Jewelry Home Parties

how to sell your work at
jewelry parties and home shows

© by Rena Klingenberg; all rights reserved

Jewelry home parties are a popular (and potentially very profitable!) venue for selling handcrafted jewelry.

In the articles below, you'll find tips and secrets on every facet of selling your work at home jewelry shows and parties.

Learn about different types of jewelry parties, how to do your invitations, how to recruit and reward party hostesses, how to set up for home shows, unusual places for a jewelry party, children's beading parties - and much more!

Jewelry Home Party Success Tips - How to make maximum profits selling your jewelry at a jewelry home party, how to keep booking more parties, and more.

Then discover more tips and party ideas below:

Great Jewelry Home Party Invitations
How to create tempting jewelry home party invitations that bring in a high percentage of guests.

Write an Irresistible Jewelry Home Party Brochure
How to write a strong jewelry home party brochure that makes potential hostesses say, "yes!" to a jewelry home party.

Passing around loaded jewelry trays
makes for a quick-to-set-up party.

Online Jewelry Party Success Tips
At an online jewelry party the hostess invites her friends to purchase your jewelry via your website instead of at her home. It's an easier alternative to traditional in-home jewelry parties. Try these success tips for offering jewelry e-parties on your website.

Add Some Spice to Your Home Jewelry Party
Try these home jewelry party variations from Lynn Kvigne to give your customers an enjoyable new jewelry shopping experience.

A While-You-Wait Jewelry Making Party
Here's a jewelry making party idea where you create custom jewelry on the spot for the party guests, using beads they choose from your collection. Guest author Lorri Ely details how to make this type of beading party a success.

Girls' Birthday Bracelet Beading Party
I've discovered that this is a fun, profitable, and very marketable niche to fill!

Display space is often limited at jewelry parties
- so an elegant way to go vertical with your jewelry can help.

Jewelry Party in a Basket
Here's a jewelry party idea for your customers who can't host one at home. Guest author Louise Longworth shares great tips for an easy, portable jewelry party.

A Jewelry Trunk Show Idea
A jewelry trunk show that travels to various businesses, offering convenient shopping for employees, can be a wonderful way to sell your jewelry. Guest author Elizabeth Marucci shares how she came up with this neat idea, and how she makes it profitable.

Selling Jewelry at Work
Many jewelry artists find that there's a great market for selling their jewelry at work - and that co-workers can be some of your best customers. Here are some tips plus two great success stories about selling jewelry in the workplace. My co-authors on this article are Norma Hislop and Diane Rico.

You can also pass around boxes and trunks
filled with jewelry, or set them up on
various small tables around the room.

Start a Home Jewelry Party Business
Thinking about starting a home jewelry party business? Here's your complete, step-by-step guide to profitable jewelry parties.

Customer Care at Jewelry Parties
Jewelry parties are a great opportunity to take good care of your customers. Diana Kirkpatrick shares her excellent tips for making customers feel special.

Inventory Tracking at Jewelry Parties
Is inventory tracking important at home jewelry parties? My readers respond to a survey with thoughtful insights and some great tips.

Fundraiser Jewelry Shows
How to put on your own fundraiser jewelry shows--an easy and wonderful way to profit from your art, acquire new customers, and help others at the same time.

Jewelry Gifts Under $20 - a profitable market niche
The under-$20 jewelry gifts market is a very profitable niche to serve. Here's what you need to know to create a line of low-priced, high-profit jewelry items that sell well regardless of the economy. Learn how some jewelry artists earn their entire booth fee plus a tidy profit - just from their under-$20 jewelry gift items. This is a huge success tip for jewelry home parties!

An An electronic photo frame can display a continual
slideshow of your jewelry to party guests.

Hosting a Jewelry Open House
Shannon Orr wanted to host a jewelry open house to showcase her work without breaking the bank. Here she shares her tips for hosting an elegant open house on a small budget.

Lessons Learned: Organizing Your Own Jewelry Open House
After Kathy Reading spent a lot of time, money, and effort organizing a jewelry open house and "one stop holiday extravaganza" - what do you think happened?

This boutique-style display by Carolina Gonzalez
is perfect for jewelry parties -
a stylish way to display a lot of pieces in a small table space.

AnnaLea Sloan - Young Jewelry Business Entrepreneur
Discover how AnnaLea's passion for jewelry making, her determination to learn how to run a business, and her supportive family have combined to make her jewelry dream come true - including a net profit of $1000 from her first jewelry party at age 14!

How to Do Home Jewelry Parties
A complete, concise guide to home jewelry parties, including a unique idea for creating jewelry party catalogs, by Albina Rose.

Jewelry Home Shows - top 10 tips
Jewelry Home Shows can be a lucrative venue for your designs. Guest author Stephanie Riger shares her top 10 tips for successful, profitable home parties.

Jewelry Parties: Questions and Answers
Frequently asked questions about successful jewelry parties.

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