Jewelry Designers Wanted

Have you ever wanted to try your hand at designing beaded jewelry professionally? If so, here's a great opportunity! EK Success Brands has announced a call for jewelry designers to be part of their Creative Artist Team for 2010 for their Jolee's Jewels line of products, including genuine CRYSTALLIZED - Swarovski components and beads.

The guidelines for submissions can be found on the EK Success Brands website. You should include information on your jewelry design and teaching experience, as well as any links to online portfolios or blogs, and they also require that you send two finished samples to them for their review.

If you've never submitted designs for a review before, you might want to check out these helpful suggestions from Jean Campbell, Founding Editor of Beadwork Magazine, on the Beading Daily blog. Jean has some wonderful suggestions and tips for making your work look professional and polished.

Another suggestion I can give is to always enclose a self-addressed envelope or box with enough postage to make sure that your work can be returned to you. While it's not usually required, it makes the return process easier for everyone, and this way you can be sure that the package is properly addressed.

The deadline for submissions is September 30, so take a good look through your original designs and see if there are any that stand out. You might be selected to work for Jolee's Jewels in 2010!