Pretty little boxes

So my whole focus has switched to tiny laquered boxes.  I do wish the add photo option actually grabbed all the pics from my ipad camera roll and I'd show you!  You could go to https://vine.co/v/OaEAEqh6UUY and you'd see one.  So they take a day to make and use up all my spare time unless I put them aside to catch up on something, like right now.  I can't spend all my time on it, since I have to run errands and this household, but I figure if I can make a dozen or 3 dozen for christmas I can find a store to sell them for me and potentially make profit on them.  I figure the material is less than $10 per box though the labour is well beyond what the market would support.  I wouldn't buy a box for $150 even if it is exquisite and that's what price it would need to be to pay for min. wage and store take.
So but I love doing them so much it isn't necessary to be properly compensated.  Hobbies are like that.  I just have to be sure and get at least $20 per box I guess.  Well, $15 if the store really insists they're not worth that much.  I mean, that's to me, and what the store adds on is the final price.  I haven't discussed with anyone so I don't know how they'll run it.  Spencer Early would probably sell them for me on a really tiny commission if I asked, but I think there's a better market at the art gallery or HandMade House shop.  They both deal in high-end hand crafts, unique stuff, etc.
They're also more likely to give me helpful advice by criticizing my work for me...
Yeah ok, million errands to run and all that, just trying to keep up my blog.  Making boxes.  Knitting sockses.  Thinking far too much.

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