tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-87016690998964889372024-03-13T02:42:24.561-07:00studio five-0Fresh, fun, modern design. I love anything bright, cheerful, vintage, Hawaiian inspired.Studio Five-0http://www.blogger.com/profile/00167674408127197230noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8701669099896488937.post-16234228211703175322012-01-19T07:07:00.000-08:002012-01-19T07:10:36.062-08:00I Love Craftcult<script src="http://www.craftcult.com/vault_widget.js">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I love craftcult. I love to check out the recent Etsy front page in the "Vault". I love to search username and see if any of my treasury lists have made the front page (not in recent history.) I love to search to see if any if my vintage items have made the front page...YAY for my lime green Homco frames!!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If you are an Etsy fanatic, you must check out Craftcult: </span><a href="http://www.craftcult.com/"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">http://www.craftcult.com</span></a><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">What a wonderful surprise this morning! My vintage Glasbake finned refrigerator dish made the Etsy front page! I am equally honored and suprised since I almost didn't rescue the dish from Goodwill because clear glass is so darned hard to photograph.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Well, thank you Picnik for giving me a way to edit my photos for Etsy! Great photography, and sometimes not so great photography with a little editing help really does pay off. My vintage Fire King aqua bowl made the front page on Etsy. See the photo editing tutorial here: </span><a href="http://studiofive-0.blogspot.com/2011/11/goodbye-photoshop-hello-picnik.html#links" style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Studio Five-0: Goodbye Photoshop, Hello Picnik</span></a><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">Also, thank <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">you to Adrienne Zavalick from Zavalick Designs in Etsy. Check our her wonderful shop for posters and prints: <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/zavalickdesigns" target="_blank">zavalickdesigns</a></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Making the front page is very exciting for 2 reasons. First, I sold the item, yay! Second, getting on the front page at Etsy is a great way to gain exposure for your shop. It doesn't always translate into sales, but just getting your name out there can make a difference.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">So how do you improve your chances of getting on the front page? First, of course is have great photos. This improves your chances of being placed in Treasuries. Also, making treasuries is a great way to be creative while helping other shops out with exposure. If you love making and commenting on treasuries like I do, then joining a team can be a lot of fun! I recently joined the Treasury Challenge NonTeam. I love the freedom to participate when I want, or don't want, no pressure. I also love the weekly challenges. Seeing the creative ways other team members use the weekly featured item is truly inspiring! Check out the NonTeam blog: <a href="http://treasurychallengenonteam.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Treasury Challenge NonTeam blog</a></span><br />
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It's that time of year. Potlucks, office parties, progressive dinners. I've been on a retro casserole kick these days and can't wait to show up at the next shindig with something really cool!<br />
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Check out these beauties currently listed in my Etsy Shop:<br />
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My favorite is this Mid-Century Danish Modern gold leaf number by Fire King. The pattern looks a little bit like snowflakes or sunbursts. The tapered legs are especially stylish and classic Danish modern. Perfect for swedish meatballs sprinkled with a bit of green parsley.<br />
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This beauty from Glasbake has great style! The base and lid are stunning copper with black handles. The glass insert has a beautifully delicate pattern. Perfect for mac-n-cheese with bread crumb topping.</div>
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I love this elegant California Pottery with fluted lid. The soft tan goes with any decor and the brass trivet is simply beautiful. Perfect for mashed potatoes or bread pudding.</div>
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I've featured this beauty before, but felt it was worth mentioning again. I LOVE the creamcicle colors of orange and cream! This is the perfect for your sweet potatoes with marshmallow topping.</div>
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This green glass divided dish isn't exacly a for casseroles, but I love the sophisticated look to serve up relishes, or perhaps after dinner mints. The little etched glass starbursts add a touch of "Mad Men" style to your holiday table.<br />
