Custom Handcrafted Fantasy Mythical Jewelry
Perhaps it would be a good idea to start a business constructing quality custom jewelry for individual clients provided you do have a great sense of style and creativity. If you are good at it, you will find that you have customers calling you over and over again to construct special pieces for them, or as gifts for others.
If you have a sense of style and creativity, you can easily learn to make jewelry and then move on to easily make custom jewelry. Try to create something that stands out and make your client become the center of attention and it must be unique so that when she wears it, she feels proud of wearing a specially crafted piece that no one else has.
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. It would be a gross error for you to work in the presence of your clients and expose to them how easy it is to create bespoke jewelry - it is tantamount to teaching them the trade and you run the risk of losing clients.
Finding out the details from the clients is a good way of knowing what custom jewelry to design to match their taste and personality. If you are designing a piece that is meant to be a gift for someone, learn about them first if possible, try to meet them. While emphasizing on the how unique your creations are, you also need to stay in touch with your clients to make this business successful.
From time to time clients may ask you to make custom jewelry using parts from their own jewelry. Your client may already have a piece that they just want you to renovate. Before you start doing this, make sure that you have the skill and qualifications necessary to do this work because the last thing you want is destroy a client’s beloved jewelry! Make sure that you ask about the history of the piece, and find out what special meaning it holds for your client as well.
You need to make an investment buying pieces from wholesale sources to cater for your needs to make the custom jewelry. Be careful when you quote any customer a price for bespoke jewelry because you will have to make sure you are buying quality parts. Since surely you do not want to lose money, once you have quoted a price, allow up to thirty percent to be deducted from it. Think of the remainder as your ‘budget’ when buying supplies to make the custom jewelry.
Irene Maseko on September 5th 2008 in Home