Aunt Karen's Creations

tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-66783822255301343502011-10-11T09:04:28.028-05:00Aunt Karen's CreationsSharing things about my life, my shop and Etsy Virtual Labs.Aunt Karen's Creationshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10728071149508566771noreply@blogger.comBlogger501100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6678382225530134350.post-14779562767451003712011-03-12T20:28:00.000-06:002011-03-12T20:28:10.350-06:00Getting To Know Etsy...Again! Part II

Finding your Etsy Profile to edit it's contents. Our seller profiles are our opportunity to let buyers and other sellers know a bit about us. This is our opportunity to share part of who we are, how we came to Etsy, our artistic backgrounds and why our shops are special. You can guide people to your personal or professional website, blog, or other sites you may wish to share. Here is

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Amazing Changes There have been many many changes on our Etsy these past few weeks. So many that it's been a challenge to run our shops (at least for some of us). I plan to do a series of posts trying to explain the new ways to maintain our beloved shops. The changes are improvements but change comes hard to many people. I need help from you. What is blocking you? Where do you have the

Aunt Karen's Creationshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10728071149508566771noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6678382225530134350.post-86766233313418242482011-01-04T17:06:00.002-06:002011-01-04T17:08:55.906-06:00This one takes the cake!

Happy New Year Everyone! Though it seems that I've focused on food lately, this one screamed BLOG!! So... please indulge me one last time. Thanks for letting me "borrow" your pic! This was sent to me by my friend Moosie from SweetDreamsByMoosie I've not made this one yet but it sure looked.... interesting! So here goes! Once again this year, I’ve had several requests for my Tequila

Aunt Karen's Creationshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10728071149508566771noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6678382225530134350.post-32008686174734972692010-11-09T08:35:00.000-06:002010-11-09T08:35:55.809-06:00Hamster Control

The room is full, chatting people eagerly awaiting their turn for getting the answer to their carefully submitted question. The lab moderator posts the question. It appears in large print...your excitement builds because it's finally your turn! Your fingers tremble as you type in your shop link so that the room can all go see what you are asking about..... then.... it happens!!!!GRRRRRRR

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Autumn is here, folks! The beautiful colors are showing on the trees, pumpkins are transforming into Jack-O'-Lanterns, critters are stashing food for the long winter. Last week I discovered a marvelous hearty soup! My friend tore the recipe out of her own magazine and gave it to me. Yep I promptly lost it! A frantic call to her yielded this wonderful soup! Hearty Hamburger and Cabbage

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Gosh I didn't realize just how much work went into following the advice on the blog critiques! I tip my hat to all of those before me who listened to and heeded the suggestions they were given. Giggles was asked to reword some of her description, select better tags and to add a picture of her brooch being worn. She did a very nice job! AuntKaren (me) had comments suggesting that

Aunt Karen's Creationshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10728071149508566771noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6678382225530134350.post-64111376542583450722010-09-05T06:20:00.000-05:002010-09-05T06:20:40.220-05:00It's time for another critique!

Let's "get started" again! Wow I just saw that there hasn't been a new post for a month! Well let's fix that, shall we? With the holidays rapidly advancing on us we need to start sprucing up our shops a bit. Let's get back into looking closely at things going on in our shops. We can use the critique of Giggles' item as a start for checking our own shops. Giggles would like the tags title

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In my virtual "travels" around the globe I've noticed something that we all have in common....Summer is HOT! The heat sometimes becomes oppressive, you just don't want to do anything but ache for cool. I found something that cools you down and you can even eat it! This is the first recipe that I've shared and hesitated to post because this isn't a food kinda blog but here it is anyway. It's

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Looking at what the world has to offer. With each new season it seems that it is the time for change. Ole Ignatts Kitty must be contemplating his changes too.... Some of us will change habits we have acquired, some of us will change the way in which we maintain our health and others will change their business tactics. I am going to change my business tactics. The place that I have decided to

Aunt Karen's Creationshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10728071149508566771noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6678382225530134350.post-71217374016455674782010-07-27T10:09:00.000-05:002010-07-27T10:09:43.269-05:00Conclusion of Double Critique #8

This is one critique that is concluding with fantastic results! What a difference! MaineLadyBug has taken your comments to heart and truly made her changes count! Before After This is what she had to say about her critique experience:Hello All ~ I have updated my listing and posted it. I appreciate all your wonderfully helpful comments. I took more pictures using a white background. I

Aunt Karen's Creationshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10728071149508566771noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6678382225530134350.post-36684830959147327902010-07-21T17:47:00.000-05:002010-07-21T17:47:01.229-05:00Double Critique #8 MaineLadyBug and JadedHopeChest

Today we have two shop owners that won the comment quick contest. I selected the items from both shops. They are older listings that have had more than a few views but have not sold. Let's help them sell their wares! Don't forget to check out their descriptions and tags. MaineLadyBug- beautiful bracelet!MaineLadyBug joined Etsy in July of 2008. She lives in beautiful Maine near the shore.

