hats!
Classical @ 04:50 pm CST
feeling: like a brainstorm is coming along...
all right, so there's this arts 'n' crafts sale thing that the art club and enviromental club do every year together, cleverly named "art for earth." we sell stuff, have enviromental organizations come in and talk, and half our profits go to saving the enviroment. whoo!
and i want to actually sell something this year. no, not prints, because those sell about as fast as snails. people demand neat, nifty things...
...so i'm going to sell fleece hats.
i think i will be making about thirty of them or so, three of a design a piece, for this event. and that's may 20. about five weeks, because i won't be able to start them until after this weekend. that's with school and schoolwork and ap tests and portfolio work and that little thing called a 'social life.'
think i can do this? i sure hope so.
i gotta figure out what kind of funding i'm going to need to gather for this, though. it seems that my tax returns i got a couple of days back ($110!) are all going to go to buying fleece, felt, and thread. and it may also have to pay for a sewing machine if i can't get the one my mother has up and working. but i don't think that'll quite cover it, so i guess that involves me working with my parents on that... hopefully, though, i can make enough money to not only cover the cost of materials, but also make a wee profit. plus still be able to give half of my profits to charity. but i'm going to be out a lot of money from now until then. >_>
so, with that, i gotta figure out how i'm going to price these suckers, too.
i guess when i start actually producing them, i could slap up some pictures here and on other various places and get some feedback from you guys, whoever you are. it depends on how much cloth and supplies these things end up using and how much said supplies costed, as well.
man, i'm going to have to go fishing for bulk discounts. i am going to be bringing home a lot of fabric from jo-ann this weekend...
[/babbling] this'll be a toll on my freetime, methinks. but if i can get a sewing machine working, producing six hats a week will probably be no problem at all.
...now to figure out what exactly to make! XD i already know i'm going to make a cat-eared hat and quite possibly a long rabbit-eared hat (which will also be more expensive, but yes).
any suggestions? :B
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