Meet Irene from ishalohalo on Etsy

Today I want to present you young talented lady I met on ETSY.
I enjoyed reading about her story

 Meet Irene from Is-Ha-Lo-Ha-Lo on Etsy!

Satin dress Angelina inspired

My name is Irene and I am originally from the Philippines. My family moved to the United States when I was thirteen and lived in Brooklyn, New York for 16 years. I met my husband in NYC and after living in Brooklyn, my husband and I moved to Boston. We lived in Boston for 2 years where we had our eldest son. We left Boston to live in LA for 1 year. 

We found our solitude here San Diego where my younger son was born. Here in San Diego is where I started I’s Ha-Lo Ha-Lo in June 2008. 

Halohalo is a tagalog word for a mixture of things. I thought this to be an appropriate name for my little business since I create various things. 

I have been creating/crafting/sewing for a long time. 

Friends have told me to introduce my talent to the public, but I did not quite know how and never pursued it. 

Not until I visited a craft show here in San Diego one day and saw vendors who had their children with them. This really inspired me. 

I thought to myself “ I can do this!” 

THE END OF SUMMER

THE END OF SUMMER IS CERTAINLY HERE I WAS FEATURED IN THIS WONDERFUL TREASURY


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TUTORIAL TIPS How to make great photos for your ETSY SHOP

TUTORIAL TIPS How to make great photos for your ETSY SHOP 

PART 1

I want to share some of my experience with photos of my items from my etsy shop.

When I opened my store in February I was so exited to put my jewelry as soon as possible. I started adding pictures that I made in a hurry. 

This is an example of one of picture that I posted at the begining.

After I added like 30-40 items. I started looking better into Question of photography. 

It may look cute to you but

My picture was really bad !!!

1. background of this picture is cute little soft blanket but it looks hairy and ... not nice...

2. It needs more light.

3. The color of my earrings at the screen was not exactly the same as color of my earrings  

4. My earrings do not stand out!

5. My picture was cut bu ETSY and it looked like this in my shop....

6. It is not clear what is in the picture!!!! And that is THE MOST  IMPORTANT THING that need to be clear.

Get it now? Everything about this picture is bad!

WHAT IS IN THE PICTURE ????

2 STICKS or what ??? LOL

What you are selling??? Buyer needs to know what you are selling!

So after some experiments with different backgrounds I figure out that the best result I achieve was with the simple white copy paper! 

So my next step was adding the new photos to my store...

Original photo

THIS WAS THE ORIGINAL PHOTO I MADE

Retouched photo

AFTER SOME TOUCHES IN PICASA  IT LOOKED LIKE THIS










Belive it or not but this color is exacly the same color as my earrings.
STILL IT WAS NOT GOOD ENOUGH SO I CROPPED THE PHOTO AND  AT THE END IT LOOKED LIKE THIS

 

SQUARE SO WHEN I UPLOAD IT TO ETSY IT WON'T GET CUT

 THIS IS HOW IT LOOKED AT THE BEGINNING AND AT THE END

First photo

Last photo

I WOULD SAY QUITE A PROGRESS ....

Remember your photo has to be ATTRACTIVE FOR SOMEONE TO CLICK ON otherwise it won't be viewed.

I hope I helped please leave some comments :)

HELPFUL LINKS

PICASA -  http://picasa.google.com/
GIMP     -  http://www.gimp.org/

You can use software that you are familiar with I use these thay are free and easy to use.

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STUD EARRINGS POLYMER CLAY BLUE BY JP WITH LOVE JEWELRY CHALLENGE DAY 5 OF 30

DAY 5 

Stud earrings Leather Look light blue by JP with Love

These beautiful stud earrings were made out of polymer clay. I tried to imitate leather look effect. Color is dark brown and light baby blue.

Color might slightly vary due to your screen color.

Light weight 2g.

This piece is polished and buffed several times until get a smooth and shine look.

Measurement earrings: Total : 3/4” Tall x 3/4” Wide

Surgical steel posts.

Every piece of JP with love’s jewelry arrives in packaged in gift box.

Perfect gift for every occasion.

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