Jewelry Trends = Business Success

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Aligning with trends in jewelry creates success. Several readers requested I write about the business of crafts. I know many of you love making jewelry. Is that you? Do you dream of transforming that passion for jewelry-making into a real jewelry business? Ideally, a home-based jewelry business?! OK, aspirant jeweler, this article is for you. [...]

Pricing Your Craft is Actually Easy

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Most artisans / people who are just starting a home-based business from their handmade crafts find pricing their wares hard to calculate. I wrote this article helping them and you to make it easy. The trick is all in working the Craft Pricing formula: labor + materials + overhead = wholesale; 2 x wholesale = [...]