Increase Handmade Jewelry, Handcrafted Jewelry Sales at Craft Shows
Feb 26, 2010 Handmade Jewelry, bracelets, earrings, handcrafted jewelry, handmade bracelets, handmade earrings, unique gift ideas, unique jewelry, wholesale fashion jewelry, wholesale jewelry
Winter is almost over and handcrafted jewelry artisans are beginning to plan for the spring and summer arts and crafts shows. Here are some tips to increase your handmade jewelry sales at craft shows.
Handmade Earrings, Handcrafted Jewelry, Horse Jewelry Earrings
With over 25 years of experience selling handcrafted jewelry at craft fairs there are many important marketing techniques that many people overlook. These are simple ways to increase your sales of handmade earrings and unique bracelets that are only learned from years of participating in shows. When displaying your handmade jewelry pay special attention to what catches the eye of your customers, where they enter the booth and when they leave your booth. Use these clues to know which areas need improvement.
The set up of your booth should be welcoming and open. Many exhibitors make the mistake of putting a table at the front of their booth. Try setting up tables in a u-shape so that people can come into your booth. Booth space is small so you must use every inch wisely.
Always welcome people into your booth, being friendly and sincere will increase your sales. People come to craft shows to meet the artist so each handmade jewelry piece has special meaning when they have talked to the artist.
Lighting is very important. Craft shows are known for poor lighting so you must use extra lights to make sure your booth stands out from the crowd. Well placed lighting can make an incredible difference in your sales.
Group your items so people looking for certain designs will easily find the matching handmade bracelets and handcrafted necklaces for the handmade earrings they have chosen.
Make sure to have a mirror close at hand. Ladies love to hold up the handmade earrings close to their ears to see how they will look when worn.
Along the same lines, wear your own handmade jewelry. People love to see how the handmade earrings and handmade bracelets look like on. Many times sales are made of the same items you are wearing at the craft show.
If there is a break in the traffic, have some work ready. Nothing attracts people to your booth then seeing you making the handcrafted jewelry right there. Carry a box with some tools, supplies as well as handmade earrings and handmade bracelets pieces. People who stop to watch will soon become customers.
This tip goes without saying but it is included only to be complete. Do not ever read a book or newspaper at a craft show. There is nothing worse or will make a customer run away faster than reading a book.
Every little detail counts when displaying handmade jewelry at craft shows. Have your handcrafted jewelry sales been less than you hoped? Try a few of these tips and see the dramatic effects small details can have on handcrafted jewelry and handmade gifts sales.
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Hummingbird Jewelry Enjoy Wearing Handmade Jewelry with Meaning
Sep 22, 2009 Handmade Jewelry, Uncategorized, bracelets, earrings, handcrafted artisan jewelry, handcrafted jewelry, handmade bracelets, handmade earrings, hummingbird bracelets, necklaces, rings, small business, unique gift ideas, unique gifts, unique jewelry, wholesale fashion jewelry, wholesale jewelry
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According to Native legends, the hummingbird is the joyful messenger and healer. When the hummingbird appears in a time of great sorrow and pain, healing will soon follow. It is said that when a hummingbird hovers near, you will receive a message of healing. Wearing hummingbird jewelry will make you feel happy and peaceful. Many people will compliment you on your handmade jewelry so here is a story about why the hummingbird holds a special place in our hearts.
A literal messenger of joy, this beautiful tiny bird, also called Sah Sen, represents friendship, playfulness, and is a symbol of good luck in Northwest Coastal Native art. It is a positive sign to see Sah Sen prior to a major event such as hunting or traveling to another village. Hummingbird’s ability to hover back and forth at great speeds is believed to be a skill for guiding the people; if they fall behind Hummingbird can easily back up to keep pace.
One story of Hummingbird tells of a warm, spring day. Summer was coming and the wild flowers were in full blossom. A young girl and her mother waded through the green grass, enjoying the bright colors. They stopped as Hummingbird joined them; buzzing and darting from flower to flower.
The little creature fascinated the child. She asked, “Why does such a tiny bird want to fly so fast? Why doesn’t it just stay at one flower instead of visiting every one?” Her mother sat down on a hill overlooking the field and said, “Let me tell you the story of Hummingbird.”
Many years ago there was a fragrant flower that rose every spring to display her beautiful petals and bright colors for all the world’s creatures to enjoy. The people and animals waited anxiously each spring for this special flower to appear. On that day they knew the warm, kind rays of summer had arrived. Raven saw how much joy this flower brought to the world, so the next spring when it appeared, he transformed it into a tiny bird. The bird had the colors of the green spring grass and the flashing red of a setting sun. Raven gave the bird a special gift to fly like sunlight flickering through tall trees. He also gave it a message to take to all the flowers. That’s why today we see Hummingbird buzzing from flower to flower, whispering a message. Hummingbird is thanking each flower for making our world a more beautiful place.
The mother looked at her child and said, “As you grow up, remember that like each flower, each person has gifts to give the world. In return that person will be thanked by the birds, animals and flowers for helping to make our world a better place for every one.”
