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Animal Crossing: Bell Bags by ~DekuPyro:iconDekuPyro:

Categories Artisan Crafts > Dolls, Plushies & Custom Toys > Plushies

©2009 ~DekuPyro
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I've been wanting to make these for a while..they're the Bell bags you see in the Animal Crossing series! :D They came out way better than I expected, and I'm really proud of them. ^^ In this tough economy, you can always count on Bells! X3

They're about 3" tall and 3.5" wide, stuffed with fiberfill, tied with suede yarn, and accented with brown wooden stars that I painted individually by hand. The stars were a pain. XD

The great thing about these is that you can use them either as plushies OR as coin purses--they're basic drawstring pouches and aren't sewn shut, so you can just take the stuffing out of them and carry your change around. :D

Hopefully I'll find out soon if I'm getting a table at AnimeNEXT; assuming I am, I'll be selling all 20 of these there. If I can get a tabletop artificial tree to hang them from, even better. XD

I'm not sure yet how much I should sell these for..what do you guys think?

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*sweetplushiecake Jan 16, 2009, 11:43:12 AM
Might I recommend buying a money tree decoration? To hang them off of. It's a little plastic tree that people tie money to on the ends, you see them at graduations and weddings.

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~BunnieBard Jan 16, 2009, 3:19:34 PM
I'm terrible at thinking of prices. I've been meaning to sell my Bob-omb Bags for over a YEAR, but because I can't think of a price and/or how to mass produce them.... blurgh.
How long did it take you to make these? They're really cute, I've never sewn a drawstring bag before! :aww:
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~Lord-Indigo Jan 16, 2009, 5:55:37 PM
It's difficult to say how much I'd pay, mostly because it's tricky to tell exactly how big they are. How much does it cost to make one?

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~DekuPyro Jan 16, 2009, 6:08:22 PM
Ooh, that's a fantastic idea! Thanks so much for the suggestion and the fave/watch, too ^.^ <3

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~DekuPyro Jan 16, 2009, 6:09:05 PM
Thanks so much, I'm really glad you think so :D :hug:

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=Albino-Poncho Jan 16, 2009, 6:26:37 PM
This is ADORABLE! (: Buy the tree, definitely an awesome addition!

Depending on how big they are you should charge- but from here I think most people would be willing to pay 3-5$ for each. I definitely would ;_;
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~DekuPyro Jan 16, 2009, 6:28:49 PM
Ooh, I agree completely x.x I can never figure out how much to sell my stuff for, partly because I'm so easy to sway..I always end up selling myself at least a little bit short. ^^;

I went and checked out your Bob-omb Bags and they're so wicked awesome!! :D I definitely think those would sell really well for you! I think that the hardest part of pricing your art is evaluating it, finding its worth; you have to take into account how much time and effort went into it, plus expenses and such..it can be a big pain, haha.

It's hard to say exactly how long it took because I cut the fabric/painted the stars/sewed the drawstrings all at once, rather than one by one, to save time. I would say, breaking it down, probably 20-30 minutes on each one. I found a pretty simple drawstring pattern a while back that fit the project really well, so I guess I lucked out. XD. Thanks for the compliment ^.^ :hug:

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~DekuPyro Jan 16, 2009, 6:34:20 PM
Hmm..if I had to compare it to anything, I'd say probably the size of a round water balloon. XD. Fits comfortably in one's hand and would hold a good amount of pocket change. It's hard to calculate cost because, save for the yarn (which cost around $7.50), I already had everything else I needed to make these. The fleece, when I bought it, was probably around $8-10 for the amount I used.

I was thinking perhaps $3-5 per bag, given the total time/effort it took and the blisters on my fingers trying to pull the yarn through the fabric. x.x Not sure if that's unreasonable, though.

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~Lord-Indigo Jan 16, 2009, 6:50:18 PM
Sounds reasonable enough to me, I'd happily pay that to own one of your ballbags. Living in England and all I can't see that being a possibility, but it's still a reasonable price.

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