Tuesday, February 12, 2013

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Roaring Twenties Art Felt Brooches by Yalipaz

Posted: 12 Feb 2013 05:16 AM PST

The Roaring Twenties was an astounding period with distinctive expressions in art (Art Deco), music (jazz) and fashion.  That's the decade when hemlines rose as waistlines dipped. Daring young women or "flappers" tossed out corsets, went for the boyish style, favored bobbed hairstyles and close fitting hats.

Celebrating the flapper look is Israeli artisan, Yali Paz whose Etsy shop is filled with delightful felt and fabric brooches.  These capture the style and look of flappers right down to coy glances!


The twenties was also the time F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote his great books. So Yali has just the right Jazz age man brooch!

She explains her design process : "I love "my girls", designing their cute cloche hats, choosing the right hair color to match and looking for the most complimenting miniature embellishments to put in their hair. 

The finish stage in my work is my favorite - to put a face on every brooch giving it an individual character, putting life in to matter and making the little faces come alive."


Yali also makes amazing Frida Kahlo and Marie Antoinette inspired brooches :


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Winner of the Modahaus TS400 Photo Studio Giveaway

Posted: 11 Feb 2013 03:30 PM PST

Last week's Modahaus Photo Studio giveaway was a huge hit.  No wonder. Jewelry photography is something many of us struggle with.   Tz Place was right when she said, "Having good images of your product is important. A person should have as close to touching an item as possible when viewing an image."


Selling jewelry online is competitive so this quote from an Arts Business Institute blog post hits home -  "On Etsy, you compete with the quality of your images." Yikes.


So no wonder some of you have yet to upload to an online store.  Charlotte said, "Maybe a Modahaus will magically take away my fear of jewelry-photography!"

Kim Idalski admitted and wondered,  "I have I over 300 finished pieces if jewelry and art waiting for good lighting or elves. Does an elf come with it? "

Alas, no elves come with the Modahaus. So the winner will have to learn how to use the photo studio the hard way!

I counted all the eligible entries and went over to random.org. The random number generator there selected the number associated with Tz Place!  Congratulations!

Lex McColl especially enjoyed reading all your encouraging comments.  A big thanks from him and me for making this giveaway so successful!
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