Wearing your MultiStrand Jewelry - Chic Style

Hello Guys,

Hope your week is going great so far?  I thought i shared a different way to wear simple multistrand beaded jewelry.

Here's a picture of a fashion Stylist wearing her piece Chic Style, and another inspiration for a summer day or casual outing.

This piece is made from gold crystals and now available at our online store www.seundsbeads.com while stock lasts. Product name "Empress Diane".

Have a great week x

Appreciating Jewelry Designers

Hello SeunD's blog family!

It feels like it took soo long to be back to blogging. I had so much up my sleeves which took away a lot of spare time.

I have so many things I had wanted to share in my time away and will be posting them from time to time. Please forgive my absence. I missed you too. Lol

On the top of my list is appreciating Jewelry designers/ Jewelry Makers.

I remember my first attempt stringing seed beads was in 2009 when I was still learning what kinds of beads were out there and how I could apply them to my jobs. I enjoyed every bit of making single multistrand pieces from it, it was interesting how versatile they were.
Fast forward to now,  seed beads seems to be popular and now used in various stitching/ jewelry making techniques.

It's simple to source with reasonable pricing, however can be quite tedious and time consuming, it's high time we stop placing low value on handmade jewelry and start appreciating the time, passion and effort jewelrydesigners/beaders put in each piece.

It's priceless, please support and encourage any jewelry maker or aspiring jewelry makers you know in any way you can. It goes a long way.... Let's not kill the passion, it's our industry, Lets protect it!

Bead Making Training Session

We are delighted to announce our next Jewelry Making training Session in London, United Kingdom.
This session will introduce the fundamental aspects of making your own Jewelry from a wide variety of materials with various projects covered including bracelets, necklaces, earrings etc.

We have had various requests for training throughout the year and are pleased to have this confirmed to hold in November. A session in Lagos is currently in the pipeline, further information on this will also be posted once a date has been confirmed.

For further enquiries on taking part, please do not hesitate to drop us a mail @ seundsbeadworks@gmail.com.

On behalf of SeunD’s Beads.

Website- www.seundsbeads.com

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Sneak Peek: Signatures by SeunD

I'm quite excited about the release of our latest collection ‘Signatures by SeunD’.  A couple of days ago, a photo session was arranged ahead of the launch.

I thought it will be great for our readers have a glimpse prior to release. The below photo is one of our models wearing one of the pieces from the collection.

Thanks to the crew  members for their fantastic work on the day. I will like to use this opportunity to thank our readers for the response so far since we started blogging, its been greatly appreciated.

Stay tuned and enjoy the weekend :-)

Lauren wearing Cluster

With one of our photographers.

Photographing Jewelry - The Basics

As a jewelry designer or as a newbie to the field, you will agree that its worth having a form of archive or a portfolio of your past works. This is necessary to share your photos with prospective clients, it also allows you to refer to them when looking for ideas and serves as a reminder of what you have accomplished.
In this post, I will be sharing the basic tips needed to help with the process at a beginners level.
You do not need a lot at this level, although it can be sometimes tempting to get the best materials you need to showcase the best you have put in your jewelry, this can be sometimes costly, so its advisable to stay within the limit and minimise cost as much as you can.

What you need...
The Jewelry, a digital camera, 2 sheets of white cardboards, and a window with good white light coverage.

Camera:
1. Set your camera to manual mode.
2. Programme the white balance setting - This will help the camera adjust itself to various lighting conditions.
3. Turn off the flash - This will remove glaring from the metals or crystals you might have in your jewelry.
4. Ensure you have enough battery life to cover the session.

Lighting:
In general, lighting is essential when taking photos, there are different ways to adopt a good lighting system. I will be focusing more on a DIY approach, as you get comfortable with this, it will help learn the tricks of taking beautiful photos and help work your way up to an intermediate and advanced stage.
I find that photos are best taken around 11am to 2pm, although this can be affected depending on the condition of the weather.

1.Set your table close enough to the window. (I.e) the Jewelry facing the window.
2.Use a sheet of the cardboard to act as a backdrop for the jewelry you are photographing, if required use a tape to hold it in place.
3.Use the second cardboard sheet as a base. Ie. Where the jewelry will sit on. This can be cut to a comfortable size providing there is nothing else coming into the picture. Some people prefer to use a jewelry display with their jewelry and others prefer the jewelry without the display. You should try the two options to see what works best for your kind of jewelry. Make sure you take the pictures from different angles.

Cleaning: Clean your jewelry before taking pictures.

Patience: Patience and practice are very important. Take a break and see how the images are coming up and make changes if need be, you will be surprised of your newly found skill :-)

Please feel free to leave me a comment to know how you got on and throw any questions you might have along the way.

Finally Joined the Blogging Community !!!

Welcome to SeunD's Blog :-)

I am delighted to invite you into my world…..

From a young age, growing up with fashion has made me appreciate a lot of beautiful things in life, the most significant is Jewelry, and how it brings out beauty and confidence in women.  I am a Creative Jewelry designer and specialise in handmade jewelry ranging from semi-precious gemstones, crystal Swarovski elements, pearls, corals etc

Friends who are already familiar with the name SeunD would have been through association with our fan page on facebook https://www.facebook.com/beadworksyseunD, our online store www.seundsbeads.com or through postings by various fashion and wedding blogs. In my dealings with clients, i found that i was addressed as a male until they got to speak to me. 'Still cant get my head around that'.  All i can say is you will be seeing the female part of me regularly on this blog. lol

 Following requests from fans ,aspiring Jewelry makers and my goal to encourage others in their chosen fields, I had been thinking of a medium where I can interact with my clients, fans, well-wishers, and aspiring Jewelry makers who want to learn or share one or two things with me. So here I am – At your service!

 As you can imagine it’s all about Jewelry making, I will be sharing with you all about my passion, so get your imagination hats on and please free to drop a comment and we will be very happy to respond with any questions you might have.

I’m most thankful for God’s grace in my life, also to my family, friends, fans, and support from everyone till date. Stay tuned and visit us regularly for updates.

Seun x