| Share your Hobby with Others ~ Teach Jewelry | | | | Developing a website to sell your jewelry, selling |
| Making Classes | | | | at craft shows, holding boutiques in your home, |
| Our family relocated after my husband changed | | | | and having others hosting jewelry shows are all |
| jobs. I left my teaching career and took some | | | | ways to build your jewelry. business. |
| time off to get my family settled in our new | | | | I also found that I could combine my love jewelry |
| community. During this time I started making | | | | making with my love for teaching. Teaching |
| jewelry as a hobby and soon found that my | | | | community education classes, and putting on |
| friends wanted me to make jewelry for them. I | | | | beading birthday parties have really increased my |
| was overwhelmed with the response I got and | | | | business. Some of my most popular beading |
| found that there are many different avenues to | | | | classes have been ones that have been held right |
| pursue when selling jewelry. I have found many | | | | after school for about an hour. This summer I |
| different avenues to selling jewelry, one has been | | | | have been hosting Kids Beading Open Houses |
| through my website | | | | where the parents drop of their kids for a couple |
| Over the past few years I have collected many | | | | hours while I keep them busy beading. The kids |
| email and mailing addresses for notifying my | | | | have a lot of fun while the parents enjoy the |
| customers as to the events I will be selling which | | | | break! |
| has been the key to helping my business grow. | | | | |