Roleplay and...bobbles?

Yikes, you guys have been prolific in the last twelve hours! 

( Roleplay ramblings )

So, on a different note entirely, I'm thinking about doing something kind of like writing drabbles, only with jewelry.  Where people could leave a couple of "prompts", like "crystals, bracelet" or "blue, pendant" or some such, and I make a pendant just for them that incorporates blue.  It could be literally any design I choose - chainmaille, wire wrapping, a single stone, or a bunch of crystals - so they're still going to be surprised by whatever it ends up being.  And the catch is, people would have to pay for the materials involved - I couldn't afford to make five jewelry bobbles at $20 in materials apiece, for instance.  Which is sort of what I'm thinking.  Like, you would leave a bobble prompt and pay for the materials involved, the "cost" being completely up to you depending on how involved you'd like your piece to be, (but i'm thinking a $5-$20-ish range) and I guarantee I'll use at least that amount worth of stuff in the making of your bobble.  Or maybe that amount minus $2 for shipping or something...anyway, you get the idea.

Thoughts?  Anything to add or suggest?  Would anyone be interested in that?  These would be pretty simple things - no masks or crowns, LOL - but stuff that would only take me an hour to a couple of hours, tops, to make.  It just seems like something fun to me - I donate my time and skill, you get a neat surprise in the mail.  :D

You couldn't have thought of that sooner??

So Mark calls me about five minutes ago, from school, to tell me he absolutely needs a copy of Frankenstein on DVD in his hands by tomorrow night.  We knew he was going to need it by Monday, and had tentatively planned a trip up to Salem to go to Best Buy and get it this weekend.  Except he forgot he's going to some conference thing for teachers Monday-Tuesday, and so he actually needs to be able to take the movie with him to school on Friday, so it will be there Monday morning for the sub (he's teaching Frankenstein this term, in case that wasn't obvious yet). 

I just finished ordering it from Amazon with 1-day shipping with exactly 2 minutes and 9 seconds to spare to get it tomorrow - and the shipping cost more than the stupid movie. 

*suppresses irritation with spouse*

We could have rented it, I guess, but since Netflix I don't even think of the local rental places, and if they didn't have it he'd have been screwed, and we need to own it for future classes anyway. 

Hmm, at the moment, it's looking like my "bobble" (a play on bauble, obviously) idea is not as thrillingly fun for everyone else as it was for me.  Ah, well. 

Bobbles!

All right, xlana is the first to make a bobble request!  Her prompt was "pretty spring pendant".  :)

I think I'm going to limit the number of bobbles to seven for this go round (if that many people even want to participate) so I still have time to work on inventory items in between bobble items.  I'll take photos of each bobble before popping it in the mail to wing off to its recipient, but I won't post any pics until all requested bobbles are done and with their owners.  If you want a bobble, leave your prompt here in a comment, and then e-mail me at suliabryon at gmail dot com with your snail mail address and the amount of $ you'd like your bobble to be made from.  I'm going to request people don't go less than $5 (because I don't think I could make something reasonable for less than that) and more than, say, $25, because these are supposed to be inexpensive and fun.  I will then e-mail you back with the info you'll need to pay for your bobble, either via snail mail or paypal, as per your preference. 

I think that covers everything.  *rubs hands together*

I'm betting this will give the creative muse a nice kick start, just like writing drabbles does.