Hand Crafted Jewelry By: Kathleen McEntire
Mar 17, 2016
Hand Crafted Jewelry
By:
Kathleen McEntire
Executive Summary
Company & Product Description
Customers
Market Research & Competition
Marketing
Pricing
Sales & Distribution
Operations
Financials
Project Timeline
Doriella Du Fontaine 19th century arts and craft movement
‘soulless’ machine made products
root of all evils – machines
spontaneous personality of designer
no repeating designs
Men’s and Women’s accessories
Necklaces
Bracelets
Earrings
Hair clips
Men’s and Women’s
$8-$45
Doriella
Hand Crafted
Solo – Just ME!
Interaction w/ customers
Sustainable (hemp)
CRRH: Campaign for the regulation and restoration of Hemp
Target Customer: Females 15-22
‘free spirits’
Fashionable accessories
Art conscious
Festivals: 40,000-150,000 attendees
Groups/organizations
Bo-ho, hippie fashion trends
Go-green
Difficulties Supplying to retailers
Quantity
Hemp jewelers Online
Retail stores
Vendors
Personal selling
Online Webpage
Social media
$27/hr Labor
Materials
Necklace: $20-$35
Bracelets: $8-$15
Vendor/Trade shows
Website
Dose Market Chicago
Personal Networking
Music Festivals Wakarusa
Bonnaroo
All Good
Electric Forest
Summer Camp
Become L.L.C.
Kathleen McEntire Creative director
Owner
Sales manager
Public relations
Accountant
Manufacturer
Revenue Sales Price per Piece (Average) $23.50 Sales $ 1,269.00 Cost of Jewelry Sold $ 1.80
Less: Cost of Goods Sold $97.20 # of Jewelry Sold 54 Gross Revenue $1,171.80
Expenses Labor $540.00 Festival tickets $180 .00 Marketing $35.00 Vendor passes $ 400.00
Total Expenses $1,155.00
Net Profit $16.80
Hemp
Colored $ 45.00
Plain thick $ 30.00
Plain thin $ 28.00
Embroidery thread $ 23.00
Beads
Wood $ 15.00
Glass $ 250.00
Metal $ 55.00
Closures
Large $ 15.00
Small $ 10.00
Earrnings
Hooks $ 10.00
Metal circles $ 10.00
Tools
Scissors $ 7.00
Wire cutters $ 3.00
Storage bins $ 100.00
Jewelry bags $ 30.00
TOTAL: $ 631.00
Becoming an L.L.C.
MAY 2012
$40-$900 depending on state
Filing fee
Annual tax
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
1
Obtain a copy of
Illinois LLC Articles
of Organization
from the Secretary
of State office
2
Choose a name for
the business
(Doriella)
3
Fill out the LLC
Articles of
Organization form
4 5
6
7 8 9
Submit Articles of
Organization form
10
Publish notice in
local newspaper
(Columbia
Chronicle)
11 12
13 14
Create a LLC
operating
agreement
15 16 17 18 19
20 21 22 23 24 25 26
27
Actual ad runs in
newspaper
28 29 30 31
LLC!
Hand Crafted Jewelry
By:
Kathleen McEntire