Another post in a fun, weekly series that we hope to keep rolling! Each Tuesday we'll post a new quick business tip for prop making, marketing, lighting or some other tidbit that might help you out! Even if you're not a photographer, you might still find something to apply to your field of business that may save you time or money :)
This week's quick tip:
Easy No-Sew DIY Newborn Bowties for $1.00 or less!
I love how super easy and custom this DIY prop is! If you have a client coming in that requests a specific color scheme, you can make one of these the night before! I'm going to roll through this tutorial to demonstrate how fast and easy it is, and if you go ahead and pre-cut your fabric pieces, you can make several at once without stopping :) Fabric quarters can be found at fabric stores or the craft/fabric section in Walmart, or you can use fabric scraps that you already have or even upcycle some old clothing. The possibilities are endless!
Here we go!
1. Supplies - fabric, hot glue gun, glue sticks, measuring tape and scissors.
2. Cut your fabric into two rectangles - large main piece should be around 4.5 inches x 5.5 inches, and your center smaller piece should be around 3 inches x 2 inches.
3. Tri-fold your large piece like you would fold a letter to put in an envelope and run a small bead of glue on the edge to hold in place.
4. Fold edges to meet center and slightly overlap, add a drop of glue to hold in place.
5. Pinch rectangle in middle and add a drop of glue to hold into a bowtie shape.
6. Tri-fold your smaller piece just like you did the larger one and run a small bead of glue along edge to hold in place.
7. Wrap small piece around center of large piece and glue in back.
8. DONE!
Easy peasy!
This week's quick tip:
Easy No-Sew DIY Newborn Bowties for $1.00 or less!
I love how super easy and custom this DIY prop is! If you have a client coming in that requests a specific color scheme, you can make one of these the night before! I'm going to roll through this tutorial to demonstrate how fast and easy it is, and if you go ahead and pre-cut your fabric pieces, you can make several at once without stopping :) Fabric quarters can be found at fabric stores or the craft/fabric section in Walmart, or you can use fabric scraps that you already have or even upcycle some old clothing. The possibilities are endless!
Here we go!
1. Supplies - fabric, hot glue gun, glue sticks, measuring tape and scissors.
2. Cut your fabric into two rectangles - large main piece should be around 4.5 inches x 5.5 inches, and your center smaller piece should be around 3 inches x 2 inches.
3. Tri-fold your large piece like you would fold a letter to put in an envelope and run a small bead of glue on the edge to hold in place.
4. Fold edges to meet center and slightly overlap, add a drop of glue to hold in place.
5. Pinch rectangle in middle and add a drop of glue to hold into a bowtie shape.
6. Tri-fold your smaller piece just like you did the larger one and run a small bead of glue along edge to hold in place.
7. Wrap small piece around center of large piece and glue in back.
8. DONE!
Easy peasy!
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