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I'll be posting two more shops this week.JadedHopeChest and MaineLadyBug.Get ready ladies!

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You know how you are driving along starting to get a bit bored - and then a road sign appears that makes you do a double take? I've found a couple of them to share with you. Does the song "Gotta Go Gotta Go Gotta Go Right Now" come to your mind? Must be a rough convention! The last one doesn't have a picture - I wish I'd had a camera though when I saw it. We were driving down the highway

Aunt Karen's Creationshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10728071149508566771noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6678382225530134350.post-49377621428775939292010-07-13T08:54:00.002-05:002010-07-16T16:55:50.087-05:00Results from the critiques of LauriesCustomCreate and MyLittleGirlsCloset

These two ladies really paid attention to the critique comments! The comments left for these two items were very helpful and honest. It looks like everyone was spot-on! Nice job everyone! Laurie will be re-shooting all of her nature based backgrounds to blur the background and pull her earrings forward in her pics. She improved these earrings by shooting them on a textured white background.

Aunt Karen's Creationshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10728071149508566771noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6678382225530134350.post-24802063549966227122010-07-05T07:54:00.000-05:002010-07-16T16:55:50.088-05:00Double Critique # 6

Let the fun begin! We have two terriffic shops looking for a critique on one of their items. Laurie from LauriesCustomCreate and Kathy from MyLittleGirlsCloset. We've seen them appearing in the Virtual Labs and they each have an item that they would love help with. I selected the items from each shop. Let's see how you would improve these wonderful selections. Go to each store and check

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This is just a pretty starfish I've seen by the poll that I posted that you lovelies want more critiques. I took a couple of weeks off from offering critiques and now it's time to start again. Y'all amaze me with your insights and your helpful suggestions in these posts. I hope that you are learning as much as I am! So....since it's time to start the mini critiques again... the only fair

Aunt Karen's Creationshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10728071149508566771noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6678382225530134350.post-7661411142673730522010-06-18T10:02:00.001-05:002010-07-16T16:59:33.443-05:00A Scatterbrain's Method of Organizing Etsy Item Listing

My Procedure for Listing an Etsy Item I love to write down a procedure for various things that seem complicated otherwise. Etsy item posts fall into the complicated category for me. Even just the act of writing down a step-by-step description helps me keep focus on my task. I'd like to share this with you. Maybe it will make listing our items a bit more palatable. First, of course, I make the

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It's time to close the critique for ScrapHappieAz and LuvEweKnits. They both read and appreciated every word y'all put in comments! ScrapHappieAz (Shirley) wrote me this: "I took some more photos showing how the potholders fit on the hand as was suggested. Since it was mentioned that some people did not know how they worked I changed a majority of them to have this photo as the first pic. I

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It's time for number Double Critique #5! I've selected two sellers who have been open over a year and who have second shops too. They frequent the labs and are asking for some tweaking help. Let's wander around and see just how these two ladies manage 2 stores! I'm sure they would be happy to answer your questions too. ScrapHappieAZ and LuvEweKnits have asked for our help! ScrapHappieAZ

Aunt Karen's Creationshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10728071149508566771noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6678382225530134350.post-978087969967088192010-05-21T13:40:00.003-05:002010-07-16T16:58:33.371-05:00Oh... what to do... what to do!

You know what goes through your mind when you drop something that you've been munching on? It hits the floor and for that fleeting second, you wonder - should I?? Well now there is a decision tree you can use to decide! Now you ALL know that you've had to decide in the past... hope this makes that decision easier for the next time!

