Custom Wedding Favor
How much should I charge for custom wedding favors?
A coworker has asked me to make 200 custom monogrammed cookies for a wedding in June. The problem is, I have no idea how much to charge!
On one hand, I know she doesn’t have a lot of money and I don’t want to charge a lot, but on the other hand I don’t want to sell my services cheap since this will be a huge undertaking. She went to a bakery in LA and they wanted almost $3 a cookie.
Any ideas would be appreciated. Thanks!
You all made excellent points- thanks!
No, I am not attending the wedding… I don’t even know the bride.
My skill level would be very close to what you would get from a professional bakery… Or at least I like to think so 
I like the idea of asking HER how much she would like to spend… that way I can get a ballpark idea.
The average professional makes $18-$20 per hour plus cost of materials needed.
So, if it takes you 3 hours of labor- than charge her $60 plus the cost of ingredients, any new utensils needed, etcetera. If it takes you 9 hours than you charge her $180 + materials.
Most brides, even those on a budget, end up spending hundreds of dollars on the favors. The average is right at $400. So- she’s coming out on top by utilizing your skills…she’ll appreciate you MORE if you charge her a fair price (for you)…if you cut her a break- she may feel she has room to complain about this or that.
I have experience in this area! If you charge her what you should (the hourly + expenses) than she’ll rave about your cookies and tell all of her guests “make sure you get one of these!!” BUT if you cut her a break, for some reason the opposite happens…”these cookies are too hard…this isn’t exactly the color I wanted..so on and so on” believe me!!!
As a planner I once did a wedding FREE of charge for a “friend” b/c I knew she didn’t have the money. She complained the whole time and talked about me behind my back. Funny- all of my other brides pay for my services and love me…she got it for free and found fault with everything. Amazing. People respect those whom have valuable time, those who charge for it and exude an air of professionalism (and this is a business transaction for both you and bride)…while people take for granted sincere acts of kindness.
Best Wishes!
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