Comments on: How Do I Make My Jewelry Business Ideas a Reality? https://jewelrymakingjournal.com/how-do-i-make-my-jewelry-business-ideas-a-reality/ free jewelry tutorials, plus a friendly community sharing creative ideas for making and selling jewelry. Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:01:48 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.7.15 By: SewMagical https://jewelrymakingjournal.com/how-do-i-make-my-jewelry-business-ideas-a-reality/#comment-18749 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:01:48 +0000 http://jewelrymakingjournal.com/?p=26854#comment-18749 I totally understand your situation! I am also legally blind and permanently disabled. In order to remain eligible for certain government programs, I cannot have income above a certain level. That makes it hard to sell jewelry on-line, or even at certain craft shows where they ask for a resale tax ID number.
I am lucky that I have a few friends who will put jewelry out on their merchant tables at various venues. I was also able to sell some items to the staff at the nursing home where my mother-in-law was living.
Hope these ideas help!

]]> By: Lady Mockingbird https://jewelrymakingjournal.com/how-do-i-make-my-jewelry-business-ideas-a-reality/#comment-18748 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:18:15 +0000 http://jewelrymakingjournal.com/?p=26854#comment-18748 You might want to join your area’s Freecycle.org group. Folks on Freecycle can post items they would like to pass on to other folks rather than put those things in the trash.

Alternatively, you can post an ad saying you are looking for things to get you started with making jewelry. One caveat, if you are planning to make money with the things you get from Freecycle, you have to be upfront about it in your wanted ad.

Also you mention that you are legally blind. I, too, used to be considered legally blind in about half of the US states. But my form of blindness was extreme nearsightedness, which is awesome for making jewelry as before my lasic surgery I was able to see things up close in such good detail that I never needed a magnifying glass. If that is where you are, then you’ll have an edge of sorts.

But like the others have mentioned, we’d really need more details from you to be able to offer more targeted advice.
Lady M

]]> By: Kim Klass https://jewelrymakingjournal.com/how-do-i-make-my-jewelry-business-ideas-a-reality/#comment-18735 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:41:14 +0000 http://jewelrymakingjournal.com/?p=26854#comment-18735 Hi Michelle,
I was wondering if you have an idea of the type of jewelry you would like to make. Since I do not know your skill ability it is difficult to offer advise however, if you are in need of certain materials or tools to get started you might post your needs somewhere appropriate. There are many who can probably donate these items to you. Once you have put together a collection of pieces figuring out how to sell them would be the next step and that is not difficult as there are plenty of selling opportunities.
Be clear on your intentions and I bet you will have some surprisingly positive responses that will take you in the direction you want to go.:)

]]> By: Karen https://jewelrymakingjournal.com/how-do-i-make-my-jewelry-business-ideas-a-reality/#comment-18725 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:42:56 +0000 http://jewelrymakingjournal.com/?p=26854#comment-18725 Michelle, I can’t really help with starting your business, but I wanted to offer you some encouragement. I make jewelry for fun and gifts, and I’ll give you two things to try. First, the things I’ve made for my sisters and my mother have gotten a lot of attention when they wear them to work, church, or just out. If I had time, I would probably make something for everyone I know. Word of mouth advertising is inexpensive and viable.

Second, I didn’t have a lot of resources for beads and materials until word got around that I made jewelry out of discarded and broken items. I made a few things, and donated them, for my church’s Christmas sale one year. Now I have people who collect all of their beautiful, vintage, broken things and give them to me! I’ve also been able to repair some of these things and give them back-when I got the impression that an item had sentimental value. I also donated a piece or two to different charities for fundraising events as auction items.

In other words, I had some fun making something, and then put it ‘out there’ and released my attachment to the outcome. What I got back was totally unbelievable. I celebrate your courage and hope this helps just a little.

]]> By: Dianne https://jewelrymakingjournal.com/how-do-i-make-my-jewelry-business-ideas-a-reality/#comment-18713 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:47:20 +0000 http://jewelrymakingjournal.com/?p=26854#comment-18713 Michelle,
Could we please have some more information in regard to the amount of sight you have? One idea I have is to do a collaboration with someone you know who makes jewelry and that you seem to sync up with on the psyche level to ensure that your vision is followed. You would then share the profits of the creations with that person thus avoiding a lot of out of pocket expense. Working with someone else in the spirit of cooperation can be very rewarding and usually everyone benefits and learns from the experience. I wish you the very best.

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