Finding Jewelry Sets

Have you ever been invited to a home party where there were items for sale? There seems to be more and more such parties. There are home parties that feature storage containers, home decorations, cooking items, cosmetics, jewelry and many other things. I have never been very fond of these parties because the items are usually more expensive than they are in a store and I end up buying things that I do not need. One of our neighbor’s daughters recently got into selling jewelry. She held a party at her mother’s home and several of the neighbors, including me were invited.

When we walked into the house we were each given jewelry sets to put on. After we had all arrived we were asked to sit down so the demonstration could begin. We were then each called up to the front of the room and asked to model the jewelry sets that we were given when we arrived. After the demonstrator gave us information about the jewelry sets we were asked to remove them and place them in a black velvet lined box that was then passed around the group for closer inspection. This was a creative way to display and discuss the jewelry sets; however the neighbor’s daughter did not have a very good sense of matching jewelry to the individual or to what they were wearing. I had on a pink sleeveless sweater under a black jacket. Instead of having me put on a pink multi strand necklace and matching bracelet, she had me put on a lime green and then white jewelry sets. Neither set looked like it belonged with the outfit.

I felt sorry for the neighbor’s daughter and I knew that I should buy something, but the jewelry sets were quite expensive. In the back of the catalog that she gave each of us I found a few pages of less expensive single items. I bought a bracelet and also a rope necklace. The two pieces came to over sixty dollars with tax. I thought this was expensive for costume jewelry that I did not need. I did decline having a jewelry party at my home. I did not want to have my friends and family members feel obligated to purchase something that they did not want. Jewelry is one of those items that is so plentiful in stores, so it seems like a waste of time to look at it for a home party. Some of the pieces were nice, but they were not unique so there really did not seem to be any advantage to buying the jewelry in the home setting.