Giveaway!

Giveaway is now closed - thanks to everyone who entered!

To celebrate the release of my new designs, I’m having a giveaway! Visit my shop at www.jewelrybyjessica.com and choose your favorite, then leave a comment here letting me know which piece you’d like to win. (Can be any piece - doesn’t have to be one of the new designs.) On June 22, I’ll randomly choose a winner. (Might as well be something to celebrate on a Monday...) Be sure to leave me a way to contact you!

Bonus Entry Opportunity: I’m working on placing my jewelry in more shops around the country. If you feel like mentioning a shop in your town you think Jewelry By Jessica would be a good fit for, I’ll enter your name in the contest twice! And if a shop you suggest ends up carrying my line, I’ll send you a piece of your choosing as a big ol’ thank you! Hooray! 

My Other Etsy Store...Modern Beads

Did I forget to mention my other Etsy store here? Uh, guess so. I launched Modern Beads at Etsy a while back as a place for my "minimalist modern" bead and sterling silver earrings and necklaces. 

I developed a real love for beads. However I maintain my dislike for fussy bunches of beads. Just one or two at a time, please. Three tops. What developed was a minimalist modern look. I started with earrings, and all my friends seemed to love them. And I wear them all the time too. So I decided I needed to have a venue to give me the excuse to keep making them - and to keep my jewelry box from overflowing. I uploaded a few new pieces the other day - hope to get this store stocked up again for Spring soon!

By the way, I use mostly repurposed or thrifted beads for the pieces at Modern Beads, so each necklace or pair of earrings is extremely limited edition -- some are one-of-a-kind. If you want first dibs on new Modern Beads pieces, you can RSS the shop feed. Isn't that cool?

Featured on Trunkt's Jewelry Page...

It was fun to see my necklace featured on one of Trunkt's jewelry pages (my Scallops necklace in lilac is in the last row, second picture from the left). There are so many amazing artists featured on the site. I always feel like I'm looking at the tip of a most lovely iceberg...

New For Spring 2008 :: Intersections Pattern

Available now at Jewelry By Jessica!

Intersections Necklace Styles

I know I designed them and all, but I really do love these Intersections necklaces. I am wearing the dark teal and poppy one a whole, whole lot. Available right here. {Earrings to come - hopefully soon...}

Jewelry By Jessica: Some New Designs!

I read a really great article in Etsy's The Storque called "Give Props: How to Style Your Photos" written by the extremely talented Susy Jack. Basically it talked about creating more of an environment for your work in photographs, using props and backgrounds.

For a long time, I've been using mostly plain white backgrounds for feature photographs of my jewelry, thinking that I wanted the colors to be the star of the show. But - even if it's not obvious in the designs - my work is very much influenced by Art Nouveau and Arts & Crafts Movement patterns and lines. So I thought - why not use some of those patterns as backdrops? Somehow it seems to work - I'm really enjoying the fresh look it gives my pieces. Haven't tried props yet....baby steps : )

So two of the pieces piectured above are new for Spring: Scallop Pattern in Lilac and Chinese Lattice Pattern in Red (only at Etsy for right now) and the other two just look new, thanks to their spiffy new backdrops: Laurel in Brown and Leaf Green and Loops in Red. Enjoy the color/pattern feast!

New Website Look!

Well, it was long overdue - I finally gave my website a makeover. (I always did love makeovers...) Out with the pink, in with the William Morris-esque subtle grey background for the sidebar, a new logo, and, if your computer allows it, a new font for the site. It's so nice to have a fresh look for the new year. Yay! (Big thanks to Toby, the web guy who makes all the magic happen.) Soon enough there will be some new designs to add to the newness. Stay tuned...