When I first started, I never thought it would stick as an actual interest and I definitely didn't think I'd actually be able to do any of it.

So it wasn't a big deal that I couldn't afford a huge assortment of colors and sizes and everything else.

It has though and I want to expand some of the things I offer but haven't got the money to do so. I don't sell enough to try. So this is possibly an option and I wouldn't mind opinions on it.

Would it mostly just be raising funds to get material?

For all the colors available in the 16 and 18 gauge aluminum rings I use and to move into using Niobium (which is a strong, corrosion resistant and hypo-allergenic metal) as well as getting specially prepared

tools, it would come close to $800 though. So I'm really hesitant.

If I'm not mistake though, kickstarter returns all donations if one doesn't make it's goal.

I would set the goal a bit higher probably though, to cover all that plus the shipping costs and the cost for listings on etsy as well as dealing with any possibility that the tools won't be prepared right.

Ardruna: Yep, basically. Materials and shipping and tools because mine aren't smoothed. They don't have teeth but they scrape all the same and it drives me nuts.

It's the cost of niobium that leaves me hesitant because it is an expensive metal but really good quality and the colors are stunning.

There's actually a niobium mine not all that far from where I live.

Mine me some niobium? XD

Sorry, I don't have a permit for it. But it is local-ish. About 20 miles from where I live.