Aaaaaaargh!

Aaaaaaargh!
I'm warning you now that this is me venting.....

All the little things are adding up. 

I had 2 new embroidery pieces to list today.  I got some ok photos of one of them but with the second one I can't get any that aren't blurry.  The screen on my digital camera is broken so I have to push buttons and just hope that it's on the right setting (it's been that way for about 2 years)  so, I turn the thing on wait a few seconds, push the arrow 2 times to the left, take a bunch of photos, load them into the computer and then try again if they are all blurry. So far I've deleted and re-taken about 4 times.  Add too that the dark grey day and the fact that my house tilts so my embroidery keeps rolling away, oh, and my back hurts...... I'm just about ready to throw my hands up get a glass of wine and take a bubble bath. 

Instead I will power on, get the photos taken, make more stuff, start dinner, then maybe wine and bath.

Hey, I warned ya.

Handmade Heaven Giveaway

Giveaway!!!

Today is the day that my orange poppy is up for grabs, along with a whole bunch of other fabulous handmade goods.  If you haven't been over to the Peppermint Giveaways on Fabulous Fun Finds, now is the time because it is only going on for 2 more days.  There will be one winner for each category, and that is quite a haul.

Here is the link to today's category:

http://www.fabulousfunfinds.com/2011/11/handmade-heaven-giveaway-peppermint.html

Be sure to check out the other days too, the giveaways started on Monday 11/7 and are going until Saturday 11/12.

Good Luck!

Peppermint Giveaways!

Starting Monday the 7th Fabulous Fun Finds Blog is having a huge giveaway. 

One of my orange poppy pieces will be in the giveaway on Friday the 11th.

this one

I used my handy dandy new foil reflector for this photo 

You can find more information -->Here

 and you can check out all the items in the giveaway on this---> Pinterst board.

Quick Foil Photography Reflector

The days are getting darker around here, so today I made myself a quick reflector out of foil to help with my product photos.  

I used a small cereal box. Cut off the edge tabs just leaving the front, back and one of the sides.  Coat the box with glue (spray adhesive would work but I don't have any). Lay out the foil and apply the box to the foil ( it's easier to line up the edges that way and keep it from getting wonky). 

Then fold over the edges and glue in place. 

Ta da, a quick and easy reflector.

If you do an Internet search there are a variety of opinions on what side of the foil to use, and some people say you should crumple the foil first.....whatever, this works for me.