If you have a great sense of style and creativity, you should consider constructing quality custom jewelry for individual clients. If you do a good job, you can expect customers to keep calling you to construct special pieces for them or as gifts for others. Making custom jewelry is not difficult if you have a good sense of style and creativity, while the skills needed to make jewelry are very easy to learn. The object is to make your pieces unique and exclusive so when a client wears jewelry that you designed and made, they should wear it knowing that there is none other like it in the whole world!

Working with clients is actually the hardest part and you need to get a picture in your mind that matches the picture that is in their minds. Do not risk losing a client by working in their presence and showing them how easy it is to do it themselves. In order to match the design of your custom jewelry to the style of your clients, talk at length with them. To design a piece that is meant to be given as a gift for someone, you need to ask many questions about the person and if possible, arrange to see them. To make this business a success, you need to emphasize how special (and unique) your creations are in addition to staying in touch with your customers.

Many clients will want you to make custom jewelry using stones or gems that they already have. Your client may already have a piece that they just want you to renovate. To avoid destroying a client’s beloved piece, make sure you have the necessary skills to do the work before you accept the assignment. Make sure that you ask about the history of the piece, and find out what special meaning it holds for your client as well.

You need to make an investment buying pieces from wholesale sources to cater for your needs to make the custom jewelry. Making sure you are buying quality parts from unique sources overseas can cause you to spend more - so make sure you quote your client a price that is profitable to you, may people make this mistake. Once you have quoted a price, make an allowance of 15 to 30 percent to be deducted from it as your profit margin if you do not want to lose money. Think of the remainder as your ‘budget’ when buying supplies to make the custom jewelry.