Sheryl Lambert of Quotentials shares her fused glass jewelry displayed beautifully in three photos - and her tips for achieving your own great jewelry photos using similar props:

Fused glass pendant by Sheryl Lambert
"Photographs for web pages are often put in thumbnail size, and must be eye-catching at that tiny size.

When photographing fused glass jewelry for websites, use a background that is interesting without being distracting.

Fused glass pendant by Sheryl Lambert

Fill plastic containers with textural items, such as rice or beans.

Place your jewelry piece and a decorative item in the beans or rice, and photograph them using the macro setting and natural light.

A small table-top tripod comes in handy here.

Keep a selection of decorative items, such as silk flowers or seashells, that would enhance the color of the piece you are photographing.

Fused glass pendant by Sheryl Lambert

The resulting pictures are eye-catching without taking away from the beauty of your handcrafted jewelry."

Very beautifully displayed and photographed, Sheryl! Thank you for sharing your tips for photographing fused glass jewelry.

Sunni Bergeron of Sunnisan sent in this photo of her fantastic wood burl tree branch jewelry display. She says:

Sunni Bergeron's
wood burl jewelry display

I found a very eye catching display for jewelry in the form of wood burls. I drilled small holes into the branches extending out from the burl to prevent the wood from splitting, and then twisted in some gold-tone cup hangers into the holes.

Next I drilled some larger holes into the burl itself to stand hair sticks or whatever into.

I'm sure any kind of wood burl would work, but I used myrtlewood.

When drilling into a hard wood, be sure to use a very hard steel, go slowly and be patient. I have two drillbits still broken off in one of my burls!

Thanks for sending in this wonderful natural jewelry display idea, Sunni!

And readers - don't miss the generous Art Fairs section of Sunni's site, where you'll see several pages of a great collection of jewelry booth and display photos, plus her wisdom from the various shows she's done.

One lovely way to display pearl or shell jewelry is draped around an attractive seashell.

This is an especially nice jewelry display idea for Spring and Summer shows, or venues in "beachy" locations.