Photography and Photoshop skills

Square Art Magnet Set
Originally uploaded by m.Lee

(or lack of them)

Monday! What a long weekend it was for me. Not terrible, but with some difficult moments for sure. Hope others fared better than I did.

Due to having my sets broken up by selling them individually at the Open Studios a few weekends ago I have needed to retake some square magnet photos. Heck, who am I kidding I have been needing to take photos of all sorts of products like these for ages. And yesterday I finally had a sunny day where I had time and my camera battery was actually not dead when I went to take them. I got magnets and mirrorsand quite a few shots. But still not everything.

For awhile I was trying to be like Kate And take pictures in my inexpensive light tent and then use Photoshop to give them a pure white background. I could do a fairly good job, but not even close to what she seems to do with ease. I've decided that spending the time fighting with my slow running copy of Photoshop Elements to get inferior photos could be better spent elsewhere. Like creating new work! Or quality time with my daughter and husband. Lots of things are better than Photoshop. Goes to prove that I was right not to listen to people that tried to push me into studying Graphic Design because there were lots of jobs (mid 90's) so it was practical. Guess what, lots of people listened to that advice.

So here I am with photos using my original backdrop, wood! It is much easier and I like how it looks and how it reinforces that these are made from actual woodblock prints and are not printed out from a computer.

The blee is sleeping and I have finished my morning tea and Wallaby yogurt, time for me to shower or something productive.

Set of Four Coasters
Originally uploaded by m.Lee

hi everyone... for the first time this year I am having a Saturday Night Special Sale

also known as the cat bite sent me to the doctor sale! hah!.

Just remember to write SNS in the message to seller section and I will send a new invoice if needed. Sale ends at 6am Sunday morning.

Spend $10 or more and get either a free ACEO of my choice or a free reproduction print of your choice.

If you spend under $10 I am offering free shipping to all. Domestic and International!

Everything is available in my shop.

I have a bunch of new pieces in my shop and coming to my shop in the next couple of weeks including this kick ass set of one of a kind coasters! The post man did indeed ring today and after jumping up and down and clapping a couple of times I am now the proud owner of these and many more goodies to come. I also have a bunch of pocket mirrors that I would love to start listing. But the sun has been a no show all day and I can't get good pictures. But they (and more) are all available. All of these new products come from originals and not computer printed out reproductions.

Square Magnets
Originally uploaded by m.Lee

These are coming and so many more goodies made by Kate Black with her button machines of many sizes. All of them are made using real artwork that either didn't work out or work that I made especially for this purpose on scraps of paper that were too small for anything else. Go upcyling!I would have loved to make them myself but I trusted her artistic eye and she didn't let me down. Not only do they look great but she took great photographs of them as well! Expect all sorts of goodies to be coming into my Etsy shop starting next week. If only I had asked for more square magnets. I guess I will have to make some more oopsie prints so I can get more of them! I can't wait for these puppies to arrive! I may have to squeal when I open the box.

I feel a bit better after sleeping many hours last night. There was a jackhammer going outside the bedroom this morning but that didn't keep me from sleeping. It woke me up and annoyed me but I was able to tune it out and go back to sleep. Little blee woke up kicking and that didn't stop me from sleeping either. I'm going to eat something and then finish cleaning off my desk while I still have the energy to do so.

While I still don't know what is going to happen this weekend I haven't given up hope that I will be able to go to New York. I just have to see how I feel today and decide at the end of the day.

Maeby Cockroaching
Originally uploaded by m.Lee

After days of rain the sun is out and everybody in the house is feeling it. Especially the dog apparently!

I'm hoping that the sun is also out in Brooklyn now because yesterday Kate finished making my one of a kind mirrors, big magnets and some other nifty items but it was so grey she couldn't get any good photographs of them.

Speaking of good photographs I was hoping to snap a picture of the Tea Noir that arrived yesterday but my camera batteries are dead and have to be charged. Yay for her living in the same state as me I got my tea faaaaast! I will be enjoying iced Lychee tea again very soon. It looks and smells wonderful.

I finally updated this blog so not only does it no longer look quite so shabby but I also updated my links on it. Now people that I respect like Jennifer Gordon,Jenn Schmitt, and
Tamara Shea are finally getting linked to! I'm trying to keep my links more artsy than craftsy. Tamara makes jewelry sure, but she makes block printed jewelry so I had to include her! I'm still tinkering with how I want it to look. Anything big missing?