Well as some of you may know I'm on a little mini break to focus on getting some work done, but I did promise to keep you updated with my work in progress.
But first I would like to say a big thank you to
Naomi of MrsMcIndoe for featuring me on her Thursday Showcase last week, you can read my interview here
Thursday Showcase. I met Naomi through Craftblogs Sunday twitter chats #CBUK. A fellow crafter herself Naomi's passion is paper cutting, please do pop on over to her blog to find out more about her and her wonderful craft.
So I finally got round to putting together my Limited Edition Alice in Wonderland Themed Charm Bracelets. It took a while deciding on the right combination of pictures for the image transfer on polymer clay but they are finally here.
This is my full Alice in Wonderland charm bracelet, featuring five character tiles with the original images from the Lewis Carroll book, antique silver charms and a combination of white and blue glass lamp beads to represent to colours of Alice's famous dress.
I have also created a combination of simpler themed bracelets, such as Alice, the Mad Hatters tea party, the White Rabbit and the Queen of Hearts.
Now this is where I need some second opinions, as you may have read in an earlier post
Trying To Improve my Product Photos, I have been working on getting my product photos just right. Alas despite my best efforts and with the tiles being predominately white based, it has been quite a challenge to achieve a perfect white background with my charm bracelets.
I have however tried some adjustments to the photos with
Fotofuze.com, here are some examples
So what do you think, although some images stand out after editing are they lost to the white background? it would be great to get some second opinions and advice.
.jpg "The Queen of Hearts Charm Bracelet handmade from Polymer Clay")
I think that the photos are fine, although maybe they would benefit from being on a pale blue background - perhaps this is one exception to the rule? It's tricky when you start to edit with white on white as sometimes it can start to look yellow and not a true reflection of the colour.
ReplyDeleteI have to say that the bracelets are fabulous, I love them. Such a good idea and so pretty.
Wow, how unique and pretty.
ReplyDeleteSuch lovely ideas. How do you get the images onto such tiny clay squares? I'm sure these will fly out to happy customers.
ReplyDeleteThey are very pretty bracelets. It would be interesting to see them photographed on coloured backgrounds though as I think it may show them up better. I know that the rule is white is best for backgrounds but rules are there to be broken!
ReplyDeleteI think that the first set of photos are great. I am now trying to decide which one to put on my Christmas list!
ReplyDeletethese bracelets are amazing! so so lovely, i'm sure they'll be a top seller for you :)
ReplyDeletethe photo thing is tricky... the photofuzed white backgrounds look great - i think they'd definitely work best for Etsy listings and the like. I know what you mean though, some definition is lost.. perhaps the answer is to include less edited images with your listings too so that those considering a purchase can get the clearest idea possible of what the product actually looks like... hope this helps! x
They really are gorgeous. I know white is usually the background of choice, but I do think you need a contrast with the white tiles - they do get a little lost, I think. Have you entered my giveaway for the photography book?
ReplyDeleteThey're lovely!
ReplyDeleteYour bracelets are beautiful! Alice in Wonderland is one of my favourite books.
ReplyDeleteI think the white tiles would stand out more with a slight background colour, but the still look gorgeous!
Wendy
I love these bracelets,they're gorgeous.I think the photos are very clear but a slightly coloured background would help some of the bracelets stand out.
ReplyDeleteThank you everyone for your wonderful comments, I will have a go at trying to photograph them on a lighter coloured background and see what they come out like, I have been a little blinkered with white which isn't always necessarily best.
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