Post #323633 by Rattiki's_Wahine on Mon, Aug 6, 2007 5:41 PM

On 2007-08-05 18:19, Tiki-Kate wrote:
Plus, he used to sell them on TC for $15, which is still a great price. The one I bought is still one of my all time favorites. Not many people know how to do it up right with the beads and the teeth.

Thank you Tiki-Kate I'm glad you like it so much.

You know my husband guess-timates that it cost us aprox. $4 each for all the parts to make these. This does not include the two trips up into the Luzon highlands we made in July '05 & Dec '05 to order and procure the Tikis, nor the time my Mom spent finding, buying and shipping the coco beads (which come from Cebu and are only available at fiesta time in my village), nor the aprox 1/2 hour each it takes me to hand string them, nor the ebay cost, the paypal cost or the S&H costs. So in the end (my husband says almost dictating this over my shoulder :wink: ) it is just about a give away at the $10-$15 price! :D