Life is frustrating

I didn't manage to take photographs on my new camera last night as I couldn't find the battery charger - aaarrrgh.As I said the camera was a Christmas present from my partner Keith and the last time I used it was just after boxing day. I searched high and low last night getting totally frustrated in the process. I needed o get some photographs of my tiaras to the printers as I need my leaflets for a Wedding Fair at the beginning of March and my printer is going away ski-ing on 6th February. (oh by the way my printer is Keith's sister - Sue who has a printing and web design compnay http://www.pixel-print.co.uk/. She is really competitively price and friendly so if you are looking for a printer give her a call !!)

I eventually gave up and took the photographs on my old camera but they weren’t brilliant and the most infuriating thing is that I found it this morning, in the kitchen, by my mobile charger. At least tonight I might get the time to take some images and put them onto my website.

Photographing your stock

Well I'm lucky, my day job is IT related and I have another career writing websites so I created my own http://www.bohochicjewellery.co.uk/. For the design I didn't really want anything too flash and something a little quirky that reflected my style. I feel that I could work on it a little bit more to get it right but the most important thing is getting the stock on and that takes a LONG time, especially if you want it to look good.

When I buy jewellery from a shop its see it , love it, buy it and I need my photographs to convey that emotion of love it so that I can convert it to got to buy it but boy is it hard !!

It has been trials and tribulations all the way in getting decent photographs. I've experimented with settings on the camera, bought a light box, bought lights each development increasing the satisfaction I had in the photographs but eventually I decided it just had to be a new camera which my partner Keith got me for Christmas and tonight will be first time I will have a play with it and see whether it makes any difference. I'm keeping my fingers crossed.

Starting a jewellery business

I've been making jewellery for about 3 years now. It all started when I attended a craft fair with bits and bobs I'd picked up from e-bay and saw the wonderful jewellery made by the people on the stalls next to me and I thought - I can do that !! Now according to my sister I've always had that trouble. Where most people normally think 'that's lovely, I'll buy it' my thoughts, from a young age has been - that's lovely I'll go home and make it (and usually tonight). So I bought some tools and findings and put some pieces together and did a number of craft fairs and the pieces sold. Over the last few years I've just really played at being a jewelley maker, dipping in and out, usually around Christmas. At the end of last year I decided I wanted to make a go at making it more established, probably the wrong timing, given that we are in a recession, but if I don't try then I'll never know as they say and I'm always up for a challenge. This blog is to log my endeavours into the world of hand crafted jewellery. If you want to see my website check it out at http://www.bohochicjewellery.co.uk/.