For software GIMP is free, google it, if you've never used anything else you'll be fine with it. However Photoshop Elements comes free with a lot of camera's and is reasonably cheap to buy, that's good and because it's the cut down version it's fairly simple to learn and will do all you need.
@ Jon about the light tent, they're handy and you get a consistent effect. If you can do them in a darkened room using the same lights every time it will be exactly the same so once you've got the camera setting sorted you won't have to change too much. It's a shame to let work go unphotographed but these are difficult, super shiny and reflective and retina burning bright colours that like dull days next to metallics and pearls that love flash, it's difficult to balance them all every time.
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