The above story is as told by Robert James Challenger in the book Eagle’s Reflections and other Northwest Coast Stories available at Hill’s Native Art in Tofino, British Columbia. They have been our valued customers for many years and carry a wide selection of our work including our hummingbird jewelry and Native American jewelry.
Our hummingbird jewelry is inspired by the beauty of wildlife, animals and nature. Each piece is carefully designed and handcrafted especially for you. Hummingbird jewelry by the artisans of copperreflections.com provide handmade jewelry, wholesale jewelry and handcrafted jewelry suitable for any gift giving occasion including birthday gifts, anniversary gifts and Christmas gifts.
All our hummingbird jewelry designs are first hand drawn and transferred to copper sheets. Hummingbird jewelry designs are individually silver plated and diamond cut by hand to bring out the luster in the copper to give that special sparkle like diamonds. All our hummingbird jewelry designs are available on unique bracelets, handmade earrings, handcrafted necklaces, unique rings, chokers, pins, brooches, hairclips and lockets so they can all be made into matching sets.
On our website you will find many different trendy jewelry styles of hummingbird bracelets, hummingbird earrings, and hummingbird necklaces where we have used seashells, mother of pearl and abalone shells, to accent and highlight our unique hummingbird jewelry designs. We use a wide variety of techniques to make our hummingbird jewelry including etching, embossing and engraving. Hummingbird earrings like TS series are cut out and also two tone plated in gold and copper.
Our handmade hummingbird jewelry and unique hummingbird gifts will make the perfect gift for animal lovers and nature lovers. We hope that our hummingbird jewelry collection will bring you and your loved ones much enjoyment for many years. In our hummingbird jewelry collection you can be sure to find a special gift for your loved ones, unique gift ideas for women and animal lovers jewelry. We hope you will enjoy our handmade jewelry collections as we have been working hard for over 24 years to make it even more beautiful for you.
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Making Handmade Jewelry Handcrafted from Copper Still Popular
Sep 16, 2009 Handmade Jewelry, Uncategorized, bracelets, copper jewelry, earrings, handcrafted artisan jewelry, handcrafted jewelry, handmade bracelets, handmade earrings, necklaces, rings, small business, unique gift ideas, unique gifts, unique jewelry, wholesale fashion jewelry, wholesale jewelry
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Copper is beautiful color of metal that has been known to humans since the beginning of history. Many copper ornaments, coins and copper jewelry have been discovered during the excavations of the ancient cities. Being a soft metal and taking an easy shape made copper more versatile for making kitchen ware as well. We always admire the fascinating copper bowls, vases and jars in museums that were found in historical places from over 2,000 years ago. Because copper keeps water cold it was made into water jars and it was great a metal to cook in so many pots were discovered. Copper has been always one of the most functional metals.
Copper has been celebrated as a precious metal for centuries. Copper has often been used for its beauty and luster to create ornaments, handmade earrings, handmade bracelets, necklaces, rings, other handmade jewelry and unique gifts. Most people like the warm glow of copper for their unique jewelry and handcrafted jewelry pieces as copper’s beautiful earthy tone also gives a soothing and comforting effect.
Copper also made a great metal for making handmade jewelry and handcrafted unique jewelry by hammering, bending and giving different textures. Copper is the base metal for most of the elegant enamel and cloisonne jewelry that has been made for centuries. You can find these gorgeous enamel unique jewelry pieces in museums and the most expensive jewelry stores throughout Europe and in North America. Copper jewelry gained more importance as jewelry once the health benefits were discovered. Handmade bracelets, handmade rings, handmade earrings became more available and sought after. Copper absorbs the negative ions from the body and relieves the pains that arthritis and rheumatism cause. Some copper jewelry is also available with magnets to help relieve the pain more.
There is also another way of making copper jewelry that is very fascinating. This unique handmade jewelry was originated from an old Turkish art that goes back centuries. Handmade jewelry pieces are individually handcrafted in a process of many different steps in order to achieve very special unique jewelry. Animal jewelry, wildlife jewelry and Native American jewelry designs are drawn by hand and transferred onto copper. These unique horse jewelry, dolphin jewelry, hummingbird jewelry and dragonfly jewelry designs are then silver plated. To give a contrast between silver and copper, black color is used in between to separate these two parts of metal color. To highlight all these exceptional unique jewelry pieces, parts of the cat jewelry, wolf jewelry and nature jewelry is diamond cut. Diamond cut is done by hand and requires highly skilled craftsmanship that can only be obtained by years of training. Diamond cut, also known as bright cut, makes the copper jewelry, copper handmade bracelets, rings, earrings and necklaces look very valuable and expensive. These diamond cut unique jewelry pieces look like they have diamonds inserted in them and sparkle like the stars in the sky. Most people who like handmade jewelry and handcrafted jewelry appreciate all the skilled work that goes into this handcrafted artisan jewelry and they always cherish their handmade unique jewelry, value them and enjoy them for a long time. If an jewelry artisan is making copper jewelry, it is better to make sure to coat the handcrafted jewelry they are creating so people enjoy for a long time without polishing.
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