Some jewelry I made...

[olde_fashioned]

These are some samples of the kind of jewelry that I make every now and than when I get the chance. These are two of my more recent examples, and I thought it might be fun to share them. I took these photos a while ago, but haven't gotten around to posting them until now.

The first two are of a pair of garnet earrings, inspired in part by some ancient Roman jewelry I saw in a book once. (and yes that's my hand in the second photo, lol). The last picture is a bracelet of green faceted glass with sterling silver spacers, strung on elastic cord. I made earrings to match, but I don't like how they turned out, but I love wearing the garnets with all black!



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Comments

[ceallaighgirl.livejournal.com]

Ooh, the green bracelet is prety!

You should think about selling some of your jewellery online!

[ceallaighgirl.livejournal.com]

Um. Pretty, I mean. Not prety.

[olde-fashioned.livejournal.com]

Haha. That's okay. Did you know LJ now has an "edit comment" feature? So long as it hasn't been replied to, you can edit it.

[ceallaighgirl.livejournal.com]

It has an edit comment feature if you want to pay for it!

[olde-fashioned.livejournal.com]

Whoops! I didn't realize it was a paid-account-only feature. :-( Sorry!

[olde-fashioned.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I like that it's green...

You think?

[ceallaighgirl.livejournal.com]

Yeah, green is my favourite colour, and it looks really nice with the silver bits.

I do think! It couldn't hurt to give it a shot. If you wanted to, you could set up a seller account through paypal for free, so you wouldn't lose money in trying.

[olde-fashioned.livejournal.com]

Mine too! Except for clothing, then it's black.

Well I thought about eBay, to be honest, but there are sooo many other people doing it, I don't think I'd stand a chance.

[rvqavalon.livejournal.com]

Have you thought about Etsy (http://www.etsy.com)? I haven't signed up because I make huge expensive things, but little jewelry stuffs like these are just the thing.

I would totally wear the garnet earrings. Like, every day. Just sayin'. ;)

[olde-fashioned.livejournal.com]

I'm not at all familiar with Etsy. Are they like eBay? I'd probably just do it there, if I did decide to sell things.

Is that a hint??

[rvqavalon.livejournal.com]

Etsy is more of a storefront type thing than an auction type thing. Instead of bidding on stuff, you just purchase it. The novelty is that it's all handmade stuff, though, so you get all sorts of different artists and crafters and such selling original pieces to people who are genuinely interested in things like that and who are interested in supporting "small time" artists, rather than huge commercial establishments. Other than that, I gather it works a little like ebay in that you pay a small fee to list items and then I think maybe Etsy gets a cut of your sale? I don't know; I don't sell stuff.

Yes, yes it was a hint. Get thee to Etsy!

[olde-fashioned.livejournal.com]

I read a little bit of their About page, and they said they charge a percentage, kind of like a sales tax.

If I sold on eBay and not Etsy, would you buy there?

[rvqavalon.livejournal.com]

I don't have an account on either, currently, but I'm much more likely to buy from Etsy than I am to sign up for Ebay. It's a smaller, more intimate community and I'm all about supporting people I know. Case in point--I commissioned a miniature of my sister from my good friend lachwen, I'm planning on purchasing/commissioning a watercolor from another friend of mine...I'd much rather give my money where I know it's needed/appreciated/will go to good use than to someone I don't know now and never will. :)

[olde-fashioned.livejournal.com]

Good to know, thanks. ;-)

[ceallaighgirl.livejournal.com]

Yes, I have LOTS of black clothing. I like either black or really colourful (my pink pants are my fav, hee hee).

Well, you could always open an Ebay store for a little while and rely on word of mouth from friends and whatnot. I mean, I'd certainly buy something like your green bracelet.

[olde-fashioned.livejournal.com]

Me too, me too! I'm trying to build up my browns, too, since that's a neutral and it looks good on me. Turquoise is my bright of choice. ;-P

Wow. I mean the thought had occured to me, but I never thought about selling to my online friends. I'm definitely going to think on this one! :-D

[hominygrits.livejournal.com]

Pretty! I love the bracelet especially! :-)

[olde-fashioned.livejournal.com]

Thank you! :-)

[retro-dame.livejournal.com]

I cordially appreciate creativity. Yay! :D

[olde-fashioned.livejournal.com]

:-D

[anodiel.livejournal.com]

I like the earrings. Very Pretty!

[olde-fashioned.livejournal.com]

Thank you, Lori!

[parelle.livejournal.com]

I'd recommend going through Etsy.com, which is a friendly community for hand-made goods. It's well organized, has responsive staff, and charges lower fees (I think). I haven't sold anything there before, but most of my gifts from [Bad username or site: = @ livejournal.com] have been from there in recent years.

[olde-fashioned.livejournal.com]

I'll look into it, and thank you very much for the advice. Do you know if sellers can make auction templates and layouts to match their items like eBay sellers do?

[parelle.livejournal.com]

No, they can't, but I frankly never liked that aspect of Ebay - those always seemed either too cutesy or overly artificial. I'm more of a fan of the streamlined for shopping myself :)

Some sellers do put a bit of decoration into their text, such as these two:
http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=9371061
http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=8603880

[olde-fashioned.livejournal.com]

Now see that's one of the things that I love about eBay, but then I'm a graphic geek. ;-D I dislike the kind of cutesy and obnoxious listing templates that most sellers use, though!

Thanks for the links btw. :-)

[midenianscholar.livejournal.com]

Oh! lovely! I like them both. I like the green a litttlllle better, though, just because I like green.

And--oh my! What a hand! Goodness! It's a wonder you aren't the envy of every man! [/silly]

[olde-fashioned.livejournal.com]

Yay for green! *lol*

Now you're being facetious.

[oldfashioned84.livejournal.com]

I always wanted to see some jewelry you made, and these are really pretty! I especially love the earrings. :)

[olde-fashioned.livejournal.com]

Aww, I would have posted something before if I knew someone was actually interested. :-)