i have never made one before... and i really don't know about charging. i made this for a friend but i'd like to try and sell them sometime. the cookies are mixed sizes, small 2" hearts, 4" faces, 4" onesies, 3" bottles (10 cookies in all)... plus the bucket, the florist foam, the ribbon, etc, etc... oh, and i shouldn't forget about my time, too.



anyway, how much would YOU charge for this arrangement?

I charged $15 for 6 cookies hopes this helps...

i i think i undersold myself...

well see what other say

I would not charge anything under $50, and that's a friend/family price!

$50? WOW!!! i was thinking around the area of $35 max!!! i've never even sold a cake worth $50!!! i must be crazy underselling

I agree, I think around $50.. That is sooo cute btw.. I had to save the pic.

Very nice bouquet. Your market may not support $50, even though it may be worth it. $35 is a bargain price for such beautiful work.

How did you do the lettering on the cookies? They look perfect!

deb

Darra that is precious!

I chargerd $15 for 4 cookies ( a discounted price) I would say no less than $40 that is for sure.. I love this one by the way

thanks everyone

MomLittr - i did them freehand it's a special script that the nuns taught us in catholic school... never thought i'd ever have a use for it until now

aliciaL_77 - i think i'll peg it at $40 thanks!

Here is a website for cookie bouquets. They are offering a 7 cookie basket starting at $50. Just to give you some ideas, here's the link

http://www.cookiesbydesign.com/default.aspx?utm_id=YH880&OVRAW=cookie%20bouquet&OVKEY=cookie%20bouquet&OVMTC=standard

wow their 3 cookie bouquet is at 30.00 thats crazy high ...but if they can sell them more power to them .............

hmmmm now if i could just find people around here to pay that much !!!!!!!!

Speaking of buckets and containers for cookie bouquets. I was in the Dollar Tree a few days ago and they had some great decorative pots and tin (in bronze color) pails all for $1 each. Some were ceramic with spring colors, some plastic and some tin. I really wanted to stock up, but guess what, I've never made a cookie bouquet before, and don't know exactly when I will start. I just know it something I'd like to try.

Darra, Your cookie bouquet is soooo SWEET! You did a great job. The faces on the babies are perfect and smooth. WHat icing did you use? I will be attempting my first cookie bouquet for Mother's Day.

Those cookies are beautiful!
I charge $2.50 per cookie for the "normal" size cookie
And I charge .75 for the mini cookies (which I use as fill-in's)
Everyone around here says that I am not charging enough but that store Cookies by Design is not to far from me and they charge $6.50 per cookie!!!
Now, i think that is a rip off but thats just my opinion.
I figure $2.50 is fair since I am not an actual store.
And as for the buckets or containers to put them in, I always check my dollar store where I find great items! I try to match the holiday. Like for mothers day, I will be using a silver bucket that has tulips and butterflies on it which I found at the dollar store last year so I bought 20 of them!!!

dtmc - thank you i use the royal icing recipe on this site - it always works like a charm has never failed me yet!

http://www.cakecentral.com/cake_recipe-1983-Royal-Icing-for-Decorated-Cookies.html

qtkayla - i know what you mean! but don't you wish we could charge insane prices like that, too??? i sure do! lol!!!

Could someone please tell me what you put in the buckets to stand the cookie sticks in?

i use the green floral foam. at walmart it is 3 blocks for only $1.79.

what you've got to do (I used to sell gift baskets for a living) is figure up the cost of ingredients first..........then you usually mark it up 300% (yes that's right, that's the figure) then you figure in your time (baking, decorating, clean up) multiplied by the amount you want to make per hour 10 bucks/hr. is moderate........and you'll have your figure.........so if it cost you 5 dollars to make the cookies and to put it in the container with foam, ribbon, packaging (which is pretty low by the way)...then that would mark up to 15 dollars......then if you spent 1 hr. baking, 1 hr. decorating, and 1 hr. cleaning up.......you're already looking at ........a minimum of 45 dollars!!! Thats only if you manage to get your ingredients and packaging materials for five bucks!!!

Hey Darra,

I'm new to the forum and new to cakes as well. I'm really inspired by your cookie bouquet and just wanted to know if you would let me know where to start as far as how and where to begin. Also, there are quite a few ladies on the forum who doesn't use cookie cutters, and I guess my question to you is did you use cookie cutters for the baby cookies. Sorry so many questions, but I'm just a rookie and I wanna try a cookie bouquet this weekend to give for Mother's Day.

MissJ,

If you look through the first couple of pages in the Cookies forum, there have been several good threads lately with lots of information on making the cookie bouquets, from how to put the sticks in to decorating, arranging and wrapping.

Look through them and then ask if you have specific questions, there are lots of us who are here to answer questions!

Laura.