How to Make Jewelry For Fun and Profit

by Bette VerPlank on May 15, 2010

Fast Beaded Bracelet

Making Jewelry For Fun

If you have every wanted to own a unique piece of jewelry but found stores too expensive, try making your own.  Getting started in making jewelry, is really easy and enjoyable.  Though really fancy jewelry will take more time to learn, getting started is really easy and fun.  Also, as you learn more skills naturally, creating masterpieces will come quickly.

Easy Beading

The video show how simple making beaded bracelets can be.   You simply take wire and beads and create wearable art. Anyone can make these bracelets.  They are simple and fun.

To make a bracelet, you simply close one end of the wire, add lots of beautiful beads and then close the other end.  Finishing off the bracelet is simple, you cut off any excess wire on either end of the bracelet.

Very Inexpensive to Learn

One of the benefits of making jewelry like this is that the only tools you need are memory wire cutters and a pair of pliers. For the actual bracelets, you only need memory wire and beads.  If you buy beads in bulk, you can make bracelets for much less than $4.

Create a Profitable Business

Once you learn how to make jewelry, you make find you want to sell it as well.  You can make a fair bit by owning a jewelry business.

Extra Steps For Jewelry Businesses

Three things that every jewelry business can benefit from are: packaging, marketing and selling.  How much you do on these steps will often determine how big your business becomes.  For packaging, you can create a nice card or include a box or bag.   Marketing can be telling friends and relatives, advertising on Ebay or joining Etsy.  Selling can be done on your own website, on Ebay or at craft fairs.  Alternately, you can hire out some or all of these tasks.

Enjoy creating wonderful jewelry!