Hi,

I have been making jewerly and I currently have a few items listed on etsy.com, but I am wondering if anyone knows of any other ways to get my name out there and have the possibility of making more money and selling more items.

If you care to take a look at my jewerly please go to www.jfroiland.etsy.com

I make earrings, bracelets and am going to start making necklaces soon. Thanks!!!!!

Ok I am a total planning freak! Next year I am going to Jr. High (#9-27) and made a whole list of things I need and then my birthday is next month so I added that and some things I would like to earn money for (#1-8)… how can I earn as much money as possible to at least be able to pay for #1-8? and no, my family isn’t rich at all! Here is the list:
1. BE Delicious Rollerball
2. Reebok Easy Tone 0
3. White Vans
4. Hot Pink Vans
5. CoverGirl Smoky Shadow Blast
6. Chi Straightener
7. BE Delicious -
8. Ipod Touch 0
9. Ears pierced
10. Eyebrows waxed
11. Body spray
12. Bra
13. Bra
14. Pair of dark wash skinny jeans, ripped
15. Straight Jean
16. Pair of light wash skinny jeans, ripped
17. Jean shorts
18. Flats
19. Flats
20. Flip flops
21. Nikes
22. Black Vans
23. Necklaces, hoops, earrings, a nice ring
24. Jacket
25. Sweatshirt
26. Aeropastale Basic Front Pocket Tote
27. Headbands
28. A bunch of shirts 0

I want to get a pair of earrings from kingsbodyjewlry.com and order them and go to claires and get my ears pierce but not buy the ear rings and just put in the ones i ordered. can i do that? btw: they are 16′s
or should i just pierce it myself?
or should i just pierce it myself?

I’m wanting to sell crafts (or probably specifically jewelry) online. I work from home and want to try this on my free time to see if it makes any money.

One question I have is – how can I do this legally? I mean specifically in regard to not violating manufacturer copyrights… If I buy beads, wire, and the like I know I can assemble those pieces and call it my own work and sell it. But what about things like earrings, chains for necklaces, charms, etc. that I buy from Michael’s or Hobby Lobby and "tweak" to be new items? Are these things legitimate to sell? Is it specifically safe to buy and use items from manufacturers that acknowledge it will be used for such purpose, or is it legitimate with ANY piece, as long as I make it my own?

If I can just buy existing jewelry and change the stones or some design, add things to it, and call it my own and sell it, how far does that go? For example, could I buy something from Claire’s in the mall and alter it and sell it??

I don’t want to go that far, I just want to know the legality of it. If someone could post a resource that’d be great, because I couldn’t find anything!

I run my own website and sell jewelry as well as shoes, sunglasses, and handbags. I’m having a LOT of trouble taking good pics of my jewelry – gold bracelets, earrings, necklaces. I’ve tried making a makeshift lightbox but it falls apart after a while. The lighting in my house is not perfect and alltogether, the pictures do not come out right. I know I’ll probably have to do a lot of photoshop tweeking, but ARRGGGH!!! I’m only a novice at Photoshop and have a lot of learning to do! This whole jewelry photography is driving me crazy! I rather do it myself than take it to a professional studio because I am saving a lot of money. I run the site by myself and work out of my home so I have to make do with what I’ve got. Has anyone else had these same problems? Are you having the same experience? If so, how did you get around it? How are you coping? Photographing pieces for my site is probably the hardest part of operating my small business.