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Posted in Designing Jewelry, Jewelry & Design Events, Jewelry News on Jul 23rd, 2010
I have been working crazily the last few weeks getting ready to release a whole new collection in time for fall. I’m finding the slightly industrial look, combined with smokey grays and blacks really inspiring, and using fall favorite colors like deep purple and endive to brighten them up. Here’s a little peak at one [...]
Posted in Jewelry News on Jul 13th, 2010
For those of you that don’t know it, Polyvore is a site for creating fashion-themed collages. Brands, designers and users can bookmark clothing, shoes and accessories from the internet, and then users can create little showcases for blogs and other media. I’ve used it a few times to show how to wear some of my [...]
Posted in Designing Jewelry, Jewelry News on May 16th, 2009
Sometimes a jewelry design can take as much as a month or two to get right – whether it’s a piece that doesn’t look quite right, or a technical issue that needs solving. This chain maille bracelet had a bit of both. I’d been thinking about making something new with Full Persian weave for a [...]
Posted in Jewelry News, Marketing and Web Design on Apr 15th, 2009
I’ve been thinking a lot about branding lately; mostly in the form of a building a complete line of packaging and printed materials. Without the budget to have a graphics designer put together a range for me, I’m stuck having to figure it out myself. The biggest issue with that, as many marketing leaders and [...]
Posted in Jewelry News on Mar 23rd, 2009
I’ve been Twittering (Tweeting?) for about a month now. It’s an experiment, to be sure. I had hoped it would be a way of making myself accessible to more potential shoppers, push a little name-recognition, and thrill some of my tech-friendly readers. It’s a surprising amount of work, and I can see that it could [...]
Posted in Designing Jewelry, Jewelry News, Marketing and Web Design on Feb 15th, 2009
Okay, I got far more inspired than I had anticipated in my last post, and the new front page is now live. I hope that this will be easier to find links on. You’ll notice I’ve now added a separate category for Slave Earrings so that they are easier to find. I can hardly keep [...]
Posted in Jewelry News, Marketing and Web Design on Feb 14th, 2009
I’m feeling inspired today. After my boss told me she can never find the blog from the front page, and ends up having to google for it, I’m throwing myself into a new design. It’s much the same as the old, but with some shuffles and tweaks. To be honest I’m taking a little inspiration [...]
