Have you ever thought, “If I only had more money I could buy more supplies and make more jewelry and thus sell more of my jewelry”? If so, then the Halstead Bead Jewelry Business Development Grant maybe the answer to your problem. But, the deadline is coming up pretty quickly, so if you think you have what it takes to win this grant, you’d better get to it:
Prescott, AZ – May 6, 2008 – The June 17 deadline for entries to the Halstead Bead Jewelry Business Development Grant competition is rapidly approaching. The third annual award to a new American designer entering the bridge jewelry trade will include $6,000 in cash and merchandise as well as other benefits. Interested candidates are encouraged to visit www.halsteadbead.com/grant for details and begin assembling their submission materials immediately.
The Halstead Bead Business Development Grant differs from other jewelry industry competitions and awards because of its emphasis on business skills. Entrants must demonstrate not only extraordinary design, but also a strong business strategy. The application experience promotes the business planning required to make a jewelry brand commercially viable at the national level in today’s competitive market.
Candidates must submit a design portfolio, business plan, resume and answers to several questions. The grant website also includes several helpful articles on launching a national jewelry brand as well as information on past winners and finalists. Previous grant winners include Belle Brooke Designs of Los Angeles, CA in 2007 and Ananda Khalsa Jewelry of Providence, RI in 2006.
Designers utilizing a wide variety of fabrication techniques including casting, beading, precious metal clay, stamping, or hand finishing are eligible to enter the competition. Candidates must be US citizens who began their businesses after January 1, 2005. Their design companies must focus on “bridge” jewelry which is the segment between costume jewelry and fine jewelry that includes accessories in sterling silver, semi-precious stones, crystal, freshwater pearls and other similar materials.
The grant sponsor, Halstead Bead, Inc., is one of North America’s leading jewelry supply importers and distributors. The firm was established in 1973 and now supplies thousands of component resellers and jewelry manufacturers around the globe. Halstead Bead, Inc. is wholesale only and sells beads and findings for the bridge jewelry segment in sterling silver, gold-filled, copper, freshwater pearls, gemstones, glass and Swarovski crystal.
Contact:
Hilary Halstead Scott
Marketing Director
Halstead Bead, Inc.
6650 Intercal Way
Prescott, AZ 86301
Ph: 928-778-6776
Fax: 928-778-3975
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