Do they not have pink glitter, msbelle? :)

I need some advice: I've been sewing masks, and I started doing them to donate, and I've made some for friends and just charged them for the materials plus shipping, because it feels weird to charge for something that's for health and safety.

I made a kid-sized one for the daughter of one of my friends -- I was experimenting a bit with the sizing, but it seems like it worked out well -- and she posted a photo on Facebook, and one of her friends asked if I'm selling them. I know that, if I say yes, then a bunch of her other friends will ask, too. And I'm happy to make them, and I know that mine are better fitting than a lot of the others I've seen on Etsy and stuff like that, and there aren't too many kid-sized masks anyway. My friend said that they're talking about requiring the kids to wear masks when they go back to school in the fall.

So, my dilemma: do I charge for them? And if so, how much? Materials are no more than $2-3. Charging a bit for them would help defray my fabric costs a bit, especially for the ones that I'm donating. But it still feels kind of wrong to charge for something to protect public health. My friend (and most of her friends) are in the Orthodox community in NJ, so they're surrounded by a lot of infected people, and they have a lot more kids than most people. (Like, six or seven per family isn't unusual at all.) And I just got a bunch of animal print fabrics that I ordered like a month ago, so I can do kid-friendly ones. Anyone have advice?

Cost of goods. $5 per mask. Anything left over when this is over or monthly, you can donate. Or three for $10 for a family discount.

Hil - I've seen people charge like 10 bucks per to cover materials and shipping and then say that they're donating any profit to their charity of choice. That might be an option.

Or what Cass said.

Alternately, but similar would be to say "the masks cost this much in materials and shipping. If you can afford that, cool. If you can't, this is important enough for me to do anyway. If you can throw in a little extra to help support people who can't afford the materials cost, thank you very much." As long as you're in your greater social network, I expect that you wouldn't get a lot of people taking advantage, it helps make it possible, and you're still donating your labor.

Do you have any opinions on their classic vs. seasonal cocktail offerings?

I love a lot of their classics - Vieux Carre, Southern Exposure, their variations on the Negroni (they have one with Mezcal that I was skeptical about but came to love).

If you want to get their Single Serving cocktails, you can just get the two they're offering this week (which come in little mason jars), and a cheese plate and that's very easy to carry. I got the charcuterie and the mushroom pate last week and they were both delicious.

They change the single serving offerings every week. Currently they are...

Boozy: Promises, Promises: Old Forester Bourbon, Chamomile, Pineapple, Cynar

Bright: Grapefruit Negroni: City of London Gin, Campari, Italian Vermouth, Grapefruit

Hil, from my perspective I would also say that your time has value, and it is okay to get some compensation for your time. Should you be making a huge profit on them? Proably not, but it is okay to be compensated for your time and your skill, those have value.

I'd say $10 per is reasonable. Closer to fall you can look into whether schools need masks donated and you could use the money you make from the ones you sell now to subsidize ones you can donate then.

I went with $5 per mask for now.