I'm ready for my kids to get back to being healthy again. And by kids, I mean, Seth. Hannah hasn't gotten the last two things that Seth has gotten. I'm exhausted, so I'm hoping I don't get it. Seth has been waking up at night coughing, so the nights have been pretty broken. We'll make it though. He's finally getting better.
Saturday during naps Dusty and I made lavender soap. We've made soap before, but this time we're using essential oils. We got the oils in the mail on Friday, and were able to make soap on Saturday. :) It smells fabulous. We'll be able to use it in the middle of May. We had also gotten peppermint oil to try, and we actually made that yesterday morning. We had to stay home from church because Seth had fever on Saturday, so we let them kids play a Wii game, and Dusty and I made peppermint soap. Now we have 80 ounces of soap curing, and we're happy about that. :)
It looks like I'm going to have another person to make cakes for, in the near future. My neighbor saw the picture of my cake that I made last week, and she asked me to make one for her son, who turns 21 on the 30th. I gave her a couple of cupcakes I had recently made to test. One was the chocolate chip cookie dough cupcake I posted the recipe for last week, and one was the chocolate cupcake with vanilla buttercream that I posted about last week, too. She loved the cookie dough one. She said her son's favorite dessert is cookie dough, so these cupcakes would be perfect. She's going to get back to me about how many dozen she wants. I thought the price I quoted her was a bit high, but I just looked online last night to find the price of a "cupcakery" in Jackson. They're new and have specialized cupcakes too. I decided to ask $15 a dozen for these. The place in Jackson charges THIRTY DOLLARS a dozen! Ridiculously expensive! I'd LOVE to get that much for a dozen cupcakes! I'm just pleased with $15! Anyway, I'm excited about the prospect of getting a profit for baking. :)
Did I tell you about Hannah reading On the Banks of Plum Creek? She's on page 207.
Jennie:
ReplyDeleteA quick comment about your cupcake pricing: The price of your cupcakes has absolutely nothing to do with what it costs you to make them, and absolutely everything to do with what a person is willing to pay you for them. If your cost is less than what they are willing to pay, great, you've made a profit! If it is a lot less, even better!
Many times I see people calculate what it will cost them to make or do something and then price it at a modest profit. That is a mistake, and they often leave money on the table as a result.
If cupcakes are selling for $30 a dozen at a commercial store, then yours are worth at least that much if not more. To me, $15 a dozen seems pretty cheap. Maybe you need to bump up your prices until you meet resistance. Then you've found the sweet spot. Never leave money on the table!