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All the best,
Belinda

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It is the perfect excuse for getting that charming little piece (or big piece as it may be) and celebrating the beauty of the light within the jewel! So make an otherwise boring Thursday into something special by marking 13th March 2008 Jewel Day!

Jewels can be bought for you, you can give them as gifts to others and especially for yourself.
 Click here to see our new Gemstone Jewelry in our Jewelry Sale to celebrate Jewel Day!

So if you’ve had your eye on something this is the perfect excuse just to go for it.

On Thursday 13th March you also need to be wearing your jewels! So make sure you pick out the best outfit to show off your much loved jewelry treasures from head to toe! Yes, even sparkling shoes are to be celebrated!

You can think outside the box with your jewel treasures with jewelry display ideas and gifts like jewelry boxes and earring stands.

Being a Jewelry Queen I personally think everyday should be Jewel Day!

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So make sure you have fun this Jewel Day and celebrate it with lots of beautiful light capturing jewelry!

Smiles
Belinda

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The name comes from the seawater color of the gemstone and today it is the lighter bluer that is popular.

The healing crystal properties for aquamarine are for courage, reducing stress, helping with communication both in mediation and physical communicating as well as calming the mind and clarifying thoughts and perceptions.

So as a birthday gift idea it is a beautiful present both visually and emotionally.

Do enjoy!

Smiles,
Belinda

Showcase your birthday gemstone jewelry with useful and beautiful jewelry display stands.

Something I love about presenting my handmade jewelry designs at Craft Fairs, Wedding Expos, Jewelry Parties and Jewelry Shows is having all my work around me on full display. I know this sounds obvious but the key is I love what I do and playing with the beads. I find it very satiating having the beaded earrings, necklaces and bracelets all displayed around me.

I love making jewelry I find beautiful and I think this is true for all of us who create - whether that creation is jewelry, sewing, quilting, weaving, scrapbooking, whatever it is we make we do it because we love it.

Because I make my business from selling my work presentation is very important for me. If my jewelry is poorly displayed then my sales are down. If well presented then my sales are up. It is very simple.

At a charming regional art co-op I love to visit the jewelry member has her work under lock and key hidden behind a wire security screen. It looks ugly and tells you to go away and stay away. Now she is wondering why her sales are non-existent. The answer is blindingly simple - the wire is ugly and gives a really negative message to potential customers.

Her concern is about having her work stolen. By using a locked glass cabinent she could securely show off her creations and sell pieces.

For me I use jewelry display stands to show off my jewelry creations. They are carry multiple pairs of earrings, are easy for customers to pick up and look at the jewelry and are appealing in their own right.

I have a really simple system for carrying the earring stands with all their earrings on them so it is easy for me to quickly setup as well as packup after a jewelry showing - always important but I think having systems for your business is also vital but more on that in other articles.

I started using jewelry display stands at home years ago because I find it very satisfying to have beautiful jewelry around me. I would always find places where I could buy one - this usually involved kindly and politely pestering the jewelry shop owner until she would sell me an earring tree - so I built up my display at home. It was so much easier having my favorite earrings out on display so I could pick them out first thing before work quickly and easily.

For me using jewelry display stands for presenting my jewelry creations was just logical and luckily it also put me ahead of my show competitors because I knew where to buy beautiful display stands when they were still using flat display boards and picture frames covered with wire (seemingly practical but hard for customers to easily use).

So when you are preparing for showing off your creative designs have a good think about creative and beautiful ways to display your work - whether this be at home or at a retail location.

Look around both online and at shops and galleries at what others are doing for displaying similar goods. For fabric creations like quilts, shawls and scarves often a simple white painted bamboo ladder is really effective. It looks good, is space efficient and light to carry.

For creating different heights on tables for display you can use a plank of wood supported by two small plastic containers covered in fabric. This gives you storage space under it at a craft show while giving you spacial structures for display.

By looking around with an interested eye you will find all manner of different ideas that are easy to use. Remember, keep it simple and effective.
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Belinda

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For any of us who love jewelry we enjoy the beauty of the designs and want to revel in them as much as possible. So tucking them away in a jewelry box to get all tangle up and forgotten about is a bit back to front.

For me I have found that using creative jewelry display ideas lets me enjoy my favorite pieces everyday. So here are seven reasons why jewelry display sets are the best way to display your favorite jewelry:

1. Enjoy the beauty of the designs. We all love our jewelry, we would not have bought it otherwise so to then take it home and stuff it in a box so we only see it when we are getting it out is illogical. By displaying the beautiful dangle earrings on earring holders and necklaces on necklace jewelry bust display stands you get to enjoy the beauty of the jewelry designs and that is so much better.

2. Avoid nasty messy tangles that can scratch and damage your loved jewelry. When earrings, necklaces, bracelets and rings get put all together in a jewelry box they have a habit of getting all tangled up into hard to undo messes and it gets all too hard to get them out and wear them. While in the knots metal is scratching up against metal, glass, pearls and doing harm. By using a range of storage options that include display stands, jewelry organizers and jewelry boxes you get to separate out your jewelry to take better care of it.

