TV shopping channels are now featuring jewellery making and supplies. Tutor Anna Campbell turns on the TV (for research purposes, of course!) to see what’s happening   I have to admit, I am a fan of TV shopping! It seems many others also enjoy it but keep it a guilty secret but the need to […]

  In a previous blog post business tutor Anna Campbell outlined some places you can sell your jewellery. In this post she gives you a step by step guide to success when approaching retailers Selling in your local area or for prestigious retailers can boost your income and ensure more potential customers know about your […]

2017 brings us the first You Can Make It metal clay residential conference! LJS tutor Anna Campbell is among the expert teachers travelling from all over the world to teach. Here she gives you more information about the conference and how to book I’m really excited to be a part of the You Can Make […]

In March we featured a blog post about the Pass it Along Project, a jewellery collaboration project spearheaded and collated by LJS tutor Penny Akester to challenge jewellers to work with others from around the world on the same piece of jewellery. LJS tutors that participated include Penny Akester, Hayley Kruger, Helen Walls, Anna Campbell, […]

We are very excited to announce the creation of four new jewellery business classes. One of the benefits of a truly global online marketplace is that you can sell jewellery to countries you have never been to, and all while you sleep! However, many other jewellery makers have had the same idea so how do […]

Are you thinking about starting or growing your own jewellery business? January is the time when traditionally people re-evaluate their lives and especially their jobs. Quite often this means considering starting their own businesses either as a full time alternative to their job or as additional interest and income stream. So it wouldn’t be a […]

Are you thinking of starting or growing a jewellery business? Mystified by pricing? All at sea when it comes to publicity? Don’t worry, the LJS Jewellery Business distance learning course has just been updated with new videos and more business advice than ever before from LJS founder Jessica Rose and tutors and succcessful jewellers  Anna […]

he third and final post in our series on preparing your jewellery business for christmas. In week 1 Anna Campbell looked at christmas craft fairs and markets, week 2 was the online marketplace. In this final week we’re turning our attention to branding and packaging. Luxe business cards and stickers available from moo.com Your branding […]

Blog post written by Anna Campbell  The brilliant thing about the internet is that it has allowed us all to become business people with a low start up cost. I’ve sold pieces of jewellery to New Zealand, USA, Holland, Australia – places I have never been. But where do you begin? And with so many […]