Friday, October 31, 2008

featured in your heart out blog!

This pillow was featured in your heart out blog! Thanks! You can view the link here:
http://yourheartout.com/?p=3278 or go to my etsy shop where it is available for purchase. I don't know why I've not noticed this before but, that is not the best picture is it? It looks blurry. I will have to fix that because that is not a true representation of the pillow. Next time I will use my tripod to take the photo!

Wednesday, October 29, 2008

DIY lightbox

Here is the DIY lightbox I made last night. I found some tutorials online and decided to go for it. I've been thinking about buying a lightbox, however they can be costly. I thought I would go this route first. It was fairly inexpensive, and super easy to make. I'm having a hard time achieving a quality photo though. I'm doing something wrong here, I just can't figure out what it is. My camera doesn't come with too many instructions for different shooting scenarios and I have already had to change the batteries twice due to the flash eating up so much energy. Any suggestions?
UPDATE:
It's a couple of days later and here are some results from the lightbox. I can't get the white background I want on the clothing items I am placing in there. I don't know if I'm using the wrong lights or they are positioned wrong or what. But, when I take close-up photos of my husband's phone, it looks really good.

Sunday, October 26, 2008

more live model poses



Here are some more live model pics that Lizzie graciously sent to me of her son modeling some v.lou textiles apparel. I just can't get over how freakin' cute he is! It's actually really great for me to see these pictures because I can see exactly where the design falls on the t-shirt or onesie in relation to where the garment hangs on the child. By that I mean, looking at the picture that has the skull w/stars t-shirt, I can see that the design needs to be printed a little higher up on the garment so the bulk of the design isn't resting on his stomach. That way, if you wanted to tuck in the shirt, or for a onesie that obviously has to tuck into something, more of the design will be visable.

Saturday, October 25, 2008

Hiking in Salt Lake and the bad air quality


Amy and I went hiking again yesterday this time in the foothills behind RedButte up to the "livingroom". What I thought was a beautiful sunny blue skies day was really this gross layer of air over the valley that you could chew. It's interesting how hard it is to see sometimes from down below. The second picture is looking at downtown and really, you can't even see it in this picture because of the air. It not the buildings in the foreground, those belong to the campus. Downtown is further out.

Monday, October 20, 2008

what a difference a week makes!

I went hiking with Amy and the dogs yesterday. Even though the weather was good and we hiked in shorts, (unlike last weekend when it snowed!) it's just another reminder that winter is almost here. I was hoping to get more fall colors, however, everything has basically given up the ghost. It was pretty barren and brown. But still really beautiful.





Tuesday, October 14, 2008

More things for my etsy store

Here are some pillows I am going to put in my etsy shop. I've chatted with a few people in the forums on etsy and it seems people like my bags but are turned off by the fact that I only have 4 styles in my store. As soon as I perfect pictures, I am going to put these in my shop. Except for the big one in the back. That was a special order for someone in Texas.


Sunday, October 12, 2008

It snowed and I wasn't prepared.


Remember in an earlier post I commented on my garden as "teeny tiny moments of happiness" or something like that? Well, it snowed last night and I wasn't prepared. The weather report made it sound like the snow wasn't coming until today so I didn't weatherize. Now...it's all lost. Which sucks because the garden still had so much going on. For whatever reason, my garden struggled in the beginning of the summer and was just in the last month really giving my all the fruits of my labors. So sad.

At least someone is happy about the snow! I had to go out with the end of the rake this morning and beat the snow off the trees and bushes. Nothing has dropped its leaves yet and I was afraid the extra weight was going to snap some limbs off.


Monday, October 6, 2008

v.lou textiles screen printed onesies online!

I just sold some screen printed onesies to a new online store called beyond the belly basics. They sell natural and organic products for baby but, they are going to have a locals section which is where you will find my designs. It's not up and running quite yet, they are hoping for the first of November. I'll keep you posted!