Share this:If you come to Blue Buddha’s retail shop on Thanksgiving weekend, you’ll find the lights out and this sign on the door: The people working our online shop are also off for the weekend, which means we’ll accept orders but we won’t start processing and shipping them until the Monday after Thanksgiving. I’ve had… Read more »
Share this:Over the past decade I’ve sold my jewelry designs at a variety of craft fairs. While each show is different, and even the same show can be different from year to year, it seems as though the mix of jewelry I sell has remained relatively consistent. Because I’m a numbers nut, I decided to… Read more »
Share this:Three Jewelry Artists Share What Works For Them NOTE: This article is part of Blue Buddha’s series: Behind the Scenes at a Craft Fair. Check out the other articles for even more advice on how to rock your show! So you’ve been accepted into a craft show – yay you! But now what? You… Read more »
Share this:Show season is here and many of Blue Buddha’s customers are busily working on replenishing their inventory, pricing and tagging jewelry, and planning their booth layouts for the summer show season. I’ve done craft shows for nearly a decade, and each time I do a show, I learn something. Over the years, sales have… Read more »
Share this:While chainmaille itself is still somewhat niche (although we can probably all agree it has been growing by leaps and bounds in the last few years!), the craft world is actually quite large—a $29 billion industry. It’s for this reason that we’re always so surprised how little benchmarking information is available for craft businesses. … Read more »
