A Little Cross Eyed.

I'm glad to say our photography marathon is almost finished only a few pieces of artwork to photograph now.
It has been fun but I must admit I am getting rather cross eyed...what with looking through viewfinders, checking back screens and staring at the computer while processing the hundreds of pictures we have taken...thankfully I have pretty good eyesight.

We should be finished photographing today and just a little more processing and then LOTS of uploading we should be ready for take off...I have heard rumours of a party and some special offers to get the ball rolling.

There are also rumours that that dreadful Goblin is working on his own blog...heaven help us!

Lights, Camera, Action.

Work continues apace at the Studio as we trot on taking hundreds of photographs for the upcoming online shop. I suppose one of the drawbacks of Her Ladyship making unique items is that everything must be photographed separately although I am rather enjoying setting up the scenery for the backdrops...would you like a taster?

The Bears had a great deal of fun with the little sewing machine although Herbeart had a very close shave with the scissors. I told him not to run about but he wouldn’t listen, he’s almost as bad as Bramling.

The prop for these lovely silver bracelets is a piece of petrified tree that is more than 300 million years old...that's even older than my Great Grandfather!

New Year New Projects.

I say it has been very quiet at the Studio.
I don't mean customer wise, I mean Her Ladyship has been typing away on the laptop for days now sorting out the text for the new online shop (I would say "coming soon" but there is still much to be done).
There is an exciting big box sitting in the corner waiting to be opened once all the writing is finished...I believe it contains a small but perfectly formed lighting kit for us to photograph all the stock for the shop.
It's going to be quite a marathon session believe me as there are an awful lot of things to be photographed especially as most of the things she makes are one off pieces.

The Bears behave themselves quite well when being photographed, I'm not sure I can say the same about Bramling...perhaps we can send him somewhere for a few days.

I'm quite looking forward to it though...I like to keep busy.

Busy Busy...

It's been a busy week or so.
Her Ladyship had just started making the stock for the Trade show in April when she put her back out, so I have been doing lots of extra fetching and carrying to help her out. Picking up things she has dropped, fetching things out of low drawers or off high shelves, making soothing cups of tea and ensuring the batteries on the Tens machine were fully charged!

It has been a busy few weeks what with the extra work but hopefully her back will be better soon.

The workshops are also in full swing with  people beavering away every wednesday making, drawing, painting and photographing.

His Lordship has kindly allowed me to sit in on his photography ones so I can learn how to take better photographs now that I am allowed to use the camera.I can't wait for the "studio photography" session when we get to play with the studio lights too!

Well it's past time for elevenses so I had better go and put the kettle on...toodle pip.

Move over Mr Bailey.

Oh I say what glorious fun...
Her Ladyship showed me how to use the camera and I spent a wonderful afternoon setting up product shots.
 I had no idea how involved it is...finding a suitable backdrop, setting up the products to look their best, making sure one has the lighting just right (it has to be very bright...but that was fine as the bright lights put Bramling off interfering and he hid under the counter among some painty rags and fell asleep), then putting the camera on the correct settings.
I did enjoy myself so as I promised here is a shot of the keyrings Her Ladyship makes with the offcuts of denim.

Some of our customers think they look like little sporrans...I suppose they do really.

 I like the way Crafters let nothing go to waste even if it does mean a very full store room for me to tidy up.