Thanks for the nice comments everyone! I am very proud of my little collection and I am stoked that others find them beautiful as well.

Robin, I don't have any secrets in fact my camera is not very good but lighting is an inexpensive way to get good photos out of a sub-par camera. I use a simple set-up of clamp lamps with GE Reveal bulbs and I set my white balance each time I shoot inorder to get a more accurate representation of color in my photos.