hey you all i am a mad scrapper and i have even taught some classes but i was hoping to open my home for a crop night for ladies just as a way to make newfriends and meet ppl-- in am new in town-- i wanted to charge so we could buy food and to cover some extra supplies i would buy so the ladies can use -- do you think that is appropiate-- also i was wanting to hold classes were i sell my kits -- i do tons of military pages and kid pages -- i wasnt sure how to price tham -- what do you think is reasonable -- i know we are all on a budget some gimme your insights-- when i taught at a store -- they would charge 19 for the class with a kit -- each kit may cost from 5-9 to put together depending on the suplys but i was just wonder ifyou all had any insights on pricing or what u would be willing to pay-- also what topics i should make kits for

Start with the on base MWR center, I am sure they have something similar going on and can give you an idea of the going rates.

I can tell you that personally, I would not pay for anything more than supplies/kits if I were to attend a workshop out of someone's home. If you want to provide refeshments than use a rotating system where everybody brings a dessert or appetizer to pass around.

there is a popular Home Based business that does scrapbooking and card making, and many Demonstrators hold these types of classes in their homes.. and they ONLY charge for supplies. the actual teaching of how to use the kits themselves is a service these Demonstrators provide at no cost. Now, it may cost $5 for the actual materials, and they charge $7.50 to cover the time it took to put the kits together and that I would have no problem with. saves me the cutting time not to mention the agony of deciding whether or not cyan goes with olive.

thanks for your input-- i know scrapbooking can be sooo pricey -- but i was hopeing to do sumthing more at cost not to make money but more or less to make friends -- btw i looked up the mwr and they dont have anything like that -- they have a crafters class at the ffs but its free-- and to be honest i cant afford to pay for supplies and stuff all myself -- also do you have any ideas for topics

and you are so right --color cordination is what takes me the longest -- i always try to make it go together but not tooo matchy i like the random pages

I don't scrapbook, but I would attend the card making parties.

Themes would include Birthday, back to school, pick a holiday(preferably one that's actually coming up) the Big Foot ball Game, Generic seasons.

January: Valentine's day or the Superbowl
Feb: Winter Wonderland
March: easter
April: Spring
May: Graduation
June: Weddings
July: Patriotic
Aug: Dog Days of summer
Sept: Back to School
Oct: Halowe'en
November: Harvest/thanksgiving
December: a generic(read: secular) Holiday look

Plus others like Our new Home, trips to the Zoo, the kids first swimming elssons.

once you get a feel for what interests your clients have, you can start to tweak,like if there a lot of toddlers, then perhaps " Junior's first Haircut" would be a good theme.

and of course you can't go wrong with the Army /Navy Game...

i started with cards -- that was my bridge to scrapping -- i wanted to start a thing where i could send hand made cards to service members that are in iraq like a handmade thank you card with additional empty cards they can send there family -- do you know how i would even get started --or a card kits for ppl in iraq so they could send there kids stuff they made for holidays -- i would really like to plug in to sum thing like that butni dont know where to begin