Blog Giveaway! Candy Colored Elfin Choker Necklace

For these past couple months I've been back in school finishing up my degree in Theatre Design and Technology as well as preparing to move to Nashville where I will be an intern at Tennessee Repertory Theatre for the next 9 months.  While you're waiting for my new Alice in Wonderland line to debut (November 4th), I'm giving away this new Elfin necklace this week in exchange for some design help on one of the Alice pieces.

From Beads to Rings

When you look at my early pieces you may wonder if what you're seeing is really the Phoenyx Jewels line.  So different are they not just in materials but the style of my beaded pieces are very heavy and formal whereas I see my chainmaille as being sleek and elegant.  So what prompted the switch?

The "Baby Doll" set, my favorite beaded design

Take professional looking jewelry pictures at home

I've been working on building up a small jewelry business for a year now and I've been struggling with photographing my jewelry for almost as long.  I've photographed some pieces 3 times now and they're about to get a fourth because I've learned the secret to good jewelry photography: K.I.S.S. (Keep It Simple Stupid), lol.  In this post I'm going to show you how to inexpensively take pictures of your jewelry at home that look like they were done in a professional studio.