If you have a great sense of style and creativity, getting involved in constructing quality custom jewelry for individual clients would be the right thing to do. If you do a good job, you will soon receive orders from previous customers and referrals asking you to construct special pieces for them or as gifts for others. It is easy to start making exquisite custom costume jewelry if you possess the creativity and talent. You must set out to make your pieces unique and exclusive so that clients who wear them feel proud knowing for sure there is no others like it in the whole world.
To design something that your clients have in their minds is the hardest part of the job because it may be different from that which you have in yours. Never allow your client to observe you working and show them that it is easy for them to do it themselves because you will probably lose their custom. By talking to the clients at length you will know and be able to design custom jewelry that matches them completely. If the piece is to be a gift for someone else, ask lots of questions about that person, and if possible, meet them in person yourself. While emphasizing on the how unique your creations are, you also need to stay in touch with your clients to make this business successful.
Many clients will want you to make custom jewelry using stones or gems that they already have. They may even want you to just enhance a piece that they already have that is old and requires work to make it look new again. To avoid destroying a client’s beloved piece, make sure you have the necessary skills to do the work before you accept the assignment. Make sure that you ask about the history of the piece, and find out what special meaning it holds for your client as well.
You need to buy pieces from wholesale sources in order to make your custom jewelry. Make sure you are buying quality parts especially from sources of unique jewelry making supplies – imported pieces are great sources although you will have to quote your client a price in advance. Since surely you do not want to lose money, once you have quoted a price, allow up to thirty percent to be deducted from it. Think of the remainder as your ‘budget’ when buying supplies to make the custom jewelry.
