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CONQUERING THE CREATIVE MARKETPLACE: Can I Make Money?

Posted by learntobead on May 3, 2025

Some jewelry designers are only interested in selling the occasional piece. Others want to create a steady flow of some extra income. Still others want to be financially self-sufficient as a jewelry designer.

Whatever your personal goal and commitment, can you make money? The answer is YES!That is, if you are smart about it.

Your friends and relatives might tell you that jewelry design “Is not practical,” or a warning “Don’t quit your day job.”

I won’t lie to you. It’s tough. It requires commitment and perseverance. It requires some introverted skills and some extroverted skills. It requires managing a process which includes some creative elements and some business and administrative ones. But you can do it.

First, goals. …

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