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Update on writing “how to”articles

Back in March,I wrote a series of “how to”articles at www.ehow.com. So far,I have written 9 articles,but unfortunately,although they have been viewed over 900 times,I have earned a total of $4.76. Not a great investment so far! I haven’t given up on this,and have recently added a new [...]

How to:Take photographs of Jewelry

One of the tasks to be tackled in selling jewelry is how to photograph it in a way that brings out the shape and the subtlety of the piece. As mentioned below,Jacqui has started to create beautiful silver wire-wrap jewelry by carefully encasing a cabochon –a shaped and polished semi-precious gemstone –in [...]

My first sale of a Business Card!

I mentioned in a post in early April that I had tried a new venture –the creation of photographic templates for business cards. I had created 30 templates and spent time uploading them,but throughout the month –nothing! I checked today,and,finally,a sale of a business card. The one that sold [...]

Another Venture –Silver wire-wrap jewelry

My wife has now started her own venture under the Backyard Productions LLC entity –the creation of unique sterling silver wire-wrap cabochon pendants. These start from ornate polished semi-precious stones –called cabochons –and then she created a supporting environment of sterling silver wire,holding and enhancing the pendant for a lovely necklace [...]

April Stock Photography Earnings now in!

April has been another great month for sales of my photographs –$240 in sales. This was pretty evenly distributed around the main sites,with Shutterstock being the best at almost $90 in the month,helped by one sale at $28 on the last day of the month! This makes two months in a row [...]