20 Ways You Know You’re a Jeweler You want tools. Lots of them. Everywhere. You like how polishing gives a nice luster to only two or three of your fingernails. Don’t they look nice? You know the difference between soldering and fusing. You use pickle, and not for cucumbers. You have an uncanny tolerance to touching...Read More

True or False: 1. It is a fact of running a business that you will use your personal funds for business expenses. 2. It is a fact of running a business that you will use funds from your business for personal expenses. If you said the first statement is true and the 2nd is false,...Read More

Tomorrow (Thursday, September 18th), I will be on the first live call for jewelers and crafters who want to understand their accounting and be in control of their business. You can’t be in control if you don’t understand the numbers. Registration for this call comes with an Annual Membership to Accountability with an Accountant, the private Google+...Read More

Across the nation in September, the Women’s Jewelry Association (WJA) hosts the annual Jewelry Night Out (JNO) in cities across the United States and throughout the world! Where Accounting for Jewelers is based, in Nashville, TN, 2014 is the the inaugural event for our chapter. Find a JNO near you!  The events are open to...Read More

How have your sales been so far this year? Are you needing a pick me up, or even a kick in the a$$? Well, apparently you have brilliant little angels shining over you! If you’re wondering how jewelers get ready for the holiday selling season Sept-Dec, then I have your answer. How Jewelers Get Ready...Read More

The Summer 30 Day Jewelry Making Challenge is here! Do you make jewelry? Do you also run a business? If so, you might be like me. I find it difficult to manage my time when I have so many other things to do than to sit at the bench –even if that is the thing...Read More

Do you have jars, bins, or plastic sorted containers of beads and stones you bought with pure joy and excitement to use them, but they are still sitting there? Have you wondered how to use your gemstone inventory? The correct way to use your gemstone inventory is similar to how you should treat your clothes....Read More

Quickbooks Training for Jewelers and Jewelry Designers Online Course If you are debating whether to use QuickBooks or already use it, but are frustrated or overwhelmed with it, then join me over at Flourish & Thrive Academy! I’m doing a training course for them that is a do-not-miss situation. In this exclusive presentation, I’ll be...Read More

Alrighty! Do you make jewelry? Do you also run a business? If so, you might be like me. I find it difficult to manage my time when I have so many other things to do than to sit at the bench –even if that is the thing I want to do most. If admin-type stuff...Read More