DIY Product Photography Tips to Boost Sales – How to Take Better Product Photos at Home

DIY product photography tips to boost sales – learn how to take better product photos at home. The best part is that no professional studio is needed! If you’re a creative business owner selling on platforms like Etsy, notonthehighstreet.com, or your website, your product photos matter – a lot. Well-lit and gorgeously styled images not […]

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Hazel & Blue candle kits - bespoke product development & design by Arnold & Bird

Curiosities of the week – Marcela Gutiérrez

  I came across Marcela Gutiérrez work on Pinterest via Miss At La Playa. I love her illustrations, they style is beautiful and she create amazing images. She also has a great use of colour and does this combining watercolours, ink and gouche. An image says a thousand words so please check out her other images […]

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Creative – 12 month creative challenge

One of my other goals for 2013 is to do something fun and creative each month for the whole of the year. I have many thoughts on what I can do for this and have included a list below I have thought of to kick start some inspiration. Basically I want it to be fun […]

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Felix Fables – Wonderful World

Before Christmas I went to one of my favourite gig venues, The Half Moon in Putney – and this is not just because it is just down the road from me! I went to see Brother and Bones who is one of my favourite new bands from 2012. They were supported by two great bands, […]

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Style – Hi Lo skirt

I recently bought a vintage Laura Ashley lace skirt from a local charity shop at home. It is ankle length and beautiful – the scalloped lace edge on the bottom is perfect. I felt it was quite heavy so being such a fan of the dipped hem style dresses and skirts I decided to take […]

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Curiosities of the week – DIY card making

For Christmas this year I made my own cards. They were tiny and originally started out as an idea for a notebook, and overall did that not look that Christmassy, however I thought they were sweet! I started by cutting paper into strips and and then folding a section up to create little pockets. This […]

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Creative – typography quote on vintage sheets

While we were sorting through my Grampy’s old tools I found some old pigeon racing date sheets. I loved looking through them as they are part of what my Grampy loved and they date from 1996 – 2004. They have become aged over time as they were still pinned up in the part of the […]

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Wallis Bird – Counting to Sleep

Wallis Bird Counting to Sleep is a beautiful song matched with Wallis’s great voice and amazing presence and enthusiasm on stage. You will often see her break many guitar strings when she plays live. I choose this song because the line ‘Cos your’e a delicate feather that swings in the air’. After being at home […]

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Style – Bebaroque peacock tights

During my first job in London I was given a pair of Bebaroque peacock tights in white to wear on the shop floor. I loved them and have recently rediscovered them to wear again. They are the ones pictured above and are a real statement piece to wear, great with a simple black dress. Bebaroque was started […]

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