I'm faced with a situation that I'm hoping I can get some feedback on....
I have a very good friend who has asked me to do a cake for her daughter's birthday. She knows that I do this "on the side" and charge for my cakes. We've discussed the cake and party casually before (because it was a little early). Now it's getting closer and I realized that I never gave her a price!? It's one of those things that we talked hypotheticals for a while and never actually agreed on anything. My question is, how do I bring this up?? I feel funny going "OK, and your total is gonna be....", like some cheesy grocery store cashier?! Am I just being strange about this? I know that she realizes I'll charge her for it, so it's not that she thinks she's getting it for free. Sorry for the rambling! Any suggestions!?

IMO I would bring it up when you are getting the final details of the cake and the dates etc of the party. I hope this helps you.. I look forward to seeing what the others say as well

You call and ask her if she is going on with the party and ask her if she still wants you to do the cake. If she says yes, then you can talk ideas and pricing with her.

Debbi

Here's an idea: Talk about the party, then ask her what her budget is for the cake.

Then once you hear how much she is willing to spend offer ideas that are within her budget or if you want to suggest if she could spend a little more you could do X, Y or Z.

HTH,

thats what I do ........"what your budget ...ok this is what I can do if you want more can you pay more Ill need extra supplies? ''

I like that idea also. That's probably the best way to get your answer and it will also keep both of you happy. You won't feel undercharged and she won't feel overcharged because you're coming to a compromise.

Good idea!

I was just in this situation today. ONe of the secretary's in our department is leaving and the lead secreatry and I had talked about a cake before and never really said anything one way or the other. So today I drew up a simple sketch told her this is what I thought up for the cake is this what you where thinking of? Then I told her I needed a number so I could make sure it was big enough. Then I explained the price for that size. She was totally cool about it. She then had enough information after talking about the sketch to go cheaper or more expensive.
Of course it is my department and I also know they aren't penny pinching when it comes to this fund.