I just can't seem to keep up!
Every day or so I think, "Self, you really need to do XYZ today." And most of those days, I feel like I failed at keeping up with myself. It's really starting to get to me. With spring finally peeking out, I have this overwhelming desire to get everything on track, organized and cleaned . . . but I seem to have way too many goals and not enough time or commitment to getting them all accomplished.
I did, however, manage to get one thing done this weekend! I got great picture of some new stitch markers and got them listed in my Etsy shop! Here's my favorite new set:
These pewter heart charms are just cute enough without being sickly sweet. I have to admit I kept a set of these for myself!
Photographing these sorts of things is always a challenge. I generally suck at photography anyway, but I think I may finally have figured out a few tricks to getting better digital pictures. The #1 thing I've learned is to take way more shots than you think you'll need, so you have a bunch to pick from when you go to edit! That, and shoot in daylight and edit as little as possible in Photoshop . . . I kind of want to go back and reshoot my old, crappy shots, but enough is enough on the To Do list! Maybe if I ever upgrade my camera . . .
4 Responses
Emily
Cute stitch markers!
Chelle
I know exactly what you mean about wanting to clean/organize, but feeling overwhelmed with little time and too many comittments.
Keatyn
I love those stitch markers they are adorable.
Sherry Scott
April 17, 2008
I’ve done a lot of selling on Ebay and have needed to do a lot of photography for that. I’ve found that my best asset for close photos with great detail is to use a Sony Mavica camera. They sell on Ebay for not much money and have great macro lenses for very close up work. I take photos so close that you can easily read the print on pages and serial numbers of a variety of items. These are the older cameras that use 3" computer disks for the memory. I use my new Sony digital for mid and far off photos.