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The items I submitted sold for a total of $618. The most expensive was Stonington at $155 and the least was Ditto at $20. Overall, I am happy. :) Next year, I need to submit felted slippers. A pair
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Re: Pricing suggestions
I deliberately kept the reserve price down for a silent auction at the conference I attended this time last year. I was worried the student attendees wouldn't have something to bid on. Two friends did
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Peter Jobson
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Re: Pricing suggestions
Places from The Before Time Ann McManus in PA
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Ann McManus
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Re: Pricing suggestions
Completely love this!! Confused though - what are bars? ;) - Jacqueline
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jacqui whittemore
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Re: Pricing suggestions
I keep two totes in my clothes closet. One (the larger) is for fair entries. The other is my ¡°gift stash.¡± Someone has a new baby, or a new grandbaby? Head to the stash for tiny hats, booties,
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Ann McManus
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Re: Pricing suggestions
Thanks everyone for your feedback. I agree that it doesn¡¯t make sense to purposefully make labor-intensive items for an auction. On the flipside, I have lots of small yarn units people have given me
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jacqui whittemore
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Re: Pricing suggestions
I forgot to attach pricing info. I think things priced under $50 tend to sell better than things over. wrote:
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Jaya Srikrishnan
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Rant: local politics
We are in the second nasty battle in the county for the position of the Democratic Commissioner of Elections. This is a paid position at the Board of Elections where the members of the county Dem
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Jaya Srikrishnan
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Re: Pricing suggestions
Beautiful items. My experience is like Sarah's. Hand made stuff - unless it takes very little time to make - brings in just about the cost of materials and no more, whether it is at a fundraiser for
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Jaya Srikrishnan
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Re: Pricing suggestions
Jacqui, your hats are great! I have had mixed results with handicrafts at silent (and live) auctions. I've had shawls I thought were wonderful receive no bids (on air/online for a Rotary project
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Ann McManus
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Re: Pricing suggestions
Hi Jacqui, My experience with silent auctions both at work and school is that people want a bargain on hand made goods. I hope that your school is different. I set minimum bids at the approximate cost
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Sarah Mongano
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Pricing suggestions
Hello! Hope you all are well. I am on clinics and buried, but I look forward to reading everyone¡¯s updates as soon as possible. In the meantime¡ My daughter¡¯s new school is holding a silent
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jacqui whittemore
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Re: Friday the 13th check-in ...
So we¡¯re ahead of the trend? Jenny Sent: 15 November 2020 22:07 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [yarnmongers] Friday the 13th check-in ... The universe is an interesting place; just now I got
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Jenny Swanson
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Re: Friday the 13th check-in ...
Checking in from Wyoming.? We're pretty much isolated on the ranch or at the town house, but not much has changed from our usual life. We've stayed healthy.? Virus cases have increased out here so
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Ann MacIlravie
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Re: Friday the 13th check-in ...
Checking in from Boston. Work is work. I'm primarily in the outpatient setting (and will be 100% come January), but that means we are trying to figure out how to see kids w coughs and fevers in a way
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Laura Need
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Re: Friday the 13th check-in ...
I almost feel bad checking in after reading how awful things are for all of you. We are living an almost normal life, there¡¯s been no Covid-19 cases in my little part of Australia for months. We
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beryl_cathro@...
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Re: Friday the 13th check-in ...
That recipe is from the book I have ¥Ä Classic German Baking by Luisa Weiss. [email protected]> wrote:
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Jaya Srikrishnan
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Re: Friday the 13th check-in ...
The universe is an interesting place; just now I got an email from Food52 that included this link to a recipe for elisenlebkuchen. Patricia in Austin The Finest and Richest of All German Lebkuchen | |
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Texknitter
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Re: Friday the 13th check-in ...
Jenny, You said " taken up cross stitch which I have to really concentrate on (so it blocks stuff out)." That is exactly how I use my Swedish Heartwarmer shawl. It takes a lot of concentration because
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Jaya Srikrishnan
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Re: Friday the 13th check-in ...
Erica, Elisenlebkuchen use these. We didn't realize they were edible so peeled them off the ones we bought in Nuremberg. There are many, many lebkuchen recipes. I bought a German baking cookbook to
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Jaya Srikrishnan
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