Tuesday, June 10, 2008

Iris Necklace



And, the necklace...


This is one of the few color palettes in the 3 Coins in the Fountain collection that doesn't include blue or green, but it's been popular and I've sold a variety of pieces of Iris jewelry.


Eventually, these designs will make their way to my Etsy shop.



Price $38.

(I will freely admit, however, that when I sell to people directly, and not via a store or show, I am sometimes comfortable making deals with people because there is no middleman. I like to make deals when someone is buying several pieces at the same time, especially. For a $10pair of earrings, I really can't alter the price, but for more expensive items, doing so is always an option. But there's also the other side of that coin--haha--when this collection was being sold at a prestigious craft gallery on Antiques Row here in Philadelphia, these necklaces sold for $60, and the bracelets for $45. The earrings went for between $25 and $35, depending on the style. The shorter earrings you've seen photos of sold for $25, for example. And when I say 'sold for,' I mean just that. People paid those prices. So when I took my work out of that craft gallery and re-priced them, I cut prices in half, on average. Some people still feel my work is too rich for their blood, and I fully understand that. But I think my pieces are unique, and beautiful and look smashing when they're worn, so I've grown comfortable with my pricing).

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