Another display question

[Angie09]

I do jewelry shows and am stumped as to how to display this....say I have a necklace made up of yellow square beads which I am displaying on a commercial bust. However I can make that same necklace in green, blue, red, etc. I'm thinking of making one bead of each color offered and put them on ball chain. Doesn't sound very nice ..... functional but not artistic. I'd rather display them on a mandrel of some kind at the base of the jewelry bust display. Anyone have any creative ideas?

[losthelm]

For just one mandrel maybe a long skinny box lined with fabric.
Like you would find for bracelets or fancy pens.

For multiple mandrels a shadow box with little / cut into the frame will hold the beads fairly well. I use little piece of craft foam to keep the beads on the mandrel when handling them.

[Lyssa]

I use cigar boxes to diaplay focals and other individual beads. Bead Box Man sells some all gussied up on his Etsy store, buy I just bought some from a cigar store and had my husband make side rails with grooves for the mandrels to sit in.

[Sheila D.]

Maybe a photo of the different choices made up?

[Lorraine Chandler]

You could try something like this and just add all of the colors on one bust.

[Angie09]

I've gotten ball chain and going to see what that looks like. I also got alphabet beads to put before each bead on the chain so if someone wants to order the turquoise one, they can use the letter rather than a subjective color name. We'll see how this works. If I like it I'll post a pic....if not, it's on to idea #2. But keep those ideas coming ....please!

[jaci]

Originally Posted by Angie09

I do jewelry shows and am stumped as to how to display this....say I have a necklace made up of yellow square beads which I am displaying on a commercial bust. However I can make that same necklace in green, blue, red, etc. I'm thinking of making one bead of each color offered and put them on ball chain. Doesn't sound very nice ..... functional but not artistic. I'd rather display them on a mandrel of some kind at the base of the jewelry bust display. Anyone have any creative ideas?

Any chance you can make one necklace with all the colors on it? As a template so to speak? Then you can display them next to each other and write something up that says it can come in all these colors.

[Angie09]

Originally Posted by jaci

Any chance you can make one necklace with all the colors on it? As a template so to speak? Then you can display them next to each other and write something up that says it can come in all these colors.

So make one necklace out of say 10 different color beads (the colors I'm offering the necklaces in) so I'd have a multi color necklace....is this what you mean?

[glass obsessed]

I think you should make one necklace of each color you have available but just a bit different lengths - then put all of them on your display - sort of like what Lorraine said above.

[Angie09]

Originally Posted by glass obsessed

I think you should make one necklace of each color you have available but just a bit different lengths - then put all of them on your display - sort of like what Lorraine said above.

I love that idea but it's way too much work. That's why I was going for a single bead of each color.

[FourTailsLampwork]

I would make one necklace in one color, and photograph it. Save the photo. Then put the necklace on a display and have a choker above it on the display (using the same chain) with all the bead colors and a note saying that the necklace can be custom made in any of the colors in the choker. As you make necklaces, add the photos to a photo album until you have enough for a small album just to the side where you can show samples (marked SOLD!, of course )

[Angie09]

Originally Posted by FourTailsLampwork

I would make one necklace in one color, and photograph it. Save the photo. Then put the necklace on a display and have a choker above it on the display (using the same chain) with all the bead colors and a note saying that the necklace can be custom made in any of the colors in the choker. As you make necklaces, add the photos to a photo album until you have enough for a small album just to the side where you can show samples (marked SOLD!, of course )

GREAT IDEA! I have some of the necklaces already photographed and I can get nice color copies to put in a small album. As for the choker....not sure how that will work since my necklaces are all lampwork (no chain) but I'm going to give it a try. Love the idea ... I might even have mini cards printed at Moo so a client could actually take one with them.

You know, with all the disagreements and petty trashing that occasionally gets done here on LE, this is still a WONDERFUL resource with people who truly care about one another. Thank you all for the great ideas! I always know I can count on you to share ideas and resources .... it is greatly appreciated!

[FourTailsLampwork]

Thank you! (Glad I could help -- I've gotten so many good display ideas from others that I am very happy to pay it forward.) And, OOOOh, I like the MOO card idea!

For a choker, I would just use pre-made chain or fabricate artistic wire chain in plain figure 8s. It needs to be really simple, because the focus should be on the beads as a sample. And who knows? You might get an order for a choker!

[artsyuno]

How about making one bead in each color and then string them onto something that you can place around the base of the bust? Add a tag (either strung on the strand or attached to the bust just above the strand that says "available color options" or something similar.

[beadsoncypress]

Depending on the size of the mandrel you are using, of course, there are 1.5 mm ball chains available that will fit.

[jaci]

Originally Posted by Angie09

So make one necklace out of say 10 different color beads (the colors I'm offering the necklaces in) so I'd have a multi color necklace....is this what you mean?

Yes