3. It is much easier to know what you have and make a choice what to wear when you can see your jewelry collection. This makes it so much easier picking out our jewelry for the day, especially for those of us who are not morning people and need as much help as possible first thing or even when we are rushing to do a quick change and get out the door.

4. You can theme your jewelry display by colors and styles by developing a collection of jewelry display stands to best display your designs. Yes, I do love jewelry so playing with it, organizing it into color themes and into styles gives me joy. I like having the order and being able to go directly to what I want to wear. By making a display out of your collection you can also create the professional look you see in the shops that gets you wanting all that beautiful Bling.

5. Make your dressing table look stunning by decorating it with a range of jewelry display stands that show off your beautiful jewelry. Our personal rooms are so much more enjoyable when they reflect who we are and what we value. Throughout history we have learned so much about cultures, civilizations and individual women by their jewelry as it is such a strong indicator of the individual, of personal style.

6. You can get earring holders and necklace stands that vary in height and format to give a structured and varied professional looking jewelry display. You can go the other way of getting all matching display stands for a unified look that is varied by the your jewelry wardrobe themes. The choice of structure is yours. For me I use a variation of stands that are all brought together by their general shape and form. So you can go with angled, hard edges or fluid forms that flow.

7. Using portable jewelry display stands lets you move the order of them around to find the arrangement that best show off your jewelry in the way you like best and get the most enjoyment from. The old saying that a change is as good as a holiday holds some water with the ability to reorganizer your display to suit different seasons, trying out ideas, different locations and a change in style. When you get that fabulous new necklace and earring set you want it to take pride of place so that means moving the other favorites around. Personally I find this loads of fun but then I am a jewelry lover who loves playing with my treasures.

To display jewelry to the best effect you want jewelry display fixtures that do the work for you, especially with displays that show off your jewelry just right. This is simply done by getting jewelry display supplies from jewelry display vendors that have a great collection for you to choose from. I know it took me a while to get mine but know I have them all under one roof and get more whenever I want them.

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Belinda

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Great Christmas Gift ideas for the jewelry lover in your life! These Jewelry Display French Boudior Dressing Tables with Opening Tops let you keep jewels in the tables AND hang earrings from the decorative wire stands!

The look fabulous and oh so chic!

These Boudior Dressing Tables are part of our range of French inspired and designed jewelry display stands that are proving to be so very popular as they make really successful gifts - people just love them!

Check out our range of jewelry display stands!

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Smiles,
Belinda

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The online bargain sale is going really well with heaps of new lampwork earrings newly listed as well as the popular freshwater pearl necklaces and earrings.

So come check it out at our Up to 40% Off Sale

All the best,
Belinda

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To make your expo, convention and trade show season a financial success you must pay attention to a marketing plan, whether it be one just in your head or a carefully planned out and written down strategy. When you are investing in trade show display booths you need to know where the money is and how you are going to get it.

So you need to have a marketing plan that has these seven marketing initiatives that are intelligently and creatively designed:

1. Offer a special discount offer for all orders placed at the show. I have seen offers like 10 per cent off for all orders placed and paid for at the expo. This encourages orders to be placed straight away as well as getting paid immediately - a big bonus. Have a look at what others are doing with discounts and special offers to get ideas on different methods, explore where the money is and what works best for your business as well as your customers.

2. Simple flyer with pictures of your products with your website, contact details, trade show exhibit booth stand number and call to action such as a trade show promotional product or discount are affordable to print and really valuable for communicating what you are about. I have a basic flyer template that has all the key information I want to give directly to customers. I can tailor it for specific expos and seasonal events and it is tested and regularly improved. I have color pictures of my jewelry designs, jewelry display stands and credit card logos so people know with a glance what I am all about. Yes, they can read all the information and my website address and locations are there but the pictures are vital.

3. Gather contact details of visitors who are potential customers by running a competition with prizes that your customers want. I run a jewelry gift voucher competition during wedding expo season where I give away three gift vouchers. This way I build my customer list for my email newsletter. So I get increase sales through out the year and make my bridal expo display booth rental expenses into an investment.

4. Invite your existing customers by sending out a post card showing your products so you are part of their spending budget. Make sure you have your website, contact details and stand location on the post card. Design the card with reuse in mind so it can be handed out at the expo so you can get the bulk printing discount benefits. You can make up stamps with your stand numbers on them so the printed post cards can be used at different shows.

5. The big glossy brochures and detailed price lists should be available for customers who are placing orders so the marketing budget pays for itself with the trade show orders. Do not give these costly investments to just potential customers, give them the flyer with your product and business contact details. Get everyone to go in the email newsletter competition.

6. Trade show giveaways can be great value as they keep moving around for years after the event with your marketing message all over them. Design the promotional giveaways so they are timeless and can be used at various shows. If there is a big show that is a corner stone to your marketing initiatives and you want to associate your business name (and contact details) with it then an investment in freebies for it should avoid having a year on them as that dates and seriously limits your use of them. Make your designs work for you in multiple places. So if you have a pen with your business name on it make sure it has your website address. This way you can use it in the shop as well as at expos as well as being able to send it out to customers as a thank you present with orders. Get your value out of your marketing budget.

