06/07/2026
This is well said! I don't know how many times I've been told my boards are beautiful but it costs too much!
Prices range from $15-80 for handcrafted stained glass pieces.
I am not China, I create every single product you see/touch/buy. There are not 5 little helpers being paid $4/hour to help me.
I spend 40+ hours per week just creating my art (not lying), then 14-30 hours on weekends (during that same week) selling my art at markets. I do this for 9 months a year, I work over 65 hours a week.
I have spent over $20,000 on machines. I spend $15,000+ per year on stained glass and over $5,000 on wood annually. I pay roughly $10,000+ annually to be at markets to show my work in hopes that humans will buy.
And I try my hardest to bring it to you with a smile on my face.
This is just a little reminder that my "expensive" art is priced the way it is for all of the work you don't see and honestly, it's under priced with the cost of wood, glass, and markets all increasing.
Your vendor friends (most of them) literally put their life into their small business.
If you want cheap, then go buy art from Walmart or Hobby Lobby, where they mark up and make 75-99% profit.
