tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3644717516426101893.post5060993113843783426..comments2024-03-22T15:37:29.563-04:00Comments on jersey girl looks up: synchronistic strategy for makers part 2 (adding value by valuing ourselves ... and providing free coffee)Catherine Ivinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01642469475264570967noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3644717516426101893.post-62220501582758810202013-04-04T09:10:18.757-04:002013-04-04T09:10:18.757-04:00I love that quote too M&K!I love that quote too M&K!Catherine Ivinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01642469475264570967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3644717516426101893.post-18744906256176796082013-04-02T22:20:49.661-04:002013-04-02T22:20:49.661-04:00Love that first quote at the top. It's for goo...Love that first quote at the top. It's for good reason usually that the mind is stretched. Thanks for sharing! Xo, M&K at brewedtogether.comBrewed Togetherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02263084985405332459noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3644717516426101893.post-84315381338931211342013-04-02T20:13:47.970-04:002013-04-02T20:13:47.970-04:00I agree Kathy - I have made so many pricing mistak...I agree Kathy - I have made so many pricing mistakes and can now totally connect it to me valuing my work. I used to always think well I can make X amt in an hour without considering the skillset, experience, equipment purchase etc that went into that X<br /><br />xo- hope you are enjoying NJ, hoping it warms up soon!Catherine Ivinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01642469475264570967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3644717516426101893.post-50480015538741105182013-04-02T19:53:10.937-04:002013-04-02T19:53:10.937-04:00I have nothing to add about the right side, nor am...I have nothing to add about the right side, nor amazingly enough about the left side.<br /><br />I did, however, recently post a comment on another blog about valuing our work. When we price our work at $10 potential customers will look at it and value it at $7 and think that 1) they can find something similar at a local store for less or 2) they can, (but never will) make it for less. <br /><br />On the other hand if we place a $500 price tag on our work, our potential customers will recognize it as art and know they are getting something they value. <br /><br />Now, the prices may vary, and so might your experience, but that has been mine.KJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02839682837427981888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3644717516426101893.post-88928818322789287992013-04-02T17:10:53.193-04:002013-04-02T17:10:53.193-04:00AMEN Lynn - it's funny you mention donations b...AMEN Lynn - it's funny you mention donations because I was just thinking about them yesterday when I forgot to send something for an event in June and I got a testy reminder from someone - uh June? uh free? (and my work is obviously nowhere near as labor intensive as yours)- I agree about working from our hearts with donations - whenever I give something away and don't feel good about it I know I have made a mistake - I'm going to set guidelines with this too 1. list causes we would feel good about working with 2. set dollar and number annual limit, keep track, feel good everytime we donate something 3. write a quick "sorry charlie" email to copy and paste for everything else - I'm with you!<br /><br />OK Janell - right side is our masculine side, what we put out into the world, our work - if you think about what your neck does - turns your head so you can look at things from another position, ie another point of view - so maybe some change in the way you are seeing things connected to your work needed - also 5th chakra maybe, finding your voice, speaking your truth - my neck is challenging too - also the fact that you choose the words "little kink" would make me think that maybe something having to do with your work or what you put out into the world needs to be straightened out - maCATma gandi :) xo<br /><br />Catherine Ivinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01642469475264570967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3644717516426101893.post-92026115509819154472013-04-02T13:44:59.226-04:002013-04-02T13:44:59.226-04:00Okay I've had a kink in my neck behind my righ...Okay I've had a kink in my neck behind my right ear for weeks now, tell me what that means!!<br /><br />And yes, I completely agree and have been going through the beginnings of a transformation lately, because I needed to start putting thought and value into the things I'm good at, and the things that speak to me... Not so much worrying what everyone else thinks. Each of our paths are different, I've just recently started to accept that it's okay to be different.DancingMooneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12158390199317580345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3644717516426101893.post-23451872101158703812013-04-02T13:09:02.910-04:002013-04-02T13:09:02.910-04:00Oh this is so good. Just this week I made the dec...Oh this is so good. Just this week I made the decision to make no more donations of my work for auction, with caveats, of course. (A cause I believe in, the option to set a minimum bid, receipt for tax purposes, that sort of thing.) <br /><br />I don't think I have valued my work enough and to say that it's okay to undersell myself by donating work for so little return is draining. In 15 years, I have gotten one written thank you and no return business that I can tell. I'm worth a little more than that.<br /><br />Can I get an amen?<br /><br />xolynn boweshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05786375395402917408noreply@blogger.com