Jewelry Party Part Uno

I spent my entire weekend getting ready for my first jewelry party. I can't believe I have been making & selling my jewelry for almost a decade and this is the first party I'm doing! I've done more shows, fairs & festivals than I care to recall but I am still super nervous. I have a bunch of jewelry to bring but I still keep obsessing about whether I am bringing enough. Right now, everything...and I do mean everything is set up on my kitchen table. The more I think about it the more things I remember I have want to bring.

Once I have this under my belt, doing them in the future will be a lot easier & less stressful. I am still not sure if I am going to play any games or not. I have been doing some research on the web for jewelry party games that I can do without having a business like Lia Sophia or another franchise. I found a few really great suggestions, see below.

Celebrity Jewelry Game - basically someone said they cut celeb pix out of a magazine and laminated them. Everyone gets a photo & they have to select jewelry of yours they would see this celeb wearing. Then everyone votes for the best answers & the winner gets a prize. I am considering playing this game but we'll see. 

Memory - this game consists of me picking a few pieces of jewelry and showcasing them. Then I hide them & the guests have to write down as many as they remember. Whomever remembers the most, wins a prize.

I think I am going to do a raffle where for every piece of jewelry someone gets, they get a raffle ticket & then I do a drawing at the end of the night. Hopefully enough people show up for me to do this. I'll let everyone know how this turns out. 

The last thing I am freaking out about is pricing. All of my jewelry is on my website & 99% of the jewelry I make at this point is made to order. To sit & put a price tag on everything would be a huge waste of time. I was thinking of printing out all of my listings & making a catalog...I really hope I find the time this week to finish this otherwise I know when it comes to pricing there is going to be a huge issue that will effect my sales. I am also not going to be sending people home with their jewelry. I am going to be taking orders just like I would if I was running one of those franchise jewelry parties. We'll see how that goes. There's only one way to learn which way works best for this & that's experimentation!