How to Make Jewellery videos part 1: A video that walks you through on how to bead a necklace. Please bookmark the site and come back often as I will be uploading much more how to jewellery videos on how to bead, how to make earrings, How to Sell Homemade Jewelry and much much more. You can also use the “bookmark” button right below this post to save it to your favorite bookmarking site.
So you want to learn how to make jewellery? Many people in the how to make jewellery hobby make jewellery for fun and that is good enough for them, but, did you know you can learn to make some incredible and unique jewellery that almost anyone will love and have to have? That means you can have fun and make some extra money while doing something you love.
Some ideas you may want to lookinto is if you already are an experienced jewellery maker you could open an online store that sells your various earrings, necklaces and bracelets. You can also create a how to jewellery guide for other people who want to make their own jewellery.
You can even start one on one classes or even classroom based tutorials to teach others how to make jewellery; or even a weekend workshop or seminar. I have several friends who have weekend workshops on various crafts and hobbies.
So you have learned read all the how to jewellery books, attended classes and are now making your jewellery with the greatest of ease. Your designs are unique and have gotten many and kind compliments. So now you are ready to take your talent to the next level. You need some exposure so you can sell your handmade jewellery for profit. So how does one accomplish this?
Well first of all you should at least where your own handmade pieces as much as you can, this way you will get more exposure and will increase your chances of someone noticing and asking you more about them. You should keep samples or even pieces ready and packaged for sale in your car or even purse, laptop bag or in a carry all bag. This way one someone does ask you where you got that earring, necklace or bracelet you can show them and even perhaps sell one right there on the spot.
Get a website! create some business cards and keep them with you so you can give these cards away so people will know how to buy more pieces from you. Here are some places that you might be able sell or showcase your work.
Your local Library – many libraries will have showcases that will display work of local artists. Call the library and talk to someone in charge to find out if you can showcase your pieces, not necessarily for sale but just to display them to create buzz and exposure. Include your most unique pieces and make sure you include a description or card with your showcase and perhaps explain the history behind the piece or how it was made etc…
There are some people who contact local non retail businesses and ask them if they can display their work in usused spaces or extra space they may have. This can acctract more attention to their own business as well.
Tourist information centers. Call your local tourist center and ask if they have any unused space or cases for you to display your designs You can even include your own how to jewellery tips when displaying your work.
Hotels. Many of the larger hotels will have display cases that can be used. You could get national attention so make sure to have a website or contact details readily available and in plain view. You could also check with the hotel gift shop, perhaps a deal could be worked out with them to sell your pieces.
Culteral center in your city or town. Many visitors of these centers tend to be into arts and crafts and could lead to more sales and exposure for your work. Keep extra business cards handy at all times.
Some other places you could try are schools, churches, farmers markets, airports and craft centers. Try these places and soon you will be finding more and more places to showcase your work. You will begin to have more ideas and creative ways to expose and sell your work.
Find hundreds of tips for selling your handcrafted jewelry like crazy at shows, fairs, and festivals in Rena Klingenberg’s step-by-step guide, –> “Ultimate Guide to Your Profitable Jewelry Booth”
That is it for today. Please come back for more great posts on some of the latest how to jewellery making techniques, pictures, ideas and tutorials. Take care!
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I have these pretty hemp necklaces and they smell bad and I was wondering if there is a way I can get them to stop smelling bad. I wove most of them myself. Any ideas? Thanks.
soak them if they are up to it. With soap and water or detergent
Are you setting up an an online shop? If not you should consider doing so, as you will receive considerable higher traffic which will generate into more sales. If you are not sure you’d like to spend the money on your own domain right now, Etsy is a good website for this. You can set up your own online shop relatively easy, and they also have a great support network and feature many artists and their wares on their main page.
Having said that, there are more to setting up shop than putting your wares online. You need to be very organized, keep track of your purchases and your stock. How much money are you spending vs. earning? You can start by keeping all your receipts in an excel sheet, and creating various tabs for various expenses. This should keep you on track and on budget even online. If you are interested in reading more in depth articles on this and other topics related to setting up shop online, check out the following resources I have pasted below.
