More Jewelry + FotoFuze for photo editing!

I was making quite a bit of jewelry months ago and it took me a while to get around to taking photos of them with my DSLR. I listed some of these in our new Tiny Moon shop on Storenvy.

I love these blue howlite beads look with the pearls. I'm probably going to make different color versions of this later.

Pastel oreo cookie earrings made by Crissy out of polymer clay. I only added some ear wires to them!

I'm obsessed with these amethyst stones so I'm always trying to not use them all at once! ;)

Blueberry cupcake ring made by Crissy out of polymer clay and it is modeled by my 4-year-old monkey. 

Wire wrapped elephant pendant and various glass beads with dyed howlite beads!

A "slave bracelet" with turquoise stone beads.

I'm probably going to do some more wire wrapping soon. Maybe some rings!

P.S. 

I edited these photos using FotoFuze. It's a free product photography enhancement application that removes distracting elements from the background and gives you a crisp plain background. 

I really like using it when I don't feel like using Photoshop (or when I just don't have access to it because I'm on a different computer!) so I'm always looking out for great browser-based photo editing programs. 

For best results, photos should be taken on a white or black background that is as texture-less as possible. I took my photos on a dark brown table that had a bit of texture to it and it worked well enough.

You can sign up via your Etsy account and grant the application access to your Etsy account to directly edit photos from your listings. Or you can just do what I did and create an account on FotoFuze and upload your photos into the application instead.

To select the product from the background, you use the yellow highlighter tool by coloring over all of the object. It needs to be entirely filled in or it won't render correctly. They have a "check for errors" box right next to your image that shows red on the possible problem areas. You can also use the eraser tool if you selected too much or on the wrong area. 

Another nice feature is that you can highlight some of the shadows behind the product and those will show up in your new fancy background. 

Do you have any favorite browser photo editing programs? I also like using Pixlr for basic retouching.

Bracelets

For some reason I've been addicted to making bracelets with a design on the back of the hand with an attached ring. I get so much more inspired to create things when I can combine different materials together. I wanted to make a stretchy bracelet but also be able to have an unique pendant via wire wrapping.

I really like the one of a kind nature of wrapping crystals and stones, you just do what feels right for each piece rather than having a design in mind and following it exactly. That's what I was thinking about when I was making this butterfly bracelet.

Butterfly:

Wire wrapped butterly bracelet in purples and pinks 💘 #handmade #jewelry #butterfly #wirewrap #wirewrapped #beading #seedbeads #amethyst #boho #bohemian #bohostyle #hippie #gypsy #gypsyjewelry

A photo posted by Amanda🌙🐱 (@whimsywisteria) on Jul 8, 2016 at 12:24pm PDT

I tried using a mix of different type of beads in pink and purple colors. I also added some of my seed beads onto some of the jump rings for extra color but also of course to use up those leftovers beads.

I used the butterfly shape from this Butterfly Brooch tutorial as a reference to start and then improvised the rest to make it the way I wanted. Then I added the beads in the top wing parts by wrapping the wire onto the top outer corners and pulling it down toward the body, wrapping it all around that area to keep it secure. For the bottom wings, I wanted to do something a little different from the top so I attached a jump ring with seed beads on it. When I finished making the rest of the bracelet, I put the light pink crystal bead on the center of the body to make it pop.

Turquoise stones:

A simple bracelet with turquoise beads. #handmade #jewelry #turquoise #boho #bohochic #gypsy #gypsysoul #succulents #nature #handmadejewelry #beading #turquoisebracelet #wirewrapped

A photo posted by Amanda🌙🐱 (@whimsywisteria) on Jul 12, 2016 at 12:58pm PDT

This was inspired by this bracelet that I found on Pinterest. I wanted to make another bracelet with a ring but with the turquoise beads on the back of the hand. I also wanted to keep it a simple design (unlike the butterfly one!).

I just put the beads on a gold wire and wire wrapped loops on each end. I made the chains out of small jump rings and attached a clasp.

Sailor Moon hats

I really love Sailor Neptune and wanted to make a beanie in her colors! I'm really considering cosplaying as her one day because I do want to revisit teal hair and get started with sewing again. I'll basically have a year so that may be enough time to create it.

 







I created this etsy months ago and now I have a reason to list items up.  I know some people prefer physical items so anything sold will be deemed as a donation towards Bella! I want to say thanks to those who have shard my shop, links, donated money, bought ads, etc. It has been a super slow for nearly 2 months which started to discourage me. Bella went in for a check up and we're just waiting to see how the medication is for her. She's normally a lazy pup anyways but these meds have turned her into a complete zombie, it's weird. We are supposed to get a call back soon from the vet to see how she's doing. I'm sure she's fine :)

Have a great Monday!