Thursday, June 28, 2012
Bead Creative Designs As A Pastime And For Earnings
By Daniel Turbin
It is fairly easy to turn your beadwork into salable products on a small scale, as you will likely give a few of your designs away, have other people on display around your home, or (in the case of jewelry) be putting on a few of your favorite pieces outdoors. As word gets out, it's altogether possible that someone will ask you to build something for them. This type of natural growth will produce occasional profits and leave you hungering to get more, and while gleaning occasional profits for your beading tasks is pretty easy, it is much more tough to get it to the next level and turn your pastime into a cottage business.
I say this not to deter you from trying, but only to make clear that selling your beadwork for profit on a regular basis is more difficult than you may think. Just like anything worth doing, putting your beading projects on a paying basis requires determination and work. With that said, if it's something you're interested in, I'll take you step-by-step through some of the things you've got to be thinking about to be able to put your pastime on an income basis.
If you're seriously interested in making money with your beading ideas, the first, best thing that you can do is not spread yourself too thin. Settle on 3-4 beadwork projects you may implement well and feel reasonably confident you may earn a respectable profit at. Below, we'll examine some of the more popular beading projects, and their suitability for your purposes.
Necklaces: Probably the most well-known of the beading ideas people attempt for profit, as well as one of the most difficult to be successful at. If this is where your major interest lies, then you need to know that in order to be successful, you'll really need to work at carving out a niche for yourself. Try to keep some common, underlying theme to your work. Stay consistent so that your portfolio has a similar "look and feel." If simple style is what you do best, don't wayward far from that in your "for profit" beading projects. On the other hand, if your choice runs to zany, outrageous designs, stick with that. Bear in mind that you'll want to be able to create your designs in quantity, thus keep your patterns simple but unique. A tall order, but by studying the market, you should be able to get a niche.
Anklet bracelets: A smaller market compared to necklaces, but these projects can still be a challenge to break into. A very common niche in the bracelet market is the "mother's bracelet". A crowded market now, but if you have a modern approach, that particular type of beading projects can be profitable indeed!
Earrings: One more wonderful type of beading projects, and this one lends itself nicely to profitability. Once you've improved upon your patterns, you may actually produce numerous pairs of earrings each day, and some capacity for bulk production is essential to profitability. Again, however, earrings are a populated market, so your beading projects will need to have some unique aspect to them in order for you to find profits.
I say this not to deter you from trying, but only to make clear that selling your beadwork for profit on a regular basis is more difficult than you may think. Just like anything worth doing, putting your beading projects on a paying basis requires determination and work. With that said, if it's something you're interested in, I'll take you step-by-step through some of the things you've got to be thinking about to be able to put your pastime on an income basis.
If you're seriously interested in making money with your beading ideas, the first, best thing that you can do is not spread yourself too thin. Settle on 3-4 beadwork projects you may implement well and feel reasonably confident you may earn a respectable profit at. Below, we'll examine some of the more popular beading projects, and their suitability for your purposes.
Necklaces: Probably the most well-known of the beading ideas people attempt for profit, as well as one of the most difficult to be successful at. If this is where your major interest lies, then you need to know that in order to be successful, you'll really need to work at carving out a niche for yourself. Try to keep some common, underlying theme to your work. Stay consistent so that your portfolio has a similar "look and feel." If simple style is what you do best, don't wayward far from that in your "for profit" beading projects. On the other hand, if your choice runs to zany, outrageous designs, stick with that. Bear in mind that you'll want to be able to create your designs in quantity, thus keep your patterns simple but unique. A tall order, but by studying the market, you should be able to get a niche.
Anklet bracelets: A smaller market compared to necklaces, but these projects can still be a challenge to break into. A very common niche in the bracelet market is the "mother's bracelet". A crowded market now, but if you have a modern approach, that particular type of beading projects can be profitable indeed!
Earrings: One more wonderful type of beading projects, and this one lends itself nicely to profitability. Once you've improved upon your patterns, you may actually produce numerous pairs of earrings each day, and some capacity for bulk production is essential to profitability. Again, however, earrings are a populated market, so your beading projects will need to have some unique aspect to them in order for you to find profits.
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