even discounted) in the past quarter. She knows marketing, I guess.

I'll try to get these delivered to you tomorrow. Hopefully, I'll find an extra goody or two for you.

Thanks so much.