[Jewelry making - Article 00036] - Re: [Orchid] Starting small home jewelry repair business

[Kimberly Starbard]

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Hi julia:

    You have asked questions that I have huge concerns with also. I am
    the one always asking questions about how to go to the city to buy
    materials and be safe. In my town, we have something called "open
    studios by the sound". At holiday time, artists all over Guilford
    open their home or in town studios and people (strangers) just come
    in to shop. There is NO way I am going to open my home to that many
    strangers. Even if it was safe, it would give me nightmares. I am an
    extremist when it comes to personal safety however, and, when you
    really think about it, there isn't anywhere that we can go where we
    are completely safe. Where there is a jeweler, there is valuable
    jewelry/material. My sales are all (so far) from personal referrals
    and I (usually) am not the one to deliver the piece to the customer.
    I don't know how I am going to handle it in the future or if I will
    be able to move (psychologically) past my fears for my personal
    safety. (please everyone don't start one of those threads on carrying
    a weapon, it's out of the question for me). This is something I think
    about all the time. 

    A funny story....I did get a referral last year from a woman I knew
    thru the nursery school. Her friend wanted some jewelry. I packed up
    my case and went to her house. At one point she says "boy, I don't
    know which colors to get...could you just come with me to my bedroom,
    I want you to look at my wardrobe and do some color matching for me"
    I nearly fell off my chair. I immediately started counting exits and
    plotting my escape should this person turn out to be some kind of
    weird ninja warrior attacker. 

    I don't actually meet anyone in my home. I tell them "why don't we
    meet for a cup of coffee?" and then we go to a real crowded place. 

I'm rambling
Kim Starbard
Cove Beads


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