Gilruth Designs' Facebook Fan Page Goes Live

I now have a fan page on Facebook.  If you'd like to visit it, just go to Facebook and type "Gilruth Designs" in the search window that is located in the upper right hand corner of Facebook.  That will bring up Gilruth Designs' fan page.  Please become a fan of Gilruth Designs.

I have listed two more items at my Etsy shop:  A dainty daisy bracelet, and a tubular netting bracelet.  I am so excited to finally have gotten a few items posted for sale.

Have a happy and safe Halloween

Lila Guenther

Gilruth Designs' Shop

Gilruth Designs - Beaded Jewelry Blog - Here we come world!

Hello everyone.  I am finally getting most of my ducks in a row and am almost ready to start chosing jewelry to sell online at Etsy and Artfire.

I started beading when I was a kid, then again in college.  I didn't start beading again until my mom gave me a diamond ring.  I had been looking for the style of the ring online and started noticeing other gemstones - like colored ones.  That got me noticing other jewelry, and BEADS! 

I spent the next 3 years reading beading books and absorbing as much information as I could, while trying out stitches, wearing my jewelry around.  Eventually people started commenting on my jewelry and saying:  "you should sell that."  Of course I was flattered and I started wondering, gosh, could I sell my jewelry?

Since that time I have made a few customer orders for clients, and have restrung a necklace, and sold a few pieces at a show at the local German society.

I am encouraged that my jewelry will sell once I get some jewelry online.

My next step is to figure out how to photograph my jewelry.  I had been using a scanner which worked relatively well for e-mailing photos.  But that's probably not professional enough now.  The danged thing is broken now too, so I can't even inventory my beads and findings.

But I will get brave and try some photography.

Any suggestions for a photobox would be appreciated.

Thanks for reading

Lila Guenther
Gilruth Designs