FAQs
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Making dice is a fairly simple concept once you get enough understanding through trial and error. Each set can require time from 4-11 hours work time and 4-8 days to complete a set, all depending on how complex the piece is. Most handmade dice are made from Epoxy Resin which is what I use for my pieces. Epoxy resin is a two part liquid mixture that when mixed thoroughly, will cure solid after a few days. To make dice, you mix your two part resin and pour it into dice silicone molds with added inclusions like colors, flowers, figures, etc. Once it has been at least 12 hours, you can take your dice pieces out of their molds. Depending on the set design, some dice go through multiple resin pours which means waiting a minimum of 12 hours between each pour, which is why some sets take longer than others. after creating the dice, you MUST wait a few days until the resin has completely cured in order to begin the sanding process. Once your dice are completely cured, you can start sanding the sharp or cloudy sides with the harshest sand paper first, to the finest grit. Afterwards, polish and clean the dice, then paint the numbers and clean up the finished set.
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my prices are based off of 3 things: Labor time, supply costs, and a very small percentage of advertising. This small business is founded and ran by one person. Running your own business means doing everything from start to finish entirely on your own. For me, this includes designing then creating the products, photographing them, creating an online listing, creating advertising content, and sending out the order. Making a “basic” set of dice would take a minimum of four hours. Photographing, creating a listing, and content for advertisement and packing orders take another two to three hours. If I price a basic dice set for $75 dollars, not including supply costs and advertising fees, I would be making a wage of $12.5 hourly, which is three dollars under the minimum wage in my area (not to mention minimum wage is not a livable wage). If I were to price my dice a livable wage, a basic dice set would come to $96 only including labor time. My “luxury” dice take a minimum of 8 hours to make. Any dice in competing companies such as Amazon and sometimes Etsy, will be extremely cut down in price due to factory made bulk creations that are NOT handmade. Not to say these dice are not worth your money, however they are not handmade, or as well made, and are taking over small business platforms, making real handmade creators suffer in the process. I hope you understand my pricing and why they may seem high compared to other sites. However if this is the case, please consider shopping elsewhere, as I understand my prices are not targeted towards everyone’s budget (not even my own). My dice and all other creations, just like any handmade product, are considered luxury items.
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I ship in the United States along with internationally, aside from Germany, due to their new shipping laws. However if you live in a country not listed in my shipping, please contact me privately, so I can make shipping to your country possible.
I tend to ship orders 1-4 days from receiving an order. Generally, I ship orders as soon as I can. There are multiple shipment speeds available at checkout in case you need your order right away.
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I do not accept exchanges or returns that involve anything under the product disclaimers. Handmade items always come with flaws, as stated in disclaimers. I cannot accept returns from change of mind as I am an extremally small business self run where every penny counts (If I were a large company with the capability to accept returns of this nature, I would). If you wish to cancel your item before it is shipped, I am happy to do so, but you will have to wait four weeks for a refund. I do not except cancelations for customs orders as they are not resalable.
However if your order arrives damaged or you are unhappy with your order for any other reason, I am more than happy to discuss how we can resolve the issue. If your order has shipped but never arrived through postal issues, and there is no way of receiving your order through your shipping carrier (if your order is shipped in the US, USPS will be your supporting carrier), than I am happy to refund you or remake your order if supplies are in stock.
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A “basic” dice set includes only pigment color and glitter that I only have to pour resin once for.
A “luxury” dice set is a set that can include things like flowers, bees, liquid cores, terrarium frames, figures or small other items that require more work than just pigment and glitter. These sets involve multiple resin cures along with possible painting or applying stickers or other designs.
About The Artist
Pastel Pastures is a creation I started in hopes to find happiness and magic in day to day life. Not being able to feel like a child in my up bringing, I love being able to use my creativity in making dice and other fun things!
I hope to create dice for as long as people want personalized and beautiful dice for their adventures. Creating little dice that is also playable art is so incredibly fun, and when a customer gets a dice set they love, it really makes my heart feel full!
This small business is run entirely by myself and is what I spend majority of my time on. I love coming up with new ideas for dice and finding inspiration from other dice creators! Creating this tiny shop has always been a dream of mine. As a child I was very creative and wanted to do anything art related with most of my free time. But coming from a parent who never saw being an artist as a potential career, I was always pushed towards office jobs, or anything mundane and consistent. So I never allowed myself to consider art as a source of income and slowly withdrew from creating to focus on more serious things. So I went to college to become an ASL interpreter, and had jobs in between classes from office work, servicing pools, the food industry and retail. I wanted to bounce around and find something I could do to make my family happy, completely forgetting my own happiness and mental health. Then in 2020 I was working at a retail clothing store when Covid-19 hit and everything was shut down. The virus put my entire life at a pause. I put a halt on my classes due to in-person classes closing down and not having a job from all non essential stores shutting down until future notice. I was also and still am a high risk person from my asthma so going out wasn’t something I could risk. Having to stay home for a continuous future, and not knowing when things would normalize again, I saw this as the perfect opportunity to focus on myself, instead of what others wanted from me. I focused on losing weight I had been trying to get rid of for years but never had time. I learned new recipes and grew to have a healthy relationship with myself. Four months later I was fifty pounds lighter and much happier with who I was inside and out. My biggest problem was finding a sustainable job that made me happy. Even thinking about finishing college, what job did I want after? I still didn’t know. What I did know was while in college I fell in love with pottery, and while focusing on myself I picked up a paintbrush for the first time in years and painted with every single free minute I had and fell back into love with being creative. I had forgotten how much I had missed creating and it got me thinking about what I wanted from life. I knew at some point I’d have to find work, so I went back to my retail job once things started re-opening, but still did art with my free time. Then, seeing people create functional art on social media, I really wanted to have a try at making something other than a canvas simply placed on a wall so I thought about pottery. However pottery is a very cost consuming art and is not a realistic art to do in my living space unless I invest in everything pottery required. Not having the investment money or the space, I searched to another art media that I could create functional art pieces, and discovered epoxy resin. I watched some videos and did a few hours of research and decided to buy a few cheap amazon supplies and started experimenting with making coasters, jewelry holders, rings, necklaces, and ring holders. I was really loving the experience and thought about selling some pieces as they were piling up. I made a few sales and continued making things for a few months. Then one day, my friend introduced my boyfriend and I to Dungeons and Dragons. I fell in love with the game and the concept of getting together with friends regularly to play. Having played lots of board games at family reunions as a kid, playing DnD made me feel like a child again. Later on I discovered the dice community. A world where people create beautiful pieces of art you use to play your DnD character! I was so excited learning they are made of epoxy resin I bought my very first dice silicone mold and have not looked back since, now mainly creating dice! Now my goal today is to make as many dice sets for other people’s table top adventures as I can. But I have made the main goal to one day hopefully make a pottery studio for my most loved art media. I love making dice and everything it offers. I plan to do so for the rest of my life. But at some point my hope is to switch dice making into a hobby and have pottery as my income source. I know there are more sustainable jobs out there, but I realized what I really want in life is to be happy, and none of my past jobs have succeeded in doing so. Ill trade a small income for a very difficult and time consuming job I love every time.
Favorite DnD Race: Half-Elf
Favorite DnD spell: Alter Self
Favorite Colors: pastels and warm hues. pink, yellow, brown.
Favorite flower: sunflowers and lily of the valley
Favorite foods: french fries, guacamole, spicy ramen, street tacos, chocolate chip cookies, and smore’s.
Pets: Cat named Freyja
Hobbies or things I love doing : cooking, hiking, video games, table top games, embroidery, sewing, crochet, painting, pottery, photography, watching shows, reading and seeing friends.
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