This is a photo of the booth Kelly and I rent at Qcumberz.
Do you see the flowers in the corner on the wood frame?
I love wearing flowers in my hair, so I thought it’d be a good idea to collect bunches of silk flowers and make them into hair bows. I spent a few days putting them together. With my handy glue gun, I attached the flowers to clips I purchased at Michael's craft store. I also added vintage buttons to the center of each flower.
I loved how they turned out.
I marked them at $5.00 each.
Next, I found a vintage frame. I glued 4 strands of thick ribbon up and down the frame.
A perfect way to display my flowers.
In a rush, I placed a price tag of $5.00 on one flower, assuming both store owner and customer would know it was $5.00/per flower.
You can tell where this story is going, right?
Yes, the entire collection of flowers, including the frame, sold for $5.00.
In my defense, most of the time I look like this.
Or better yet, this.
I literally have a kid hanging/attached to me at anytime through out the day and didn't/couldn't take the time to label and price each flower.
What did I learn?
That I can’t assume anything.
On the bright side, some lucky customer purchased the deal of the day at Qcumberz.
I like to think of it as my gift to her.
Trash makes great gifts.
My mom, Sarah Hinze, is a wonderful author of many books, including We Lived in Heaven. Her friend, Kimberly Clark Sharp, author of After the Light, came into town for a quick visit. I met Kimberly almost 15 years ago while serving a mission on Temple Square and hadn’t seen her since. I was so excited to see her again and wanted to give her something special.
Kimberly is such a beautiful person and her style is a combination of shabby chic meets earthy. I thought about what I could give her, than ran to my eBay pile of clothes. I remember a linen cargo skirt from FLAX I’d found while thrifting. New, a flax skirt runs around $65.00, so I was confident this would be a great gift, classy and stylish. It’s easy to see how much she loved it.
Plus I was able to capture her hilarious personality.
Trash makes great gifts.
Last week, Reef turned 3. It was a week long celebration, ending with a carnival at the elementary school. He looked so cute face-painted as a puppy.
I captured him the night of his birthday, cuddled up in bed with his birthday gift; a fire truck I’d found a week earlier at a garage sale.
He loves all the sounds; sirens, 911 dispatcher and fireman, plus, the ladder is so much fun.
Trash makes great gifts.
Oh my GOD!! I bet that lady jumped in her vehicle and SPED OFF at alarming speeds with her great flower picture deal.
ReplyDeleteWhat a lucky lady!
I must agree we have few trash at home that can be recycled and make great gifts!
ReplyDeleteI love giving trash as gifts...when the item fits the person, who cares where it came from, right? YAY for good junk!!! lol
ReplyDeletePeace & Love,
~Barb~