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Showing posts with label etsy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label etsy. Show all posts

Monday, March 4, 2013

St. Patrick’s Day preview

Since St. Patrick’s Day is on a Sunday this year, you better believe I’m cooking up something cute and green for my kiddos to wear to church in a couple weeks.  This was Owen’s onesie on his first St. Paddy’s day:IMG_4072 IMG_4084 This past week, I made this little headband for a friend, but I think I’ll be making another one for Ellie.  It’s also in my Etsy shop if your sweetie needs one. :)IMG_0358-001 IMG_0353-001 I have this cute little clip on there too:Shamrock Hair Clipblog-signature-1

Wednesday, October 17, 2012

gift cards

As of today, you can now give Etsy gift cards.  My Christmas wish list is now complete.  That is all.
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Saturday, January 8, 2011

photobox

A few people have asked how I took pictures of Sara's hair bows. I knew that if I wanted to get this Etsy shop actually up and running, I needed to be able to take some decent pictures, even though I just have a point and shoot camera. Photoboxes start at $100. Yeah, not on my budget.


So after some searching around and looking at a few people who made their own, I set out to do the same. Finding a box was no problem as I have a husband who is a box hoarder saver. I actually wish I had chosen one a bit bigger, but this one works for now.

If I was being perfect about it, I would have drawn lines with a ruler about an inch all the way around, like a border. But I wasn't being perfect about it. Using a box cutter, I just winged it and cut out the front and both sides. I found it easier to leave the front flaps on for extra stability and cut them off at the end.
Then, cut a section of tissue paper large enough to fit over the openings. I just taped them on using scotch tape. You may need more than one layer of tissue paper depending on what kind of lighting you need.
Cut a piece of white poster board to fit the inside of your box. The piece of a paper should not be folded, and should be a bit longer than the box. Find some good light. Since I only have one good "spotlight" lamp I just waited until a good amount of sunlight coming through my front door sparing me having to drag out lights or go outside in the cold.
Even my Canon point and shoot can take this:
Hope this helps anyone who needs to take close up pictures of anything! :)
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