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Well another 7 years of working the mall shows got me to thinking, why not do shows in my own back yard rather than all of this traveling. Mind you I truly enjoyed it, but it was time to see if I could make any money at home. I started doing the malls in and around the Metropolitan area and found out that I had a decent market available to me. So for numerous years I did the shows around home-then started doing only weekend shows and three day shows....with all of this I became a promoter myself with a friend and did that plus the shows for 4 years. We decided it wasn't worth the time or money to continue doing the promoting that we dissolved the promoting business and went our separate ways. I enjoyed staying at home and working the weekend shows and making the money that I did on a weekly basis. When you go from making lets say 400-1200+ a show when you are working for someone, now that was based on the work that you did--the sales and the commission rate that you got for the percentage on all of the different metals that I worked with and also for tolls and some of your gas. (you got payed a little different after being with the company for more than your contract so sometimes the gas was payed for) to making on your own 3,000 to 10,000 a show. I would have to say that I did pretty good all by myself.
But what really made it special--well those were the customers that kept coming back to you over and over again because they loved your work and wanted you to make them something special. To this day and now living in Fort Walton Beach, Fl. no longer in VA, I STILL have those regular customers that email me or call me up asking me to make them something with their words being -'YOU KNOW WHAT I LIKE' and you know what--they are right, I DO know what they like--since they have been customers of mine for over 15 years and it's a wonderful rep pore when you have those kinds of clientele that keep asking you for more. Every piece of jewelry that I have made obviously is an extension of myself and when someone wants to buy it--WOW what a rush, it's a nice feeling because you are making something with your mind and hands and someone wants to buy it from you. That's what has made making jewelry all the worth while for the past 25+ years and why to this day I still do it, but dabble now in abstract stained glass and whatever else my mind and hands wander into.
So check out my web pages for the shoppe that has a little bit of everything relating to the arts and crafts circuit--but these items come from people that I know and have known for many a years. WE ALL take pride in what we make and present to you the consumer, public and customer.
Thanks for reading a little bit about me. If you should have any questions, email me via the web site or post a question and I will get back to you as soon as I am able.
Remember I also run my shop and work at making jewelry and the abstract stained glass and anything else that my mind and hands wander into. (was that a dejavu?)
Take care and thanks again.
Daike
The Shoppe Keeper
http://www.kreativeartizansgallery.com/
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