tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7364444313031366135.post1241073753427599477..comments2023-10-29T04:38:53.837-07:00Comments on Taking The Long Way Home: No Custom OrdersKim Mileshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17603924613617534376noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7364444313031366135.post-57093950557240318792012-01-23T12:07:01.493-08:002012-01-23T12:07:01.493-08:00Yes....no custom orders! Steve Jobs was right on ...Yes....no custom orders! Steve Jobs was right on when he didn't do the research on the "i" products because people don't know what they want until we show them! Go Kim!Franceeniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14624906073070996601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7364444313031366135.post-50382890118533247142012-01-13T12:14:28.357-08:002012-01-13T12:14:28.357-08:00Just got my Laffy Taffy beads in today's mail....Just got my Laffy Taffy beads in today's mail. I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE them! Anyone as creative as you are does not need to do/should not bother to do custom work. I'd much rather wait and take my chances on finding something wonderful from your creative mind than asking you to do anything from my much less creative mind! Thanks, Kim.PAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02848626942006325605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7364444313031366135.post-16801664656473929022012-01-12T13:03:22.382-08:002012-01-12T13:03:22.382-08:00Your position is completely understandable AND I l...Your position is completely understandable AND I love placing custom orders when I cannot do something myself. I've never been disappointed by someone's interpretation - from the first time (when I was a teen) that a community jeweler restrung a mess of broken vintage necklaces. He was a true artist selling wedding sets and fixing watches. I was thrilled at the creativity and new approach. Still am. NorineAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7364444313031366135.post-55071903470233331892012-01-12T08:11:09.847-08:002012-01-12T08:11:09.847-08:00My requests have been more for a style you used to...My requests have been more for a style you used to do (in my case, earrings) rather than a specific you-need-to-read-my-mind bead. I would think this would be different in that you could reintroduce something you know you did before and did sell. Here's hoping you will consider those type of requests!Suselewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08554863332441982026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7364444313031366135.post-19728518603532327672012-01-11T18:44:46.584-08:002012-01-11T18:44:46.584-08:00I couldn't agree more!I couldn't agree more!Debhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03697278558413247644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7364444313031366135.post-90033024277222850012012-01-11T11:41:32.475-08:002012-01-11T11:41:32.475-08:00My father, an artist and craftsman, always told me...My father, an artist and craftsman, always told me: people don't know what they like, they like what they know.Stephaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10242343491218245344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7364444313031366135.post-80129929346636689912012-01-11T11:25:27.816-08:002012-01-11T11:25:27.816-08:00I completely agree with the no custom orders. I...I completely agree with the no custom orders. I've only done it a few times and it was always a pain! I also don't do repair/restringing for much the same reason. Once a good friend brought me a baggie fully of beads that had been a necklace and had completely come apart. I tried to find out how she wanted to have it restrung and how it originally looked. All she'd say was that she didn't care; just wanted to have some kind of necklace with those beads. FOUR restringings later she finally liked what it looked like. If she had not been such a good friend (and 80 something years old), I think I'd have just given them all back and said forget about it. But that taught me well and truly - never again!PAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02848626942006325605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7364444313031366135.post-40023000802120793552012-01-11T11:17:52.225-08:002012-01-11T11:17:52.225-08:00I rarely do custom orders and when I do, I have th...I rarely do custom orders and when I do, I have the buyer sitting right next to me and we pour over beads and I sketch or quickly put together a small section so they can see what I am thinking. It is not my fav way to do design and I charge accordingly (high prices). Stick to your guns, we will survive with whatever comes from your flame.<br />Linda in TucsonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7364444313031366135.post-49896757938611620292012-01-11T10:32:39.361-08:002012-01-11T10:32:39.361-08:00Amen! I never really wanted a tatoo, BUT if I ever...Amen! I never really wanted a tatoo, BUT if I ever decide to get one I think it should be something really useful such as 'NO CUSTOM ORDERS DUMMY!"....just so I don't forget again!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7364444313031366135.post-19578659258542645102012-01-11T09:52:27.162-08:002012-01-11T09:52:27.162-08:00Oh, thank you for taking the words right out of my...Oh, thank you for taking the words right out of my head. I'm glad I inspired this post!<br /><br />What I hate most is trying to be the builder for someone else's design. I just turned down an order for some wedding rings for that very reason. I told them to go to the jewelry store in the mall.<br /><br />The last custom order I refused was a ring that the woman wanted "exactly like this one, but in a size 6". You know that with anything hand made, nothing is ever exactly alike and I knew she wouldn't be happy. And neither would I.Zoe Nelsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04620760594715623339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7364444313031366135.post-23655494963156044362012-01-11T09:37:11.911-08:002012-01-11T09:37:11.911-08:00AMEN! I think I pulled a neck muscle shaking my he...AMEN! I think I pulled a neck muscle shaking my head at this post! I, too, hate custom orders. I do very intricate seed bead work and it takes hours. Once agreed to a black and white scheme and wept the whole way thru it. I have only ever been burned on custom orders. If someone wants me to "add a few inches", "change a clasp", or tweak my design, I always say YES! But then I quadruple the price, ask for cash up front and don't allow returns. They usually reconsider their requests after that! No one would dream of asking Michaelangelo to "make that lady's smile just a bit bigger"! Sometimes we need to be reminded to sharpen our resolve to "Just Say No!" Thanks for this post!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com