Thrifty Thursday

One of my favorite thrift stores is Volunteers of America. I often find doll things there and most of my fabric is thrifted from there as well. One of the best things I've found there is a really nice chair and the best part about it was the price. ONLY $5.00!!!

 

Tut Test Tuesday - Photo Editing

After preparing stock for Shuto Con I am a bit burnt out from sewing so today's Tut test will be a photo editing Tutorial.

I often don't use a fancy camera, just my cell phone iPhone 4s. So most of my dolly pics aren't the best. This tutorial from Y-n-Y on deviantart was pretty simple to follow. I made different adjustments but use the same steps.

In the end the results were not that bad considering I started with a cell phone pic. I think my favorite part of the tutorial was using the dodge tool on the eyes. This really made them POP!

This tutorial is done using Photoshop.

1. Go to Image-->Adjustments-->Match Color and play with the luminance and color intensity.
   I put my luminance at 120 and my color intensity at 105
2. Brighten the eyes with the dodge tool on the highlights
3. Go to Image-->Adjustments-->Brightness/Contrast
   I put my Brightness at -7 because my pic had some really bright spots. And my contrast at 40
4. Go to Image-->Adjustments-->Selective Color
   Since my pic had a lot of black like the sample pic I set colors to "blacks", I then played around with the sliders as suggested and settled on Cyan +10, Magenta +2, Yellow -12, Black +15
5. Lastly I applied Sharpen and Reduce Noise filters

Here is the end result:

Thrifty Thursday

Today's post will be short and sweet since I am busy preparing for a local convention this weekend. I will have an Artist Alley table at Shuto Con in Lansing, MI.

Tonight I made a quick dress for my SD girl, Trinity. It is made from a thrifted child's dress. I am pretty happy with how it turned out. 

Tut Test Tuesday

Better late than Never? I have been working on building up stock for my Artist Alley table at Shutocon, April 4-6.

So for today's tut test I decided to embellish one of the dresses I made to sell. I used this tutorial from Antique Lilac to add beading to the collar of the dress.

I think it turned out quite nice. The tutorial was super easy to follow, had several pics illustrating the process and had nice results. I am pleased with how it turned out, even my husband commented on how much he liked it. :)

Antique Lilac has many useful tutorials on her site. I look forward to trying more of them in the future.