vintage costume jewellery

I have a cross necklace and ring and on the back of both it says Vintage. I got them from a Jewelry store a few years back and i was wondering if anyone knew about this specific type of jewelry and where I can get/view some?

Try the antique shops. Many carry vintage jewelry and many of the appraisers can help you find the brand "Vintage" by looking in their books.

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I like making jewelry but I live in a third world country… so it’s a little difficult to sell handcrafted jewelry, since it costs a little more than those mass produced by other countries. Is there any hope to my small business? How will I be able to sell more?

The fate of artisans, manufacturing handicraft jewelry is pathetic. Last year I took some of the international visitors to a village where they are manufacturing jewelry out of clay and fired in a country furnace to produce fantastic products.Since they are not getting good price for their product in the local market, they were doing distress selling.one of the visitor purchased 100 sets of jewelry items by paying what ever the price they quoted.Artisans were happy to get that price.But the visitor from south Africa told that she is going to invest 10 times the value paid to that jewelry for the jewel box itself and asked the artisans to guess what would be her selling price!
Latter she told me that the artisans are not aware of the value for their product,They need to know about good packaging,presentation and marketing.We then started taking the artisans to Exhibitions, Trade fare, conducted at capital cities and over a period of time they started learning the trick of the trade and some of them are now doing exporting also.

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My mom makes handmade jewelry out of sterling silver and natural stones, and most recently enamel. She is always receiving complements on her pieces, and has had one bracelet featured in a jewelry magazine, as well as a few pieces in galleries. But she wants to start selling them on a larger basis, how could she start doing that? Does anyone know where she can find a representative? Thanks!
hey, thank you so much for responding, your answers were very helpful!

Since your mom has never had a business before, I would strongly recommend that you both talk to a business counselor before you do anything especially spend money. You have to determine whether you’ll start a web based business or one with a store front. I’d call the local office of SCORE (go to http://www.score.org and input your zip code to find the chapter nearest you), the advice is FREE.

The counselor at SCORE will most likely advise you to write a business plan which is very good advice because it will force you to dig out all of the start up details and the costs of starting a handmade jewelry business and force you to also understand all of the aspects of this business including the customers you’ll concentrate on (your market ) and how you’ll go after them.

You’ll need to register the business with your state controller’s office and make sure that you have any city and county licenses if any are needed where you live. All of this will come out in a business plan.

Try this link :
http://www.ychange.com/small-business-consulting-articles.html and read some of the articles especially the ones about a business plan and starting a business.
Good Luck

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Hi, my dream is to become a fashion designer like Prada, Chanel, Dior, Dolce & Gabbana, Gucci, Louis Vuitton, Marc Jacobs, Giorgio Armani, etc. I am really into fashion, and I am good at drawing. I was wondering what I can do to have an early start on my career; I’m 13. How do I start to make my own clothes, purses, shoes, jewelry, perfumes, etc……..Thanks!

Yeah, practicing drawing designs is a good start. Take some sewing classes so you can actually make your designs into real outfits. Also check out http://www.designerbloc.com/ It’s a community for aspiring fashion designers to display their designs, get community feedback, and meet other designers. You should publish your designs there and get critiques from an international fashion designer community.

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I am looking for a mold to make a charm bracelet. I need anyhting to do with the oilfiled, like pump jacks, oil rigs, oil derrecks, hard hats ect….Any ideas on how to find something like this?

I’m not exactly sure what you mean a mold? You mean you want the molds to make actual gold or silver charms? More info. might help.

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I would like to start collecting vintage jewelry and imagine that estate sales are a good place to start. How can I find out about estate sales & auctions, and are there any other good places to look for vintage jewelry? Thanks!

you could try using bidz?

alternatively, ‘auction alfie’ http://www.auctionalfie.com might be useful to you as you can search across all the main auction websites to make you sure don’t miss anything…

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I am a wire artist.I work in Gold filled and sterling silver.I am fairly new (14 months)to the art,but have been very diligent in practicing,and have gotten quite good.I have sold to friends durring the holiday season.Now that its’s over,I have about 200 pieces to try and sell.What is the best way to go?I’d love to hear from other wire artists,that have had success and how you did it.Thanks

Most cannot, some do. You need to attend trade shows, flea markets and rock and jewerly shows and talk to those you meet there.

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I found a website that I have been wholesale products from that has a huge variety of items that you may want to check out.

www.liquidation.com

Hope you find what you are looking for.

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yes they are, old vintage pieces look great and trendy!

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Nickel-free Sterling silver, Marcasite spiral earrings. Sarraf.com guarantees that our Sterling silver merchandise is 925 Sterling or above. Marcasite is a form of iron pyrite which was used as early as the time of the Ancient Greeks. Our Marcasite comes primarily from Switzerland and from Thailand. Marcasite stones are individually hand set. When our Marcasite jewellery is created, we oxidize the silver to prevent future tarnish. This process ze the silver to prevent future tarnish. This process gives all of our pieces the antique or vintage look.

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