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Yoohoo, Mommies!
What are Barbie clothes going for these days?
We're trying to put a reasonable price on some for a craft fair. Don't want to say $10 for a dress if they can buy something similar at ToysRUs for $3, but don't want to say $3 if ToysRUs is selling them for $15. -- Karen C - California Editor/Proofreader www.IntlProofingConsortium.com Finished 7/27/08 - MLI Christmas Visit WIP: Oriental Kimono (Janlynn), MLI The Teacher (gift to the library), Bethany Angel (Marbek) Retrieved from UFO pile: Marbek's Snow Angel, MLI Farmers Market CFSfacts -- where we give you the facts and dispel the myths Myths, with research cites: http://www.aacfs.org/images/pdfs/myths.pdf Newest research blog: http://journals.aol.com/kmc528/Lifeasweknowit/ |
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Yoohoo, Mommies!
Karen C in California wrote:
What are Barbie clothes going for these days? We're trying to put a reasonable price on some for a craft fair. Don't want to say $10 for a dress if they can buy something similar at ToysRUs for $3, but don't want to say $3 if ToysRUs is selling them for $15. Bwahahahahahahahaha! I can't help you, Karen, because LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL! my DD has outgrown Barbidols. Free at last, I'm free at last! ;-D You don't say whether the clothes you want to sell are secondhand Mattel ones or home-made ones. Genuine Mattel clothing is very expensive, especially if it has accessories like shoes or bags. Good secondhand can never command the same price, but even having said that, I made quite a bit of money for school fundraising with Barbidol ballgowns made out of bridal and formal remnants. It takes hardly any time at all to gather a skirt and stitch it to a strapless bodice. If you can get hold of good scraps from a seamstress (satin, silk, brocade etc), you can make really spiffy ballgowns and little girls just *love* them. I'd charge $7 or $8 for such a thing if I were donating my time for free, $10 or $12 if you wanted to charge for assembly time. It's worth presenting the clothes nicely: stitch them loosely onto a bit of pink cardboard and add a tiny artificial flower or ribbon bow. Good luck! ;-D Oh, PS. You can also make a *bundle* of money by picking up secondhand Barbidols from the Op Shops. You take them home, clean them up, soak their heads in fabric softener or conditioner for a couple of days and style the hair. Dress them nicely and you can charge whatever you like for them! PPS. Despite my whinging, making Barbidol clothes is enormous fun when you can get access to nice fabric remnants. A rctn friend sent me a packet of great patterns about ten years ago and boy did I get some good use out of them. Now, my friend is using them to make stuff for her DD and has promised to pass the patterns on when she's finished with them. PPPS. The most popular thing I ever made for Barbie was a miniature replica of DD's school uniform. They sold like hotcakes to kids from her school! |
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Yoohoo, Mommies!
Trish Brown wrote:
It takes hardly any time at all to gather a skirt and stitch it to a strapless bodice. That's why we were thinking of a corner of Barbie stuff to fill out the table, because she CAN whip up a dress a minute on the machine and I can knit them up in a jiffy. Much faster than the other craft items, and because they're smaller, we can spread them out to fill up space. -- Karen C - California Editor/Proofreader www.IntlProofingConsortium.com Finished 7/27/08 - MLI Christmas Visit WIP: Oriental Kimono (Janlynn), MLI The Teacher (gift to the library), Bethany Angel (Marbek) Retrieved from UFO pile: Marbek's Snow Angel, MLI Farmers Market CFSfacts -- where we give you the facts and dispel the myths Myths, with research cites: http://www.aacfs.org/images/pdfs/myths.pdf Newest research blog: http://journals.aol.com/kmc528/Lifeasweknowit/ |
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lucretia borgia wrote:
I would like to gather up every Barbie I could and have a big bonfire. It amazes me that women would still buy these damned things for their daughters ! Think anorexia for one. There are some Barbie dolls that aren't available in the shops. NOT for those of a sensitive disposition! http://preview.tinyurl.com/6rp4qu -- Bruce Fletcher Stronsay, Orkney UK http://preview.tinyurl.com/3b54af |
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Yoohoo, Mommies!
On 8/17/08 1:46 AM, in article , "Karen C
in California" wrote: What are Barbie clothes going for these days? We're trying to put a reasonable price on some for a craft fair. Don't want to say $10 for a dress if they can buy something similar at ToysRUs for $3, but don't want to say $3 if ToysRUs is selling them for $15. I'd go on the "This is an Original" idea and charge $3 to $7 for them. Outfits at Toys R Us are $12. (according to the Toys R Us website) Now - I'm going to point you in a different direction. Webkinz are the rage of the moment. DD loves them. They come in "Little Kinz" and "Big Kinz". DD loves them and actually will dress them up. http://customerservice.webkinz.com/c..._en/index.html All the clothes close with velcro and mostly seem to be "vest-like" or shorts with room for a tail and retail for $3-$5. Cheryl |
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Yoohoo, Mommies!
Bruce Fletcher (remove dentures to reply) wrote:
lucretia borgia wrote: I would like to gather up every Barbie I could and have a big bonfire. It amazes me that women would still buy these damned things for their daughters ! Think anorexia for one. There are some Barbie dolls that aren't available in the shops. NOT for those of a sensitive disposition! http://preview.tinyurl.com/6rp4qu And here is the antipodean version: http://www.feralcheryl.com.au |
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Yoohoo, Mommies!
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I would like to gather up every Barbie I could and have a big bonfire. It amazes me that women would still buy these damned things for their daughters ! * Think anorexia for one. If you think Barbies are bad, check out Bratz: http://www.thehandicrafts.net/static...blog/bratz.jpg MUCH worse - makes Barbie look positively prudish! Linda |
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Yoohoo, Mommies!
too funny!
ktj "Bruce Fletcher (remove dentures to reply)" wrote in message ... lucretia borgia wrote: I would like to gather up every Barbie I could and have a big bonfire. It amazes me that women would still buy these damned things for their daughters ! Think anorexia for one. There are some Barbie dolls that aren't available in the shops. NOT for those of a sensitive disposition! http://preview.tinyurl.com/6rp4qu -- Bruce Fletcher Stronsay, Orkney UK http://preview.tinyurl.com/3b54af |
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Yoohoo, Mommies!
If you are looking for things to make for a craft fair, I've heard/
seen that some of the really simple outline stuff is in style. Someone suggested embroidering onesies or little jackets for babies with things like this: http://www.urbanthreads.com/designs/...broidery?nav=3 Obviously not all are appropriate but some would - I like "A Peculiar Profession" (w/o I love my job) and Little Wish Bunny especially, but there are a ton that would work - a lot of the "Mr." ones, Happy Bear, . . . hmm, maybe I should make some and sell them! Linda |
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