iddy biddy baby step in the right direction.

I'm still two months away from going through the steps of incorporating my jewelry business, but I have a layout for how I want things to roll in my head.  I've found a way to kill two birds with one stone. I want to learn the ropes, but I also want to make contacts. Sooooooo, one way i'm going to do that is by trying to have a local jewelry boutique take pity on me and help me figure out retail prices for my jewelry for my price list. I don't have a whole lot of shame, and if two boutiques say they have no interest in communicating with me, and one does...that one may be the one who sees i'm a nice person to deal with, with unique jewelry that stands out, and they will want to sell my stuff when the time is right.

The iddy biddy step was that I asked a jewelry classmate if she thought her boss (a jewelry store owner) would be willing to sit down with me so that he can size up my jewelry. Wholesale is easy for me to figure out, but it's the retail that I don't have a concept of. I figure it's worth it to sit down with a shop owner so my price sheet doesn't look ridiculous.  She recomended a nearby boutique (these are all within walking distance of my court job :)...if i'm downtown for 9 hours 5 days a week i'm going to make my job and my jewelry career flow together!). I'm going to contact that boutique once I get a jewelry display case, so i'll be prepared if they ask me to bring in my jewelry. 

Once i'm incorporated I want to take it very slow so that I don't overwhelm myself. I'm going to one store at a time, and wait a certain amount of time so I can get a sense of how much the possible restocking takes a chunk out of my inventory. Once i'm confident that I have one shop's needs under control, i'll move on to a second shop.