What sort of price for these?

[PurpleThistles84]

My mum has booked a table at a craft/boot sale at our local hall. She has asked me to join her and said I could perhaps sell some of the things I make at home. I make them for my anxiety, I find it really calming and tend to give bits and pieces to friends and family as a gift. I’ve never sold them before so no idea what sort of price. I would quite like to donate anything I do make to the MS society as it is in my family and my best friend has it too.

I really won’t be offended if anyone thinks they aren’t worth anything so please don’t hold back! The heart and dream catcher is just very thin mdf, the necklace is metal and glass.

You have a lovely sense of colour balance. OP, and your finish looks good. I’d be very tempted and I’m sure you’ll do well !

I think you’re really talented

They are all really nicely made, OP, looks like a professional standard to me. Not sure about prices for the others, but as PP said, I'd definitely pay £10 for the necklace, possibly 15.

Thank you, I’ve been making them for quite a long time. I think I will go with £10 for the necklaces but will reduce if needed. I made some tea light holders last night, they are still drying and need sealing yet. I was thinking maybe £5?

say £8 for the tea light holders and reduce to £5 if you wish.

Don't sell yourself short. They really are lovely. And the prices you have suggetsed are quite modest anyway.

I am not usually a fan of ‘crafts’ but your items are beautiful. You clearly have a real talent OP.

Can
You share how you do these. I would love to introduce at work for our residents

There are lots of YouTube videos on dot art. It’s just acrylic paint basically, that you mix to the consistency of runny honey so that when you place a dot, it doesn’t ‘peak’ like a mountain but settles into a lovely round dome. Too runny and the dots won’t hold their shape. There are lots of dotting tools on amazon and then it’s just buying whatever craft blanks you would like to decorate. Some of the dotting tools on amazon come with stencils.

The key really is in getting the right consistency of paint, I can’t stress that enough, and have made heaps of ruined pieces from getting it wrong, even now! You can test your paint consistency by dotting on paper. You can also make a guide for dot size by placing a dot from each of your dotting tools to use as a reference as to what size tool to use.

I’d recommend getting some little screw top bead tubs, they are useful for storing mixed paint in as it’s easy to waste lots of paint from mixing too much at a time.

The dot patterns I make tend to fall in the mandala type patterns which you can google and find heaps of images to use as reference though I freehand it now.

Lastly it takes great patience and focus. It’s not something you can do whilst watching tv say and a steady hand is needed especially for tiny dot work.

Starting price is
Materials + labour + 100% markup.

If you want you can be having a half-price sale that day!

How would I work out material cost for the paint which makes lots of pieces? I suppose I would have to try to add up the pieces then divide the cost of the paint by that number, but it’s very variable depending on size of pieces and colours used?

Love the swirl / tear drops in purple!
Absolutely cover costs and time .
Consider creating a business name / card etc and photos for social media ? Good luck.

I love them. You are very talented. Don't undersell yourself!

Definitely at least £8 for the tea light holders.
And £10-15 for the other items.
They're beautiful and I'm envious of your skill

they are really pretty check the prices on Etsy for similar items so you can see what people pay why not get an Etsy shop yourself? easy to do and you can have money going to a charity if you wish

I love the tea light holders and its lovely to see something hand painted. With some nice packaging they'd make great presents.

They really are beautiful.

They are all very good. The necklace is beautiful. I could see it for £20 plus in an arty shop if it was presented in a lovely box and people would feel they have got a bargain.
Your costings will depend on your buyers and what you think they will be prepared to pay.

I would pay 10-15ish for the dream catcher

People often buy things like tealight holders in pairs, or threes. So I might be inclined to offer a slight discount for multiples. Eg, £7.50 for one, £14 for two £18 for three. It's the sort of thing I'd buy as a small Christmas Gift or even for my own Christmas table, so Christmassy colours would be an added 'draw' for me.
Good luck - you really do have a skill there.

Imok that’s a great idea, thank you.

And thanks everyone else you have all been lovely, much appreciated