My Jewelry
Hello and welcome to my blog. Thanks for reading my blog, I hope you enjoy it. Let me know what you think about anything by commenting in the comments section. This is my third entry and I thought I would write a little bit about the jewelry that I make. I make rings, necklaces and earrings. I am planning on starting to make bracelets too, but have to figure out exactly what type I want to make.The earrings that I make are hard for me to categorize into one exact style. My personal style has been described as eclectic by some. I get my beads and components from old jewelry and beads that I buy at rummage sales, thrift stores and other random places. I make quality earrings that I find to be aesthetically pleasing.
For my necklaces and rings I use stones that I gather from the shores of lake Michigan. To get the stones I go to the beach at doctor's park and I pick up interesting looking stones. I then bring them home and clean them. After cleaning the stones with soap and water I treat them with a sealant to make them all shiny and bring out their natural colors.
when I make the necklaces I wire-wrap the stones to make a pendant and I make necklace component as well. To make my rings I wire-wrap small stones and shape them into rings. I recently found a dremmel drill at a rummage sale for only $12 and I plan on making necklaces using stones with holes drilled in them.
I am struggling right now trying to figure out which market I would like to target, I would appreciate any advice on that front that anyone has. I don't know the age range for my products. I believe that my earrings are for women, although they could be bought by men as gifts. My necklaces on the other hand are pretty much unisex, I think. I guess I will just have to make a lot of stuff for the Art Walk and see what sells and to who. I don't know if I wrote about this before or not, but I was accepted to the River Walk Art Walk on September 22nd In downtown Milwaukee. I am really looking forward to selling there. It is free for me to have a booth there and it will be my first big event, I can't wait. I hope a lot of people go, because it is a first annual event. I also hope that it does not rain because there are no tents and it will be canceled in the event of rain.I have been very busy with my business lately. On Tuesday I did a little photo shoot. I only photographed about seven necklaces, but I took an average of about 15 pics per necklace, so it took me forever to edit all of the photos. I finally finished editing the pictures today, all I need to do now is convert the pics to .jpg and post them online in my Facebook page photo album where I will work on deciding which pictures to use for my etsy store. Once I post the pictures on my Facebook page I will post a link on this blog so you can vote on which pictures are my best ones. Last night I went to an Etsy craft party for the first time. I met three other crafters, whose names are Moira, (check out her etsy store and her blog) Maria, (check out her etsy store 1 and etsy store 2 and her blog) I didn't get the business card of the third lady, I believe her name was Amy. There was a cute but hyperactive little one-year-old bugle puppy there, it was too cute. I talked to the ladies about their Etsy stores and learned a lot. I was also able to make one ring and three earrings. They hold a meetup every month, and I am looking forward to going to more meetings and meeting new people.