We Call 'Em"" Dough Babies""

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November/December 1977
 
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The extra consignment and wholesale business is welcomed, of course, but we still have the most fun retailing our decorations direct to the final customer outdoors in the crisp autumn air at fairs and festivals. (Sometimes, when we pretend we aren't watching, we even see some sly trying to nibble a bite off one of these delicious looking "cookies" which isn't really possible, since the ornaments are as hard as a young bride's first batch of biscuits baked in a wood stove.)

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We price our babies at between fairs and $1.50 each (note the sticker on the back of the ornament held by hand in the accompanying photo), depending on how elaborate each one is. Most fall into the $1.00 to $1.25 range. It's always good to have at least two different prices ... but don't get carried away with pricing your decorations too individually.

You could probably make this seasonal business about as big as you want it to be ... but we prefer to keep ours a small "family having fun around the kitchen stove" sort of thing. Our first season out we cleared $300 ... and the next yearby starting a little earlier and being somewhat more organized-we netted $500. We figure that ain't bad, considering the good times our dough babies have given us.

So—whether for fun or profit or both—get the family together, invite your friends over, break out the apple cider ... and try your hand at crafting a few bread dough babies. We think you're gonna like it!

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