Getting New Inventory

I just ordered some new inventory for me to make more wolf necklaces and key chains. I also got a good deal on watch faces. I just picked up some red glass beads and key chains to make some wolf inspired jewelry and keycains. I also ordered little baby feet and small apples. I have a friend who is having a baby boy in august and I want to make her some cell phone charms with babies feet and a baby blue bead or crystal, I am not sure which is going to be better for me.

Bead Show at Crown Plaza

Yesterday I went to my first bead show at the Crown Plaza in Cromwell Ct. There where a lot of people there. I noticed that there where a couple of people selling their items by weight. One dealer had ten strands for twenty five dollars which I thought was good I got four strands of rose quartz, two stands of jade, two stands of aventurine, and two stands of green carnelian stone. I also found some hematite for seventy five cents a strand. I saw some Lapis that I would have like but I thought it was expensive. The next time I am going to a show I am going to look at prices on the net before I go.

Bead Show

There is a bead show at the Crown Plaza in Cromwell, Ct on March 28 and 29. This will be the very first bead show that I have been to. I have been reading that I should bring copies of my EIN and my sales tax license. Because some of the people will give you a discount if you are a wholesaler. I am taking a small notebook to have a list of things that need. When I see them I can write down the booth number and go back and get them later. My main purpose is to get business cards, so I can connect with them later if I need to. I am hoping to get some new ideas for making new things. I will update after the show.

Just Starting Out

One day I was looking in the craft store and I saw a couple of different bead kits. I bought the both of them and mixed and matched them together. I love to put different colors together. This started out as just making jewelry for family and friends. I decided that I would start making jewelry and sell it since so many people have been commenting on how much they love the jewelry that I have made.

I have made cancer awareness necklaces and bracelets.One of them I gave to my aunt for my cousins wedding. She has had many compliments on it. The necklace was teal cats eye beads. It is also a cancer color for ovarian/cervical cancer.