People love the things I create, that’s hugely flattering, however, people also USE the things I create.\u00a0 That’s an honour.\u00a0 Truly.\u00a0 The most common feedback I get is that the items people buy from me are being worked and used nightly and that’s the reason they are created.<\/p>\n
Creating beautiful props isn’t easy, it takes time.\u00a0 Manufacturing these highly sought after pieces has literally taught me patience.\u00a0 I can’t possibly charge an hourly rate for making these, they wouldn’t be affordable.\u00a0 I don’t charge for my time.\u00a0 One things that has happened though is an increase of around 28% in the last 5 years in the raw materials.\u00a0 It’s an amalgamation of a few things, Brexit, the weak pound and a buyout (and consequent amalgamation into 1 monopoly) of the wholesalers who I am supplied by.<\/p>\n
I class you, my dear customer as a friend and because of that I have tried for (literally) years to refrain from any price increases, however I\u00a0 do not have a choice now.\u00a0 I’ve seen petrol rise around 30p a litre, milk go from 85p to \u00a31.25 and Mars bars (for those interested, Google “The Mars Bar Standard”), I can’t think of a single living expense that hasn’t increased.\u00a0 In view of this, there will be a slight price increase across the Pewter range, it’s unavoidable.\u00a0 It won’t be the 28% that I have incurred , I will swallow some of that cost, however it is now unavoidable.<\/p>\n
What does this mean for you, dear magician?\u00a0 A few pence on the pound and you’ll still have a workers prop to last a lifetime.<\/p>\n
Bri<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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