Button Fest

Remember in my Week of Productivity, I tried to make a dent in my button stash? Here are some of the other things I have made...

These are all available on my etsy shop, along with some button free jewellery!



Button Earrings

Button Earrings Take 2

Button Bracelet

Button Necklace

 

 

 

Jewellery Design Book - Basics Fashion Design: Jewellery Design

I recently entered a competition to win a book called 'Basics Fashion Design: Jewellery Design' by Elizabeth Galton from Making Jewellery magazine and I WON! It arrived a couple of days ago and I've already finished reading it! This wouldn't be the sort of thing I'd normally pick up to read, out of a fear it's going to try to make me draw and be really formal about my design process. The ring on the cover is awesome though so I entered the competition any way. And who doesn't like a free book?

It is an informative, well written book with some insightful interviews with various designers, both big brand names and independents. The thing I liked best about it was the varied points of view, there's really blingy jewels, classic styles, fashion and quirky jewellery. I also loved that you got taken through the entire thought process of design, looking at jewellery's history and cultural reference, how to get from an idea to a finished product and then pricing and marketing that product.

Overall, it was an engaging read and something that I will happily refer back to when in need of inspiation.

Etsy!

So after my London Jewellery School course, I wrote myself a massive to-do list of things I wanted to sort out before I started selling my jewellery again, ranging from boring things like registering with HMRC to the more interesting, packaging, business cards and STICKERS!

I've got my crafting corner organised, it's never going to stay tidy but there is a bit more logic to the layout now. In doing this I have a clear idea of what I already have, and what I need. Paperwork and receipts have a filing system and a spread sheet. I've got some business cards and some stickers (I love stickers) from moo.com. A giant box of packaging came a couple of days ago. I updated my etsy store with a banner, reviewed the policies section and the shop members section.

You can find my shop here.

Now all that's left on the to-do list is some ideas of more things to make. It's a good looking list!

Facebook

I have a new Facebook page for my jewellery, find it at ImogenPhoenixjewellery. The old one was very neglected and I didn't really put any thought into my posts so I deleted last year. This new snazzy version should keep people up to date with what going on in my jewellery world!