A New Venture

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You talented lady Thifa, lovely jewellry..........good luck with your venture :D

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[thifasmom]

hey looking good, i also make jewellery but more simple things to be honest, www.jjewellery.co.uk if you have any q's just ask  :) oh and very good luck to you !!!!

thanks for the well wishes :). your pieces are beautifully colour coordinated. do you make then sell or do you make to a specific idea which has been put to you by your customers?

You do have some lovely jewellery there. You mention papercraft but I couldn't see any! Also there is a lot of text down the side with blank space to the left. I guess you may be planning to add more photos there but for now it would be easier to read if it was across the page. Good luck with it all!

thanks for the lovely compliment :). the page layout is I'm afraid dictated by the blog's template, so there isn't much i can do about that at the moment. i do hope to sell my stuff through another site called ETSY at some time in the future, just waiting to see how much interest i generate through this avenue first.

re the paper craft i hope to have some available by the end of this week coming so be sure to pop back and check them out, when you can.

Lovely jewellry thisafmom.  I have forwarded details of your site to some friends who may be interested in purchasing some.

how very lovely of you. i am still ever so nervous :-[ about what others think, so its pleasing to know that you think they are good enough to recommend, thanks again.

You talented lady Thifa, lovely jewellry..........good luck with your venture :D

thanks for the well wishes star :-*

[johnny]

don't bother with etsy nor ebay! waste of time, stick to craft fairs and car-boot (make sure they allow new goods, they may also charge extra for trade...) i just make them, if some asks for something i'll do my best, i love working with copper and i've got about 100m in my cupboard!!!! make sure you are insured too! some nasty people out there.

[thifasmom]

don't bother with etsy nor ebay! waste of time, stick to craft fairs and car-boot (make sure they allow new goods, they may also charge extra for trade...) i just make them, if some asks for something I'll do my best, i love working with copper and i've got about 100m in my cupboard!!!! make sure you are insured too! some nasty people out there.

no ebay isn't for me but etsy is an avenue i may look into more why are you not for them, have you had a bad experience, I'm still researching them so your input would be much appreciated.

i can't go the craft fair/ carboot fair route at the moment as i have no vehicle so travel is a bit a bummer at the moment.

i would love to find out more about the craft fairs though.

do they normally want you to rent booth space, how do you get into that avenue with breaking the bank?

thanks in advance for you helpful replies.

p.s what strength/ gauge copper wire do you work with?? and is it pure copper or is it copper coated??

[1066]

Just to say good luck with your new venture Thifasmom. I like the names you've given the pieces too  :D

[Flighty]

Thifasmom my local craft fair is held monthly, in a church hall, and the notices for it are to be seen in shop windows, the library and so on.  I'm sure that you'll be able to find yours easily enough and then contact the organiser for details.

[manicscousers]

Hi, Thifasmom, lovely jewellry  :)
when I used to make jewellry, I bought some stands, sweet talked my local garages and post offices into taking a stand, they sold my pieces and took a commission, I collected the money weekly, mine weren't as individual as yours but I di ok  ..I'm now doing this with my home made cards at the post office, pays my hospice lottery :)

[Hyacinth]

They're lovely Kella 8) and very good luck with your venture. :-*

Just to throw something into the pot perhaps. A few years ago I went to a Christmas Craft Fair here in Birmingham & saw some lovely dangly beaded earrings made by a lady in Malvern. Loved the design so much I 'commissioned' a pair, using colours which would co-ordinate with clothes I wanted to wear and changing the ear fixing to post-and-butterfly back. I was really happy to pay upfront and wait a few weeks for them to be made and posted to me. Result = one pair of individualized earrings at just a slightly higher premium + postage, which I treasure...

Again, all the very best good luck in your new venture,

Lish X

[thifasmom]

Thifasmom my local craft fair is held monthly, in a church hall, and the notices for it are to be seen in shop windows, the library and so on.  I'm sure that you'll be able to find yours easily enough and then contact the organiser for details.

i followed your lead and luckily came up with two in my area which will be ready in the next 6 - 8 weeks. one is fully booked with jewellery and papercrafters. i haven't heard from the other as yet, so next year I'll be sure to check this out earlier in the season, to get my foot in.

Hi, Thifasmom, lovely jewellery  :)
when I used to make jewellery, I bought some stands, sweet talked my local garages and post offices into taking a stand, they sold my pieces and took a commission, I collected the money weekly, mine weren't as individual as yours but I di ok  ..I'm now doing this with my home made cards at the post office, pays my hospice lottery :)

thanks for this suggestion i didn't think of this except for my local hairdresser but I'm yet to approach her. hopefully I'll have enough stock to approach her by the month's end.

They're lovely Kella 8) and very good luck with your venture. :-*

Just to throw something into the pot perhaps. A few years ago I went to a Christmas Craft Fair here in Birmingham & saw some lovely dangly beaded earrings made by a lady in Malvern. Loved the design so much I 'commissioned' a pair, using colours which would co-ordinate with clothes I wanted to wear and changing the ear fixing to post-and-butterfly back. I was really happy to pay upfront and wait a few weeks for them to be made and posted to me. Result = one pair of individualized earrings at just a slightly higher premium + postage, which I treasure...

Again, all the very best good luck in your new venture,

Lish X

thanks for the well wishes Lish. although I'm not yet ready to do commissioned pieces i haven't ruled it out for the future.