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Nice people thread part 3- Nice as pie

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  • vivatifosi
    vivatifosi Posts: 18,746 Forumite
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    I know missk likes dancing because we have a secret rendezvous elsewhere.... but don't know about anyone else. I'm in bed with flu today and have been watching Got to Dance. I loved this little girl, she was amazing:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sgUHsFQZPtc
    Please stay safe in the sun and learn the A-E of melanoma: A = asymmetry, B = irregular borders, C= different colours, D= diameter, larger than 6mm, E = evolving, is your mole changing? Most moles are not cancerous, any doubts, please check next time you visit your GP.
  • Malcolm.
    Malcolm. Posts: 1,079 Forumite
    edited 11 January 2011 at 11:20PM
    vivatifosi wrote: »
    I know missk likes dancing because we have a secret rendezvous elsewhere.... but don't know about anyone else. I'm in bed with flu today and have been watching Got to Dance. I loved this little girl, she was amazing:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sgUHsFQZPtc

    What type of dancing do you ladies do? I've always thought Salsa would be a good one.

    Zumba seems to be popular at the moment - but I guess that's more fitness than dancing.

    The girls a very talented dancer. The nimbleness of youth, I'd do myself an injury.
  • vivatifosi
    vivatifosi Posts: 18,746 Forumite
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    Malcolm. wrote: »
    What type of dancing do you ladies do? I've always thought Salsa would be a good one. Zumba seems to be popular at the moment - but I guess that's more fitness than dancing.

    Well in the online world we do sofa dancing while watching Strictly:o. Years ago I got my ballroom and latin medals. I prefer latin to ballroom, but technically its good to do both. I like salsa though. If I could learn any dance style it would be flamenco, or Argentine tango. Both are sublime when danced well. I'd never heard of Zumba but it sounds fun. I might give that a shot as there's a class near me.
    Please stay safe in the sun and learn the A-E of melanoma: A = asymmetry, B = irregular borders, C= different colours, D= diameter, larger than 6mm, E = evolving, is your mole changing? Most moles are not cancerous, any doubts, please check next time you visit your GP.
  • fc123
    fc123 Posts: 6,573 Forumite
    edit to remove on a friends advice :)

    But it is.

    And its the one thing I have a picture of on the computer. It was emailed to me. Its horrific looking at the picture, and I'd share, but I know dear dopester would rightly tick me off for being identifiable. I don't know how to change colour of car or black out number plate or anything like that.:D


    I saw it and showed OH and son and we all just went O M G...I can't belive DH AND the dog walked from it.....in fact the dog ran out of it as I understand it.

    DD is at college tomo but she showed my how to do paint so, if you like I can spray out the number plate and make it a diff colour....drop me a line.
    lemonjelly wrote: »
    fc123 - forget confidence, just do it. Afterwards, review, see what a success you were, & buzz off that!:) Read the above few posts - once you've done it, you'll realise how good you are...:)


    Ok ok ok.....after the show (if I survive it) :D...and the older women stuff got to do that at some point as I actually have to buy clothes at full retail price from shops now (always got them from stock bought in or own label before) and I have an All Saints addiction and it's a bit guilty pricey.:o
    Yes, I'm scared of high prices. Until I came to MSE I had no idea people had so much money! Living on/near the breadline for decades kind of skews thinking :)

    As I see it, there are two types of stuff to make:
    [1] anybody could make it, so it's just materials/time to get to that point
    [2] actually talented, creative and designing stuff

    I see myself as Type 1. It'll all be "clean lines" stuff. No rocket science.

    Anyway, still at the investigation stage.


    ..that's why we will price them for you.:D I looked at pics and 1st though £12.90 ish..then saw Ws suggestion @ £15 so we kind of know what the market may bear.

    A theme, even a pretend one is important....I don't see you stood behind a table at craft fairs though...I see you selling some real Cornish charm to Australia or US of A via online shop.

