Interiors & Lifestyle Future is delighted one of the ILF community has won this prestigious prize. Will will be running his own shop right over the festive period into the New Year, at The Square, Corporation St, in Birmingham City Centre.
Will, who is setting up F7 Jewellery to help jewellers and other new designers, has written us a blog all about it. Don't forget to pop in and see Will, especially if you are on the look out for a beautiful gift at this time of year .
Post Will Cutler
My shop is running from 15 November until the end of January and it's a fantastic opportunity for me to try out one of the aspects of my business plan relatively risk free, as I had planned to use pop up shops as a method of retail in the future. This has given me the chance to see if it is a viable offer to make to the designers that I will represent, as well as hopefully making some much needed capital for the start of my business. If all goes well, the use of pop up shops will definitely become a part of my company in the future.
"Being on the ILF Venture programme has helped me to do this"
Although it's been quite a struggle to organise all my
suppliers as quickly as I have had to, it has already shown me the importance
of having a diverse network of people around you, with many of
my go-to designers already booked up and busy over
the Christmas period. It's also forced me to think about the
other disciplines of craft I could represent such as ceramics, art and
textiles, as the practicalities of filling a huge shopping unit with
jewellery in such short notice is rather difficult. Caitlin Griffiths, a colleague on ILF Venture has been a great help. I've been able to ask her to source
artwork for me and as she is an art professional I can trust her
opinion on hanging and display.
Just three of the desirable gifts on sale at Will's pop up shop
Contact Will:
E: Will@f7jewellery.com
W: F7jewellery.com
F'book: Facebook.com/F7Jewellery
Tw: Twitter.com/f7jewellery or @F7jewelleryabout last month.
