Wednesday 15 October 2008

New website and a cocktail ring


I did it. I'm live!!! My new website that is LOL. I almost hyperventilated when I turned it on, but I did it!!! I'd love to hear what you think - go to Annette Piper Dip. Gem. Handcrafted Jewellery and check it out. (Hopefully I haven't made too many mistakes on it!)

It has been a bit of scramble with taking new photographs or re-editing good older pics, writing descriptions and loading stock onto the site, along with doing shows, having the children on holidays and making orders and new stock. Yes, I feel a little in a whirl!

Now begins the slow process of building my rank up in the search engines and getting 'noticed' all over again. *sigh*. Maybe I should ask Designing Hilary for some tips - she recently had a wrist slap by google for being naughty for repeat content and as a result her page rank plummeted ... but I see it is making a return to the higher numbers. Good girl!

I have the Coolah Spring Gardens Festival this weekend and will be at the Pilca Butta homestead on both days if you happen to be wandering around the vicinity! I really must get organised for that. I note I have been tagged AND received an award too - I will post on those next time (never enough hours in the day!!!).

After MANY requests for rings, I took the plunge a few months ago and started with delicate little gem rings which have been really well received. Then the requests escalated to not just 'rings' but to 'cocktail rings'. OK. I took up the challenge and have a made a couple to see how they're received. One is pictured above and I just love the amethyst focal stone which is surrounded with more amethyst - light and dark for gleam, sparkle and interest, all put together with argentinium sterling silver. The rings are very comfortable and sit snugly along your finger yet still make quite a statement.

Till next!

19 comments:

Anonymous said...

Annette, your new website is fabulous! It showcases your gorgeous designs beautifully. I am sure you are satisfied that all your hard work on the site has paid off. Well done you. Louisa

Pink Heels said...

Congratulations on the expansion of your business! The rings are a great addition.

ChezChani said...

I really like it! What is dip.gem. mean?

Anonymous said...

Love the ring! Wow! Love the website! Did you take the pic on the home page? Beautiful!

Inspired Designs by Teresa said...

Congratulations on your new website! It is very elegant, just like your designs. Best of luck with it!

Teresa M.

Ananda said...

congrats on the new web site. i discovered you on pink heels.

Anonymous said...

Congratulations Annette. Your new site looks fantastic. Well done.

Jodie @ The Haby Goddess said...

Annette, your photography showcases your jewellery so beautifully. The images on your website and blog are just delightful.

Anonymous said...

Annette, please be sure to check out my Friday blog!!

Anonymous said...

Annette, your new web site is wonderful. Congratulations!
Your designs are fabulous and are a highlight to your web site design.
Perhaps you can look into hosting your blog on your domain. I believe this will help towards improving your ranking.

Anonymous said...

Annette the Amethyst Cocktail Ring is stunning. Well done for going beyond what your normally create and trying something new.

It was well worth the effort (oh and it made my post today a lot easier - so much easier to write when you absolutely love what you are writing about http://www.mynewshinyshoes.com/wow-what-a-gem/

Elizabeth Channel said...

That ring is so different--I haven't seen anything like it! So unique!

Piktorize said...

Annette - as a lover of amethyst I have to say the ring is stunning! I hope you don't mind I 'borrowed' the image for my blog. Your new site is also stunning! Now you can breathe...!!

KH said...

The site looks great, really clean and simple allowing the beauty of your designs to really stand out! I love that ring as well, stunning.

Chris said...

You have a talent! Your jewlery is beautiful.

icklekids said...

Annette ... you must be thrilled! The site looks fantastic - really easy to navigate around, the pictures - stunning as usual, and the jewellery ... to die for!

Well done!

Unknown said...

Oh very nice work! Glad I found you while surfing. I'm very impressed! Congratulations on your new blog.
Lynn

Metal Earrings said...

In my opinion Cocktail rings are most famous rings as these are rings have a centered diamond with many surrounded tiny diamonds, nearly any oversized ladies' ring may be termed "cocktail". This is the most common type of costume jewellery ring and is also known as a cluster ring and dinner ring.

Designer Cocktail Rings said...

This cocktail ring looking awesome.

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