I made these Swarovski crystal embellished dog tags to sell this past summer at various craft shows. I truly believed that these sparkly flag tags would sell like hot cakes given that this was an election year and so many of our kith and kin are serving this country over seas.
Guess what?
I only sold two!
The price was right, believe me. I only asked $8.00 more than the cost of materials. When you consider that each tag takes an hour and a half to make, I'd say I was under selling.
Just last week I sold five more online. I guess I just needed to broaden my market.
Sometimes it sucks to be an artist and especially so when no one seems to appreciate my own particular flavor of art. But then, it's sometimes even harder to be an American in a country where the majority of our citizenry voted for four more years of increased poverty, war, environmental devastation, and discrimination (sanctioned by the Constitution no less).
Ahhh, but it is too early to rant about politics.
I need more coffee if I am going to discuss politics and make it a nice sweet mocha (for my disposition of course) purchased from Starbucks!
I am happy to say that I can still buy coffee from Starbucks with a worry free heart! Starbucks treats their employees well and they don't donate a corporate dime to the Republican war machine.
Want to know more about buying blue? Then click the link below!
http://www.buyblue.org/current_campaign.html
Oh, and did any of you happen to notice that Adam Levine, the cutie patootie from Maroon 5, was wearing a dog tag that looked remarkably similar to my own on SNL last night?
Adam if you are reading, drop me an e-mail! I'll custom design a dog tag for ya!
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