Colors?!

[GeekyPenguin]

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I wonder if Amycat ever finished these...I want to see one!

(Can you tell I'm at work avoiding a paper?)

[CutiePie2000]

Originally posted by GeekyPenguin
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I wonder if Amycat ever finished these...I want to see one!

She did finish them...I saw the Pi Phi and ADPi ones that she made. I think she sold them all already. I don't think she has plans to make that many more because she told me that the costs and profits margins were not enough to continue on. She had to charge quite a bit for them to just break even and she found the price to be a bit prohibitive for collegians. Also, it takes a lot to be a "licenced vendor" (like thousands of dollars), so that sort of nipped it in the bud, too.

[GeekyPenguin]

Originally posted by CutiePie2000
She did finish them...I saw the Pi Phi and ADPi ones that she made. I think she sold them all already. I don't think she has plans to make that many more because she told me that the costs and profits margins were not enough to continue on. She had to charge quite a bit for them to just break even and she found the price to be a bit prohibitive for collegians. Also, it takes a lot to be a "licenced vendor" (like thousands of dollars), so that sort of nipped it in the bud, too.

Understandable - I think materials for those would be expensive if not bought in bulk.

[amycat412]

I sold quite a few of them last summer, and I find making them so much fun, but they are time consuming (2+ hours per album) and expensive to make. I really need to sell them for $50 to make a respectable profit, and was selling them at $35-42 to facilitate sales, which covered cost of materials plus a tiny amount.

I make non-sorority ones that sell for $60-100, but in fabrics such as silk, velvet, denim, leather, fur--they are worth the cost.

At this point, I am mostly giving them as gifts, and then making them on the referrals I get from those.

Yes, and licensed vendor thing was a PAIN IN THE BUTT. The system is set up for companies the size of Nike, with resources and money, NOT for people like me, who are doing this one album at a time in their homes. They required samples and fees and it is just too much for a part time at home business.

[astroAPhi]

And after all that, the Gamma Phi Betas at Florida Tech use green and white. LOL.