tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6859177834080161600.post2106533647169837031..comments2023-10-16T04:29:32.727-07:00Comments on Amy Nicole Artisan Jewelry: This one has a story...Amy Nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11998584496439026031noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6859177834080161600.post-71699653503231196252011-09-23T15:14:40.210-07:002011-09-23T15:14:40.210-07:00Love that necklace!Love that necklace!Kirstenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01386096076588029658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6859177834080161600.post-71637009551381370022011-09-22T18:57:17.041-07:002011-09-22T18:57:17.041-07:00Thanks ladies. I'm still a little peeved on t...Thanks ladies. I'm still a little peeved on the whole subject. Actually I feel another rant coming on. So I'll just stop here. :-/Amy Nicolehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11998584496439026031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6859177834080161600.post-7064956127264918832011-09-22T18:10:17.324-07:002011-09-22T18:10:17.324-07:00Love the necklace Amy. It rocks!! Literally haha.
...Love the necklace Amy. It rocks!! Literally haha.<br /><br />I haven't had that much in the way of requests for custom items from family/friends since the price of silver has been so high. But I do understand what you mean. You fret over and over about the price (once you've decided upon it) and then it's even harder when you have to tell them what it is! I truly believe that people think handmade=dirt cheap. And I hate that. So much.littlecherryhillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07048003824602523261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6859177834080161600.post-10825552072213736102011-09-22T16:32:44.144-07:002011-09-22T16:32:44.144-07:00I like what you did with it. I don't like huge...I like what you did with it. I don't like huge jewelry myself but MIL does. You know, my friend announced to me that I was going to make the jewelry for her wedding, to which I replied "Oh no I'm not!". For one thing I made one bracelet so now I'm an expert? I don't think so. And for another she doesn't take care of anything and the one bracelet I made cost more than $30 to make and I'm not spending that kind of money to make jewelry for a wedding party only to have it thrown about like trash. She can buy wedding jewelry. Besides I bought her wedding rings and I think that is all the jewelry I should be required to supply.<br /><br />PDPussDaddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16980599321761107659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6859177834080161600.post-2598039458460498812011-09-22T14:52:11.601-07:002011-09-22T14:52:11.601-07:00Amy, that necklace is awesome...I love the copper ...Amy, that necklace is awesome...I love the copper and blue together.<br /><br />As for price quotes...what is there about "handmade" that is supposed to equal "cheap"...I don't get it. I am sure it has happened to most of us so rant away.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6859177834080161600.post-77330175005086206412011-09-22T12:17:33.642-07:002011-09-22T12:17:33.642-07:00Thanks girls! It's so much easier to handle t...Thanks girls! It's so much easier to handle this type of junk when you know that you have a support system! Thanks for commiserating with me!Amy Nicolehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11998584496439026031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6859177834080161600.post-21994893937008164732011-09-22T11:48:11.144-07:002011-09-22T11:48:11.144-07:00Congrats on the homecoming of your new toy! Yay- ...Congrats on the homecoming of your new toy! Yay- have fun playing with it. Love the new necklace too- isn't it nice when a sort of mistake can work so well with a different idea? Lovely. Ep...as for the other issue...i hear ya. I think that's the great debate of handmade prices vs. Walmart prices. People don't mind dropping serious dough on pandora crap...but seriously?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6859177834080161600.post-88647206265251954452011-09-22T10:55:15.649-07:002011-09-22T10:55:15.649-07:00That necklace is beautiful!
I can also relate with...That necklace is beautiful!<br />I can also relate with what you said about pricing. If people only knew the time and cost of materials to make something yourself....<br /><br />One time a guy I know asked me to make him a custom belt with tooled flames across it. When I gave him a quote he looked at me like I was crazy. The sad thing is that I quoted him a price far less than what I would have with someone I didn't know. Oh well.Lindseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06857802165372480112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6859177834080161600.post-78727177726504330992011-09-22T10:35:18.066-07:002011-09-22T10:35:18.066-07:00Gorgeous!! Big and bold just like I like it!
Cong...Gorgeous!! Big and bold just like I like it!<br /><br />Congrats on the rolling mill. I hope it works like a charm :)<br /><br />Yeah I cringe every time someone I know asks if I can make them something. They really don't understand that it's not just the silver (which is SO expensive right now) but also the time invested that we have to factor into the price...nova by tesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15299985658608324581noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6859177834080161600.post-3369349671745131322011-09-22T10:16:06.267-07:002011-09-22T10:16:06.267-07:00Gorgeous piece! ....and go ahead and rant. I hav...Gorgeous piece! ....and go ahead and rant. I have customers frequently disappear after I tell them the price. A sterling cuff bracelet with turquoise for $165 is NOT unreasonable with silver at $40 an ounce? Ah well... it is bound to happen.Amyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13615656969477195913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6859177834080161600.post-75284562517545654352011-09-22T09:44:38.100-07:002011-09-22T09:44:38.100-07:00Oh boy i know that rant WELL. I get it often from ...Oh boy i know that rant WELL. I get it often from coworkers who don't even realize they are doing so : "How much are those earrings?" "They are $$" "oh wow, expensive" <br />They don't realize the word "expensive" has a negative connotation attached to it to me. It would be different if they said "oh, out of my range, but I can see why, they are lovely" or something of the like, you know?<br /><br />The same goes for wanting custom work done. On etsy, my buyers ask knowing what I charge for things in my shop. Of course you will always get the person who feels that Etsy/Handmade=bargain, but that isn't specific to etsy. I quite often get ladies at work asking things like "oh could you make something like my friends Tiffany's necklace for me? You could do it alot cheaper than Tiffany's right???"<br />Um No, no and NO.Jaime/GirlLovesGlosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05531994815379182397noreply@blogger.com