Easy Peasy Photography & A Free Tutorial!!! (Added some photography tutorials)

Blogging from A-Z *P - Photos

Photo Editing Like a Pro - PicMonkey 

How to Make a Cheap DIY Flash Diffuser for Macro Photography

A Small & Portable Food Photography Studio (works for other photos too!)

 Diamond Knotted Cord Bracelet Tutorial

To view my bead soup blog party post, please click HERE. :) 

 

 

Links and information!

The Elusive White Background In Jewelry Photography And How To Achieve It

A Tutorial: Achieving a Pure White Background In Your Jewelry Photography

 

The Guild of Unauthorized Sharing

 

 How I Accidentally Killed One of the Greatest Companies on the Planet

 

***To view my Bead Soup, click here! ***

 

 

Tutorial, DeviantART, Crafting and more!

So peeps, I've got over 160 items in my ArtFire shop now! That's quite an accomplishment, I think. In fact, I listed 19 pairs of earrings last night. *grins* There are some really special earrings that I collaborated with Sharon Kat on- she embroidered little diamonds using a special technique called Kogin, which originates from Northern Japan, (she spent about five years there).

I've also signed up to participate in The Best Little Bead Box. I'm really hoping that I'll get accepted to participate! I'd love to donate to Beads of Courage!!! I might (probably, LOL!) donate to Beads of Courage anyway. But I've got to get crackin' on making more polymer clay flower beads before I do. I'm thinking that instead of marbled backgrounds, I'll focus on solid colors to really show off the tiny flowers, but we'll see.

I updated my "journal" on DeviantArt, finally. You can view some of my older jewelry designs and digital art and photography there. You can also purchase prints and a calendar. :) It's been a while since I've uploaded anything new there. I suppose when I make something really special, I will. *blush*

Click here for a simple chainmaille tutorial. It's REALLY COOL. I'm probably going to try it myself, but I might need more jumprings first. LOL! Chainmaille really uses up the jumprings. You can see a simple chainmaille necklace I made for my brother by clicking here. It used steel and niobium jumprings. And I tell ya, steel is a PAIN to work with. So stiff! But it's pretty durable.

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Mineral Oil & Polymer Clay

Click here for "6 Uses for Mineral Oil". Plus, in the comments there are some additional GREAT ideas. :)

This was prompted by a search on Google. (I LOVE GOOGLE!). Might be able to find some other nifty bits!

Tutorial: How to Etch Copper

This links to a really fabulous tutorial by Copperheart. If you've ever wanted to learn how to etch copper, you should really read this tutorial. =*^.^*=

While you're at it, you can also check out Copperheart's etsy shop.

mothtoflame's bleach paintings...

mothtoflame's paintings seriously rock my socks- not only are they incredibly unique, but they are just gorgeous. She'll even tell you how to make your own via instructions on her website, (although she still has a couple of secret tricks up her sleeve. =~.^=).

If inhaling bleach fumes just doesn't sound attractive, I'm sure mothtoflame wouldn't mind if you bought one of hers. =*^.^*=

costume jewelry glossary

Another great post by gemmafactrix! Click here for the glossary. =*^.^*=

Original forum post here.

What the heck is an ACEO? It's driving me nuts!

As asked by LisaDuvall in the Etsy Forums here. There are a lot of great responses, but I think the best answer comes from Wikipedia here. Thanks for asking a great question, LisaDuvall! =^.^=

Jump Ring Help & Soldering

hundredsofsparrows started this forum thread asking for help making sure that jump rings are secure. It's got some great advice!

DownToTheWireDesigns started this forum thread titled, "So you want to try your hand at soldering?", which is a fabulous tutorial and a materials list all in one.

Art & Craft Questions and Answers!

dmriceart made a kick-butt blog devoted solely for arts & crafts Q&A!

Taken from the blog:
This is the place to share art, and craft techniques and ideas ! If you have a question, or have the answer to one... join us!!! How ? You just sign up with our Yahoo group, and I send you an invitation to the blog! That easy! Join today! Join the yahoo group associated with this blog, here.

Thanks dmriceart! This is one AWESOME idea! =*^.^*=

Engraving Tips and Tricks

You can read all about it in this Etsy forum post! =*^.^*=

A WHOLE Lot of Tutorials

ArtistHowToDOTcom posted a link to their website from the Etsy forums- which is chock-FULL of tutorials. =^.^= I have yet to look around, but I bet it's worth a look! (Or more!)