Waxy: i'm gonna ignore the short joke
cuz your reply with the "heavy bit" was so completely
marvelous. right on, friend! you and i have something in common (well, i
used to be a therapist, no longer)...no need to apologise for Heavy Bits, better to acknowledge the monster in the room than ignore it, know what i mean? wish more men Got It so well
on the other hand: what a nice, TALL, lovely, well-proportioned two-year old you must have!! LOL!!
i think you need to add this qualification to your list:
OR
ya gotta be a Wild Woman
i think Mirriam had better think seriously about whether she really liked whatever else she happened to be doing for a living, because, um, well, she's gonna be a bit busy from now on...
Waxes, actually, i think $40 is CHEAP for that kind of custom work. i'm a handweaver (amongst other weird strange handcrafts), and for a short while a few years back i paid some of the bills doing custom work of one kind or another. i know you don't want to price yourself out of the market, and i realize if it were me, i'd offer Great Prices to my forum friends too, but just consider this: i'm looking at nice
shirts for Carl for Christmas, not silk or anything, and in some stores, just plain shirts are $40-$50 dollars--and these aren't
custom made, no fancy places to carry sharp shiny things. ('course, i just realized i'm out here in california where EVERYTHING costs more, so my view might be a bit skewed.)
one landmark in the scenery for comparison: Carl just bought himself one of those shirts that are made so they provide UV protection, it has lots of nifty special features (pockets, vents, etc) and it was $79 off the rack at REI (he burns REALLY easily, being a viking and all, so it's worth it).
Mirriam might want to consider: how much materials cost her, how much time each shirt takes (including measuring time) and, if she ends up doing a lot of these, a bit for overhead.
OK, so now i just made myself really unpopular, but being a craftswoman myself, i really think it's important not to undervalue one's work. on the other hand (do i have any more hands left?), maybe Mirriam's a whiz and sews like lightning and these things are not a lot of trouble for her to make. only she can judge things like that.
so those are just my thoughts. it's good to sound out folks here on the forums, ask around, see what folks would be willing to pay for these nifty shirts. you might be surprised...
now, on to prospective Horde activities:
i vote we start out by mocking that most ridiculous of human habitation zones: silicon valley (where i spent several unhappy years)...but let's do it from afar, okay?
at knife shows, we could have Horde parties
great thread! oh--that's what you could call Mirriam's shirts: Great Threads
good luck, Mirriam!
silverwing
