PROP INSANITY Facebook VENDORS Etsy Treasury 6-29

Here is a Treasury I made today to showcase some of our PROP INSANITY RTS VENDORS.....Everything is available for immediate ship. Click on the link to go directly to the Treasury and then click on individual pic for the ETSY listing details! All the VENDORS are members of our Facebook RTS Vendors Group. 

https://www.etsy.com/treasury/OTY5MDd8MjcyNDY3Njg5Ng/pink-and-green-flowers-and-bugs

Every Thursday thru Saturday we had a huge RTS (ready to dhip) sales event where everything can be purchased for immediate ship.

150 + vendors with 170 + pics of individual and multiple items for purchase.

PROP INSANITY RTS + READY to SHIP Photography PROP SALE

Come and check out over 170 gorgeous PROFESSIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY PROPS for newborns toddlers and children.  Whatever themes or styles you are looking for can be found at our weekly  RTS (Ready to Ship) sales event going on now thru tomorrow Saturday 6-29.

Follow the link below to go directly to our album. Purchase by leaving your Paypal e-mail address and the vendor will invoice you and send out your purchase. Everything is READY TO SHIP....No waiting for custom orders.

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10151746766523384&set=a.10151746746328384.1073741854.309471943383&type=3&theater  

RTS = Ready to SHIP Photography Prop Event 6-20

Looking for some cute props for those hot summer sessions? 

WE have some darling things in our RTS (ready to Ship) selling even going on now at our Facebook group in  PROP INSANITY. Follow the link to shop the album. 

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10151733169653384.1073741853.309471943383&type=1

PROP INSANITY "Deal or No Deal" 6-18

Come and check out some uber cute photography props on the PROP INSANITY  DOND = Deal or NO Deal "selling event" going on today 6-18 thru tomorrow night Wednesday 6-19. We close at 9 P.M. Wednesday CST

Vendor lists asking price and YOU take the item at asking price OR make vendor an offer that they will either take or counter with DEAL or NO DEAL

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10151728931543384&set=a.10151728931508384.1073741851.309471943383&type=3&theater

Make a Photo Prop Pop With Eye Appeal

Getting into the prop way of thinking has been interesting and entertaining and I've learned that when making a photo prop that is "upcycled", it seems to be more likely to catch a photographers eye IF it's a touch shabby and not too neat or tidy or doesn't look like doll clothes suitable for an American or Cabbage Patch doll. For someone like me this is delicate balance between finishing too much, and having that just right balance between a store bought look, and a hand crafted style. 

I've been sewing for 35 years and in my history of the needle to cloth I have made everything from my own clothing as a teenager to home decor for my home, and hundreds of dolls dresses and clothing for dolls. 

This outfit in the pic below was finished to look like doll clothes. It was "too tidy" and in a word "commercial" or store bought  doll clothes. It didn't sell in my shop for the obvious reason: Photographers are not looking for doll clothes to model on newborns. I knew this when I made it but just couldn't see the outfit any other way than with a too tidy store bought look 

 

This morning I did a re-make on the same outfit removing the tidy elastic waist and adding a stitched zig zag to the edge to prevent raveling. I added belt loops made from the hem of the shirt I upcycled, and added a braided fabric belt also from the same fabric with a colored shoe lace as the third string of the braid. I also took off the yellow ribbon tassel as that was overkill of the doll clothes look, and took a better photo using the warm tones of the hardwood floor as a backdrop. This change balanced the pic with a warm backdrop to the cool grey of the outfit....Eye appeal was created so easily!  

This is the re-make of the outfit.......I changed the pic in my shop and within minutes it SOLD! 

This was a lesson in "blah" versus "awww!"

From Table Runner to Headbands..Lots of Photography Props

One colorful runner with fun trims and details was purchased for the table. BUT on second glance, my eyes started to see it as more!. Brain and eyes in a team effort began to see little headbands and fun mini head wraps, and Oh, I was in  upcycle  photography prop Heaven!

All items available in my shop sold individually or in layering set as I like to add that extra touch of texture by offering a coordinating fabric layer piece.  www.tjcameraaccessories.etsy.com

Here is what came out of the table runner cut into pieces like you see to the far right of the pic.... I felt like the Noah of creativity with enough to make 2 of everything!

It's a Bohemian Kind of Prop

My colorful and textured Czech heritage comes out when I play with color and texture. I know I'm only playing as that is the fun of it. When I say Bohemian, I really can claim that heritage. When I use Bohemian to describe something I have made, I think it's more of a RETRO Hippy thing?  I'm a child of Bohemian immigrants, raised as a child the 50's, and a teenager of the 60's and somewhere in between there's a little bit of a Camlot romantic or Fairy whimsical in the mix. Color, texture, layers, and all that mixed together is just too much fun to NOT play with, especially in my creation of photography props. Here is what's on the table for this weeks projects. These items are available NOW in my Etsy shop www.tjcameraaccessories.etsy.com

Headbands and coordinating "layer" piece priced at $20.00 + $3.00 shipping

Photography Props...DOND = Deal or NO DEAL Selling Event TODAY !!!

