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Your great sense of style and creativity would be a great asset for you if you consider going into the custom jewelry construction business. If you do a good job, you can expect customers to keep calling you to construct special pieces for them or as gifts for others. The skills you need are quite basic and can be learned quite easily, and if you have the creativity you will it will be easy for you to create custom costume jewelry. The object is to make your pieces unique and exclusive so when a client wears jewelry that you designed and made, they should wear it knowing that there is none other like it in the whole world!

The hardest part is working with clients because you need to get a picture in your mind that matches the picture that is in their minds. It would be a gross error for you to work in the presence of your clients and expose to them how easy it is to create bespoke jewelry - it is tantamount to teaching them the trade and you run the risk of losing clients. Finding out the details from the clients is a good way of knowing what custom jewelry to design to match their taste and personality. To design a piece that is meant to be given as a gift for someone, you need to ask many questions about the person and if possible, arrange to see them. To make this business a success, you need to emphasize how special (and unique) your creations are in addition to staying in touch with your customers.

You will be asked by many clients to make custom jewelry using stones or gems that they may already own. Sometimes your client will require you to improve a piece they wear everyday. To avoid destroying a client’s piece of jewelry, do not accept the job unless you know you can complete it without a problem. Finding out all about the piece and its significant value to the client will help you in your effort to enhance the piece.

You need to buy pieces from wholesale sources in order to make your custom jewelry. You may need to spend more buying quality parts from unique jewelry making supplies and imported items overseas so be careful how you quote your price. After all you don’t want to lose money so once you’ve quoted a price, deduct 15 to 30 percent from it. After deducting 15 to 30 percent, make sure the remainder is adequate for you to buy the raw materials to make your custom jewelry.