7. Ask your customers what they want. Customer surveys can give you great ideas and insights with creative marketing initiatives. By implementing what customers suggest you can also build profitable business relationships with customers feeling valued and listen to. Customer loyalty comes from feeling a strong connection to the business and surveys are great for building this relationship.

Trade show marketing and promotional work is about building customer relationships, getting good orders, building your customer list and increasing your business profile. With some investment in time and money you can have a really effective marketing plan with affordable marketing tools that pay for themselves quickly and often.

All the best,
Belinda

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We all have them - those wonderful people who just love jewelry in our life! It can be hard knowing exactly what piece of jewelry they want but you still have a present time coming up and need ideas for gifts with them that will hit the spot. So here are 7 ideas to get you going:

1. earring holder - a great way to show off best loved earrings so it is easier to pick a pair out to wear while getting to see them more often and enjoying them even more. Jewelry display stands always make great gift ideas because you can have a collection of them so you can theme your earrings too.

2. jewelry roll - also known as a jewelry organizer, these are simply perfect for weekend getaways, work travel, holidays and even going to the gym. They come from every simply designs to creations of beauty with beaded butterflies in gardens.

3. ring stand - an elegant and stylish way to show off rings and enjoy them even more. For those of us who love rings you never have enough fingers for all your rings so a ring display holder is such a perfect solution.

4. necklace stand - another jewelry display idea that usually also carries bracelets as well and is always a great hit. They range from frilly through to wire elegance to sculptured figures. It is great to create a jewelry display design that incorporates co-ordinated necklace and earring stands so making the choice what to wear is so much easier and faster.

5. jewelry box - a traditional and much loved jewelry accessory. My personal loved ones are the Tiffany jewelry boxes but that is showing my love for handmade glass and glass jewelry itself.

6. a book about the style of jewelry they love - there are so many quality books available with stunning photographs of truly beautiful jewelry creations with information about the jewelry designers and stories about individual famous pieces of jewelry.

7. gift voucher for the jewelry store they love - you might find picking out an individual piece of jewelry or jewelry set of earrings, necklaces and bracelet a big challenge so a gift voucher is a great way to give the jewelry while giving the gift of choice too. It is always more fun to receive a gift with a gift voucher all wrapped up so one of the above ideas perfectly compliments the gift voucher.

With this list of gift ideas for jewelry lovers you will be able to get through multiple present giving seasons while also getting the praise for being the best one with picking out presents! So make life easy for yourself and get something she will love.

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Belinda

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How to display jewelry for the greatest effect is a question all jewelry businesses have, especially if you have handmade lampwork beaded jewelry.

For the expo trade shows I do I need trade show portable jewelry display kits that show off my designs, look great, attract customers and are easy to setup and pack-up.

After a heap of searching round and testing I found the frame with mesh wire setup too hard to use, fussy for customers and had too much of a background to properly highlight the details of my handmade lampwork beaded earrings. So an earring tree idea was more want I wanted so I could display glass jewelry best.

I wanted metal jewelry display sets for their durability and easy to use. I also wanted to theme my display with a range of complementary designs. I thought about having the earring stands all the same but I like a bit of variation. So to keep it in the family I got a collection of earring trees that go together and bring cohesion with their format but are also a little different to each other.  (Click the READ MORE link below for the rest of the article).

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I also have my necklace display stands keeping the same theme as the earring holders to bring unity to the trade show display stand.

Having a creative jewelry display makes a huge difference for presentation and sales. Heaps of competitors us boards and frames so my earring holders with my beaded handmade earrings stand out from the crowd and bring customers directly to me.

Having decorative and attractive portable jewelry display stands compliments the necklace and earring jewelry designs so they enhance my designs and that is what I want when I am working really hard to build my jewelry business at wedding expos and craft shows.

I also use my portable jewelry display kit for my jewelry party plan business with home shows so get twice the value out of the initial set up of the kit. For me this is important because every dollar I invest in my business has to work hard to sell my jewelry and create a healthy income for me.

So figuring out what best suits your needs is the easiest way how to display beaded jewelry at a craft fair, bridal expo, trade show booth or party plan home party showing. List what your requirements are and then you can easily see what meets your needs. For me it was the ability of the jewelry display stand to make my jewelry look great, attract customers over to look, easy for me and customers to handle, look really good and a simple setup and pack.

I find it much easier for customers to remember me as the lady with the really good earring holders and necklace jewelry bust display stands as well as for my jewelry in such a busy and competitive market place that is a jewelry trade show. It is a really good way to be remembered, build your brand and continually attract customers with displays that compliement your beautiful handcrafted jewelry.

I love my jewelry business and the freedom it brings me and hope you find heaps of success with your’s too!

Smiles

Belinda

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