How To Cover A Tray For Cute Photography – Tutorial
Recently I’ve been looking for better backdrops to be able to take craft/food/whatever photos on and while digging through a cupboard I found a tea tray that I bought when we first moved here. Unfortunately it wasn’t a colour or design that would work well with the things I usually make so I set about prettying it up a bit.
This is the finished product:
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I started with a basic try from an Asian grocery store. I bought this one because I liked the bunnies.
Next I covered it in white paper and glued that down with the PVA glue. I didn’t do a particularly neat job because this was going to be covered in the next step.
Once it was dry I cut out enough fabric to completely cover it. The fabric I chose was a loose knit so I had more leeway when stretching and moving it around to fit.
I used hot glue and glue it into the corner of the lip of the tray.
Looking better!
Then I folded the extra around the edge and glued it to the bottom. As this was such a loose weave it was easy to mould it around where I needed it to fit the circular design. And that’s really it!
It really didn’t take very long at all and it’s been a really great background for food photos and macro shots of things! I like this fabric because it’s an interesting pattern but it doesn’t take the focus away from an object, it just add some texture.
Pretty!
I think I will make some other photography props, let me know what you think! |
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MT Tape Expo – Melbourne Snapshots
A different version of snapshots today. Here’s my week in photos ^_^ I think most of them probably have more meaning without me explaining them.
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Got to run, see you guys next week!
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DIY Fly Screens For Renters – Home Sweet Home
Ugh I’ve been meaning to do this home improvement since we moved in here three and a half years ago. Removable fly screens! We have 3 windows, one of them is floor to ceiling so I can’t do much about that but the smaller ones are just push outs. The building is from the 1920’s and has very little maintenance done so nothing is in very good repair anymore. We rent so I’m limited on what I can do to fix problems like the large number of flies Melbourne has in Summer.
I discovered by accident that our windows are actually very heavy metal which has been painted white so I set about making a screen which I could keep in place with magnets.
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It’s really simple actually which makes me annoyed that it took me so long to get around to doing this.
Cut out a piece of tulle which is larger than the window.
Edge it with lace either by using hot glue or sewing.
Try to get “helpful” dog to stop laying on it.
Attach to window with the magnets in each corner.
Enjoy not having flies inside your house this Summer!!
It catches the light in these photos like crazy but normally you can even tell it’s there because I picked such a light colour.
Do you guys have any tips for what else to do with rental properties? |