    I have more posts to go find + quote now .......
  • fc123
    fc123 Posts: 6,573 Forumite
    Might be moving though :)

    Names .... so hard.

    I planned to milk the Cornish thingy, but then so do the other 3000 arts/crafts people down here. Loads of competition, it's like craft central.... all the yummy mummys with their 2-3 ponies, in their 4-5 bedroom detached houses with a 'studio' and kiln out there. All busy making noise and a few shiny pennies, while somebody else has actually paid for their life. I think most are migrants from London, city types with their House in the Country and their 2-3 holiday lets.

    It doesn't matter who they are or what they earn...they are all potential customers with £££ to spend on Cornish stylee.

    I have a totally different customer base to the one I had in our shop.......I mean really different and I didn't target them, they just found me.....well not me as they would be very :eek: as I do not look anything like my brand at all. I know where the references come from though...will tell another time.

    My old friend in Dorset does really well selling to second homers ..and lots of local oldish ladies knit fairisle for her now so she can keep up with the demand.
  • fc123
    fc123 Posts: 6,573 Forumite
    I've always loved charm bracelets - but all the reading/TV I've read/seen has always said they're past their use date. They're dated and unwanted.... but this Pandora thing has caught my imagination in the last few weeks (since I found out about it on one of the other boards just before Xmas) ... and it's certainly a keyword I'll have in my mind when I start to progress.

    The main thing with anything is to not over-step myself. Also, to understand the separation between "people who actually make/manufacture these things" (not me) and "people who buy pre-manufactured bits and pieces and assemble them" (me).

    If I were a foreign manufacturer/exporter, then I could create something unique, but I am to be a buyer of bits and bobs for now. If things turn out well, I could change and become a minor manufacturer, for one-offs, but never a wholesale manufacturer/distributer.

    I missed some chunks...but this is a good idea. If you root around boot fairs/junk shops ets, you can also find broken beads/findings /trims etc and create something new.
    Sometimes things not associated with jewellery can be used for it too.

    We had a shop manager once who made us an amazing range of lego jewellery many years ago (welded it onto the fittings) and it flew. I think I saw it somewhere mainstream last year so the idea had cropped up again.
  • SingleSue
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    treliac wrote: »
    Who on earth would dream of leaving the house without it? :eek:

    Me!

    I only wear it on special occasions or formal business, can't be beggered peeing about in the morning for a school run.
    We made it! All three boys have graduated, it's been hard work but it shows there is a possibility of a chance of normal (ish) life after a diagnosis (or two) of ASD. It's not been the easiest route but I am so glad I ignored everything and everyone and did my own therapies with them.
    Eldests' EDS diagnosis 4.5.10, mine 13.1.11 eekk - now having fun and games as a wheelchair user.
  • SingleSue
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    wageslave wrote: »
    Forgive me, I am going to completely insult you all now. And it is deliberate.

    It is a dreadful, horrible thing to be a gypsy. We can pretend it isn't but thats a lie.

    We really are the lowest of the low and while it isn't politically correct to have a go at other minorites we are fair game

    I have fantasies about being born muslim

    Honestly, for me it is fine. My Da was a really clever man and so far we have did ok. But the world changes.

    It was harder for the brat as I tried to move away from the whole pi key thing

    Ten years later it is even harder for my girls

    Gypos

    They dont know how to behave although they are learning fast

    We are gypos

    My girls are princessess. I will happily murder anyone who doesnt fall down before them

    I want them to objects of envy, not pity

    Wow now I am verbalising stuff I spent months pretending I didnt feel

    I'm one of those people who doesn't judge by background, wealth etc, so it doesn't matter if you have a gypsy family background or an upper class one....everyone is human and looks pretty much the same inside.

