Newly Completed!

This is a new series based on what I have finished this week. This sill be done on Thrusdays, just because I can!

Whats been done!

So here is what I have comepleted this week.

Everything completed

Full Persian Bracelet, Giant test flower, and Red Gold Flower for commission

3 sets of 2 flowers hairclips for a commision

Scale Bracelet. . . stunning!

So besides the 7 flowers everything is for sale. 

The bracelets are great! The Full Persian is very flexible and light. It is made out of Bright Aluminium. I am selling the bracelelt for $20. If you want it do hurry I have a few people considering it

Now the Scale bracelet is a BEAUTY! Here are a few more pics.

So this bracelet is pretty big, roughly 7.5-9" long it is a pretty gold and brown scales. It looks like Copper dragon scales if you ask me. It has a toggle clasp as seen in a few of the photos.

This bracelet is going for $50 once again got a few people but if you want it just email me at majestic.chain.maille@gmail.com

Thank you all once again!

Pricing breakdown

How I price:

Ok some of you are wondering why I have the prices I do. Well this is simple really. I use the prices I do based on a simplistic equation. This equation has what I consider my hourly wage to be ($10 an hour for the time being) cost of materials, and a 40% profit margin.

A lot of you saw the 40% and are freaking out! Why so high! you ask. Also simple. I am a new business, I need to get my name out there, I need to attend events so that I can sell more product, and I need to acquire more materials.

Now 40% is actually on the low end of most peoples pricing guides that do this for a living. I have seen 55% and up as the norm here.

Also some of you are thinking that I am getting more money then what my items and products are worth. So let me ask you a question and this concerns why I have a wage and a profit to my equation.

If I chose to do a different job that paid me $10 an hour instead of chainmaille then that would be my wage right? That is what the job considered my time worth to them. Same is true for this job. $10 an hour is what my time is worth to be doing this. The profit is as I stated to help expand my business!

Plans for my business:

Now for those of you who are looking at this and thinking that I may be a bit ambitious. . . well you are RIGHT! Lets start off at the current situation shall we.

For those that do not know I am a Homeless 23 year old in Portland Or. Now do not take this as a way to garner sympathy, I do not say this for that. Rather I would like you to see more of what I am trying to accomplish.

Currently I am working towards making over $300 a month in profit for at lest 2 consecutive months,  so that I can get a place to live. When you do the math the profit of $300 means that I have sold upwards of $1200 which should cover rent with roommates, and increasing my business.

I am also working on setting up several consignments and such with some very high end names in the Portland area.

Within a year I plan on hitting some major events in Portland and Washington. These include Ren Fairs, SCA events, and many many Cons.

I plan in the next 2 years to hit 2 MAJOR events in the US. 1 of them is a Ren Fair in Texas. There I am looking at sending roughly $12,000 worth of product and coming back with 2-3 times that (Not all of it will sell. . . ) The second event will be PENNSIC which is a HUGE SCA event (roughly 10,000 people at a slow PENNSIC) Here I will be taking as much product as I did to the Ren Fair in Texas and I plan on having a blast. I will also be bringing 2 of my models with me if the Texas Ren Fair pays off and it will be an all expenses paid trip for them.

Now a lot of you are wondering "Why the frack is he telling us this!" Well I believe that if you know my goals and what i am trying to accomplish, as well as from where I am coming from you will want to be apart of this and get your own Majestic Maille Custom piece done. This is no marketing ad or anything like that.

This is a simple show of how far I want to go with this. I have the ambition, the capability, the tools, the imagination, and the will to learn.

What else I do with chain maille

What else is there?

Alright, so some of you may be asking yourselves; 

"So you can do earrings, bracelets, neckalces, and wallet chains. . . Is that all!?" 

The answer to this is "No, that is ONLY the beginnning!"

In this post I will show you some of my FAVORITE things! 

Please keep in mind that these photos are not mine (for now) and I will replace the photos with my own as I get them in.

At the end I will have some more pictures that I think are fantastic!

Dragonscale!

Now some of you will remember this weave, I have shown it MANY times! (also if you look at the background it is 3 bracelets of Dragonscale)

Here are some examples. 

A 5 ring slide connector, connecting a Blue Silver Dragonscale 7 wide bracelet

The other side of that bracelet

3 Dragonscale bracelets shoing the color versatility and the majestic beauty of Dragonscale

A small 4 wide Gold and Black Dragonscale bracelet

MICROMAILLE! THis is about a 22 or high gauge Dragonscale. . . Will!!!! I shall get you!

