textileowl.livejournal.com ([identity profile] textileowl.livejournal.com) wrote in [personal profile] textileowl 2009-04-09 03:14 pm (UTC)

I have sold some custom work, mostly ren garb as I have no real desire to design wedding gowns. Working at David's Bridal both in customer service and alterations during Bridal Christmas will kill anyone's muse very quickly.

Selling ren garb can be pretty lucrative, if you either sell quick and cheap off the rack demi-garb, or can convince people that $400- much higher is not expensive because of all the materials, time, and skill that went into their garment. You also need to be able to go to faires for weekends, buy a booth or rent (which can be very expensive because you may need to build onsite), or have a website up that gets a lot of traffic. We've looked into this a bunch, since Jeff does leather work and right now it can't work. Neither of our jobs allow for the time off to make and sell, nor do they make enough money to buy the goods to make product.

Call the funnel even for the jars, timing has been off for months. Is there a winter market this weekend?

Gardening would be fantastic... where on Maize are the plots located? Time would be our biggest problem here, but I'll talk with Jeff about it. It would be nice.

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