    But, I do know how you feel about the looks....I get it all the time at the school gates for being a single parent on benefits, round here, that is the lowest of the low (regardless of the reasons why).
    We made it! All three boys have graduated, it's been hard work but it shows there is a possibility of a chance of normal (ish) life after a diagnosis (or two) of ASD. It's not been the easiest route but I am so glad I ignored everything and everyone and did my own therapies with them.
    Eldests' EDS diagnosis 4.5.10, mine 13.1.11 eekk - now having fun and games as a wheelchair user.
  • LydiaJ
    LydiaJ Posts: 8,083 Forumite
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    edited 12 January 2011 at 2:24AM
    misskool wrote: »
    I've PM-ed it to you.

    now on ebay on fc's clearance site :o

    Please could somebody PM it to me too? Thanks.
    vivatifosi wrote: »
    I also hate to say this, but Irish travellers aren't objects of pity, they are objects of fear, a bit like Moslems ironically. That's only because people don't understand the lifestyle. Some won't try and will be prejudiced but not all will. You can't change that. It's note your problem that some people are hateful. They are the defective humans, not you.

    I think viva is right - people fear the lifestyle because they don't understand it. But you are not living the lifestyle, are you? So what's for people to fear? How do the other mothers at the gate know what background you come from?

    I come from a terribly civilised and rational family where it would never occur to anyone to care whether somebody came from a gypsy background or whatever. I am vaguely aware that not all sections of society are so enlightened, but I'm afraid I don't really get how this kind of prejudice works, so please forgive me if I am asking naive questions.
    SingleSue wrote: »
    Me!

    I only wear it on special occasions or formal business, can't be beggered peeing about in the morning for a school run.

    I would like to wear it a lot more often than I manage to make time to put it on. :o
    SingleSue wrote: »
    But, I do know how you feel about the looks....I get it all the time at the school gates for being a single parent on benefits, round here, that is the lowest of the low (regardless of the reasons why).

    I have no problems with "looks" from other mothers at the school gate because I am almost always late, and therefore not at the gate for long enough to notice whether anyone is looking at me or if so how. I do wonder, sometimes, how many of them think of me as "that poor mother whose kids' dad died" and how many of them think of me as "that dreadful mother whose kids are almost always late and don't have their hair done nicely".
    Do you know anyone who's bereaved? Point them to https://www.AtaLoss.org which does for bereavement support what MSE does for financial services, providing links to support organisations relevant to the circumstances of the loss & the local area. (Link permitted by forum team)
    Tyre performance in the wet deteriorates rapidly below about 3mm tread - change yours when they get dangerous, not just when they are nearly illegal (1.6mm).
    Oh, and wear your seatbelt. My kids are only alive because they were wearing theirs when somebody else was driving in wet weather with worn tyres.
    :)
  • dopester
    dopester Posts: 4,890 Forumite
    I know of a secret stream where I can get some gorgeous real shells, I used to holiday on that beach when I was 14 and spent most of my time in that stream searching for those particular shells. They're pink and purple and pearlescent. So, at some future point, I might find out how to drill into proper shells.

    Secret stream... that sounds nice for your copy, or on the right lines.

    I'm agreeing with suggestions of creating a theme.. for extra desirability of items you're thinking of making/selling.... to stand out. Lots of people are into the "mystic" bit. It's not really my scene but whilst there are people around who will buy something just because it's online and for sale.. you will probably multiply sales many times over with good sales techniques, good copy on websites.. promotion of products. That's the difference. I've got a lot of respect for good sales people. Sales are the lifeblood of a business, no matter how noble manufacturing, crafts, or whatever the business behind it is.

    PN, I've read this about how to drill into a shell for jewellery.

    http://www.squidoo.com/HWJ-Tips-DrillingHolesinSeashells

    Their way of way is very similar to how I was thinking I'd do it... for using water is a great way to drill into a tile, preventing cracks and damage and keeping tools in good shape. Keeps bit constantly wet and cool, and not dulling your drill bit. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FzwpBI5ZS2U
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