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Monday, January 11, 2016

Earrings without a name

This must sound very silly. But for me the most challenging part of the process from picking beads to finally selling a piece of jewelry are naming a finished piece and taking beautiful pictures.


As you can see here. My deepest apologies for these pictures. Normally I am able to make slightly better ones, but I’m in the Netherlands right now. Without my camera. So I tried to take pictures with the best available option at my mum's house; an Ipad.
And for the name…well, the title says it all. I certainly could use your help in this department, so your suggestions are more than welcome.



These earrings are made with beautiful olive green glass disc beads made by Debbie Sanders, handmade polymer clay disc beads in shades of green and purple by Heather Powers and handmade ear wires from my friend Lucy Haslam.
Available in my shop once I’m back in Greece (and able to make better pictures).
Thanks for looking.
Janine
Esfera Jewelry

15 comments:

  1. Lovely wee stackers! Sorry, no name suggestions!

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    1. Thank you Claire. Oh, "lovely wee stackers" might be a good name LOL

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  2. Lovely! The Indians have a word for something that has no name - Anamika, pronounced Er - naam - ika
    Perhaps you should try that :)
    Neena

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    1. Thank you Neena. And I love that word -Anamika-. Very good suggestions, thank you.

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  3. I love them Janine!! very earthy in color and nature. I'm an earthy kinda gal, ♥♥♥

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    1. Thank you Lynn :-) I think I'm an earthy kinda gal as well. I have to visit your beautiful neighborhood one day so we can hike!

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  4. Janine, they are so pretty! I can't think of a name, but they remind me of the colors of artichokes! (greens/browns/purples) :)

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    1. Thank you so much for your comment :-) Artichokes...I never thought of that...hmmm we might be getting somewhere with that.

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  5. changed my mind - dew drops on butterscotch

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    1. Thank you Katherine :-) That is a wonderful name!

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  6. Janine, the earrings are lovely. And I have the same difficulties you do, both of them. ;) I do not give names to my work for that reason. I love the wonderful, clever, imaginative names people give to their work; I just can't do it. :) You've got some great suggestions here!!

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    1. Thank you Norbel! I'm so glad I'm not the only one with this problem :-) And I agree, some great suggestions. Now the next hard part...pick one of them :-)

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  7. Naming is a tough thing, some people can come up with so many ideas. I'm not one of them. periodically I actually think of something and I'm so pleased when it happens. They are beautiful even if they remain nameless. I like Neena's suggestion of Anamika!!

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  8. Thank you so much Kristi! I love your support. And as I said to Norbel, I'm so glad I'm not the only one with the naming problem.

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