A mask to bring you joy. And to use up fabric scraps.
Photography - Capturing Black Clothing
Capturing black clothing can be difficult. Maybe you have discovered this if you’ve tried to photograph black handmades before! Here is a tip that can help.
In your photo editor, increase the exposure of just the SHADOWS. Almost every photo editor has an option to increase or decrease shadows. So whichever one you use, it probably has this option.
These pants are the Dawn Jeans and the Philippa Pants. Two wonderful patterns from wonderful designers.
Denim is from Cloth Story.
Photography - Capturing White Things
Capturing white can be challenging. Here’s what I’ve learned — set the exposure low. It’s much easier to increase exposure in editing then it is to decrease exposure while maintaining details of the photograph. So err on the underexposure side.
Set the exposure so it under exposes the white thing you want to focus on in the photo. In the first two photos I wanted to focus on the white dress. The second two photos I wanted to focus on the room itself.
You Are Doing Enough
Do you ever feel pressure to turn your sewing into something other than just a joyful hobby? A lot of us fall into that trap.
Here is an excerpt from an article in a series I am writing on The Thread, a blog by the Fabrics-store.com.
If you love sewing, I want to encourage you to not fall into the pressure of thinking it has to have some purpose other than that it brings you joy, and it brings you clothes you love. Using your talent and enjoying it is perhaps all you need to do to fulfill your purpose and bring joy to that which created you.
You have permission to just sew because you love it and it’s fun.
Click here to read the full article.
The Simple Hairpin
For the love of simple things — The Simple Hairpin from Aningri.
It’s rare for me to buy jewelry, but last year I bought two special pieces from this small company. This sterling silver hairpin is one of the pieces. It’s like wearing a treasure in my hair every time I have it holding up my blonde bun.
