[Jewelry making - Article 00000] - [Orchid] An Orchidian sells orchids

[Sumner Silverman]

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    So, let's see. I think we are at count down. I just did a show for
    the Mass Orchid Society (Oct 26- 28) and it went well for a first
    time. I about made my expenses at a small show of around 1k people.
    The World Orchid Conference (WOC), in Miami ( January 20th - 27th) is
    estimated at 250k. 

    I was given two first prizes and two second, and great praise from
    many that I was pleased to be praised by. I put my unset mastodon
    (surrounded with 24k frame) into the category of sculpture (a touch
    piece) and was judged twice and got two sets of ribbons! 

    It was a crowd buying plants, not jewelry, although the very talented
    Thai women who does painted orchid out of corn starch and Elmer's
    glue ($20 - 80) must have done several grand, deserved.., her stuff
    was superb. Silk embroidery from Viet Nam took the over-all prize and
    sold several (around $500- 600). No other jewelers. I learned some
    significant lessons from the show. The people at an orchid show are
    into sorting out a jumble of taxa in a complex visual array, so all
    my pieces go on the website. Small gold pieces will sell, especially
    earrings (dugh!). You really get peoples attention by telling them
    that the ivory is 15k old, or more. A website is going to be
    important. People like candy. 

    There are three jeweler's self identified in the Nov. Orchid
    magazine, in the article about the WOC in Miami. There could be
    others, can't tell from their names. This will be a buying crowd. My
    ad appears monthly from this past September on. Gets larger (1/6th
    page) in December, and says 'see us at the 19th Word Orchid
    Conference' runs through January, not sure about February. I have a
    full page ad in their hand out, inside page facing the back cover. 

    Still do not have a clue about what to get as a card swipe.
    Something inexpensive by the month, please. What do I have to pay to
    get a practical, easy, reasonably priced piece of equipment? Is there
    an autonomous gadget that does wifi with-out a laptop, no web access
    on my cell phone (I will have a functioning cell)? 

    Don't Fret Will Have More ?'s 

szs
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