 So that you can get a better idea of what these featured earrings and my other handmade jewelry will look like on you, I am starting on a journey to take photos of my jewelry using myself as my model.
This has been a big challenge for me for many reasons, but I really want you to be able to picture this jewelry on yourself. So, I am committed! For better or worse, look for more photos of me wearing my jewelry!
 We just returned from 10 days in Seattle, visiting our younger son and his girlfriend. Our older son and his wife joined us there for a long weekend - what a special time it was. I love to travel and when I can combine that with a family visit, I am in heaven. Another quote I love about family is from Michael J. Fox: "Family is not an important thing, it's everything." I came home refreshed and energized for creating new jewelry and vowing to be more in touch with each of you, because, after all, you are the next best thing to family!   One of my goals for quite a long time has been to be able to photograph my jewelry on a model and the opportunity finally happened! This beautiful lady agreed to be my "model for a day". A friend volunteered to shoot photos using her 35mm camera and I took photos with my phone. The end results? Hundreds of photos and lots of great ones!
There is already one of my favorite photos from this day on my homepage (go here to see it) and more will be popping up in the next month or so!  One of the most useful tools I use is the torch - used to put two pieces of metal together or to "ball up" wire, as I am doing here. These little balled silver wires are used to make the earwires that come with every pair of silver earrings I make!   Sterling silver jump rings, ready to be made into handmade bracelets and necklaces! Making my own rings to use in designing my silver bracelets and necklaces is something I enjoy doing. It is a tedious task but I like the control I have over the quality of the rings (both in the precision of the sizes and the smoothness of the rings) when I do it myself. It is possible to buy rings pre-made but I have not found rings of the quality that I am looking for. The sizing is especially important - if the rings to even 1 mm too big or too small, the design doesn't work as well (or, sometimes, not at all). So I continue the making from plain round wire to perfect, finished silver rings!  Handmade silver jump rings ready for making handmade bracelets and handmade necklaces  Silver stacking rings Everyone loves sterling silver earrings especially in the "stacking rings" category! Wear one, two, three or more - even as a "midi" or knuckle ring. Fun fact: did you know that the most common ring size for women is size 7? I always make sure I make plenty of that size! Click HERE to join my list of handmade jewelry lovers - free shipping and private sale included so come on in!  Sterling Silver Rings  I am working to get photos of the new collection but am hitting a few road blocks. I don't want to give away too much but let's just say that getting good photos of this collection is challenging! If you are on my email list you will get first dibs on these new designs - for 24 hours before I show them to everyone else! Click below to join our community!
 I have a new jewelry collection coming out on March 1 - it will be shown ONLY to those on my email list for the first 24 hours, then to everyone else.
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 Laura Teague
Laura lives in Baton Rouge, Louisiana and creates jewelry inspired by ancient and contemporary designs and motifs. Categories
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