Start a Jewelry Business Turn your hand-crafted jewelry into an ongoing source of cash flow.

(YoungBiz)- Wearing the right piece of jewelry is a great way to stand outfrom the crowd, and the same is true for designers makingone-of-kind pieces. So while there are plenty of mass-producedjewelry lines out there, custom designs are unique, and profitable,business options for creative types.

"Every girl who makes Infinity jewelry does her ownthing," says Paloma Reyes, part of a teen team of jewelrydesigners in Chicago. "You know when you buy our jewelry thatyou won't ever see anyone else wearing the samedesign."

Infinity Jewelry is a business project operated by teen girlsthrough a program sponsored several years ago by Family Matters, anonprofit organization in Chicago. The girls sell theirpieces--made from silk thread, semi-precious stones, pearls andglass beads--at local galleries, craft shows and museums.Uniqueness is so important that the girls even turned down abusiness offer from Marshall Field's department store becausethe company wanted Infinity to mass-produce one design only.