Advanced Memorial Jewellery Course

This Advanced Memorial Jewellery Course is going to include some techniques not previously shared before and provide you with the knowledge to create a successful cremation ashes, hair and fur jewellery business. Everyone is welcome, whether you’ve previously made resin items or jewellery or not.

Thank you so much to everyone for your patience and can’t wait to hear what you think. You may have taken the basic course already as a warm-up for this extensive Advanced Memorial Jewellery Course, and may find some of that content duplicate. I used the basic course as building blocks for the advanced course! Each module and lesson I write are so exciting and the hardest thing for me is not getting carried away, but I hope you can understand why I’ve saved the best stuff for the advanced course.

At the end of all the modules, upon completion, you’ll receive a digital certificate and one will be sent to you in the post with a wax seal of authenticity and signed in person by me, Nikki Kamminga

You will find more than enough for anyone to get started with their new business, even if it’s beginning as a hobby or craft, or to DIY. If that’s you, don’t worry, I definitely think you have a place here. There’s always a seat at this table for everyone, no matter your background or experience. From the experienced jeweller whose best friend wants you to add ashes to a custom design, to someone who lost their pet and made a ring with fur as a DIY kit and now wants a business from it. You could be someone like me, barely keeping their head above water as a stay at home parent, perhaps in a financially abusive relationship, and desperate for a small business that will make enough profit to buy some food. You might just want to cover a childminder a few hours a week – I don’t think anyone reading this will judge those parents who need some time to themselves. I genuinely think this is the best possible business for us unfulfilled new parents; it has fair profit margins so time away from your baby can quickly translate into money you can spend on groceries. At the same time, you’re absolutely helping people to remember a special time in their lives that passes so quickly. You might not really care too much about profit and be doing this for your community, in which case I’d advise you to still charge the going rate, then as soon as you can, employ someone to help you create pieces that you can mentor.

Offer pro-bono wherever you want to – for me that’s to the families whose babies were born sleeping, parents who miscarried and children who passed too soon. For you it could be someone who has gone through the same life experiences as you, or even others who have the same fur (or not so furry) babies. “Common sense” says not to undervalue yourself but giving away pieces or just asking someone to cover your costs can be a great way to gain experience and some 5* reviews. We’ll cover more of this at the end of the course and I’ll show you some ways to make sure your ball starts rolling

Please note, this course does not contain a recipe for our breastmilk preservation powder, nor will my Advanced Breastmilk Jewellery Course!

Supplies
You’ll need the following supplies as a minimum to complete the course and create a breastmilk jewellery business. The ones in bold are included in the Basic Memorial Jewellery Supplies bundle here or you can purchase one of our business startup kits here which contain more supplies with a bigger discount. If you’ve already purchased many of the supplies it’s not too bad. You can print out the list when you get to the second lesson in the course where each of the supplies is explained.

• PPE (respirator mask, safety goggles, vinyl gloves)
• small and large sealable bags
• Sharpies
• label backing paper or baking parchment
• pestle and mortar
• Some ring sizers
• resin – UV and a UV lamp, or epoxy
• UV top coat
• silicone moulds – beads, spheres and cabochons (round, oval, heart and teardrop are the most popular)
• pigmented resin sparkle mixes and breastmilk pearly sparkle mixes but you can make do with old powder eyeshadow!
• opalescent flakes and eco glitter (recommended)
• various precious metal leaf colours
• cocktail sticks
• hairdressing scissors
• tiny measuring spoon
• jump ring opener
• clear PVA glue (also known as Elmer’s or school glue)
• tweezers (use your own and treat yourself to a new pair if you use them)
• curved burnisher or a teaspoon
• a plier set (honestly the cheapest you can get and second hand are the best!)
• ring sizing stick
• rotary tool or a pendant drill (I got one second hand on Ebay)
• silver polishing cloth
• bead cores in stock ready to use when ordered
• a small variety of necklace settings and chains
• some rings in popular sizes (UK sizes M, O and Q, US sizes 6, 7, 8) and adjustable

If you need any help getting hold of the supplies you can get in touch with us. Let us know if you have any questions about the course before purchasing!
Nikki Kamminga

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