Friday, October 31, 2008

Making Custom Handcrafted Fantasy Jewelry

By Gibson Maseko

If you are looking or a lucrative business idea, consider starting a business constructing quality custom jewelry for individual clients would probably be a good idea if you have been blessed with a great sense of taste and creativity. When the pieces are good, you will soon receive a lot of calls from clients asking you to do some pieces for them or as gift for someone else. Making custom jewelry is not difficult if you have a good sense of style and creativity, while the skills needed to make jewelry are very easy to learn. If the clients can feel happy wearing your custom costume jewelry then you have done good job indeed.

It is actually not easy to work with clients because it is very hard to match the picture in your mind with that in their minds. Do not risk losing a client by working in their presence and showing them how easy it is to do it themselves. By talking to the clients at length you will know and be able to design custom jewelry that matches them completely.

Only by discussing closely with clients can you design custom jewelry that matches their personality. To design a gift piece meant for another person, it would be wise to discuss and get to know a lot about the other person first. To make this business a success, you need to emphasize how special (and unique) your creations are in addition to staying in touch with your customers.

Many clients will want you to make custom jewelry using stones or gems that they already have. At times, you may just be asked by people to enhance a piece of jewelry of their own that is tired and worn. To avoid destroying a client's beloved piece, make sure you have the necessary skills to do the work before you accept the assignment. You can do a good job of enhancing the piece only after you have found out all you can about the piece and how special it is to the customer.

Of course, you will purchase the pieces that you need to make the custom jewelry from wholesale resources. You may need to spend more buying quality parts from unique jewelry making supplies and imported items overseas so be careful how you quote your price.

Once you have quoted a price, make sure you do not lose money here so put aside 15% to 30% from it to make ensure this doesn't happen. After deducting 15 to 30 percent, use the remainder as your 'budget' when buying supplies to make the custom jewelry. - 15465

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