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It's time to close out our double critique. Thanks to each one of you who commented. Your comments are valued by these sellers and they both send their thanks to each one of you! EvenAndy - Shelley has added new variations of her sign within the listing pictures. She also updated the description to include words that Google uses for search. She also moved the links on her welcome page to her

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It's time we got back to the critiques, don't you think? This time there are two excellent, motivated sellers who would like some new tips. While we all would rather be walking along a Hawaiian beach we need to get back to.... oh heck let's just walk the beach! We can look for signs along the way and then take a refreshing shower with sweet smelling soaps! The first shop in this critique is

Aunt Karen's Creationshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10728071149508566771noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6678382225530134350.post-6732910915035486422010-05-05T09:04:00.001-05:002010-07-16T16:56:00.337-05:00Mother's Day preparations.

I'm not sure how many of you know that my first job and, for the most part, my career was working in flower shops. I started when I was 15 and always kept going back to the floral industry. I've been a floral designer for 35 years. A pleasant past time! One shop would always invite me back. It was the very first shop that I worked in. Russell Florist in Shawnee was where I literally grew up!

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******************************************************A lot of hard work went into these critiques and it looks like everyone will benefit from the efforts. It's time to conlcude the critiques of BananaMiranda and iKnitQuiltSew's items. Thank you for your participation - you have opened your shops to help others learn too. Before

Aunt Karen's Creationshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10728071149508566771noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6678382225530134350.post-4939361713507389462010-04-25T11:11:00.002-05:002010-07-16T16:58:33.371-05:00Thinking it's time for a few smiles :-)

It's been cloudy and rainy here in good ole Peculiar so I thought that a few smiles would be in order. Here's the second half of the notes that mothers wrote to get their child excused from school. "Please excuse Tommy for being absent yesterday. He had diarrhea, and his boots leak." "Irving was absent yesterday because he missed his bust." "Please excuse Jimmy for being. It was his

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============================================= We have two new sellers who are looking for advice. I want to thank all of you for participating in this series, you are all terriffic! Carmen, BananaMiranda opened her shop in May of '09 and is wondering why her Red Jasper necklace . Carmen, we will look at your photos, description, tags and maybe poke around at other areas too. She makes

Aunt Karen's Creationshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10728071149508566771noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6678382225530134350.post-31152898531183055522010-04-20T08:14:00.006-05:002010-07-16T16:56:00.338-05:00Conclusion to Double Critique #2

================================================================= Well this was a success! You all were just terriffic with your comments. ArtJewelry & Yarnabees busily worked on their items improving them and I"m betting the tinkering will just do the trick for both of them! Way to go ladies! ArtJewelry's Results ArtJewelry Before:

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------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Today we are featuring items from ArtJewelry and Yarnabees. Each has submitted what they consider to be their "Help Me!" items. Patsy - artjewelry has been an Etsy buyer since 2007 and has finally taken the plunge to become a seller. She opened her shop (itself) only recently and has truly beautiful jewelry!

Aunt Karen's Creationshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10728071149508566771noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6678382225530134350.post-80532325096003553982010-04-08T04:52:00.001-05:002010-07-16T16:55:50.092-05:00Results from the critiques of Sesenarts and Tatimaia

Wow! What great comments you all gave! It is now time to see the results our helpful comments... Sesenart and Tatimaia have both paid close attention to our comments. Let's see what happened, shall we? Sesenart - Julie worked wonders with an item that was already wonderful! You all know how we detest taking pictures again and again but this time... she got it SO right! This is her 5th shot

Aunt Karen's Creationshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10728071149508566771noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6678382225530134350.post-55163476224744182522010-04-02T19:31:00.000-05:002010-07-16T16:58:33.371-05:00For those who need a laugh......

It's been awhile since I spread some cheer and frankly I could use some too. No real reason I could just use some cheer! I was wandering around the wild wonderful web and found a great site for grins and giggles. Those of you who have or had children remember the excuses that you were forced to write for your child. Here are some that just had to make those working in the school office shake

Aunt Karen's Creationshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10728071149508566771noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6678382225530134350.post-49474033380148013682010-03-31T08:06:00.000-05:002010-07-16T16:55:50.092-05:00Double Feature Critiques

It's critique day! There are two sellers who have offered their items up for critique this time. As I stated in the previous blog there will now be two sellers per critique post so please feel free to comment on BOTH items. You might want to check out this previous posting for guidance in your critique : http://auntkarenscreations.blogspot.com/2009/12/critique-experience.html Julie of

