Wednesday, September 14, 2011
Wednesday, July 27, 2011
Bridal Jewelry Update
Summer is here, hot and the flowers are blooming. Weddings are happening all over the world and I've been pretty busy filling orders.
I just finished what I think is my best creation yet, a spectacular bridal necklace of freshwater pearls and Swarovski Crystals. I used every conceivable shape and size of Pearl and Crystal in creating this beautiful necklace. It's Unique and there isn't another one like it anywhere. The name of this Necklace is Venus, named for the Goddess of Beauty, and I thought of the Classic Painting Venus on the Half Shell... the Pearls and Crystals Sparkle like Crazy!
It's for sale at WeddingJewelryDesigns.com
Wednesday, June 29, 2011
Success! Selling Wedding & Bridal Jewelry
Well, it's been a rough run. When I'd first set up my website, Wedding Jewelry Designs, I thought it would just become a business and start taking orders... Little did I know at that time what was to become of my website......
I hired a lovely woman in India to fill in the attributes (colors, sizes, etc.) of the Swarovski Crystals, Earring Styles, Pearls, etc..... which at first went great............ I thought that it would be a time and money saving choice........... After all, some earrings had 4 crystals, each having over 60 color choices....let's see, that was 240 data entries for just the crystal choices for one earring! It was a monumental task........................ Little by little, she filled in the data, but there always seemed to be a bit missing.......................
When all was said and done, most was missing, and then 85% of the work she had done magically disappeared! I was horrified.... I finally found out that she lived in an area of India where phone and web service was poor at best. Each time her computer went down while she was in my database, it punched a hole in the data, and finally crashed the database.............. Unfortunately, I was with a large web host, and they didn't back up the mysql data, and no one had told me that it was my job to do so!!!
So, my poor site sat, taking occasional orders until it was hacked..............hacked over and over again, because there were security flaws in Cre Loaded 6.2, and the site needed to be upgraded to the newest version, or it would continue being hacked. So, I bit the bullet and put more money into my wedding jewelry site......... I am so glad I did! It gave me new creative ideas, juice to really work the site, and I can happily report that the site is up, operational and selling bridal jewelry.
The jewelry is truly beautiful! Elegant Crystal and Pearl Bridal Accessories that are Custom Handcrafted for each Order. I hope you'll go visit, and visit often as I upgrade the jewelry!
I hired a lovely woman in India to fill in the attributes (colors, sizes, etc.) of the Swarovski Crystals, Earring Styles, Pearls, etc..... which at first went great............ I thought that it would be a time and money saving choice........... After all, some earrings had 4 crystals, each having over 60 color choices....let's see, that was 240 data entries for just the crystal choices for one earring! It was a monumental task........................ Little by little, she filled in the data, but there always seemed to be a bit missing.......................
When all was said and done, most was missing, and then 85% of the work she had done magically disappeared! I was horrified.... I finally found out that she lived in an area of India where phone and web service was poor at best. Each time her computer went down while she was in my database, it punched a hole in the data, and finally crashed the database.............. Unfortunately, I was with a large web host, and they didn't back up the mysql data, and no one had told me that it was my job to do so!!!
So, my poor site sat, taking occasional orders until it was hacked..............hacked over and over again, because there were security flaws in Cre Loaded 6.2, and the site needed to be upgraded to the newest version, or it would continue being hacked. So, I bit the bullet and put more money into my wedding jewelry site......... I am so glad I did! It gave me new creative ideas, juice to really work the site, and I can happily report that the site is up, operational and selling bridal jewelry.
The jewelry is truly beautiful! Elegant Crystal and Pearl Bridal Accessories that are Custom Handcrafted for each Order. I hope you'll go visit, and visit often as I upgrade the jewelry!
Thursday, April 7, 2011
Starting All Over
Hi All, Well.. I started making the jewelry for my website, http://weddingjewelrydesigns.com/ over 2 years ago, and loaded all the bridal jewelry into the site. Once it was completed, I hired someone to input some of the wedding jewelry data that would allow customers to customize the jewelry. Unfortunately, their web server kept on crashing, which crashed my database and I lost most of my jewelry and all of the customizations.... So, I'm way, way behind where I should be at this point... I'm trying to play catch up now... I've also opened up an Etsy Store for more exposure and will be adding new designs as well. http://weddingjewelrydesign.etsy.com/ -- Etsy's great... They have apps and blogs and tools telling you how to promote yourself.. I've listed myself at deviant art as well, at their suggestion... http://weddingjewelrydesign.deviantart.com/ - just listing one piece of jewelry, and I got 2 people who listed the piece as a favorite in the first day! That was exciting! So, I'll do more self-promoting. If anyone has more ideas for me, please let me know. My jewelry is all customizable. I design all my own wedding and bridal jewelry and work with Sterling Silver, Primarily Argentium Silver, which barely tarnishes, if at all, Natural Freshwater Pearls, Gemstones, Swarovski Crystals and Swarovski Pearls.
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