Fall and Winter trend Jewelry Entry Contest
Haley Mindes Thursday, August 1, 2013 at 10:00AM 
Sheffield students often ask me where they should purchase jewelry making supplies. The first question I ask is what exactly are you looking for? I use several different sources for various reasons. The information I pass on to students is from my personal experiences over the past decade of purchasing my own materials for jewelry making.
Rio Grande has been one of my sources for a long time. Yesterday I received an email for a contest entry from Rio Grande, teaming up with Pinterest, to submit a Fall / Winter collection. This is an ideal contest for Sheffield students to enter. I encourage Sheffield students to enter not only for the prize but for the experience - particularly for those who are working on photographing the collection they are creating in units 5 & 6. This contest is also great for our graduates who have completed photographing their collection.
All that is needed to enter is to submit to Rio Grande (pinterest@riogrande.com) a link to your images on a Pinterest board that you created with your collection, along with descriptions of your pieces. Not only will you be entered to win a Rio Grande credit towards materials - and what jewelry designer does not want more materials! - but it is a great experience to launch a collection. You will receive exposure for your work leading traffic to your online store, and you will see what it is you are doing correctly and where you need to improve. This is a natural growth process and builds confidence.
I will be posting other contest entries from other vendors that I like as I see them, but this one is unusual because it calls for a submission of an entire collection. Generally contests call for an entry with only one piece.
Enter by August 15th. Good Luck !!
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