DOMESTICRAFT'S NEW SITE ALMOST DONE!

bo·na fide

ˌbōnə ˈfīdē/

adjective

adjective: bonafide

1.

genuine; real; legit; true; authentic.

example:a.  "Domesticraft is officially, now open, as a bonafide business AD-venture in the making."

example:b.  "Domesticraft is now collaborating with the same caliber of bonafide clients."

Domesticraft:  A bonafide, boss lady run, start-up creative business specializing in unique and imaginative styled stock photography and styled product photography ( "You ship it, I shoot it") for creatives and their websites, blogs, shops and social media posts.  You will know in an instant if I'm your girl.  


If you are example b., I believe we can become bbfs. 

BBFs = Best Business Friends. 
 

So here's the skinny.
I shoot all my photographs with my cell phone.  Yep.  I have a Samsung Galaxy5.  I use ONLY the Instagram App to both TAKE and EDIT my photos.  That's it.  No fancy DSLR, no special lighting equipment and no Photoshop or Illustrator software. 

Just to be clear, I am NOT a professional photographer in the traditional sense.  I know next to nothing about that end of my "camera".  So please don't ask me if can I increase the whatever and lower the pixel rate and f-stop the lens.  See, that didn't even make sense to me, but I'm telling you that's what traditional photographers sound like to me.  So, again, that's why my prices are lower than the industry norm.  You are not having to pay for me to share that knowledge with you . . . ever! :)

What I am, is a girl with an "eye".  (Look up . . . remember my profile pic?)  And a unique and sometimes whimsical style.  I'm a maker and crafting runs through my blood and you'll see a lot of that in my photos.  I love food photography and flowers and vintage and color.  I adore RED!  I am a photo stylist who specializes in small products photo shoots.  And a  styled stock photographer.  That's what I call myself.  And that's what you'll be paying for.  My eye and my knowledge of how to capture that in a photo.



This is why you get great prices without sacrificing quality!  My overhead is low and I pass those savings onto you!  No fancy website either!  I'm a one woman Stock Shop.  No paid staff, but a whole bunch of supporters who believe I am just what you need!

I have merged my life long love of crafts and a "tiny" propensity towards hoarding with my insatiable desire to make pretty pictures.  To say I'm well stocked with enough adorable crafty delights would be an understatement . . . a rather sizable one. ;)  I have also curated a sizable collection of vintage props to use in photo shoots and a lovely selection of knic knacs AND a plethora of interesting curiosities.


So, let's cut to the chase.

meaning of phrase of cut to the chase

1. 1.

   North American informal

   
   1. come to the point.

   
   

   "cut to the chase—what is it you want us to do?"

example: a.  "I will take and sell pretty pictures to make your biz shine and make you happy!" example: b.  "You will fall in love and buy my pretty pictures and tell your friends and make me happy" Simple, huh?  I will curate some pretty packages at several price points, you can get a little or a lot, mix and match.  Come back for more.  I will be adding new collections all the time.  Got an idea for me?  I would love to hear about it.  And that's it for the styled stock shop.  Do you love it?  I sure hope so! Now, if you want to upgrade or do some add-ons, I am at your service.  My prices for these, are again, extremely competitive.  I'm also thrilled to do custom work.   Danielle from Prettybypost.com has the most awesome and unique subscription greeting card service.  This was a super fun photo shoot! Richelle from theredscorpio.com is a rockstar when it comes to handcrafting exceptionally creative jewelry.  These were amazing pieces of jewelry to work with, just gorgeous. I recently finished two small product shoots (one a lovely set of greeting cards and the second, a totally unique line of custom jewelry)  Both ladies sent their product to my studio via Priority Mail and I returned it the same way.  Easy Peasy. I love doing graphic design work too!  Nothing too fancy.  Creative, cute and fun are more my style.  I do it with my photos all the time for my blog and social media posts.  It's rather addicting. I am in the process of putting together a fairly extensive Styled Stock Photo Subscription Library with over 200 photos to start.  I would add approximately 25 new photos every two weeks.  My plan in to have this service up and running by  October SEPTEMBER of this year! I'll share more details as it progresses.  Please feel free to give me your ideas on this venture that you would like to see me implement.  *UPDATE:  Sept. 8, 2015 . . . Getting super close, guys! :) This is my set-up at the library when I just need a change of scenery. My final thoughts are . . . that having awesome photos for your creative biz, website, blog, social media and shop posts no longer has to be "a huge investment".  You can still have that salted caramel latte AND amazing images and gorgeous product photography for your business!  Pretty sweet, huh? Let's do some  brainstorming over a nice cup of virtual joe.  Let's see what some pretty and profresh photos from Domesticraft can do for your creative biz!  **Woot! ** New Website almost done! xoxoxo Nancy

Colorful DIY Washi Tape Keyboard Tutorial Part 1

Well, I am not even sure this qualifies as a tutorial.  It is just too easy peasy!  I'm pretty sure you'll be winging this yourself with a style all your own! 

I could give you all kinds of to-do's, and I will give you a few . . . but this is one of those crafts you just can't really mess up!   

Example: This is a photo of my laptop keyboard.  Still pretty cute, huh? ♡  I washi taped it almost 4 years ago, come this July!  (And now you know the secret to my rather large washi tape collection . . . years of collecting AND I've only bought two new rolls, when I was at my sister's house last November!)  

So you see it's quite durable and even though it's looking a little scruffy due to my gamer grandson playing on it non-stop for a week.

So here are the tools and materials you'll need:

1.  Keyboard

2.  Washi tape.

3.  Exacto Knife. (optional, use only scissors)

4.  Scissors.

5.  Self-healing cutting mat (optional, use a bread board if you want)

6.    Mod-Podge (optional, but this does make it semi-permanent and

      way more durable.  You can make your own "mod-podge" too 

      and save a little bundle of casharoo!

7.   White gel pen.

8.   Q-tips.

9.   A ruler. (Optional)*

10. A photo of your keyboard before you start covering it in cute

      washi tape!  Or you could get one off the internet like I had to 

      because I hadn't written this tutorial yet!  Hahaha!

*Even though I did my cutting on a mat with measurements printed on it, I didn't use them.  I winged it. (wung it? sp?)  I am so not an exact science kind of crafter . . . I cook the same way.  That could be why sometimes my creations are so wonderfully crafty and at other times they are just plain crappy!  :)

That's it!  I had to get up and go look at the photo shoot in progress for Part 2 tomorrow, to see if I was missing anything and NOPE . . . that's really all it takes to achieve this techno-yumminess that will make you smile every time you look at it!  Seriously!  I am still in love with mine!

So are you wondering why in the heck do I need a part 2 for this tutorial, if I say it's so darn easy!  Mostly cause I'm still catching up from gbaby #10 ♡.  I'm getting back on track, but pacing myself, ya know?

You probably won't even need part two, cause you're good at winging it too!  But, I am going to finish it for you tomorrow anyway!  

And yes, I know.  It's seems like just a big, fat excuse to do a fun and crafty photo shoot! ♡  I'ts my other addiction along with the washi tape, but you already knew that too, right? :)

So, I'll see you tomorrow guys!  It's good to be back!  Let me know in the comments what you would like to see me do a tutorial about next.!  Or let me know what I can do to improve on this one!  Do you have anything you've been wanting to try?  Let me know!

Oh, and a BIG, GIANT, HUGE THANKS ♡ to all the ladies who purchased the Mixed Media & Scrapbooking Kit last month! 

CRAFT HAPPY!

NANCY
XOXOXO