[Jewelry making - Article 00546] - Re: [Orchid] Trade success stories

[David Owen]

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    I'm a little late getting into this one but here is my story. My wife
    an I got into jewelry in 1992. For the first 3 years we both worked
    full time jobs then came home at night and worked until 11:00 or so
    in the shop and used all our vacation to go to shows. I remember the
    nights getting back from a show at 5:00 in the morning, grabbing a
    couple hours sleep and rushing to work.This was a total burnout but
    it did acomplish a few things that made it possible to quit our jobs
    in the 3rd year to do jewelry full tume. We were able to devote 100%
    of what we made with the jewelry back into the shop that meant that
    when we left our jobs we had a nice shop paid for, a fair inventory
    of stones and silver and a few thousand stashed away to get us going.
    Since you are by yourself it might take a little longer but it can be
    done. My wife worked at the jewelry for another year and started a
    horse business. Talk about a business that looses money now I support
    my business and hers. I don't get rich but I don't have go to the
    office every day and I know I could work a whole lot harder than I do
    if my goal is to just make money.My only regret is that I didn't do
    this about 10 years earlier. 

Good Luck you can do it. 
Dave Owen
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