Sorry I've been MIA for awhile, I've been keeping busy and didn't stop to take time to update you all on how things are going. As I mentioned in my last post, I'm working on my project: 100 Earrings in 100 Days. I'm on Day 24 and it's been interesting and challenging. I'm so glad that I decided to pursue this challenge because I've created a lot of earrings that I absolutely love that might not have come about otherwise. Some of my favorites are:
The Love Knots
Turquoise Tears
and Rain Drops.
Besides creating new earrings I've also taken a couple of custom orders and have been filling regular orders as they come in. I was very happy to make my 100th sale the last day of February! I have also been working very hard on marketing, I spent quite a bit of time creating (and perfecting, you know me, always the perfectionist) a brochure, as well as a line sheet and gathering materials to be able to visit shops.
Here is a picture of my brochures:
I finally feel like I'm ready to go to some boutiques and get my jewelry line onto their shelves. Now I just have to get the shops to agree to see me! :) I've contacted a few stores but haven't gotten the green light yet. I understand that it has to be the right fit, our aesthetic has to be similar and they have to have a need for jewelry. It's just a matter of finding the right store. Logically I understand that, but subconsciously it's a different story. I've woken up for several bad dreams this past few weeks where shop owners were telling me that my jewelry sucked and I wasn't good enough. Isn't that ridiculous! Can you imagine if someone actually did that! Haha! It's just my inner demon talking, but I think I'm starting to overcome it. Today I had a meeting with a local magazine, and I was really nervous about it. To prepare, I had to talk myself up a lot, just like I used to do for job interviews. But you know what? It worked, I was still nervous but I felt really confident in my jewelry. I absolutely love the designs that I've created and I'm really proud of the progress I've made over the last couple of months. All of the positive feedback I've received from my family, friends, and followers on Facebook has been really helpful too! And I've learned that even though it's scary, you have to put yourself out there. It took five e-mails to land the interview with that magazine, but now they're going to feature me in their May issue! And the wonderful Nashville Fashion Blog has already done an article about my jewelry. Just because I haven't found a shop to sell my jewelry doesn't mean that I'm not going to, I just haven't asked the right shop yet.
To purchase my jewelry please visit my Etsy shop:
or send me an e-mail: jomarie.jewelry@gmail.com
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