I have had a lot of people ask about my recent DIY photography backdrop project, and I love it sooo much, so I thought I would share the details here so you could make your own! This was pretty simple and in about an hour I had made and set the whole thing up. I wish I would have taken a pull back photo so you could see how I set it up, but at the time I didn't realize people would want to see how I did it, so I didn't take one. But I will do my best to explain. The pink with white dots base of the backdrop is just a paper backdrop I got from Hobby Lobby. It was on sale for $4 so I think its been discontinued, BUT Im awesome so I found one that looks like it online HERE! (The white floor is also for sale on the same page AND they are actually cheaper than they were at Hobby Lobby). So I started with that pink paper, and just attached it to a piece of plywood to hold it smooth and steady. You can use tape or whatever works for you. I ended up using a staple gun after several attempts with tape lol. So now that that is on, I made the beautiful paper pinwheels from scrapbook paper! I used this tutorial I found on pinterest (CLICK HERE) from SoHo Sonnet, and just added circles to the middle when i was done (with tape lol). You can also find scrapbook paper at Hobby Lobby or any craft store really. My local Wal Mart even carries it. The books of 12X12 sheets is what I used. For the bigger ones I used two full sheets and for the smaller ones I used two sheets, but I cut off about 3 or 4 in from the height. (To save paper use these scraps for your circles). Now after I made all those (which only took about 45 min) I used hot glue to attach them to my backdrop paper. Then I took everything outside (bc I shoot with all natural light) on the side of my house to make sure I wasn't in any direct sunlight) and put the backdrop against the wall. Now I just unrolled the white floor paper and put it flush against the wall and rolled it out under me. I was on my patio so I had a good flat surface to work with underneath the paper. Last I added a white baseboard so it looked like a real room (you can find one at any local home/hardware store... I found mine in the attic LOL) and TA DAAAAA! You have a a full set up! Easy peasy, right? You could do this for so many new looks too! Hope you enjoyed my post, and Id love to see pics if you use it!
Here I am!! New Year, and like I promised.... BLOG posts haha. I have not sewn much lately, but I got some new fabrics and I just had to sew something. I looked through all the newly released patterns and decided I wanted to go with The Best Dressed Girl dress from Little Lizard King. The pattern has a lot of options, and I felt sort of overwhelmed since I had not really sewn anything in a month or so..... so me and this dress had it out a few times haha. And also, when youre almost done sewing, and you just cant go anymore but you want to be done, babyville snaps work just fine in place of buttons! I have mostly been playing with my new camera and lens, so I snapped a pic of Lilly in her new dress when I was done so I could show it off! All these fabrics came from Hobby Lobby. The skirt and the red fabric are twill and the bodice fabric is denim. If you want to get The Best Dressed Girl pattern, you can find it HERE!
