Opinions Please!

I have noticed more and more on etsy (the wonderful online shopping site for handmade, vintage and craft supplies) where I have my jewelry shop, threepeats, that the "background" of choice for most item photos is bright white. Items photographed this way make it to the front page and treasuries more often. I have gotten gentle suggestions from etsy teammates to try it and so I have.

Let me start by saying that I like the natural stone background I have been shooting my jewelry against. In my mind, it "fits" the philosophy of my shop - that I recycle vintage materials into modern pieces. But I am willing to change with the times (although re-taking more than 500 pictures will take some time). So, readers, I'd appreciate your take on this. Please leave a comment on this post and tell me whether you prefer the white background or the stone background for my Jumping Through Hoops Dangle Earrings. Tell me why if you have some more time!

I want to say one word to you. Just one word. Plastics. (The Graduate 1967)

Yes, plastics. When they were invented in the 1930's the multitude of uses to which they could be put was immediately apparent...especially in costume jewlery. Vintage plastic beads are one of my favorite materials. I like hunting for them, finding them even more and recycling them into my necklaces and earrings. They imitate glass and shell without the fragility, stone without the weight and pearls and other gems without the expense.

I am a plastic fantastic lover!