Showing posts with label Pictures. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Pictures. Show all posts

Wednesday, February 16, 2011

Crochet, Etsy, Pictures

Yesterday I learned to crochet, I took a class at Joann Fabrics which was informative but a little expensive for what it was.  Crochet has always been a mystery to me, all that looping and twisting but now I know!  I'm thinking I like how knitting looks a little better but the process of crochet is a bit friendlier than knitting.  Once I actually make something other than sampler pieces I'll take a picture and throw it up here.

I've been meaning to write several posts on different subjects but always seem to wait until right before I go to bed to write my posts and then usually decide I'm too tired to write coherently.  I'm just going to have to switch my schedule around to make sure I get my blogging time in.

I now have an Etsy shop up and running, you can find it at www.etsy.com/shop/DancingTreeJewelry/.  So far I've found Etsy to be easier to add items to than Three Sisters, but there are also so many functions like circles, favoriting items and shops, that it gets a little complicated figuring it all out. At the moment there are different items in my shops, eventually I hope to have enough stock to have items listed in both places but that might take a few months before I get two of everything.

I finally got some pictures taken with the help of my wonderful husband. Here are a few of the better ones.
Four Tier Spiral Earrings in Non-Tarnish Silver

8in1 Chainmaille Cuff in NuGold

Thick Clef Bracelet in NuGold

By The Sea Necklace

Sunday, January 23, 2011

New Pictures

Clef Necklace in Silver (Aluminum)
Friday was picture day. Taking pictures of jewelry is tricky and frustrating but I am slowly improving. Getting the picture in focus, without glare and yet bright enough to be clearly visible but not washed out is a delicate balance. I found this site to be very helpful. It has as lot of great links and tips. I found the $15 photo studio link particularly useful for this round of shots. The idea is to use a large, clear rubbermaid box on it's side as your light box. It diffuses the light nicely and it's fairly cheap. Luckily I had one laying around that worked nicely. I didn't have quite the right lighting set up so I had to adjust the lighting in my photo editor for some of the shots. I also couldn't find my mini-tripod so I set up a stack of books and held the camera very carefully, hooray for improvising! Still, I don't have a macro lens so a lot of the shots came out blurry. I found that using the "speed" setting gave me the clearest shots. Perhaps when I re-read my camera's manual I will find a more appropriate setting.

This is my favorite shot of the day:
Byzantine Necklace in Silver (Aluminum)
The couple of props, the drape of the necklace and fabric, it just came out very nicely.