Kind of annoyed, OKay, ANGRY @Potential FSIL

My FBIL has been dating this girl for 4 years, he just recently came out and said how serious they were and they are living together. She is a nice girl, and she and I get along very well.
She makes these beautiful frames for children and she is going to be making frames for our table numbers, which I am later going to be giving to the bridal party with a prof. photo of them in it as part of there gift. When I originally started buying the frames they were 15.00, then it slowly went to 20.00, well I ordered 2 more frmaes this past week, and the price is 25.00. I can understand the price can go up, mind you we are giving her 15 frames to make for the wedding,( which will be different from a kids frame) , and when I spoke to her originally she said it would be at the price she was charging me, that was over a year ago, and the price has gone up. She first used the excuse that the names were long that went on it, now I am told she charges her regular customers 35.00, and I am getting the 'family price'. Well, I spoke to FMIL and she orders frames all the time and she only charges her 20.00! Mind you I can make the frames for the wedding very easily, but thought it would be something else off of me not to have to do or worry about.
How do I handle this situation? Fh and I are both pretty angry about this..........

Could you or your FH explain to her that when the price was 15 or 20 it was affordable for you, but now that the price has gone up to 25 (and might go up more . . .) it is just not within your budget and that if you would have known from the beginning that it would get this expensive you would not have went this route? Maybe hearing this (whether it is the reason or not) might get her to lower or stop increasing the price. Is there someone who can fish around for you and find out how she justifies her prices since FMIL is paying a lower family price than you and your FH. Of course all of this must be done tactfully so that there will be no hard feelings. If nothing works, maybe you could just do the rest on your own . . .

I am not the best at this type of situation, but if it were me I would be really annoyed and would definitely try to tactfully get my point across.

Good Luck!

You can be as blunt or as sweet as you want in this case. But get out of it. She's obviously not shy at all about doing this, and with your money you should not be shy.

Blunt: sorry, I expected to pay $15 and just can't budget $25 now. I'll just have to make (or buy) some myself.

Sweet: I'm so embarrassed to tell you this but we recalculatd our budget for favors, and we're way over. At $15 I may have been able to wing it, but at $25 I just can't. I understand how the prices of materials may have gone up for you, and I really thank for your time and they really are beautiful,.... I'll just have to make something myself.

BYW: What do they look like? For all this, they must be magnificent. I'm assuming they are 5 by 7's. You can go to Burlington Coats or even Odd Job and find plenty for much less.
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I just reread your post and you said you just ordered 2 more. How many did you already get? Can you stop these two and make the rest yourself, still using her original ones? If she's going to put up a stink that you are copying her design, I'd rather see you negotiate with her and ask her to please go back to $20 and let her finish. She is your FSIL and you'll be family forever.

I would love to see these frames myself . . .

id love to see a picture too!

for 25$ each table could have lenox frames...

Unfortunatley you learned a hard lesson.

I myself have learned the hard way never to involve family in certain matters.

I am so sorry for your frustration.

I would handle it like this... 'thanks anyway,
Thats out of my budget I think I'll go elsewhere' Then make them yourself with FI one night, with a nice glass of wine to celebrate your not being a victim of wedding rip off! :)