Here is a BEAUTIFUL 4 wide Black, Gold, and Silver bracelet

Here is an ODD one. A 3 wide BUT the outside rings are small! This is not a normal Dragonscale but a GREAT idea!

Dragonscale Tie. This is a Micromaille version.

Bright Silver and Orange Full bracelet, no connector

 So now we have seen some GREAT examples of Dragonscale. It encompasses everthing chainmaille has to offer and MORE! Not only does it look great but it can take a BEATING! I have seen pieces that are 6+ years old and have never had to bbe repaired even after kids tugging and pulling, things getting caught in it etc.

About Dragonscale:

Dragonscale is a 2 sized ring weave. This DOES increase the cost so beware! Now with the 2 ring sizes one has to be VERY careful on picking the Aspect Ration of EACH ring size. ( one reason I commented on the odd one with a different ring on the big ring slot. . . ) Dragonscale is a silky sort of weave behaving like almost having a snake in your hands (same movements) This weave is also called the snake weave or Fishscales.

Dragonscale as you hav seem can be done in MANY sizes and colors. It also looks AMAZING in most any combination. This weave is actually what GOT me to start chain maille in the first place!

Ok lets more on to Scale Maille!

Scale Maille

Scale maille is a weave that does not use rings to make it up. The rings are just a SMALL portion of what is there and you usually do not even see them!

Lets get some examples!

Flower Hairclips Underside

Flower Hairclips Topview

3 colored Scale Bracelet. 3 wide

Alternating 1 wide Blue scale bracelet

Pink Hand Flower

Blue and white (Azure and Argent) 3 wide Necklace

Scale Scrunchy

In action!

Butterflies

Extended Scale Chocker with costom Leather

Scale Dicebags (Crocheted, Mine will be knitted with rings instead of yarn)

Scale Tie (try going to a meeting in this! The looks are AMAZING!)

Scale Wrist Flower 

So here we have seen some AMAZING styles of scale use! Now thankfully scales are not expensive (about $4 for 100 of the small ones) and thankfully scales cover a DECENT area (300 small ones for a sq foot of item) so they are not OUTRAGEOUS! Which is great. Take for instance the Alternating Blue 1 Wide bracelet up there, that would go for like $20! That thing is almost 50 scales LONG! But it would not take long to make! Which is GREAT!

Now something like that scale chocker and you are looking at about 6+ hours of time at max and that piece would run about $120ish at best!

Scale is a great median, and I can work most ANYTHING into either scale OR chain. All you have to do is ask!

Well that is all for me tonight! Next time I will be doing a little price explanation so everyone understands just HOW I do this and why I am not pulling numbers from odd places!

Great Pictures!

Dragonscale Pendents. Great for Keychains, phone clips, etc and cheap to! $5 a piece! 

Dragonscale Earring! OH MY! These are a treat. Now almost ANY weave can become  an earring (looking at you JPL) but these ones look GREAT!

Purple and silver version

Dragonscale Bracelet with speciality clasp

Whats this! Associates! Oh My!

Partners!

So I am proud to bring all of my faithful viewers some GREAT news!

After hours of careful negotiations and such I have now paired up with Fire Inspired. 

They area great father and daughter theamed Lampwork Bead creation experts!

Go check them out at http://www.fireinspired.blogspot.com/

What are Lampwork Beads you ask? WELL that is a great question. . . lets go look at some shall we?

OOOOOO PRETTY! Look at all those unique shapes and designs!

Here are some dog centric beads. These look GREAT!

Now here is the question! Can we use this in Chain Maille!?

Well lets see!

Lampwork and Chainmaille works

Simple 2 in 2 bracelet with amazing beads!

By the above picture I think we can! 

Let us look at some more examples!

OOOOHHHH A Mobius 2 in 2 with beads!

Simple 2 in 2 with some wonderful blue round beads!

Lovely Box Chain with some Dot Beads

Japanese Diamond Chain with Pink Diamond beads

Fuscia Dangle earrings with beads!

By the look of these, it CAN be done and it looks great!

Now Not only does Fire Inspired do bead work but they sew and corchet as well! They have a lovely Snood (no idea who named it >.> ) project going on over there right now!

What this means for Majestic Maille?

This means that I can now offer a wide variety of custom orders as well as when stock is plentiful and I set up the online store, I will have a WIDE variety of product lines! OHHHH EXCITING!!!!!

