To necklace or not to necklace...

(update on 4/6/2011: Decided to go with sterling silver chains.  My jewelry teacher wasn't telling me that I shouldn't sell pendants on their own.  She was completely not comprehending the idea of not having a pendant on a necklace..yeah, so I took that as a hint to go with chain. It was cord or chain, and I just felt that cord would cheapen the pendant. I had a mini stroke when I purchased the chains (prices have risen since I got my previous chains), but the prices will be included in the sale prices, so I just tell myself that it will be worth it.)

Debating over whether I want to sell the pendants as necklaces (40 sterling silver chains or so for the pendants) or sell them as pendants.  My motivation is mainly for the ease of things for me, but i'm going to run it by my teacher tomorrow night to get her honest opinion. She sells her jewelry in boutiques, so I want her to tell me what she would do, and how she thinks shop owners would respond. If she says necklace, then it's an issue of sterling silver chains, or a silk rope/ribbon. I like the idea of silk rope or ribbon because it keeps costs down. Plus, everyone has their own preferences for chains. The only reason why a chain is good is if you are giving it is a gift.

Hmmmm............................or, maybe I will let the simple pendants have chains, but keep the really high detailed ones simply as pendants.  I would attach them to a shorter piece of ribbon/rope and the shop employees can explain to people that they are pendants...I dunno.  We will see.... I'm very grateful for my teacher because she has been answering my questions, and she has cleared up a lot of the unknown for me.

I'm putting thought into the chains/ribbons now because it is the one "jewelry" detail I haven't figured out yet....well, that and how to display the earings when I give them to the store...get earing card things?  I'm looking forward to getting more silver this week-and my new bench pin- so I can get busy sawing.  I'm hoping to make over 30 pieces (some pieces will be earings, so it will end up being more than 30). I'm going to save the sawing of the fretwork for a 5 day weekend i'm taking over easter weekend. Fretwork is fretwork, I can do one after the other like a freaking factory worker and it has no effect on me. The sawing of the main shapes/drawing of the designs/making the holes  takes more time.

I'm going to saw out 4 main shapes tomorrow night at jewelry class and work on their designs.