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Profitable Jewelry Shows and Parties

© by Rena Klingenberg; all rights reserved

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Profitable jewelry shows and parties are the subject of this collection of articles.

Here you'll find tips for success at art and craft shows / fairs, plus innovative ideas on putting on your own profitable jewelry shows and jewelry home parties.

Tips for
Successful Jewelry Shows

Regardless the venues you choose for selling your jewelry, these articles are filled with profitable tips and solutions:

Art and Craft Show Listings
Tips for using art and craft show listings and other resources to find the best venues for selling your jewelry.

Art Fair Selection
How do you decide which art fair to apply to? Guest author Ellen Leonard shows you how to find events that are compatible with your jewelry, set your schedule of shows, and assess your competition for the most profitable results.

Recommended Jewelry Show Supplies
Have a successful show with this checklist of jewelry show supplies recommended by craft show veteran Mary Harvey.

Sell Your Jewelry Successfully at Competitive Holiday Markets
Intense competition can make selling your jewelry at a crowded holiday market a discouraging experience. Try Cindy Cherrington's tips for standing out and making sales in a crowded field.

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?

My Jewelry Display for Shows and Parties
Here's the jewelry display system I've evolved over the years. It's lightweight, easy for one person to transport, quick to set up and take down, and stores compactly at home.

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 shows and parties!

Success with Juried Shows
Juried shows can be an excellent venue for selling handcrafted jewelry. Jasmine Bonner shares her insights on booth fees, customers and vendors, her best tip for getting into a juried show, and more.

Jewelry Business Success News issue #3 has the featured article, "How to Find Shows that Have No Other Jewelers" near the bottom of the issue.

Art Fairs - Preparation or Procrastination?
Guest author Ellen Leonard offers tips for successful art fairs and planning ahead to make shows easier and more enjoyable.

Charity Jewelry - Good Karma for Your Business
Creating and selling charity jewelry is a wonderful way to help a cause that's important to you. Guest author Laura Christensen Wells shares her experience of using her creative talent for the greater good - and how it draws good karma to her business.

Craft Show Tips
Craft show tips from jewelry artist Sandra Wilgenbush, including questions to ask before applying for a craft show, getting a good booth space, setting up your displays, and more.

Eight Useful Lessons in Retailing Jewelry
Retailing jewelry involves so much more than creating beautiful, wearable designs. Pamela Vale shares valuable lessons in customer psychology, and how small changes can result in more jewelry sales.

Jewelry Show Questions and Answers
Questions, answers, and tips about jewelry shows. Post your questions here, and contribute tips and answers to help others.

How to Put on Your Own Jewelry Shows
and Home Jewelry Parties

Why not set up your own jewelry shows and parties for selling your art? Home jewelry parties, fundraisers, and open studio events are wonderful opportunities to sell directly to the public without competition from other jewelers. Here are helpful articles on different ways to put on your own successful jewelry shows and parties:

Jewelry Home Party Success Tips
How to make maximum profits selling your jewelry at a jewelry home party. How to keep booking more parties. Alternative jewelry home shows.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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!

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.

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.

Inventory Tracking at Jewelry Parties
Is inventory tracking important at home jewelry parties? Our 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.

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!

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