Treasury Challenge Winner!

Our winner for this weeks treasury challenge is Luvbuzz!  With fall just around the corner Luvbuzz is looking forward with her beautiful collection of fall colored items.




Make sure you take a moment and check out Luvbuzz's shop.
It's filled with all sorts of comfy wearable items that make fall all that much better!

Thanks to everyone who participates in our treasury challenge.  And stay tuned for the next winner!

Sights Around Olympia

 Procession of the Species:

Street Chalk Drawing followed by a Parade; proving life on earth matters.

I have been to this colorful parade before, but I have never known how it begins behind the scenes.  Did you know that there is an amazing art studio open to the public in downtown Olympia?  

I highly recommend going and if you do, bring a little cash to pay for your art supplies. The studio runs on donations alone! Their mission: To empower communities to engage in cultural relationships with the natural world as a means of sustaining efforts of environmental protection and restoration. That translates to: people celebrating nature in community.

On the day of the procession, as you sit on the side of the road waiting for the festivities to start, a flat bed wagon will come by carrying loads of big sidewalk chalk. Run out and grab a few colors, then create some artwork of your own while you wait.  But whatever you are doing when the parade begins, there will be no mistake about it because the sound of instruments makes you want to get up and dance. 

And the artwork and costumes that accompany the sounds are simply amazing!

There are people parading in groups,

or by themselves,

but however they pass by you, most of them are singing,

or dancing, 

And all of them moving. You should join them.

It’s a fun time to be had by all. Check out their website: http://www.procession.org/index.php.

Thanks to DelaneyJewelry  for such a great blog post!

Treasury Challenge Winners!

This week we have two amazing winners for our Treasury Challenge!

In no particular order, firs up we have AzureArts who creates some beautiful smelling candles and Soaps made from soy. I am particularly fond of the corn bread candle that I have acquired from her. I can't wait to smell some of her other creations!





Next up is Delaney Jewelry with her wonderful keepsake creations perfect for any memorable milestone along the road of life.



Thanks to everyone for your participation. We are all looking forward to the next challenge.

Photo Editing Tutorial #3

It's no secret that Etsy sellers are always looking for ways to improve their photography skills.   Over the last couple of weeks Jessica from DollProject has been creating video tutorials for our learning pleasure.  This is our third video and I just want to say Thanks Jessica, for your great work, we really appreciate it.


The following tutorial shows viewers how to fade out the background of their product image using a blocking technique. To apply this simple blocking method, you can use either a photo program with layer capabilities or a free online application called fotofuze.com.

Photo Editing Tutorial #2

This segment shows the basics of editing a photo in photoshop—I cover white balance, hue and minimizing a distracting background.

Before

After

Thanks to Jessica from Doll Project for creating these great tutorials.