Are there any jewlery designers in the house?

[lizzieforkerry]

I need help designing the ring.

[FloridaPat]

1. What kind of help???

[lizzieforkerry]

2. Well I have several loose, sentimental stones

and I want to design a ring that includes them all. Are you a jewlery designer?

[FloridaPat]

3. Yes, but not for setting stones. I work with silver clay and beads.

Maybe a search on the internet. A good jewelry store should have someone that can set the stones in a neat ring.

[lizzieforkerry]

4. Yeah, I am going to one today...

I just thought I would try and bring some business to a DUer first. I am just getting into making beaded jewlery. It is fun.

[FloridaPat]

5. It sure is., And habit forming. Way too much fun

[lizzieforkerry]

6. Do you have a vendors license?

I'm trying to get one so I can buy beads wholesale. I'm looking for people that might be interested in splitting bulk orders, etc. Do you sell or just do it for yourself?

[FloridaPat]

9. I'm working up the energy to start selling. All you need is a state

sales tax number. Easy to get from you state. I have a ton of stuff right now. A lot of places sell wholesale without the tax id.

Have you started selling anything yet?

[lizzieforkerry]

12. Do you know any websites that sell wholesale?

I haven't started selling yet, still trying to figure out my style. I want it to be a somewhat unique. With two small children it leaves little time for creativity!

[FloridaPat]

13. Check these out.

www.riogrande.com - not much of a web site but the catalogs are amazing.

http://www.firemountaingems.com/ - free catalog. Same or cheaper prices than rio grande. Online catalog, which Rio doesn't have. The more you buy the more you save. Get the new catalog - they have a disc with designs in it.

Check out Ebay - Jewelry - Designer, Artisan Jewelry to see what people are doing.

Also, ebay has a bead site - www.justbeads.com.

What type of jewelry design are you interested in?

[lizzieforkerry]

7. Man, that jewler wanted a LOT to set loose stones!

I had no idea it cost that much!

[FloridaPat]

10. How big and how many are the stones? What kind of stones?

[LeftPeopleFinishFirst]

8. Good luck

Setting stones or glass, especially in a handmade bezel, is time consuming and very very costly. I just learned how to do it. Not my most favourite activity in the world.

Good luck finding somebody.

[lizzieforkerry]

11. Yeah, they wanted $1500 to do it!

Ouch!