Writer Archives

Creating Holiday Banners – Part Three

by Holly Dare on 10/31/10 | View Comments Comment(s)

Now that we’ve learned a bit about using the Internet to locate fancy fonts and graphics and how to isolate our own images, we’re ready to put them all together in new holiday banner to dress up our shops.
First open, several of those PSD files you created and saved in …



Creating Holiday Banners – Part Two Image Isolation

by Holly Dare on 10/29/10 | View Comments Comment(s)

In part one, we covered easy holiday banner creation  using images available on the web.  Now, we are going to begin the process of creating a custom banner using images from your shop.  To do this, you have to isolate individual product images with no background…not even white.  We will …



Creating Holiday Banners – Part One, Photoshop Tutorial

by Holly Dare on 10/10/10 | View Comments Comment(s)

One of the great tools Etsy offers us as sellers is a nice, large, customizable banner. Changing this banner to feature different holidays gets your customers in the mood to shop. It’s like walking into a store decorated for the holidays. It makes a statement.
It’s always nice if you can …



Animation for Team Sales: Part 2, Final Steps

by Holly Dare on 10/05/10 | View Comments Comment(s)

Last week, we addressed how to create a layered file in photoshop that we will be using to create an animated file this week.
In the Window Menu, choose animation. A new animation window opens.
Mine looks like this:

As you can see, the animation frame seems to show my top layer and …



Animation for Team Sales: Photoshop Tutorial Part 1 – Layers

by Holly Dare on 9/23/10 | View Comments Comment(s)

Last week, we learned to make banners for your blogs and personal sites advertising your sale or event.  Now, we are going to take all those banners from a  team and turn them into an animated file. To do this, we have to size, build and order layer files in …



Photoshop Tutorial: Color Banners

by Holly Dare on 9/14/10 | View Comments Comment(s)

You are selling your work and you’ve joined some teams to help you promote. Sooner or later you’re going to have to create an online ad to promote your shop. This tutorial was created for my Etsy artisan glass beads promotion team, The Fire Divas. We frequently hold contests for …



Handmade Gifts for the Modern Mom

by Holly Dare on 5/01/10 | View Comments Comment(s)

Modern moms are so busy – dashing here and there, involved in the kids lives and their own careers. But it’s easy to find a unique gift for them by shopping handmade.
Every busy mom could use social circle cards… like a business card but more fun. …



Handmade Mother’s Day Gifts for Grandma

by Holly Dare on 4/28/10 | View Comments Comment(s)

Mother’s Day isn’t just for Moms. It’s the perfect time to send a little love and appreciation to all the mothers in your life. The older sister who loved and protected you. The aunt who always made your took you shopping or taught you how to paint. …