Pitfalls of the Custom Order

I recently received a custom order from a lovely seller I met in the Etsy forums.  She purchased an angel ornament and asked whether my little bride doll could also be made into an ornament.  I tried doing this last year and it was a small nightmare.  The poor thing kept flopping around the ornament like a pair of pants in the dryer.  I thought I'd give it another ago and and to my surprise, voila! 

Solid.  You'd have thought she's was anchored in there with rebar.  These are pictures of my prototype which I was so excited about and listed in my shop right away. 

But when I tried to do the actual custom piece, holy mackerel, same old problems.  I had to take a cookie break (thin, crisp lemon cookies with lemon frosting I keep in the freezer-you should try it).  I finally finished the custom piece but I'm going to have to find a more efficient way of doing this.  Whew.  Potential good news, though.  I may have tracked down materials to make a wedding groom.  If I can pull this off I can make custom wedding cake toppers.  Oh, yeaaah....