How About Orange. Candoodles. So, hi. Design That Inspires | home / fashion / graphic + web design. A Beautiful Mess. I love using cloth napkins to dress up our dinner table, and through the years I've grown even more fond of their sustainability and cost effectiveness. Though, I'm not sure how cost effective it is if you keep buying more and more cloth napkins each year!
This holiday season I thought it would be fun to look at how I could dress up the napkins I already own to give them an extra festive vibe. Check out three simple ways you can give new life to your table linens. And hey! Two of them are even no sew! Ribbon Trimmed Napkin This look is so (no sew) simple! Supplies:-ribbon-heat bond in width of ribbon-cloth napkin (buy mine here)-iron-fabric scissors (not shown above) Step One: Trim pieces of your ribbon to be about 1.5 inches longer than the width of your napkins. Step Two: Fold down the edges of each ribbon segment about 1/4" and iron flat. Step Three: Iron the heat bond to the ribbon (pressing with hot iron for two seconds), then peel off the paper backing. Pom-Pom Trimmed Napkin. Handmade in Israel. McLaughlin Designs | Create a Fashion Statement {knitting, photography, design} We are fully immersed in the “Do it Yourself Era.” The trend is fueled by nostalgia, this same nostalgia drives us back to fixie bikes, film cameras, and vinyls.
My parents generation (the baby boomers) fled their roots to make a new life for themselves. They started businesses, created the current status quo for families (two kids, two cars, mid sized suburban home), and gave their children everything they didn’t have growing up. As a result the current generation of young people (20-30yr olds) and many others are trying to return to their roots and rediscover what makes things have emotional value.
All of this rambling is the product of my experience as one who both creates and loves to teach. I recently got back into making jewelry. One easy way to make your own jewelry is to buy a chain (gold, brass, silver, or mixed metal) and then hunt for a pendant. Amethyst Druzy Necklace Another option is to search for a druzy pendant and buy a chain separately. Shops that sell druzy pendants: Kim Smith does BA Illustration. Yellow Heart Art. Justnoey. Darkroom and Dearly: DIY Projects. Today's post contains a few tips on how to take pictures of Christmas trees. I don't claim to be an expert at photography, so these are just the things I have discovered messing around with my camera. You may have some helpful tips of your own, so feel free to share! {tips on how to photograph a christmas tree} Your first step is going to be setting up a tripod for your camera.
Since these are low-light shots, it's imperative that you have a stable base on which to place your camera. Otherwise you're going to be frustrated by photo blurriness. You'll also need a wider lens on your camera if you want to get the whole tree in one shot. Once you have your setup ready, let's play with your camera settings. There are a few ways you can do this. Shutter speed: 3" Aperture: F/5.6 ISO: 1000 White balance: Tungsten (or Kelvin 2500) (Ignore the ISO, shutter speed and aperture number in this demo, I know it says 1600, 8" and f/16... we'll get to that in a minute). Julie Ann Art. A Smith of All Trades. Paperplanes and maryjanes. Art equals happy.
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