Do you make/sell/buy handmade jewelry?

My g/f does her own jewelry.She uses the money we make on programs like MyLot,goes over to eBay,and purchase the beads,strings,other material needed.She then sleeps on it where the ideas come to her in her dreams and then creates them.She started by giving them to friends for gifts,but now takes her craft to the craft fairs where she does well.It is her hobby and she really enjoys it.

I can't post pics yet, because I don't have enough of a rating! However, I used to make beaded jewlery. It's just too much work for me! The beads are sooo small! I do, however, make chainmaille jewelry, and people tend to like that, as well. I'm more into making crocheted items right now (http://stitchesandsteel.etsy.com) and selling them on my website. You should try selling some of your jewelry on etsy! I bet it would sell! I haven't tried selling my jewelry there yet, but I'm sure it would sell wonderfully! Good luck!

you are right i m from india, and nearby my villege there were several small people gathered together and started beed work accesary items there and now a days the whole villege is playing in millions. really. there are now in jewellery making and other home funishing but beeded items only. its a hub there for manufacturing from there they supply to export houses because of that they are illetrate people and do not know how to export the items. Now it is first time at my villege i m trying to integrate all business of theirs under my consultancy for exports. I just have booked a domain www.alaknandaoverseas.com and try to develop a good website showing all their labour and hardwork.

When I was younger I used to make beaded jewelry and Christmas ornaments. I used to sell it to family and friends. I was just a teenager then so it was mainly just to be able to have more money to buy more beads. :) Now I crochet when I have any spare time which isn't much. I really enjoy making doilies, I have a hard tome reading some of the crochet books. Good luck with your jewelry making. :)

Hey good for you! Do you sell them at craft shows? You could try that or maybe online? Set up a website and go from there. I have made my own jewelry but not to sell. I crochet and cross stitch and use them as gifts and I make my own cards and gift tags as well.

I make and sell jewelry (and other crafts). I've been doing it for about 6 years now. It's a great hobby, really relaxing and a fun way to be creative. I started with first just making things for myself, but very quickly I had more than I could ever wear. Then I started giving some to friends and family. Even after that I still had a surplus, so I decided to try out some holiday craft fairs to she what selling was like. I actually did pretty well, and I have been selling since. I don't make much of a profit, but I do make enough to cover supply costs. Now I sell on etsy.com, I do knitting as well as jewelry. It seems like jewelry making has gotten so popular and there are so many great options for beads and finding, that the design potential is limitless.

I've made bracelets and earrings, and I mostly give them as gifts to friends. It's nice, because it's personalized - I might make something to go with a particular dress or other accessory that they already own.

No, actually I don't make any jewelry. But, I love the handmade jewelry I see in the shops, etc. It is so unique and I think made much better than the jewelry made in factories. I know others who make it and sell it and do quite well with it. I'd be interested to see your responses and the pictures of their jewelry as well.

I enjoy the beading process and also making beads from polymer clay. I don't sell any of it though. There are little girls and some big girls in my life that like it so I just give it to them. My attempts are not professional...just for enjoyment. :)

These are clever looking... I don't make jewelry but it's interesting and I'd like to learn how. Some of the beaded jewelry I don't understand how to do the clasps and I see there are certain special tools for that. I did buy some jewelry from someone else though. A bracelet that I really like --the two end beads are magnetic! You pretty much just slap this thing on your wrist and it clasps itself. The magnet is strong enough not to come loose either. This woman sold her jewelry at craft fairs at the local colleges or churches.

I was really glad to read your discussion. I've been tinkering with making jewelry for about five years I guess. I have sold some, and made some for friends and family. I'm not into it right now, however I do have all my beads and tools and so on sitting out on a desk, beckoning to me to come a create. It just seems there's so much competition out there, and I'm not making anything that fancy. I like working with little crystal beads and sparkly beads, making little earrings and choker necklaces. I've made my own beads before, too, with that fimo clay, that was fun. I'd love to wire wrap some more, and I love making hemp necklaces as well. I have some of the earrings I've made stashed away in a plastic box. You've actually inspired me, thank you for that.

I've beenmaking my own jewellery (for myself and for selling) for, msut be going on 2 years by now? And i've been hand making my own cards to give to friends and family for perhaps 1 year. I make the jeewellery mainly to sell, but some piecies i make i like so much i have to keep them! I mainly sell my jewellery through forums online, there's one in particular where's there a craft community that i sell pieces through. I've tried e-bay, but it was rubbish!

I love making jewlery. I find it almost therapeutic to create something like jewelery. They make great gifts and are very easy to personalize. I really enjoy working with silver. Glass beads are also very nice, especially because of the variation you can get in size, shape and colour. I also enjoy using glass beads because you can make something rather elegant or you can make it fun, yet still aesthetically pleasing. I think it's also a good craft to get your children involved in. One of my friends makes jewelery that she sells in a shop she owns and she and her younger daughter, who is 12, have a lot of fun spending afternoons making jewelry together. I think it's a great way for mothers and daughters to work together and just chat.

Yep, I've started making my own jewellery. I have taken to making charms out of polymer clay, as well as wire wrapping. Both have had lots of interest from people, and I have made a decent amount from them. Of course, I don't see the profits, because I end up buying even more supplies to further my crafting addiction... lol. Just for you, I've changed my avatar to show you a piece. (Can't add a picture yet, as I have too low a post count!)

I make beaded necklaces and barettes. Mostly, I make them for myself, or give them as gifts. I have sold them at varius periods in my life. I even had a small stand outside a local gas station for awhile. It was an odd location, but we did alright with it.

Lately I've been getting into it...but just simple stuff. I like to buy these beads and make bracelets out of them...but nothing difficult; just stringing them together. I work at a craft store and they have some cute things you can do like buy these necklace things and you can make things to put on them. I think they look really cute. I would like to get into those. I don't sell the bracelets I make; I just wear them.

I don't make handmade jewelry, but I have bought some before from Etsy.com

I used to make jewlery and sell it at craft shows. However, I started to find the market was just to saturated with jewlery and it was hard to get recognized and stand out. I switched my passion over to scrapbooking and now sell that at craft fairs I am as a rule the only person there selling that so I get more contacts.

My cousin makes jewelry and sells it to family, friends and on oztion (similar to ebay but in australia).