Wedding order - need pricing help - Page 2

What are ya gonna do, some people can't see the forest for the trees . I hope she understands that the bulk of the pricing for these kinds of cookies comes from the actual time it takes to decorate each one and not the actual baking - that is the easiest part.....

She just wants to have her cookies and eat them too. Stand your ground. If she does not want to pay your prices let her order the cookies online at the sale price.

Do not let her bring you Cookies to decorate. And if she does insist on it. charge her full price for having to do all the work on the cookies. If she does not like this she can decorate them herself.

I am sure she if she had to order these cookies online she would no be trying to haggle.

A lady from the office recently asked me to make and decorate 20 flower cookies for her. She loved both the roses and the tulips in my portfolio and she has ordered from me before. Problem is she wants the tulips for the same price as the roses. So I politely informed her that there is no way that I am going to sit and hand-paint cookies and then under-charge myself. If she wants my tulip cookies she will either have to pay the price that I want for them or try to find them at Wal-mart.

Cookies are very time consuming and tedious. Do not underprice your work. As with cakes the more details/unique the cookie is more the price will be.

well be sure to let us know what she decides. you've got my curiousity aroused!

YAY!!!! Keep us posted!

Good for you, chocomama. If she were to bring you crappy cookies, then your name might get tagged to them since you did the decorating. What's with brides these days? The poor sap who is marrying her might be in for it.

Funny you say cheap bride.. I make and do almost everything wedding from garter to flowers to hopefully some day cakes... Havent gotten that brave yet... ANYWAY you would not believe the brides when you give them the price list of each arrangement, bouquet ,candles, and garters... First thing they say well can we go down on the pricing of this or that... I hand sew each garter all the way to the lace being hand sewn on. I charge for my floral arrangements cost and 5.00 assembly. I still undercut every florist in this town that does weddings I believe every bride should have a beautiful wedding and have the flowers of her dreams. So I undercut myself in price to offer this because I love floral arranging... I mean come on where else are you going to get a tiger lily/rose/carnation/hanging Ivy mixture with a Fan shaped Cascade Bouquet for $30.00-$60.00. The cascade drapes flows just past the knees. Not in Tulsa... Brides do get over charged I admit on a lot of things but when you have a descent fair price guide and they still want it lower that's when you say well then Im sorry Im not going to be able to serve you... I always suggest places and even suggest great ways to cut money on making things themselves. In fact I have handouts with a lot of money saving tricks when planning a wedding. They remember this and usually end up calling me back.
I use subliminal messages Bwa hahaha! JK!

Your pricing is very fair and dont go any lower on it! it's a beautiful cake and Im sure you will add so many extra special touches to itthat she wont find anywhere.. STAND your ground!

It's funny how some brides will pay a couple of thousand bucks for a dress, or something that's only for them, and then chintz out on a couple of bucks (or cents) extra for a favor for guests who've perhaps travelled a distance to be at the wedding, bought fancy clothes for HER special occasion and brought expensive gifts - I've never been to a wedding where I haven't spend at least $100 for a gift.

Anyway, you sound annoyed enough where it sounds like you might not want to do the cookies after all, but in case you come to some agreement with her...
Have you thought about doing those heart cookies that look like a dress bodice and a tuxedo - use average size hearts (2 1/2 inch) and package them back to back, let her do her own labels, charge 5 or 6 dollars for the pair? I think I've seen them somewhere in the photo gallery - perhaps you could do a search, or someone could let you know where they are? Maybe they're one of Antonia74's cookies?

I don't know how to do an attachment, Sorry!

I did a search in photogallery and found the heart cookies by antonia74 and mac. They're fantastic! Good luck!

i found a site whose cookies are smaller and they are asking for $7.50 a cookie. when she asked if she could bake the cookies and you decorate i would have told her "i don't work that way. i only decorate cakes and cookies that i bake but, you can check the local library to see if they have books on decorating cookies". you know its just like the people who barely know you asking for discounts. my response is "sure go to walmart and i hope you like the cake they give you".

yes, we are doing this because we like it but if we give everyone a discount then how are we going to pay our rent?

Hey here is that heart shape tuxedo and bride bodice cookie picture someone suggested looking up... I was curious heheh

Mac uploaded this one so you might pm them! AND GIVES GREAT ADVICE AS WELL!
http://www.cakecentral.com/modules.php?name=coppermine&file=displayimage&meta=search&search=bride%20cookies&cat=0&pos=10&search=bride%20cookies

I agree with marmar on these... Antonia74 does a bEAUTIFUL JOB!!
Here is her tux cookies pictures :
http://www.cakecentral.com/modules.php?name=coppermine&file=displayimage&meta=search&search=tuxedo%20heart&cat=0&pos=0&search=tuxedo%20heart

You might PM her asking if she can give you a little hint on what to do!
I'm almost positive either of them would have the PERFECT ADVICE on this situation..

I wouldn't wait on her, chocomama....that is your final decision but I agree with marmar that it sounds like you are ready to move on and I certainly don't blame you. Your time will come and she won't find huge, homemade, personally decorated cookies like that for $5 or less.