The Jeweler's View
A podcast not only for Jewelry Makers, but all Creative Movers and Shakers, connecting entrepreneurs and aspiring creatives in with the resources, knowledge, and mindset support they need to achieve goals they once thought impossible.
The Jeweler's View
Latest Episodes
#105: When There's More Work Than Time at the Bench
Busy vs. Finished: Getting Jewelry Off the Bench by Working in ProcessesCourtney Gray introduces The Jeweler’s View and contrasts feeling busy with actually finishing work, focusing on the “90% pile” of nearly complete pieces that can’t...
#104: 20 Hours of Custom Jewelry Work. No Deposit.
Get the Deposit Before You Get Carried Away: Protecting Your Time in Custom Jewelry WorkCourtney Gray shares a hard-earned lesson from a custom commission where she spent about 20 hours carving a wax ring design around a druzy and a blu...
#103: Clear Boundaries for Custom Jewelry
Stop the Endless Design Revisions: Set Iteration Limits in Custom JewelryCourtney Gray hosts The Jeweler’s View and explains how custom jewelry projects can stall when customers keep reopening decisions after a design seems approved, cr...
#102: I Almost Ignored a $10,000 Custom Jewelry Inquiry
Don’t Judge a Custom Jewelry Inquiry Too Fast: The “Dragon Slayer” Email LessonCourtney Gray shares how she almost ignored a six-page email from an address ending in “dragon slayer,” only to later discover it was a sincere request for a...
#101: You Sold the Jewelry. Did You Pay Yourself?
What Did That Sale Really Require? (Custom, Shows, and Best Sellers in Jewelry Business)Courtney Gray explains why a sales total never tells the whole story in a jewelry business and urges makers to ask, “What did this sale require from...