Cupcakes - Page 56

Clodfobble · 06-20-2016, 10:31 AM

Remember back when you were like, "I just bake for fun like any mum in the kitchen, anyone can do this..." Do you now feel like you have above-average skill, or are you still convinced it's not that hard?

fargon · 06-20-2016, 08:41 PM

They are too pretty to eat.

Aliantha · 06-20-2016, 10:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Clodfobble

Remember back when you were like, "I just bake for fun like any mum in the kitchen, anyone can do this..." Do you now feel like you havi above-average skill, or are you still convinced it's not that hard?

Interesting question. I recognise that my skills have improved and that I deserve to be paid fairly for my work, but I still feel that the things I do aren't that great. I mean that in the sense that if anyone took the time to purchase the tools and do a few classes and employ their creative mind, that anyone could do the things I do. Using the right products and tools for the job make it so much easier.

I look at other artists work and just think wow. I have such long way to go, but I'm getting there. I'm happy with my progress.

xoxoxoBruce · 06-21-2016, 01:28 AM

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Originally Posted by Aliantha

...if anyone took the time to purchase the tools and do a few classes and employ their creative mind, that anyone could do the things I do.

The point is they don't want to, they want to pay someone else to do it, so pay they shall. You didn't any have any influence on their decision, so you should have no guilt in taking their money.

Aliantha · 06-21-2016, 01:59 AM

I don't feel guilty.

In fact, with some customers I think they deserve to pay more.

Some of them are a bit precious. haha

xoxoxoBruce · 06-21-2016, 03:11 AM

Charge them what you want unless two people are getting the same cake fairly close in time, then the price should be pretty close. Usually a cake means a party, and you never know who they might know in common even if they don't know each other.

Aliantha · 06-21-2016, 06:15 PM

Well I do have a base pricing structure.

It is somewhat vague, designed to allow me to charge a premium for customers who are likely to take up a lot more of my time than the average.

Aliantha · 08-30-2016, 01:29 AM

This is a wedding cake I did last weekend. My tallest order to date. The bride was very happy.

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fargon · 08-30-2016, 03:58 AM

Beautiful. How tall is it?

Aliantha · 08-30-2016, 05:58 PM

THanks fargon. It was a bit over 2 feet tall, so not that huge really, but tall enough to be my tallest cake yet.

Clodfobble · 08-30-2016, 11:10 PM

It's beautiful.[/sincere]

Also, with that much dark dye in the fondant, the wedding guests were surely all pooping purple for days. [/can't help myself]

Aliantha · 08-31-2016, 12:24 AM

Yes, dark fondant makes for rainbow toilets.

Gravdigr · 09-26-2016, 02:30 PM

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Aliantha · 11-12-2016, 01:57 AM

Looks like a yummy cake!

BigV · 11-12-2016, 02:23 PM

Ali, check your pm

06-20-2016, 10:31 AM	#826
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06-20-2016, 08:41 PM	#827
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06-21-2016, 01:59 AM	#830
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	I don't feel guilty. In fact, with some customers I think they deserve to pay more. Some of them are a bit precious. haha __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

06-21-2016, 03:11 AM	#831
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Charge them what you want unless two people are getting the same cake fairly close in time, then the price should be pretty close. Usually a cake means a party, and you never know who they might know in common even if they don't know each other. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

06-21-2016, 06:15 PM	#832
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	Well I do have a base pricing structure. It is somewhat vague, designed to allow me to charge a premium for customers who are likely to take up a lot more of my time than the average. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

08-30-2016, 01:29 AM	#833
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	This is a wedding cake I did last weekend. My tallest order to date. The bride was very happy. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

08-30-2016, 03:58 AM	#834
fargon Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: La Crosse, WI Posts: 8,924	Beautiful. How tall is it? __________________ Annoy the ones that ignore you!!! I live a blessed life I Love my Country, I Fear the Government!!! Heavily medicated for the good of mankind.

08-30-2016, 05:58 PM	#835
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	THanks fargon. It was a bit over 2 feet tall, so not that huge really, but tall enough to be my tallest cake yet. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

08-30-2016, 11:10 PM	#836
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	It's beautiful.[/sincere] Also, with that much dark dye in the fondant, the wedding guests were surely all pooping purple for days. [/can't help myself] __________________ My book My other book My spirit animal

08-31-2016, 12:24 AM	#837
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	Yes, dark fondant makes for rainbow toilets. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

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11-12-2016, 01:57 AM	#839
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	Looks like a yummy cake! __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

11-12-2016, 02:23 PM	#840
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	Ali, check your pm __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

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