Gold Religious Jewelry
I'm a new here and asking for info on the tip of a fellow Joolie.
I'm doing a jewelry party in Nov. for a group of 'yatch club' type ladies
that want upscale pieces. This is a new venue for me as I usually design
religious pieces for more financially conservative types ;-). I'd like to
offer a few pieces using large lampworked focal beads as pendants. I'm
thinking somewhere in the area of 35mm with a vertical hole. My budget is
modest and I even hate to mention a budget to a group of such professional
and talented artists, but I like to be upfront. I'd like to take 5 pieces
to the show but my budget on this project for beads is only 50.00. I'd like
to market them as featured "Artists" pieces, naming the bead artist.
I'm not looking for donations. As I mentioned, I have a budget and I'm
looking for pieces to sell at a jewelry party. I thought that someone
here might be a reseller for their pieces. This is not part of our
online business; a friend of mine asked me to do a non-religious jewelry
party for her 'yacht club' friends. Yes, I do have one or 2 pieces on our
site that are over 100.00 but that's not the norm. They were created from
materials that I received as gifts and were 1-time creations. Our
religious business was started to offer teens a low cost
alternative to sterling and gold 'religious' jewelry (medals and crucifixes)
that are
seen everywhere. The biz just grew design-wise over the past 3 years.
It was actually a homeschooling highschool project; my 16y/o dd, Julianna,
is my biz partner.
As for this project, yes, it is for profit. My dd is going off to college
and I'm trying to find a way to pay for it. Is this what you are asking?
I'm not sure how to respond. I usually buy pieces from Firemountain and
Shipwreck, etc., but they don't have anything large enough. I didn't know
where else to turn and a friend from an online list suggested that I try
this newsgroup.