Come and check us out for our FIRST "Deal or No Deal" selling event with Prop Insanity! Click on the album to see a select group of vendor props. the price is listed for each and you either "take the deal" and leave your PAYPAL e-mail to receive the invoice OR you "make an offer" AND the VENDOR will then ACCEPT it = DEAL or NO DEAL comment to your offer.

We have seen several of the types of merchant events and it's our turn to give it a try. I'm an Administrator on the Prop Insanity Blog site as well as the Prop Insanity VENDOR Facebook page and we Love our VENDORS !!!

 I'm one of them and so I enjoy utilizing the sites for my shop: www.tjcameraaccessories.etsy.com as well as for my Facebook  fan page: https://www.facebook.com/tj.camera.accessories?ref=hl

Click on the album link to go directly to the DOND = Deal or No Deal page and have fun shopping !!!

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10151710844748384.1073741847.309471943383&type=1

Upcycled Photography Prop Newborn Knit Palazzo Pant and Head Wrap

I have to admit it. I'm addicted to the craft of making upcycled, photography prop, sets for newborn babies! 

I'm looking at everything I see on a hanger in a shop as a dissasembled piece waiting for new life on my work table. A woman's sweater can become 2 sets of pants and hats, and leggies and possibly a layering blanket too. A child's sweater or top I see as pants and hat or pants and leggies. 

It took me a while to get to this point because I only use really good quality knits and to cut them apart at first was a little painful as I had to reason with my logical brain that I was not destroying a perfectly good item but was re-purposing something old into something and fresh. 

Now I am quite keen on thinking upcycled is the way to go 

See what happens to a vintage knit dress! I have enough to make another set!

For SALE : $25.00 shipped U.S. 

https://www.etsy.com/listing/153558596/upcycled-newborn-baby-photography-prop

Photography Prop Bonanza

Gorgeous day in Chicago and perfect for taking a drive to the re-sale shops looking for items to upcycle or rehab into props. I'm so addicted to making something NEW out of something OLD. 

Yesterday's finds are going to be so much fun assembling into prop sets! Now to figure out what to use for the fillers/layers, and set the colors and themes for each. 

I'm thinking gingham lace, mushroom, moss, and raggedy quilt...Hmm. 

That sounds like a plan to me!

Will be posting pics when finished and up for sale ;)

RTS = Ready to Ship SALE Event

It's THURSDAY and that means that it's time for another RTS = READY to SHIP photography PROP selling event. Sponsored each Thursday by PROP INSANITY and the RTS VENDOR group on Facebook.

We have some amazing vendors and incredible props for every style, color, and theme. All items are ready for immediate ship and many include free shipping. Visit the link below and scan through the album. See something you like and leave your Paypal e-mail for the vendor to invoice you. It's a simple easy process that makes shopping for new props a fun and enjoyable experience.

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10151704932803384.1073741846.309471943383&type=1

It's a Retro Hippy Thing

It's a Retro HIPPY Thing! 

Made a few headbands from fabric medallions that remind me of patterns and colors I wore back as a teenager back in the 60's.

 When I was a kid my grandmother showed me how to make the medallions using a piece of cardboard cut into a circle. For this new batch I bought a handy little tool made of plastic with a disc that fits to hold the fabric in place while I stitched the circle to form the pleats.  

I love to make them and had a few ready to use for a pillow project. After giving it some thought I pictured the medallions on a headband or head wrap. The finished product is what you see below and as you can see my grand daughter loved them and insisted on wearing them in their own way. Georgia has hers higher while Reese has the Indian maiden look worn a little lower on her forehead. They have a cotton braided tie back for adjustable fit. *PEACE*  

https://www.etsy.com/listing/152383760/girls-toddler-headband-shabby?

Priced $14.00 including U.S. ship

International shipping add $3.00 

https://www.etsy.com/listing/152387477/girls-toddler-headband-shabby?

ETSY Treasury for Prop Insanity Facebook RTS Vendors

Prop Insanity RTS Vendor TREASURY on ETSY

I'm a member of an ETSY TEAM for VENDORS belonging to the PROP INSANITY RTS VENDOR GROUP on Facebook. The Etsy team is:

Prop Insanity Treasury Group (for members of the Facebook group)

We make TREASURIES featuring items listed for sale in our individual ETSY shops. Our team members use the TREASURY views, comments and likes, as a way to promote our shop listings and draw new views to our shops and FACEBOOK pages.

All of us have shops on ETSY and we are ALSO members of the PROP INSANITY Facebook GROUP for vendors: 

PROP INSANITY for PHOTOGS and VENDORS.  

Have a look at some gorgeous PURPLE and RED props for my TREASURY offering for this first week in JUNE.

Please comment on the items to keep us in view on ETSY and we would appreciate you clicking on the little "heart" at the top left upper corner of each listing thumbnail pic. this will also help to keep us in top view on ETSY.

*** CLICK***
below link to check out fabulous listings for amazing props for all your photography themes and styles!

https://www.etsy.com/treasury/OTY5MDd8MjcyMTk4Njg5MQ/red-and-purple-photography-prop