DIY Lightbox

My finished lightbox...raggedy looking? Yep. Ghetto? Probably. Does it work? YES.

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Recently, I stumbled upon an interesting tutorial for a DIY light tent. It seemed simple enough and the material costs were sooo cheap that I just had to try it. I got so sick of having to rely on a perfect day to take pictures of my pendants and even more tired of having to adjust so much using my photo editing software. I figured it wouldn't hurt to try to build one, especially for rainy days.

I got to work on it, and my hubby helped me out a little as well. Although I made some slight adjustments to my lightbox, I pretty much did what the tutorial said and my box yields some pretty good pictures! It does take some fiddling around with your camera's white balance settings to find what works best for what you're photographing. Best of all, it only took 2 hours to make!

Flowery

New product! These gorgeous 100% silk flower pins are available on my website. Cut, singed, and sewn by hand.

They're the perfect accessory to so many things! Blouses, jackets, purses, canvas totes, scarves, gloves, bookbags, etc. I'm working on hairpins and haircombs as well, which will be a must-have for brides and bridesmaids!

Happy New Year!!

Happy 2009 everyone!!

Yay! I'm super excited to ring in the new year. Out with the old, in with the new. I'm probably going to have a clearance sale soon in my etsy shop of discontinued designs. I will also be introducing many new products and designs in the coming weeks.

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I learned a lot in 2008 about e-commerce and what it takes to run a successful business. I've definetely learned (late and the hard way, lol) that I need to utilize the paypal shipping features. So, as part of my new year's resolutions, I will be doing so beginning today.

Wishing you a very happy, healthy, and successful 2009!

xoxo

Ready for some change...

Golden Flower Field - Earrings, $12.oo

I listed 4 new fashion jewelry pieces in my Etsy shop. I wanted to test the waters and see how they do in there. The fashion jewelry does very well on the website, so I figured I would list some exclusive pieces on Etsy.

Now that the worst of the holiday rush is over, I'm bracing myself for January. We're getting ready to move into a larger home on base. I'll finally have my own office/workspace! Also, I'm working on making new designs to debut in the new year.

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas!

I hope everyone had a happy and safe holiday!

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Giveaways!

Click the banner above to enter to win a bunch of stuff over at OhHelloFriend's blog! I am one of the sponsors and gave an adorable bird magnet set (not even available in my shop yet!) and a signed 8x8 fine art print from my other shop. - And if that's not enough blog giveaway goodness for ya, there's more!! I am also participating in the HUGE (you could win over $2,000 worth of prizes!) Modish blog giveaway! You enter to win here.

New Product Line & Giveaways!

Twilight Gift Set, $25

Just in time for the movie premiere of "Twilight"! I am utterly obsessed with the book series and anything "Twilight". I am now offering pendants with the cover art of the 4 books from the "Twilight" Saga in my etsy shop & on my website http://www.sugarpanda.net/! You can purchase the pendants individually, or as a gift set.

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Also, there are two fabulous giveaways coming up! The first will begin Monday. The lucky winner will receive a $15.00 gift certificate to my website http://www.sugarpanda.net/! Be sure to check back on Monday to find out all the details you need to win!

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The second giveaway will be held on my personal blog, http://www.chartreusepanda.blogspot.com/. It's a very special giveaway, because one lucky winner receives multiple prizes from different sellers on Etsy! This giveaway will begin on December 1st (my birthday!) and end December 5th. So mark your calendars! It's going to be a fabulous giveaway!!

Happy Friday...

xoxo