Wooden Roses

[Bob Keyes]

Dear Jackie,

Thank you so much for the wooden rose idea. I just finished up the Valentine rush from 3 high schools in the area. Roses in their school color with their mascot engraved on them. 2 of the schools are going to use them for their homecoming festivities.

I ordered 200 dozen and I only have about 5 dozen left of the orange ones. I am all out of the others.

Thanks again. I appreciate it.

Hello Everyone,
I think I read a thread here on wooden roses a while back but wanted to remind everyone about them. I bought some for a little over .06 each. A small starter kit was $150.00 with free shipping (2400 roses - you get to pick up to 15 colors). I had it in mind to make some engraved bouquets for valentines day, St patty's day, Mothers day and easter. I do craft shows flea markets and consignment in a craft/gift shop. Well I made a couple Christmas bouquets for gifts for my hubby to bring to work (with stock sayings and clip art - Santa etc.) and now I'm getting lots of orders for bouquets with family names on them, Everyone loves them! I had planned on selling bouquets (1 doz) with the stock things for each holiday on 6 of them and 6 would be blank for $14.00 or $15.00 per doz. But the custom name ones I'm charging $20.00 and no one seems to mind. They don't take long at all to laser and I just add a faux grass & put a plastic sleeve (they were both included in the kit) and a pretty ribbon to finish. Anyway it seems to be a money maker so far. I with post photos soon if I can.

[Anthony Welch]

We wanted to come up with something to put these roses in that might generate some added income.

I'll tell you later how it turns out.

[Steve Clarkson]

I ordered 200 dozen and I only have about 5 dozen left

Bob......how long does it take to engrave 200 dozen!!!

That's a great idea about the mascot......can I ask how much you charged and how much they sold them for?

[Bob Keyes]

Steve,

I made 2 plexi jigs that hold 1 doz. each. It takes 8 minutes to do a dozen. While one is engraving I unload and reload the other jig. I also made a fixture to lay a dozen in with a sleeve over them and tie a ribbon around bundle. Make the packaging go quite fast.

I charged the school $7.00 per dozen. My cost about .80 per dozen. They sell them to the kids for $14.00 per dozen. Pretty good profit margin for both of us. Especially me!

[Ray Uebner]

We wanted to come up with something to put these roses in that might generate some added income.

I'll tell you later how it turns out.

Well looks good to me. Let us know, nice work both of you. Like the idea for the schools. If you have the cdr of the holder of the roses and would like to post it I am sure we would enjoy having it. Thanks for the posts.

[Tim Bateson]

Here are a couple I made for my wife. I decided to try a picture. Not great, but not bad either. I use the flowers from: petalbypetal.com

[Dee Gallo]

Neato. Amazing what we will try isn't it? Even more amazing what some people can accomplish!

[Ray Uebner]

Great work, Looks good to me I know you want it better though but it is the thought. Did you do the photo in Photograv? I have to get some of these.

[Tim Bateson]

Ray, I use Epilog's Dithering options in their print driver. It's tricky getting a decent burn without going through the thin wood.

[Ray Uebner]

Thanks for the info. I will have to try it when I get some roses....Busy time of the year so will most likely be after July.

[Bob Keyes]

Tim, That's who I bought from. Seem like nice honest people. Roses were good, price was good, delivery was excellent.

Here are a couple I made for my wife. I decided to try a picture. Not great, but not bad either. I use the flowers from: petalbypetal.com

[Bob Keyes]

Ray--I'll post it tomorrow when I get back home.

Well looks good to me. Let us know, nice work both of you. Like the idea for the schools. If you have the cdr of the holder of the roses and would like to post it I am sure we would enjoy having it. Thanks for the posts.

[Steve Clarkson]

Thanks Bob.

I just picked up a dozen at the mall today.

[Bob Keyes]

Here is the jig I promised. Sorry so late. It was glued together with weldon 3. I saved it in v12 just in case you don't have x3.

[Tim Bateson]

Thanks Bob, This will work great for the closed roses. Looks easy to modify for the larger roses too.

I'm assuming you slide the roses in steam first from the front?