[Jewelry making - Article 01463] - [Orchid] [Call for Entries] Bridge jewelry

[Hilary Scott]

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    Call for Entries: Halstead Bead Sponsors $6,000 Bridge Jewelry
    Business Development Grant Prescott, AZ January 29, 2008 Halstead
    Bead, Inc. is calling for entries to its third annual Business
    Development Grant competition for new American designers entering
    the bridge jewelry trade. The grant will be awarded to a winning
    candidate in August. The winner of the 2008 Grant will receive
    $6,000 in cash and merchandise as well as other benefits. 

    The Halstead Bead Business Development Grant differs from other
    jewelry industry competitions and awards because of its emphasis on
    business skills. Entrants must demonstrate not only extraordinary
    design, but also a strong business strategy. The application
    experience promotes the business planning required to make a jewelry
    brand commercially viable at the national level in today's
    competitive market. 

    Designers utilizing a wide variety of fabrication techniques
    including casting, beading, precious metal clay, stamping, or hand
    finishing are eligible to enter the competition. Candidates must be
    US citizens who began their businesses after January 1, 2005. Their
    design companies must focus on "bridge" jewelry which is the segment
    between costume jewelry and fine jewelry that includes accessories
    in sterling silver, semi-precious stones, crystal, freshwater pearls
    and other similar materials. 

    Complete application details can be found at
    http://www.halsteadbead.com/Grant. Candidates must submit a design
    portfolio, business plan, resume and answers to several questions.
    Applications must be received between April 15 and June 17, 2008.
    The grant website also includes several helpful articles on
    launching a national jewelry brand as well as information on past
    winners and finalists. Previous grant winners include Belle Brooke
    Designs of Los Angeles, CA in 2007 and Ananda Khalsa Jewelry of
    Providence, RI in 2006. The grant sponsor, Halstead Bead, Inc., is
    one of North America's leading jewelry supply importers and
    distributors. The firm was established in 1973 and now supplies
    thousands of component resellers and jewelry manufacturers around
    the globe. Halstead Bead, Inc. is wholesale only and sells beads and
    findings for the bridge jewelry segment in sterling silver,
    gold-filled, copper, freshwater pearls, gemstones, glass and
    Swarovski crystal. 

Contact:
Hilary Halstead Scott
Marketing Director
Halstead Bead, Inc.
6650 Intercal Way
Prescott, AZ 86301

Ph: 928-778-6776
Fax: 928-778-3975
www.halsteadbead.com
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