Cotton's Candy is a boutique for jewelry and accessories with a difference! So far we have a selection of crocheted fascinators, and lots of beautiful earrings. Check out the Etsy shop! Already had 331 views in our first day!
http://www.etsy.com/shop/CottonsCandyStore
After spending hours slumped over the desk poking diamantes into lumps of clay, the nail biting 20 minute wait whilst it's all baking in the oven, visions of crumbling charred toxic waste coming out on the baking tray, the repetetive task of attaching the earrings to the hooks, you get to the problem of 'Now, how to get these online?'.
Well after an hour of photographing everything I uploaded them to the laptop, only to be massively dissapointed. The pictures were grainy and had an orange hue. They made everything look so cheap and amatuer. My heart sank, and I found myself thinking there was no way I'd ever make this buisness venture work with such unprofessional looking representations of my work.
So I had a little 'Google'!
I came across THIS Beauty! After a short 15 mins of crafting this thing me and my fella managed to make our own spectaculary cheap light box using a cardboard box, kitchen roll and A4 printer paper! It reminded me of watching 'Art Attack' and making flimsy creations with bog roll tubes and tinfoil.
Here it is in all it's glory!
Having the infinity wall made the pictures so lovely and seamless. and instead of monstrosoties like this:
We had wonderfully crisp images with lovely white backgrounds! I was so pleased with what 15 minutes with kitchen roll and a craft knife could achieve. I was excited about opening the Etsy shop again!
I'm really pleased how everything is going so far, and hope that you all enjoy the accessories!