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It seems that there are many of you who would like items critiqued. I had set the schedule for these critiques for one a month but it seems that that is far too long.... so... Meet our newest family member... Karla the Koran angelfish she's just a baby! We are stepping up our reef tank as we are stepping up our critiques in this blog. How is this blog "Stepping Up"? I am now opening the

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Undercoverst's journal "Harold" She did a fine job listening to all of us! Here's a new picture that she included in her listing because of our comments. Sara you did great! Thank you for allowing us the priviledge of critiquing your lovely shop! Here is what she wanted to let y'all know: Thank you everyone so very much for the feed back. I now have to make these changes to all my other

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This has been a very long season. We all have been ready for Spring for a few months now. Well it's here! Today is the first day of spring! I thought you might enjoy seeing what we, here in Peculiar woke up to this fine Spring day. Do you think that the Easter Bunny will mind?

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Good Morning Everyone! It's Zero-Dark-Thirty in the morning and I am sipping a nice wake-up cup of coffee and talking with you. Are you ready to help our next follower? This week's submission is from Undercoverst. She would like this journal reviewed. Meet "Harold" She asked: "What I would love some feedback on is, what questions am I not answering with this? What would hold you back from

Aunt Karen's Creationshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10728071149508566771noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6678382225530134350.post-54551215935875925002010-03-12T08:40:00.005-06:002010-07-16T16:58:33.372-05:00A new word to consider.

There once was a crafter who'd knit, Who'd crochet, and who'd whittle a bit.Her supplies filled a nation.With stuff for creation.Til she cried for a decrapitation!author: jswrites The Laughing Lady is not AK :-) After a "bad day at the office" I needed at least a smile. After figuring out why my embroidery machine kept telling me a thread was broken (nope it wasn't broken... ever), battling

Aunt Karen's Creationshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10728071149508566771noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6678382225530134350.post-28216660232294338782010-03-10T08:30:00.001-06:002010-07-16T16:55:50.093-05:00Conclusion to Illuminession's Critique

It's time to conclude the critique for Illuminession's critique of her Golden Gate Bridge item. The above picture is just one of her improvements! She's worked hard on the helpful comments that you left and is happy to share her results! Carolina replied: I've updated the following things on my listings (there are a couple product situations that didn't allow yet for an image with a

Aunt Karen's Creationshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10728071149508566771noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6678382225530134350.post-6494664492896084952010-03-08T09:34:00.001-06:002010-03-08T09:35:43.141-06:00Looking for the next Volunteer....

Ignatts is hanging about waiting....for his next ambush victim! Illuminession's wonderful pic has been critiqued.....so it's rapidly coming time for the next shop to step up to the Hot Seat. Who will it be? Leave a comment and let's keep this rolling! If there's a shop you would like to nominate... feel free to post them!

Aunt Karen's Creationshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10728071149508566771noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6678382225530134350.post-25625090137195450772010-03-04T09:14:00.001-06:002010-03-04T09:17:53.546-06:00Those Aussie Mechanics

As you've read in my bio, laughter is high on my priority list. I've had this little list for about 10 years. I just found it again yesterday and had more than a few good laughs and I thought I'd share it with you! I truly don't know who to credit for this list but whoever it was I thank you! Qantas Mechanic responses to Pilot's written complaints of the planes that the pilot flew. In order

Aunt Karen's Creationshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10728071149508566771noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6678382225530134350.post-49634108072292579132010-03-02T11:43:00.000-06:002010-03-02T11:43:48.423-06:00Critique of the Month - March

Happy March everyone! I am happy to share that Carolina of Illuminession has offered one of her items for critique. Her shop is full of gorgeous photography and she is looking for ways to improve her descriptions, views of her work, tags and any other helpful ideas that you may have for her. She has submitted this breathtaking shot of the Golden Gate Bridge. How would you like to see this

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Results of the gizecraft critique. Angela - gizecraft has worked very hard on her shop focusing on our critique comments. The following is what she accomplished: Commment from AuntKarensCreations:1. Aunt Karen's Creations said... gizecraft.... ooooh those pictures just POP! Good job! I was looking at your tags, you duplicated a couple of words in tags. Can you come up with alternates for one

Aunt Karen's Creationshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10728071149508566771noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6678382225530134350.post-10796014574402663902010-02-22T09:08:00.000-06:002010-02-22T09:08:06.014-06:00Just a blurb

Today it's just a quick little note to y'all. I've neglected the critique feature badly .... So In just a few days our first Critique Volunteer will be again featured telling us of the changes she's made and her responses to your thoughtful impressions of her items. The next volunteer was Carolina of Illuminession. Get ready young lady give us your neediest listing! Have a wonderful day all

Aunt Karen's Creationshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10728071149508566771noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6678382225530134350.post-75277247308991939322010-02-12T21:46:00.000-06:002010-02-12T21:46:45.766-06:00I need to say thanks to some of you!

