I went to the nice shop where I had my fancy violin appraised to see if they sold unrepairable instruments to use in craft projects. They said no, but they’d give me some when they got them! In the meantime, they had a few bits and pieces.
With some hooks added to the back of the half violin they gifted me, I could use it as a necklace display.
The necks add some class to the shelf too.
Here is the overall display, without the lights turned on. When lit, this baby glows. I’m so glad I bought it.
Other things I bought that I’ve been especially happy with? Silver and stone rings from the Gem Show. So much so, that I was going to pick up a generous amount of them at the June wholesale event. But durn, it was cancelled. Well, I looked up my invoices and got ahold of the guys I bought from then ordered a few over the phone. I also tried wholesale lots direct from India, it will take a while for those to arrive.
Maybe in time for First Friday weekend in August?
Our mall allows a mix of goods. Vintage, handmade, market. I don’t really deal in market items, but I do like to have brand new jewelry to sell. But only good stuff, real silver, genuine stones, not a bunch of cheap costume stuff. But still affordable.
I also appreciate being able to offer my handmade pieces. For those, I have similar rules for myself, only “good stuff” in the materials, silver, stones, and vintage bits.
Previously, I displayed them on separate levels of the same unit as I had my old jewelry sat up. But now that I have TWO!! delightful, LED shelving units, I can have vintage on one side of the entry, hand crafted/newer items on the other.
It makes sense because each attracts a different shopper. This way, the browsers have space to linger over what they want to see.
Both the left and right get the vintagey treatment, though. I don’t want a sleek, modern, jewelry store look at all. I try to fill the shelves with display items that are unique or old.
Seems like I am continually looking for a more enticing way to show off my goods. But that is what makes having a booth fun, I get to play with all the stuff. If I was simply plopping it down til it sold, then replacing it with more inventory, this wouldn’t be an enjoyable activity for me.
Finding one little treasure is enough to inspire a whole redo built around it, and that sure does bring me joy.
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