Start a Home Based Jewelry Business

Starting your own jewelry business can be fun and profitable, using just a few simple tools.

I think it’s very difficult to make a full time living as a home based jewelry maker, but not impossible. If you’re creative, like to use your hands, and want a nice side business, then you would certainly be a candidate to start a home based jewelry business.


As a jewelry designer, you can make your pieces from scratch or you can buy your supplies or jewels from a wholesaler.

But don’t be fooled into thinking the only jewelry you’ll sell has to be made of diamonds and pearls. Rings, bracelets and necklaces can be created from many materials, too. The more creative you get with your materials, the more you can (often) sell your jewelry for.

In fact, the jewelry business has become more and more popular over the past few years as people realize their calling isn’t to sit in some office cubicle all day passing paperwork. (Although to be honest, you have to realize when you’re making jewelry you’re doing a lot of sitting — although it’d be at your kitchen table and not some stuffy cubicle.)

To take a step in the right direction, you should find a niche market, and work directly with customers to design the perfect custom piece of jewelry, allowing them to select the stone or material themselves.

Valuable skills/Requirements for starting your own jewelry making business

This is a creative business, but it is easy to learn the skills on your own or from training materials available on the Internet.

If you are creative and have the ability to envision a design and bring it to the finished product stage, you may not need to take any courses at all! However, you should check out a bookstore or Amazon.com to get some information on tools and tricks of the trade (see the resources I’ve listed below).

Startup Costs/what you need to begin

Material costs vary, but you can buy enough supplies to get started for less than $200.