Jewelry Maker Turn Hobby to Business

November 22, 2012 By

I’ve been interested in beads and jewelry for a long time. I learned how to make jewelry from a jewelry DIY book and magazine. I made some jewelry for myself and give them to my friends as a gift. When I go party, I wore my jewelry as usualand some people wanted to know where to get jewelry like mine, some people wanted to buy the piece I’m wearing. I was very delight to know that there are some people who like my design. I decided to buy some tools and supplies and took a various jewelry making class. Then I found out that it is something I can pursue.

Jewelry MakerWhen I felt I had sufficient skill, I decided to open an online jewelry shop. GoDaddy.com and PayPal make it easy for me to set up a website. I added a shopping cart and can accept credit card payment.

I put my website address in the signatures of all my email I send out to everyone and everywhere. My website appears at the bottom of the page whenever I send an email. It got attention more than I expected. I gotorder from some people I never met, some wanted to repair jewelry they hadand I was very happy to do that.

I told my friends and relatives about my site, I sent them gifts from my previous piece I made. Some of them had bought jewelry from me and told their friends who might be interested. They were very supportive and gave me suggestion and encouragement. Some of them posted my jewelry photo at their Facebook pages, that’s really made a difference. As word got out from there, I was invited to present my works at a local craft fair where I met lots of artisan who shared their expertise to me.

I had my business cards showing my web address, email address, phone number with description of my business. I placed them in women clothing boutiques, dentist offices, spa, hair salon, and fitness center. I sent a discount coupon to people who bought from me with their complete order.

At my website, I offered free earrings as sample to anyone who registered at my site. I took photos of my jewelry, made a slide show with Power Point and uploaded it to YouTube.

Those are what I did to increase my sales and get paid for the things I love to do.

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Identify Type of People with Jewelry

November 22, 2012 By

There’s no second chance to make a first impression. A first impression is what a person thinks of you when they first meet you, the clothes you wear, the way you speak, your hair style and the type of jewelry you wear all of these arecombination making statement about you.

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People wear jewelry has a purpose, it is the ways people identify themselves to others. Let’s see what does jewelry say about people you meet, here are general type:

Fun-Loving: A person who wear big size jewelry such as thick dangling necklace, big hoop earrings or big bijoux ring. They are active and love to party, you will see them surrounded withgroup of people there.

Down-to-Earth: A person who use recycled or natural material such as turquoise necklace, bangles, sea shell earrings. They are natural lovers who enjoy the outdoors activity and concern about the environment. They always usenatural tone such as coral red, ocean blue, forest green and earthy tone.

Classic Elegance: They prefer simple but elegant jewelry such as pearl jewelry. Their classic tastes always show in their clothing and furniture. You can notice them from across a crowded room from their grace and calm personality.

The Best of the Best: These people select only the best fine jewelry like diamonds from Tiffany. Everything their wear is chosen with care and thoughtful in details. Others people always take their advice and guidance.

Color Coordinated: They always wear jewelry in matched sets such as gold necklace with matching earrings or elegant bracelets that the color matched perfectly with their clutch. These people are neat, responsible and organized.

Trendsetters: A person who wears stands out and different from standard jewelry. They shop at antique and thrift stores, and love to wear vintage jewelry. They make statements with their jewelry and don’t care much about brand names.

Wash and Wear: They have an active personality and their jewelry must be match with their energetic lifestyle. Their jewelry iskind of on-the-go jewelry such as necklace with pendants or tennis bracelets.

The situation that someone in is an important factor to consider. For an interview, you may wear pearl studs or small hoops earrings. If you want to wearnecklace, it should be thin without pendant. Forparty with friends, you can wear sparkling or dangling jewelry. Give some thought to jewelry you wear on each occasion. They speak about what kind of person you are.

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Things to do for your own wholesale jewelry business

October 22, 2012 By

If you are planning to open your wholesale jewelry business for your own, there are a few things you need to consider before start your business.

The first part is involved with yourself and your own business. You need to think and manage every official and unofficial document that involved with your shop. You need to take care of some legal issues before make your start. Beforestart to look for the wholesale suppliers or any vendors, please prepare your tax identification number or reseller license number. You might be able to use one of them instead of two, but you have to prepare and ask for the number from your local government officers before make your start.

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The tax number is required for any type of business. Make sure that you have receive this number before get your first start. If you are not sure what is the different between tax identification and your social number, make a call to your local government officer and ask for the different. You can apply for the tax ID via online application and it will take only a few minutes to process. Just apply and then enjoy to work for your own business. Don’t forget the check whether you need the license for your business or not. There are different type of business which you need to identified your business type and ask for the license, if necessary. Get everything done beforestart.

Then, now it’s time to search for the suppliers for your business. If you are really “in” in the jewelry world, you can mark your target to the Eastern part of the world. But if you are new, you are suggested to look for the suppliers who are located in the Eastern part of the world also. The best places for silver wholesale jewelry suppliers are located in Thailand, China and India. Look for the shops located in these countries for the best wholesale jewelry products. The wholesale jewelry suppliers from Thailand which can give you lots of products in different designs and styles. You will enjoy your shopping by looking through their online catalogue. Make sure that you havelook through many shops, compare their products in both quality and product offer before make your decision to go with that particular suppliers.

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Learn about the gold vermeil jewelry

October 16, 2012 By

The gold vermeil or pronounce as “ver-may” is a piece of metal, in general sterling silver (92.5% of silver)  or fine silver (99.9% of silver) coated with gold for the thickness of 2.5 microns or more. This vermeil piece is improved in quality for silver or sterling silver jewelry. In general, the gold quality should no be less than 14K, for this vermeil product. The higher of gold quality used to cover the silver metal, the higher in this gold vermeil jewelry.

The vermeil jewelry is based on the technique call “electro plating”. However, there are two different type of the electro plating which you should know before going with the vermeil jewelry.

1. The Flash Plating. This technique is applied when the silver metal is dipped into the electroplating solution in a short period of time. The thickness of gold coated over the metal piece is only about 0.25 micron or even thinner. This method is also called as “color plating” which only little amount of gold will cover on the metal pieces. The coating will wear off only after a few week of jewelry use.

2. The Micron Plating. Base on this method, the thickness of gold is actually measured for exactly number. This is the standard method that use of the gold vermeil jewelry and also for plating watches. The metal piece will be leave in the electroplating solution for certain of time, to make the gold coated on the metal surface for at least 1 micron or even more. But the standard thickness for gold vermeil is about 2.5 micron while for watches, the thickness should be more than 5 microns.

The color for gold vermeil jewelry is depend onquality of gold use. The micro plating of 14K, 18K, 24K, 32K of yellow gold, pink gold, rose gold and other gold tone will give the different color jewelry pieces. You can choose for the color you like. Just check for the quality and method use for the gold vermeil creation.

Go with the jewelry supplier you can trust, if you are going with the gold vermeil jewelry. The method made is needed to review as you might not be able to differentiate between the flash plating and micron plating method. Make sure that you go with the jewelry who you can trust. You can save lots of money on the right gold vermeil jewelry pieces, instead of going with the pure gold jewelry. But check for the right piece with the right jewelry.

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