Meshell made me do it!
Christmas pudding coins are go!
22 September 2006 - by Simone
Given the wild enthusiasm of Little Miss Meshell (who has an Etsy shop with gorgeous things, as well as a Flickr account and - for reasons we are both yet to fathom - a Myspace account) and others for the idea of making pure silver Christmas pudding tokens, I am going to do it!
Today I’ve been fiddling with the artwork I want to use (changing one or two of the images used for etching the set featured above) and have also been figuring out packaging for them. I think because they’ll be something special to keep and pass on that it would be good to package them up as nicely as I can - and particularly to make them look like a lovely little gift.
So I’ve been to my jewellery supply shop and purchased some teensy black plastic cases with clear lids and some padding inside to put the tokens in. I picked up some nice paper for printing recipes and instructions onto and some card to put the paperwork in. Plus I’ve ordered some lovely Christmas fabrics for wrapping everything up and picked up some ribbons to tie it all together.
As for the other details, my artwork fiddling today has resulted in there being probably seven tokens per set. And I’ve come up with a very vague sort of a price taking into account the fairly large amount of silver and the labour - roughly US$68 plus postage - don’t quote me on it, but do let me know what you think!
Thanks for the encouragement, Meshell (or is that obsession!?)!
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Bwaha, I think we can safely say that it is obsession =P Your details sound absolutely PERFECT, all of them…I was totally going to suggest the little case and fabric/printout ideas until I read down to see that you have read my mind! And seven in a set sounds delicious as does the price! Are you sure that covers you for all your work? =)
You definitely, absolutely have your first customer right here, I can’t get over this idea. They are just so damn special! =)
“and for reasons we are both yet to fathom, a myspace account” LOL, so true…
by MissMeshell on 22 September 2006 at 1:10 pm |
[…] As I mentioned in a previous post I’m also awaiting delivery of some lovely looking fabric with cherries on it which I plan to use for Australians who purchase the pudding coins. For those who don’t know, cherries are everywhere at Christmas here and are very much associated with the festive season. […]
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