CLOSED*GIVEAWAY* our custom LIP BALM I NEED VOTES

You just heard right. Kasha Designs is expanding in many great ways. You can get handmade jewerly, home decor items, hair accessories and now our very own lip balm.

But I need your help. I have 7 flavors to choose from and only 3 will make the cut. I need all of you to vote for which you would like to see Kasha start out will. 2 people will get to sample all 3 flavors and a select few will get to sample 1 of their choice. I will let voting go until Monday and announce the flavors and winners Tuesday but if I do not have enough votes voting will have to continue another day until I have finals.

the pole is on facebook here

https://www.facebook.com/KashaDesigns#!/home.php?sk=question&id=233593359996589&qa_ref=ats

BUT IF YOU DO NOT HAVE FACEBOOK OR IT DOES NOT WORK HERE ARE THE CHOICES AND JUST COMMENT YOUR CHOICE.  YOU CAN PICK 2

1.French Vanilla
2. Cherry
3. Chocolate
4. Love Potion (watermelon and Vanilla)
5. Pina Colada
6.Tropical
7. Spearmint

Kasha Designs
www.facebook.com/kashadesigns
www.kashadesigns.webs.com

What's your worth? Price your items right the 1st time.

Kasha Designs is my baby, so to speak. I love what I do and coming up with new and fun ideas. I want to give my items to new homes and have the customer love and enjoy them as much as I do. But I want them to love  the quality and love the price. I do not want to make items too high but I also need to think about how much time I took making the item and difficulty if any.
 When it comes to pricing many struggle and it's fully understandable. Some people look at their items and say what would I pay for it? Well that is okay to a certain extent, but not everyone will pay $20 for an okay necklace. Then there are the groups that take how much the product costs and then adds $2-$5 to make as their profit and does not take in anything else.
 
 So here is my method of pricing my items. Everything I buy I keep my reciept and log the price of items into an excel spread sheet and I take into account how many beads, pendents or what have you is on they strand. I price items per bead. So if there are 75 beads on a strand for $2 I take $2 and divide it by 75, and the solution I would round to .02 scents per bead. That sounds crazy but it really works.
  Well after getting a price per bead I have to take into account how long it took me to make the item and how much I am worth. Every artists takes time to make an item and we are all worth something by taking time out of our days to make these wonderful pieces. Are you worth $1 an hour? or $3 hour it's all up to your skill, quality, and devotion. Each person will determine his/her worth.


 So pricing my items I take bead/charm/material per cost, time, and worth and that is how I come up with my prices now. I have done this with items and I have gone down some $2-4 dollars because I was really over pricing it. I'm not saying I am not worth that much but what I put my worth at I am still making a profit, a profit to take Kasha Designs to the extreme that I want it to go. Some people raise prices to really make a killing, but I want to make money but I enjoy having happy customers and being happy myself. It's not about the money that I have started my own business its the joy I get in crafting and meeting other who enjoy and respect my work and networking with so many people in the same field. Hopefully the ones that are reading this now. Many people may shake their head but I've done the calculations yes I'm still making money and I have great customer service, without customers there is no business.


But now since I've had a sentimental moment lol here is an ebook (FREE) on pricing and value called an Artists guide to Pricing by blogger Brandi Girl. This is free so please download it and reference to it until you get comfortable pricing your items.

http://www.brandigirlblog.com/2011/03/artists-guide-to-pricing.html


I hope to service you soon with Kasha Designs products we always have stock and plenty more in the works. Have a great weekend!!


Krista
Kasha Designs
http://www.kashadesigns.webs.com/

Determine your wrist size

Sometimes it can be hard making a bracelet for a friend especially if you want to surprise them with it but you do not know his/her wrist size. I have a small wrist, I can wear size 5" bracelets with no problem but that is not that average size for an adult so I have learned to make various sizes and deterime the average size that will fit most Americans. If you are just starting out then this chart I am about to link is one you should keep  handy and reference to. If you have been making jewerly for sometimes it's just something else to look at and see where most of your items fall.

http://www.onceuponaname.com/sizing.html


Krista
Kasha Designs
http://www.kashadesigns.webs.com/

Welcome note.

I am very excited to finally address my business Kasha designs to the world. I have kept it quiet for some time so I could get everything in order but now i'm ready to shine.

Kasha Designs is a business that I started sometime after I started making my own fashion designs. It offically got a name after I asked my best friend Tasha to join me in making purses, necklaces, bracelts and etc. It's where the name Kasha came from adding our names together, (Krista and Tasha)

Like I said I had started making my own designs but I work full time, have a 2 yearold and I am a full time college student. It became difficult and nerver racking putting due dates on outfits and not getting them done. I admire people who can handle it withe a schedule like mine or eve worse but I wasn't cutting it.

I had already thought about branching out in accessories but after pondering I knew that starting with accessories would be best for me and so far it has been great. Kasha Designs has a web site at www.kashadesigns.webs.com I host parties at my house for people to come in and learn more about me and what I do and of course buy what they love and I take request if needed.

There is plenty more to come with Kasha Designs, keep a look out on our website http://www.kashadesigns.webs.com/  and video blogging at www.youtube.com/model4yourlife

Happy designing,
Krista
Founder of Kasha Designs.