My goodness what a whirlwind this past month has been! I had a nasty cold that kept me away from the computer for a week! I took a job at a local florist to help out with Valentine's Day floral arranging. (Holding up my poor perforated fingers...) It was bitter-sweet working at the old shop again..... After more than 50 years in business the flower shop is being closed! I've worked there off

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Thank you all who have agreed to participate in this critique endeavor! It only took a "pretty please with cherries on top", but Gizecraft has offered to be the first to offer up an item for general critique. (She could have held out for the whipped cream too but she took my first offer.) Her beautiful patchwork offerings fill her shop. She asked that we look at her "Patchwork Scarf -

Aunt Karen's Creationshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10728071149508566771noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6678382225530134350.post-67815851475842095202010-01-17T20:52:00.001-06:002010-01-17T20:55:25.726-06:00Let's Play a Critique Game!

Meet Felix and Oscar They are dependent upon one another. Felix is a Pistol Shrimp who is blind. He builds tunnels under the sand and rocks in a reef. Oscar is called a Shrimp Goby. Oscar keeps watch while Felix creates new tunnel work for Oscar to live in. When outside the tunnel Felix always touches Oscar with his feeler. If Oscar senses danger he wriggles and then both he and Felix

Aunt Karen's Creationshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10728071149508566771noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6678382225530134350.post-39458711390563556442010-01-08T08:41:00.000-06:002010-01-08T08:41:41.501-06:00Baby, it's COLD outside!

Rainbows.....Optimism! If I didn't love winter this would be more than aggravating. Thankfully I do love winter so I want to share the serious, comical night we had here in Peculiar last night. The snow here is just gorgeous! I've always loved winter and snow. Snow makes things so... uniform and neat, everyone's yard is equal in beauty especially out in the country. Yes, snow is a pain

Aunt Karen's Creationshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10728071149508566771noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6678382225530134350.post-4718707978471887882009-12-31T21:32:00.000-06:002009-12-31T21:32:06.977-06:00The Critique Experience

With the new year beginning it seems that now is the time for change. Ole Ignatts Kitty to the left must be contemplating the past year.... Some of us will change habits we have acquired, some of us will change the way in which we maintain our health and others will change their business tactics. I am going to change my business tactics. The place that I have decided to start is with a

Aunt Karen's Creationshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10728071149508566771noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6678382225530134350.post-28220899555488019072009-12-22T09:09:00.000-06:002009-12-22T09:09:38.429-06:00Merriest Christmas!

Less than a week and Christmas will be here. With all the last minute hustle and bustle don't forget to stop and just enjoy your surroundings. I love to just sit and watch the shoppers in the mall. You see such a wide range of emotion on the faces of fellow shoppers. My favorite this year was the elderly couple slowly walking along the mall. They must have been in their 90's but were 30 in

Aunt Karen's Creationshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10728071149508566771noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6678382225530134350.post-50467978042777705362009-12-09T11:26:00.001-06:002009-12-09T11:33:49.952-06:00What on earth is VLab??

VLab?? What on earth is that? Actually it is a truly terriffic place to learn about how to improve your Etsy shop. If you have never been to a Virtual Lab (VLab) you are in for a treat! It seems nearly overwhelming when you first join the room but sitting back and watching for just a few minutes you get pulled in to the foray with everyone else. The group within the lab is comprised of a

Aunt Karen's Creationshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10728071149508566771noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6678382225530134350.post-77958178796438940142009-11-16T20:28:00.000-06:002009-11-16T20:28:09.262-06:00Wow What a Difference!

Every lab, every critique, every "expert" hounds on us to make our pictures shine! Lighting has been my bane but finally, finally - I got some decent pictures! Last Christmas I shocked my husband with the Canon Rebel camera and he has been my photographer for the better shots of my items but they just weren't quite right. Last week he got a professional photographer's lighting system. WOW

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