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I hope you've enjoyed these vintage serving dishes as much as I have enjoyed sharing them with you. Whatever you choose to serve up your holiday cheer in, do it with retro style!!Studio Five-0http://www.blogger.com/profile/00167674408127197230noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8701669099896488937.post-63440914958493397982011-11-12T20:22:00.001-08:002011-11-12T22:56:37.321-08:00Goodbye Photoshop, Hello Picnik<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If it's not one thing it's another! My desktop computer finally died. </span><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Fundage is a bit low right now, so a new computer is out of the question. </span><span style="font-family: Verdana;">So, what to do about editing photos for my Etsy Vintage shop? We have a family laptop, but it can't handle Photoshop. After some research, it looked like Picnik would be a good deal. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">First of all, Picnik is free! Second, I don't need to download anything onto the laptop, so the Hubby approves. Third, Picnik does everything I need that Photoshop does like adjusting exposure, cropping and resizing images.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">Now the photo is ready to list on Etsy! Editing your images takes a little work and practice, but the results are definitely worth it!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">Thanks to Picnik, I don't need to rush out and buy a new computer. Maybe I'll spend the money on something fun instead...like a new range with an oven that works. Oh the possibilities!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I am so happy to finally come out of my deep work related hibernation and start listing stuff in my Etsy vintage shop again. Don’t get me wrong, I am eternally grateful to have found full time employment, but it has cut into my treasure hunting time significantly.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Armed with strong coffee and my Yard Sale app, I prowled the neighborhood. Wow, what a day! I felt like a kid on Halloween! So, here are the 2 boxes of stuff that I scored today.</span><br />
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<a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/84199650/california-pottery-vintage-casserole" target="_blank"><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Creamcicle Casserole Etsy Listing</span></strong></a></td></tr>
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<a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/84500719/tupperware-vintage-stackable-servalier" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><strong>Tupperware Etsy Listing</strong></span></a></td></tr>
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On hand I had: 3/16” foamboard (32"x40"), 3 clamp lamps with reflectors, and packing tape. I needed: 25 watt Ott Lites and a white drapery sheer panel. Each of the latter items were $5, so now I am out $20 total. Not bad.<br />
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Since the foamboard is 32" tall, I cut it in half to make 2 - 16"x40" pieces. I then cut down to 16" squares. So, the overall dimension of 16" square for each panel was based simply on the material. Although, the size turned out to work out pretty well.<br />
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Next, I measured 2" in from the edges and cut windows out of each square. <br />
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After windows are cut out, trim drapery fabric and sandwich between 2 layers of foamboard. You probably don’t need 2 layers of foamboard really, but I tend to overbuild everything. Plus, it keeps the fabric edges secure and neat.<br />
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Finished box now folds neatly for easy storage.<br />
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Photo time. I used a scrap piece of 4 ply museum board as a backdrop, but any white paper would do. I wanted to try some interesting props, and tropical fruit seemed to fit with my colors. The pineapple was very cooperative! It stood sturdy and didn't complain a bit while I draped it with jewelry. Now, the same cannot be said for the mango and papaya. They wouldn't stay still and the chains kept slipping off. Besides, photographing dressed up fruit started to feel a little too food porn, so I searched for alternate props.<br />
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It was time to bust out my "new" book <em>Trees and Flowers of the Hawaiian Islands.</em> This gorgeous book features hand tinted prints from 1944, and is definitely my best thrift store find in a long time.<br />
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After comparing the pendants against various props, the print background won hands down. <br />
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As for the actual photography technique, well, trial and error is what ended up working for me. My camera is a Sony Cyber-Shot DSC-H10. Nothing fancy, but it allows me to play with settings. Macro (the little flower icon) is on, iso set to 200 and EV set to +1. I need to read up a little more to understand what the settings mean, but it turned out pretty well in spite of my previous point-and-shoot experience.<br />
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Next comes the Photoshop fun. The images need to be cropped square for optimal viewing on Etsy. I use the crop tool while holding down the shift key for a perfect square. After cropping, I resized the image to 150 dpi and 1000 pixels square. Some of the images still came out a little dark, so I played with the brightness and contrast. There are many other ways to adjust the image in Photoshop, but I haven't figured them out yet.<br />
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Go to the pull down menu and pick: Image, Adjustments, Brightness/Contrast. Make sure the preview box is selected. Now, just push the little slides around until the image looks good. Once the images have been uploaded with your listing, you can always go back and adjust if necessary, depending on how your image looks on Etsy. It is always good to keep a copy of the original image before adjustment just in case. Always keep in mind that color is very tricky. The same image will not look the same on any 2 computer monitors. You can drive yourself crazy trying to achieve "perfect" color. Accept that it will never happen.<br />
