Is £6.50 to much....

[debsjeans]

To pay for a necklace made of seed beads and dragonfly charms and a few glass beads. It took me 45 mins to put together as I find stringing seed beads quiet slow. If I charge £6 an hour it makes the necklace cost should be sold £6.50. Have only asked one friend so far but she thought it was too much to charge.

Thanks for answers ahead of time.
Debbiejean

[Kiamyka]

I don't think so and £6 an hour is only just over minimum wage isn't it?
Not sure if you know this tip but if stringing lengths of seed beads I put them in an egg cup and dig my needle into the stash.. once you get the knack you can pick up loads at one plunge

[debsjeans]

Once I have sold a few bits I would like to buy a bead spinner think it should speed up my work.

[annnoble]

At the Torquay fair beaded bracelets started from £2.00 wholesale right up to £4.50 wholesale, so I would say from £6.50 to £8.50 would probably be okay.

[matt.chatterley]

To pay for a necklace made of seed beads and dragonfly charms and a few glass beads. It took me 45 mins to put together as I find stringing seed beads quiet slow. If I charge £6 an hour it makes the necklace cost should be sold £6.50. Have only asked one friend so far but she thought it was too much to charge.

Thanks for answers ahead of time.
Debbiejean

Do you have a pic of your necklace?

6.50 sounds fine to me..!

[debsjeans]

Do you have a pic of your necklace?

6.50 sounds fine to me..!

Have to borrow my SIL or her OH's camera as mine doesn't have a macro setting.

[piggintracy]

sounds ok by way bead spinners on offer in hobby craft at £15 I think it was

[Magenta5]

I hate pricing things because I look at something and go "well, it's very nice but I could make if for £.... myself"
I had to force myself to sit down with a calculator and count beads to come up with my latest prices and I cringed handing the list over to my stockist but she didn't bat an eyelid.
So I see where you are coming from but be bold! £6.50 sounds very reasonable to me.

[auntynet]

£6.50 sounds too cheap to me.

£4.50 of that is for your time. You should try to work out the cost of all your components and then double it - I'm guessing the components cost you more than £1?

[debsjeans]

my flourite necklace cost .79p and my dragonfly cost .98

[cupcake]

£6.50 sounds cheap to me I can't even get a bracelet to go that low. I made a necklace at the weekend and costed up I should be selling it for £40, doubt anyone would buy anything from me for that!

[claredorett]

£6.50 is perfectly reasonable for a handcrafted necklace!!!

[auntynet]

my flourite necklace cost .79p and my dragonfly cost .98

With those costings I would charge £8.00. . . .

79 + 98 = 1.77 x 2 = 3.54 + 4.50 (for 45 mins of your time) = 8.04.

Lots of jewellery makers use this formula.

[debsjeans]

With those costings I would charge £8.00. . . .

79 + 98 = 1.77 x 2 = 3.54 + 4.50 (for 45 mins of your time) = 8.04.

Lots of jewellery makers use this formula.

They are two different necklaces lol

The dragonfly one comes up as 6.46 which I rounded up to 6.50
the Flourite one comes up to 6.08 which I rounded up to 6.10

[auntynet]

LOL. In that case then I reckon you've got it right without my interferrence.