Handmade with care

My Ringo bonnet sold quite fast, after someone posted about it being on Etsy in a forum. I suppose it must seem very expensive, but given the number of hours it takes me to make one (I'm so slow) it's not even worth it. I don't sell my things to make money, just to play shop, but I don't want to give them away either. I guess I want them to go to people who really want them, not to just anyone looking for a bargain. For once I used my customized ribbon, about which I always forget. I wanted to include some Moo cards, but I had forgotten I had used them all. I need to take the time to order some more.

I have a lot of ribbon left from a few years ago with the inscription "made especially for Riley by Biscuitbear". Someone had asked, what will you do with it when you're not into Riley anymore, and I thought, I will always be into Riley, but of course nothing lasts forever and while I still have the doll I don't make things for her anymore. So when I ordered ribbon after that, I made sure that it wasn't too specific. I have some little textile labels as well with my name on them, but I don't think I ever used them ; the things I make these days are too small, there's no space for the labels.

If I had the time, and if I knew where to buy them, I'd like to buy little boxes and bags and make pretty packages of the few things I sell. In Japan there were "package shops", even in the small town of Asahi where I lived at one time, with all kinds of packaging supplies, boxes with clear windows in the lids, sparkling bags, opaque glassy bags, ties, etc, etc...never saw such a shop here.

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[bittenbefore]

if i can send anything, please let me know ^^

[ziboo]

J'adore l'idée du ruban personnalisé et de l'emballage en forme de bonbon !
Pour ma part (bien que je n'ai pas de BJD mais des Pullip), quand je ne couds pas et que je décide d'acheter des vêtements, ce qui est rare, je préfère des tenues de qualité, quitte à en acheter très peu souvent ; accumuler des tonnes de tenues comme le font certaines (d'autant que les Pullip peuvent mettre les vêtements Barbie)ne m'intéresse pas. :)
Tout ce pavé pour dire que les prix de ce que vous vendez ne me choquent pas !

[Kathy]

Hi Helene:I have quite a few catalogs on packaging suppliers - let me know if you'd like me to send you some. Even if they don't ship oversees, we could probably combine orders and then I could forward yours. :-)

[Jennie]

The bonnets are beautiful and I think they are priceless!