Now there is a downside to this. Custom designed beads will take 2 days to complete. This is to make sure that they will not break because they ARE glass in bead form. SO if you want any of this for your Christmas orders from me I will ask that you get your order in not by the 10th but rather by the 8th!

Please visit Fire Inspired's blog. It is REAL new (newer then my own >.< ) and it needs some friends.

Their site again is www.fireinspired.blogspot.com 

Hit them up!

Basic Price Guide! Earrings and Misc.

Price guide!

A lot of people LOVE earrings. What about pendants and clips or pins? Well here I am going to be showing some pictures and prices of what I have got to sell in these categories.

Earrings (By pair):

Dual Colored Mobius Flower

Single Mobius Flower:

Anodized Aluminium: $15
Stainless Steel: $20
Copper: $25

Double Mobius:

Anodized Aluminium: $20
Stainless Steel: $25
Copper: $30

Dragon Tears:

Dragon Tear earrings are great additions to any collection. It is unique and amazing to behold! These pieces come in a variety of colors and you can mix and match from each of the styles I will show you and the colors as well. The scales themselves are Anodized Aluminium and come in a great selection of colors. 

Just ask for what colors you want the rings or scales to be and I can see what can be done!I also can get scales in different metals but I will be asking for the fee that it will take me to order a new set of scales as an additional price.

Add $5 to the price and I can add in a different weave to the rings (Mobius Flowers are a favorite here)

Single Dragon Tear (As shown in Picture):

Anodized Aluminium: $15

Stainless Steel: $20

Copper: $25

Dual Dragon's Tear (Adds a large scale to the small one):

Anodized Aluminum: $20

Stainless Steel: $25

Copper: $30

Fuscia Dangle:

The Fuscia Dangle is a classic style of earring. They are pretty and can have anything from beads, scales, and other attachments added to the weave.

Basic Fuscia Dangle:

Anodized Aluminium: $20
Stainless Steel: $25
Copper: $30

Fuscia Dangle with attachment:

This can be Beads, Scales, or something else if you have an idea in mind. Beads will be $2 extra after the first one and Scales will be $1 after the first.

Anodized Aluminium: $25
Stainless Steel: $30
Copper: $35

Shaggy Loops:

A great weave that leaves a few rings open to move. These can also have attachments as well. Attachment prices are the same as the Fuscia Dangle

Basic Shaggy Loops:

Anodized Aluminium: $20
Stainless Steel: $25
Copper: $30

Shaggy Loops with Attachment(s):

Anodized Aluminium: $25
Stainless Steel: $30
Copper: $35

Custom Earrings:

Byzantine Earrings

Japanese 14 in 2 Flower Earrings

Scale Earrings (Can be Large or small or a mix)

Japanese Diamond 10 in 2 Earrings

The real Custom Creation (Done in elfweave)

Custom earrings can be anything. From the weave you see in the picture here or something you invision. Stepping Stone Earrings are also in this category because each one is custom made to your specifications.

Prices Vary from Earring pair to pair. They are ALWAYS sold in a Pair UNLESS there is an issue with my stock, in which case I will let you know and I will fix the issue!

Misc:

These happen to be some of my favorite items! These include Hairclips, hair ties, pendants, pins, etc. As long as it is not clothing or covered in a nother segments then it fits here.

Prices Vary but for some I will give you a price for them!

Let me show you.

Celtic Star

For pendants, I can do crosses in multiple weaves (Byzantine, Full Persian, and Celtic Visions), Stars. Ask and I can tell you if I can do it. There are a ton of things I am working on in this area that will likely never be listed. . .

Wallet Chains:

Here are a bunch of wallet chains. They are 12" in length. Prices in captions! 

Full Persian $30

Byzantine $30

Half Persian $25

Helm Chain $25

From the top: Half Persian, Full Persian, Byzantine, and Dragonscale

I can also do Box Chain and Celtic Visions both are $25 

Scale Art:

Single Scale Flowers and Butterflies are $8 for a pair, add $2 for a hairclip, pin, or such.

Double Scale arts are $15 for a pair and same deal $2 for clips, pins, and such.

Custom Scale art:

If you can think of it ask me if I can potentially make it! I will research every angle of the idea and tell you if it can be done. 

Scale Scrunchy with silver rubber rings (so it is flexible)

Just ask!

Remember that any specials will apply to the prices listed here and to any custom prices that I give you for those custom orders!