I’ve talked a lot about mockups on the Cutting for Business blog. Today, let’s wrangle all those posts into one easy to find resource. Plus, I’m having a little giveaway – make sure you read through to the end and enter. (Click any picture to go to the post.) How to Create Mockups in Silhouette …
Photography & Mockups
Design Drop is no longer available and I have not found a replacement. ————————————————————————————————— Today’s post comes straight from my inbox – and it is related to the best way to deal with customers and online mockups. Here’s the email: “Hi Christine! As my customs business is growing, I’m having a hard time keeping mockups …
I’ll be honest and blunt: Crafters and companies that steal other crafter’s photos suck. And unfortunately, this runs rampant in the craft business world. We, as sellers, need to try to protect our product photos. One way to protect photos is using a watermark. However, not everyone likes to use watermarks. 3 Reasons to Not …
Before we get back to business on the blog; myself, Will, and the kids wanted to extend an extra thank you for all the prayers, well wishes, and donations our family has received for our dog Ollie. If you missed the news, our rescue dog, Ollie, was hit by a car at the start of …
I’ve been there so many times: I’ve made the absolute most beautiful, wonderful, gorgeous creation known to anyone in this world using glitter or holographic materials and when I take a photo of it – it doesn’t sparkle! Instead, it looks flat, and usually pretty dark compared to the rest of the photo. Have you …
I get a lot of Cutting for Business readers that ask about me about my blog photos. As I showed you several weeks ago, many of my photos are mockups that I create with stock photos. Others are green screen photos. Today, I am going to show you how to use a green screen in …
This week we are going to look at creative ways to advertise your Silhouette or Cricut small business. If you aren’t a great photographer, consider using stock or styled photos or mockups for your advertising. I’ve showed you in the past how to create product mockups in Silhouette Studio, but today we are going to look …
Do you carry every color vinyl, paint, or paper color that your supplier offers? Most businesses don’t, so it is helpful to have a color chart to reference and also share with customers. Custom color charts are not difficult to create in Silhouette Studio. Here’s how: 1) Open a new file in Silhouette Studio. I …
In my last post, I shared a tutorial on how to use Silhouette Studio to create product mockups to help stock your store. Product mockups can also be used when you create custom items for your customers. Sometimes as crafters, it is difficult to get our ideas across to non-crafters. The next time you are …