Comments on: Early Retirement Designs https://jewelrymakingjournal.com/early-retirement-designs-by-chris-rehkop/ free jewelry tutorials, plus a friendly community sharing creative ideas for making and selling jewelry. Tue, 16 Jun 2020 21:28:45 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.7.15 By: Rita https://jewelrymakingjournal.com/early-retirement-designs-by-chris-rehkop/#comment-614939 Tue, 16 Jun 2020 21:28:45 +0000 https://jewelrymakingjournal.com/?p=61056#comment-614939 Retirement is the BEST Chris! Be careful with overload and burnout in your jewelry endeavors. Don’t forget to take a lot of me time for yourself. I only sell custom orders so can’t comment on Amazon or Etsy, but my friend Sharin closed her Etsy shop because the fees were getting too high. Plus she is in the Northeast and has a lot of indoor and outdoor local art and craft shows year round where she sells. I’m not sure if that’s popular in MO yet, but check around your area. If you’re near St. Louis there may be some indoor craft fairs. I miss St Louis. I lived there back in the 70s. Great city. Good Luck!

]]> By: Chris Rehkop https://jewelrymakingjournal.com/early-retirement-designs-by-chris-rehkop/#comment-614922 Tue, 16 Jun 2020 14:33:41 +0000 https://jewelrymakingjournal.com/?p=61056#comment-614922 In reply to Cat.

Thanks Cat! I’ll have to research Etsy a bit more.

]]> By: Chris Rehkop https://jewelrymakingjournal.com/early-retirement-designs-by-chris-rehkop/#comment-614921 Tue, 16 Jun 2020 14:28:27 +0000 https://jewelrymakingjournal.com/?p=61056#comment-614921 In reply to Mary.

Thanks so much Mary.

]]> By: Cat https://jewelrymakingjournal.com/early-retirement-designs-by-chris-rehkop/#comment-614913 Tue, 16 Jun 2020 13:24:19 +0000 https://jewelrymakingjournal.com/?p=61056#comment-614913 Congrats! Retirement is awesome! And so are your creations.

After talking with others who had, I decided not to go with Amazon but I did set up shops on Etsy (4 of them now!) and absolutely love it.

I hope you’ll let us know what you decide to do!

]]> By: Mary https://jewelrymakingjournal.com/early-retirement-designs-by-chris-rehkop/#comment-614911 Tue, 16 Jun 2020 12:53:32 +0000 https://jewelrymakingjournal.com/?p=61056#comment-614911 Congrats on the retirement! It’s such a wonderful stage of life. Your jewelry is beautiful!

]]> By: Chris Rehkop https://jewelrymakingjournal.com/early-retirement-designs-by-chris-rehkop/#comment-614903 Tue, 16 Jun 2020 11:43:06 +0000 https://jewelrymakingjournal.com/?p=61056#comment-614903 In reply to Rena Klingenberg.

Thank so much Rena!

]]> By: Rena Klingenberg https://jewelrymakingjournal.com/early-retirement-designs-by-chris-rehkop/#comment-614896 Tue, 16 Jun 2020 11:05:32 +0000 https://jewelrymakingjournal.com/?p=61056#comment-614896 Congratulations on your early retirement, Chris! It looks like you have your next career ready to go! I like the teardrop shape you used to attach the bead for the earrings. I wish you joy and creativity.

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