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BUSINESS OF CRAFT

Many people learn beadwork and jewelry-making in order to sell the pieces they make. The elective courses here provide skills and knowledges which will assist the student toward this end, whether selling in bricks and mortar settings, selling at craft shows, or selling on-line.




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BUSINESS OF CRAFT

After the ORIENTATION TO BEADS & JEWELRY FINDINGS Class...

Students usually take these classes in this order:
1 Getting Your Jewelry Business Started
2 Pricing and Selling Your Jewelry
3 Internet Marketing For Very Small Businesses...That Works!
4.So You Want To Do Craft Shows!
NOTE: With the descriptions and instructions for each class, there are suggestions about which classes to take next.

Start With This Class:

ORIENTATION TO BEADS & JEWELRY FINDINGS

- Learn how to make choices about how to buy beads and other jewelry findings, what goes together with what and when, what happens to all these pieces over time, and what the the quality is of the pieces you are using, whether beads, metals, or stringing materials, and, finally, how to relate this to design goals, and if you are selling your stuff, your marketing goals as well.

 

Read about:
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o Naming Your Business

 



COURSES Sequence:

 

BUS1.0
GETTING YOUR JEWELRY MAKING BUSINESS STARTED

BEGINNER
What you learn in this class...

 

Learn one key to success: Smart Pricing.

 

PRICING AND SELLING YOUR JEWELRY

Our class is now available online at CraftArtEdu.com


Learn how to achieve “fair pricing” for your art with businessman/ artist, Warren Feld. Understand your role in the world of jewelry commerce and how to make money by doing what you love, through fair pricing of your work. No handout is included in this class.

“TODAY’S LESSON IS ABOUT ONE KEY TO SUCCESS: SMART PRICING. WE DISCUSS WHY JEWELRY SELLS. WE GO OVER DIFFERENT KINDS OF PRICING STRATEGIES USED BY JEWELRY DESIGNERS AND THE JEWELRY INDUSTRY. I PRESENT A SIMPLE MATHEMATICAL PRICING FORMULA. I EXPLAIN THE FORMULA, AND BREAK THIS DOWN INTO LITTLE STEPS. THEN WE PRACTICE APPLYING THE FORMULA AND PRICING SOME PIECES OF JEWELRY.
AT THE END OF THE LESSON, I DISCUSS THE DIFFERENCES AMONG RETAIL, WHOLESALE AND CONSIGNMENT. I BRIEFLY DISCUSS SOME KEY BUSINESS STRATEGIES WHICH ARE VERY RELATED TO PRICING. AND I OFFER SOME FINAL WORDS OF ADVICE."


Media: Jewelry
Level: Beginner
Duration: 51:09

BUS2.0
PRICING AND SELLING YOUR JEWELRY

BEGINNER
What you learn in this class...

PRICING AND SELLING YOUR JEWELRY

Our class is now available online at CraftArtEdu.com


Learn how to achieve “fair pricing” for your art with businessman/ artist, Warren Feld. Understand your role in the world of jewelry commerce and how to make money by doing what you love, through fair pricing of your work. No handout is included in this class.

 

BUS3.0
INTERNET MARKETING THAT WORKS

BEGINNER
What you learn in this class...

 

SO YOU WANT TO DO CRAFT SHOWS…
Business of Craft
CraftArtEdu.com Video Tutorial
By Warren Feld
http://www.craftartedu.com/warren-feld-so-you-want-to-do-craft-shows

In this class, presented in 6 parts with 16 lessons, artist and businessman, Warren Feld, will fill you in on the ins and outs, the dos and the don’ts of selling at craft shows and fairs. Which are best for you, which may be a waste of your time. How to compute the revenue you must earn to justify participating in an event. This is a must see class for anyone thinking of entering the art and craft show world and will maximize your chances of success in these venues. 6 Broadcasts.

Level: All Levels
Duration: 113:58



BUS4.0
SO YOU WANT TO DO CRAFT SHOWS...

BEGINNER
What you learn in this class...

 
 

 

 
 

 

 
 

 

 
 

 

 
 

 

 
 

 

 
 

 

 
 

 

 
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     

 

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Learning Goals for
Business of Craft

CRITICAL SKILLS TO LEARN:

- Record Keeping

- Basic Bookkeeping/Accounting

- Getting Federal, State and Local registrations and accounts

- Developing Your Business Model

- Using a Formula To Compute Prices

- Understanding the differences among Retail, Wholesale and Consignment

- Marketing and Promotion

- Web-presence - business and marketing considerations, when going online

- How to do craft shows

- How to buy beads and jewelry findings

- How to merchandise, display and package

- Photographing Your Work

 

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SUPPLIES AND TOOLS
To KEEP ON HAND

General Ledger, either in hard copy accounting ledger form, or a spreadsheet on your computer, or a canned accounting software program

File folders, accordian files, storage boxes

Computer and printer access.

Business cards
Business envelopes
2-part sales forms or printed invoice/statement form
Business checks
Credit sheet

Pricing formulas

Packaging requirements list

Merchandising and display requirements list

Customer contact, mailing, emailing lists

List of suppliers/vendors, their terms and conditions.


Our LEARN TO BEAD program
is based on
The Design Approach
:

- Focused on teaching how to make smart choices
- Developmentally-based, where you learn skills in an orderly way, and understand how skills build upon each other
- Easy to follow


You may purchase:
o Written instructions for each lesson
o Kits of Supplies
o Recommended Books


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THE JEWELRY DESIGN DISCUSSION GROUP
Please join our group on facebook at:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/jewelrydesign/

 
 











Visit
Land of Odds - Jewelry Design Center for all your beading and jewelry making supplies.

Visit our LearnToBead Blog

 

The Design Approach....

Teaches you how to make choices
about function and appeal,
movement and context,
when you construct a piece of jewelry.

 

JEWELRY DESIGN CAMP 
October 2013 (Enrollment Closed)
2015 (TBA)

 

Immerse yourself into a week-long study of jewelry design theories, and their applications and manipulations with various materials, techniques and strategies.

 

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CraftArtEdu is a truly unique
online craft and fine art e-learning community

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