Best of luck to you!!!
Jewellery making articles and setting up shop
http://www.stonesandfindings.com/jewelry-making-articles
What is the best way to package jewelry for a move. I have a ton of necklaces and fishhook earrings and other small nick knacks that I’ve purchased while living in my current residence and I have to to move. Right now most of my jewelry is hanging on vanity trees and I’m wondering whats the best way to package them so they dont get tangled or damaged during the move.
When moving jewlery around you can get a box of snack sized or sandwich size ziplock bags and put each piece in its own baggie. Just toss all the baggies in a box that will contain them well ( without smashing the bags together) and of you go. Simple, effective, and cheap.
I made some and my mum suggested to sell them but I don’t know what an appropriate price be.
My bracelets are good but there not crap quality. I make the candy stripe ones, chinese staircases and more. Should they be like a dollar each? Should it depend if the more complicated the design, higher the price?
sell them on ebay, and start it at a bid you like and watch it go up.
And would it be a sin if you kept looking after your threw those beads?
I take the rosary seriously. I have given rosaries, but I have never thrown them around like the Santa Claus in the back of a truck throws candies. I don’t think many would be converted.
I’m not Christian and I don’t like the religion much at all but I don’t go around knocking it every chance I get but if I got preached to I would be a little blunt. How would I fare in this part in America? What would happen if I wore a necklace of another religion’s symbol (i.e. not a cross)? I’ve just heard rumours about this part of the world and want to hear what some Americans might say to this.
I lived in Oklahoma for a year in a small town (population roughly 20,000). I was a pagan when I lived there, and I often wore a pentacle necklace. Some people asked me about it, but in all, I wasn’t treated that badly. There were no burning crosses left in my front yard or anything like that. I got along with my neighbors, though I’m sure they wondered about the suspicious smells coming from my apartment (I lived in a quad-plex type thing). I got along with most of my coworkers, who knew about my faith, and was even invited many times to hang out with them after work, or to a club on the weekends.
One of my managers was gay, and he was treated a lot worse than I was. But, after a couple weeks, most everyone followed me in accepting him. He lived with his boyfriend, even, and several of us got to where we’d go to their house after work for beer and movies. It was fine.
I think it all depends on a person’s attitude and exactly where they’re living in the "Bible Belt." Some places are more tolerant than others. The place I lived was pretty tolerant, though I did get strange looks every now and then.
Looking to buy an Irish Claddagh ring for my girlfriend for valentines day. I have the choice between a sterling silver ring coated in thick white gold or one that is simply sterling silver. I know nothing about jewelry Can anyone tell me which one would be better?
the white gold plating will add a ‘colder’ color to the silver and will prevent tarnish for as long as it’s there. ‘Thick’ plating means nothing unless it states how thick it actually is. Sterling silver has a warmer color and will scratch a bit easier. It will also tarnish (turn black) after a while, but that is easily cleaned off and with regular wear shouldn’t be too much of an issue.
How long will the plating last? That depends on the thickness of the plating, how regularly the ring is worn and what type of activities your girlfriend does with the ring on (gardening etc.).
I personally don’t like the white gold plating. To me, the silver looks like rhodium plated costume jewelry. I like the way silver ‘ages’. The little scratches, the bit of tarnish that will sit in the scratches etc. It gives the jewelry real personality.
I really love jewellery and when I’m older I plan to study jewellery design, I want to start making some pieces as a hobby, i really like the kitsch style and quirky necklaces and bracelets. I was wondering if anyone could recommend a good way to start making jewellery and any good websites to get some charms from? 
Many thanks.
xx
Check out Fire Mountain. Besides selling virtually any and everything you would need as a supply, they have a gallery of designs, and the staff are very helpful. They have online chat (or was that email?) but also you can call them.
They also sell silver CLAY and the tools to form the jewelry and to fire (or "torch") it. I plan on buying that set up this next spring.
Have fun!
