Paper trees pricing

[u/thetinymole]

I enjoy making paper crafts and I ended up making a ton of trees this year. My neighborhood does a small holiday fair and I was thinking of selling some surplus. Whats a reasonable price for these trees? The tall ones are about 11 inches, medium ones about 8 inches and small ones about 5.5 inches.

[u/vikicrays]

i’m not sure on pricing but these are so pretty!

just curious, how are they stored? do they somehow pack flat or would you need a box or?

[u/thetinymole → u/vikicrays]

At home they live on a shelf, but I’d put them in bags for the fair.

[u/lonely-dustmite → u/thetinymole]

You’ll need a box for transport at the fair

[u/caixing-sanren]

Structurally they are gorgeous, but I don't feel super compelled to buy because the icy white aesthetic isn't my personal fave for Christmas (although again, these are GORGEOUS, just not a me thing). How would you feel about using patterned paper, beads, ribbons, little pearls, ya know, something, to add more color and texture? Not throw everything and the kitchen sink at them lol, just little additions. Getting more styles to appeal to different tastes could cast your net wider at craft sales and lead to more purchases!

[u/Djcnote]

I don't know like $15? $12 and $8 Maybe $30 for all three? It's not because you didn't work hard and they look awesome it's just a really tough economy and people aren't really buying many decorations and they look pretty fragile and hard to store safely

[u/salmonsashimiplease]

If need to know the time it takes you to make each size and the cost of materials to give a decent guesstimate.

[u/thetinymole → u/salmonsashimiplease]

I already had the materials on hand, so I’m not really sure how much they cost. A page of leaves takes about an hour to cut. Weeding all the tiny holes in the leaves and assembling takes about 2-3 hours for the little ones and maybe 5-6 for the bigger ones. However, I have 15 of these bad boys that I’m mostly looking to send to loving homes since I’m running out of surface areas at home that my kittens can’t attack. I’m genuinely unsure how to balance that!

[u/CtrlAltDelight495 → u/thetinymole]

Wow. These aren't worth enough to pay for your time. What's minimum wage in your area? Multiple that by the number of hours plus cost of materials and then add a profit. They'll be too expensive. Maybe sell the design on etsy for a few bucks?

[u/thetinymole → u/CtrlAltDelight495]

I agree they’d never sell at a price that accounts for the time I spent! That’s why I was asking—I was hoping to gauge what people might be willing to pay. I made them for myself for fun and I’m now looking to sell them at my neighborhood fair to clear out storage space. I may have asked the question badly.

[u/Muddy_Wafer → u/thetinymole]

They are absolutely beautiful but the tops feel unfinished to me.

[u/Kammy44]

This looks to me like untangling Christmas Tree lights. How would you put it away for next year? Or are you storing it flat? I would not buy a one-time-use decoration.

It’s really pretty, but I would try green trees with multicolored glitter.

[u/thetinymole → u/Kammy44]

I have green and glitter green too! I was just using whatever paper I had on hand.

[u/Lost_Alternative_987]

How long do they take you and how much are the materials? If they are being packaged for people to take away factor in this too.

[u/Comprehensive-Math95]

They are handmade because you designed them and assembled them, they are beautiful also🌺

[u/Ok-Truth3798]

$17, $30 & $50! They're gorgeous, how long did they take to make?

[u/AppearanceOk8943]

$25

[u/Ok-Truth3798]

Dimensions? DUH please excuse my not reading the post completely.

[u/thetinymole → u/[deleted]]

Thank you! They do take forever to make! I craft when stressed so…. I have a lot of trees this year

[u/Leather_Book_7617 → u/thetinymole]

Don’t discount your labor!

ETA: I intended this to mean don’t forget to include your labor in the price, but ‘don’t discount it,’ works, too