June 17th, 2012 
soyofthenorth Nothing new made this week but plans have been made.
For this week’s Handmade Monday I’ve haven’t gotten anything new made. That’s because I’ve been busy this week making things I have made before, taking new photos of my creations, (almost 120 photos taken!), and writing a blog post about starting your own business. I do know what I’m planning to do this coming week. I’ve seen several photos on the Internet of people making artwork by melting wax crayons While I was out shopping a while ago I was in a shop that sold blank canvases and I wondered if it would be possible to do the same thing with soy wax. I bought a pair of canvases but I haven’t done anything with them yet, so this week I’m going to give it a try.
On the subject of photos, there are so many things you can try to make them look their best, as when it comes to online selling the photo is one of the most important things to do. A bad photo can lose you sales. You can use different coloured backgrounds, (in the past I’ve used white, red, black, blue, silver and purple), different types of lighting, (I find natural sunlight the best), and staging the shot with different props. You could also get artistic with your photgraphy by taking photos with your camera tilted on its side. If you take photos, what do you do to take the best photos? Share your tips with us.
For those in the North-East of England, I’m going to be selling my crafts at a shop called Rosewill Cottage in Whitley Bay. Pop along if you’re in the neighbourhood. You could even apply to have your own pop-up shop if you make something yourself.
To all the fathers, dad, pops and papas out there, have a happy Father’s Day.
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Good luck with your blog post and your canvas’s, cant wait to see them
Looking forward to seeing your canvases. Product photos are not easy to get right – but you’re spot on, they are so important!
I can’t wait to see how the canvases turn out!
Good luck with your blog post, I’m sure it will be a really helpful and informative read judging by the advice you’ve given on the Crafts forum.
Good luck with your canvas experiments looking forward to seeing the finished artwork.
Thank you for wishing me luck with the blog post but it is already done. It’s the blog post previous to this one or you can go to it by clicking the link near the start of this blog post.
It sound as if you are going to have a lot of fun with the wax – looking forward to the pictures!
I have seen the wax crayon canvas designs on Pinterest, can’t wait to see yours!
I really like the wax pictures I have seen, it will be interesting to see how the soy wax turns out. Good luck with selling in the shop, it’s always good to have new outlets.
Jan x
I look forward to seeing how your canvases come out – it’s always good to throw something new into the mix.
Looking forward to see the outcome of this!
Looking forward to seeing the canvases.I’ve used melted wax crayons before and they look great.
Have fun with the canvases! Your post about starting your own business is useful reading, thank you.
Your post on starting a business was clear and helpful, thank-you for sharing That sounds very formal, so have a good week! Jo