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"Hobbies" are NOT CHEAP.
Knitting/fiber works--some yarns are now $10 or more a skein. (freaked me right out!)
Painting--Good quality paints & canvasses & even those little boxes people paint on--again, not cheap (my mother does the sale thing for her paints for doing those silly floral paint things
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Wood & metal for sculpture--have you priced steel or lumber lately? Check out prices @ your local hardware store & ask them what their WEEKLY shipments look like & how often they're having to change tags because of the changes in inflation & what it's costing them to get their shipments & what cost of goods is! Then talk to the guys buying the stuff off the shelves--they're freaking out DAILY & they need the stuff for "real jobs" like construction & auto repair, etc!
(Plumbing supplies are going up too--because of the petroleum products in the plastics...ditto on the lightbulbs & anything *else* in glass--it's not just "our" glass! Little independent hardware stores are having to change their tagging on nearly a weekly basis right now...it's either that or lose money on every item they order--and who can afford that & stay in business?)
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Seriously! I picked a DANDY time to get into PMC and back into regular silver work. Sheesh!
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Karen Sherwood
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