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Now I am ready to create a listing and upload photos to Etsy. Whew! That was a lot of work, but well worth the effort. I hope you found my little adventure helpful! See the final results: <a href="http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=33129264">http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=33129264</a>#Studio Five-0http://www.blogger.com/profile/00167674408127197230noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8701669099896488937.post-79901588038174027102009-10-16T09:31:00.000-07:002009-10-16T09:38:57.485-07:00Talkin' Story with Kona's House<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-lLm4dwa33x9Aa_kdtPLpC9QUpQOtWigOMCaOI5oNNWpWfvzrEw6y40gZ9hbaMYvWmHombrLUk7mvu0GtdjVaGRAzPatVoqNIEm2aonL2zPYlff8Tvss34s0-c9s076OChyphenhyphencWSYWakI0/s1600-h/konaheader-trans.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-lLm4dwa33x9Aa_kdtPLpC9QUpQOtWigOMCaOI5oNNWpWfvzrEw6y40gZ9hbaMYvWmHombrLUk7mvu0GtdjVaGRAzPatVoqNIEm2aonL2zPYlff8Tvss34s0-c9s076OChyphenhyphencWSYWakI0/s400/konaheader-trans.png" vr="true" /></a><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Thank you to Kona's House for the recent interview on their blog. It is fun to explore the creative process because sometimes I'm really not sure why I create stuff. Check it out. I am looking forward to reading future artists featured at Kona's House!<br />
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</div><a href="http://kona.honustudios.com/art/talkin-story-studio-five-0">http://kona.honustudios.com/art/talkin-story-studio-five-0</a>Studio Five-0http://www.blogger.com/profile/00167674408127197230noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8701669099896488937.post-33413724391250833422009-09-11T13:11:00.000-07:002009-10-16T09:32:53.249-07:00Featured on Hapa|Hale!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHAVrD6nQNivwmwtUgME4R3MVgait3UNmmBkwGtO5SuL7xEuj5PvmmVqQ2Ry-YRJQs2nq5ldBvygDxLmj0LtBdRoCr-tK0r8OsZyBID05cWNs6TB3-p43KqSyMoONsCTXA8HcxTvjvgoo/s1600-h/hapa+hale+pic.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" mq="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHAVrD6nQNivwmwtUgME4R3MVgait3UNmmBkwGtO5SuL7xEuj5PvmmVqQ2Ry-YRJQs2nq5ldBvygDxLmj0LtBdRoCr-tK0r8OsZyBID05cWNs6TB3-p43KqSyMoONsCTXA8HcxTvjvgoo/s320/hapa+hale+pic.jpg" /></a><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Many, many thanks to <a href="http://www.hapahale.com/">http://www.hapahale.com/</a> for the recent feature. hapa|hale is a beautifully written blog about all things Hawaii with a modern twist. I am honored to featured among other very talented designers with a love for the Islands!<br />
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</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"></div>Studio Five-0http://www.blogger.com/profile/00167674408127197230noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8701669099896488937.post-85289787828053328002009-08-18T17:21:00.000-07:002009-08-18T17:58:21.526-07:00Transferable SkillsMy poor drafting board had been sorely neglected. Between AutoCad for work, and quite frankly, not much work in Architecture lately, my drafting board has been collecting dust.<br /><br /><br />Fast forward to cutting out coin purses and coasters..."Gee, I wish I could just cut like I was drafting"...Aha moment! So that's what the rotary cutter is for! Works like a charm.<br /><br /><br />OK, so Mayline purist are probably thinking "You should never use a parallel edge to cut"...well, that went out the window years ago with model making. You learn to work around the little nicks in the edge anyway.<br /><br />So here we are, lining up the pattern with the horizontal edge. The rotary cutter slices through beautifully.<br /><br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371468069198693666" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOzX5qJR1XlBejxEgxZjegOdgvdzIUBxKXG2b2tlzG87CpZm9uOxySDmitCi7ztOlyU44Apdwov-Jtj6gcA1ud1xzuiPcNeQ1PQoTCz7_ng9Rxbx3r6KXflsXRaoacL_kiW3-8K-A8Tug/s400/cutfabric2.jpg" border="0" /><br />Next, take your large triangle. 45 degree works great since it can help to lay out squares.<br /><br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371468712625507122" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkEFlh02sSrk29NKxUiymAk8eCH7vowtr_XTG6C0W3uYz6AUCDBG3HKDtCXo0Tl6yP-gyMz4fIjLHR7Jwx8JEfl1cRKrbqN3Iv9RFujGiT7rPWHxEfRHn4ThtqAm7Ui42j8UuFEhFIqNg/s400/cutfabric3.jpg" border="0" /><br />Start sewing! The perfectly aligned edges make for happy sewing.<br /><br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371469495053085522" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHR0vIoFlH1RFY2kHE346bigG6EZY30SVcB8NUtNn39J2vJ-Q-U5_ibatPqfQoE9d9hY3xkiNu9YVCAWsOHCbKummysA-1jkuCc4QswqB3F4oG-KiZXfDm_bib8XX-epy1zwHRePUkN-A/s400/cutfabric1.jpg" border="0" /><br />I can't claim this little pouch however, learned how to make it from the best zippered pouch tutorial ever:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.twelve22.org/2006/07/zipper_tutorial.html">http://www.twelve22.org/2006/07/zipper_tutorial.html</a><br /><br />Thanks twelve22!<br /><br /><br />Anyway, here is what the finished product looks like. Listed to Etsy this afternoon. <a href="http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=29512678&ref=sr_gallery_1&&ga_search_query=modern+hawaii&ga_search_type=handmade&ga_page=&order=date_desc&includes[]=tags&includes[]=title">http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=29512678&ref=sr_gallery_1&&ga_search_query=modern+hawaii&ga_search_type=handmade&ga_page=&order=date_desc&includes[]=tags&includes[]=title</a><br /><br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371470314865314082" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXocaVX83ud5OgqlMo46EgzQ5oaRLz1SYcm6mYlC3GLy-JKA6aOjUEIGA16_mO3G488uN2IDRhjnMEbeKNryNRE5C-k8wxNGc4g7iztTPAdCFD6mxKmjKAaDy8SAZj5tGoXXldbOwjxZY/s400/blog+8-18-09+4.jpg" border="0" /><br /><br />Time to print more fabric!Studio Five-0http://www.blogger.com/profile/00167674408127197230noreply@blogger.com0