Wednesday, September 21, 2011

How To Make Money With a Handcrafted Jewelry Business

By Kay Lauren


One of the easiest home based businesses to begin on your own is a jewelry making business. Making jewelry can be a fun hobby that can really give you some extra spending cash if you get good at it and begin selling on your own. As a home-based business it's perfect for stay-at-home moms or people who have a jam packed work week because you can spend as little as five minutes to five hours working on your handcrafted jewelry from one day to the next. You literally make your own schedule! Even if you don't want to start your own jewelry business, making handmade jewelry is still a relaxing way to spend an afternoon and at the end of the day you'll have a wonderful set of earrings to wear or give away as a gift!

Starting your own custom jewelry business may seem daunting at first, but if you stand back and look at the full picture you realize it's actually pretty easy. To start making your own jewelry for fun or for profit you first need to think about the general steps you'll want to follow:

First, you'll need to start to study jewelry and do some basic "investigation" into what kind of jewelry you might like to create. You may even want to read some tutorials targeted at jewelry making for profit. This will be a lot of fun! You'll want to visit jewelry stores, study jewelry ads in magazines and even pay attention to what sort of jewelry other people are wearing. You can start thinking about how certain pieces of jewelry are made. And don't forget, you don't have to stick to traditional jewelry materials. Some of the hottest fashion trends currently includes making recycled jewelry out of unusual pieces of trash! Think outside the handmade jewelry box!

Now that you have an idea of how handcrafted jewelry is in demand you can begin really learning the techniques to create your own jewelry. First you may need to do a little more shopping online for clearance craft supplies which you can use to practice your blossoming jewelry making skills. Then you can teach yourself basic jewelry making skills by reading books, visiting jewelry making blogs, attending classes at the local bead store or just asking other jewelry makers for some help. This can take some patience and perseverance, but don't forget that you should also be having fun while learning.

Lastly, when you've created some jewelry pieces of your own and you're ready to start making some money you can think about the sales process. Fortunately, jewelry can be sold almost anywhere these days. You can sell your jewelry online, at craft bazaars, through local tabloid advertisements and even in small storefronts and through your family members. You can advertise your jewelry slowly by word-of-mouth through various friends or you can try to make a lot of sales quickly by advertising your services in the local paper or some other means. If you don't want to sell your jewelry directly, you can approach boutique owners and ask if they'd like to sell your handmade jewelry for a percentage of the selling price.

Designing your own custom jewelry can open new opportunities for you and your family. Even if you're going to make jewelry for gifts, you'll still have the skills you need to make extra income on the side by offering to fix jewelry for family members instead of paying someone to fix broken jewelry items. By making and selling your own custom jewelry you can make new friends, make some money and have fun all at the same time!




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