June Knit-Working Night – Product Photography Tips from a Pro

Hey, Crafty Gals and Guys -

You’ve already received the official Evite, but we just wanted to post a reminder that this Wednesday, 6/25/08 from 7-9 pm, is our bi-monthly Knit-Working Night at Wonder Root.  We are so excited about this month’s topic.

Trying to maintain your online shop and make your creations stand out in cyberspace?  Want to make your festival applications a sure thing?  Product photography is key – And, we want to help you take your photographs from ho-hum to whoa baby!

Join us at the talented Steve Pomberg, a local professional photographer, talks us through some of the finer points of compelling product photography.  Get better acquainted with your digital camera, learn some professional tips on how to stage eye catching product photographs and get the inside scoop on some killer finishing tricks using basic PhotoShop techniques.

Special thanks to:
Wonder Root, our host location
Steve Pomberg, our wonderful expert presenter
Cabbagetown Market, providing our refreshments this month

The response to this topic has been tremendous.  If you aren’t able to attend on Wednesday, don’t fret.  We’ll be bringing this topic back again before the end of the year!

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Knit-Working Nights are bi-monthly members only events focused on practical business improvement topics.  The next Knit-Working Night will take place the last Wednesday of August.

Haven’t joined the ACM yet?  Want to come to this Knit-Working Night?  No worries – Just submit your application by COB the day before our Knit-Working Night event and we’ll add you to the list.  That’s just how nice we are.

Have a topic you’d like to see covered at a Knit-Working Night?  Shoot an e-mail to theladies@atlcraftmafia.com with your suggestions.

An Offer You Can’t Refuse!

The Atlanta Craft Mafia has been offered the opportunity to help put together an all Craft Mafia artist’s market at Atlantic Station on Friday, July 18th.  We are so excited to extend this offer to all of our made and associate members!  There will be a discounted booth fee for those who wish to sell in the market, and volunteer opportunities for those who just want to be involved.  This is a great way to get your feet wet if you’ve never participated in an artist’s market, as you’ll have the support of your entire mafia family.  Our established members will be able to get their names out to what we hope will be a very busy market.  

All of our made and associate members will receive and email with more detailed information.  If you have any questions or would like to know more, please email us at theladies@atlcraftmafia.com.  Can’t wait to see you at the market!

We’d like to thank Alison of www.lovealison.com for helping us to make this incredible opportunity a reality!

Art Event at Doo Gallery on Saturday, June 21st

Come to Doo Gallery on June 21st between noon and 2 a.m. to check out an awesome skate deck art show. There will be 50 boards on display.  The works of art are up for auction with all proceeds benefitting local skate parks.  Check out Doo Gallery’s website for more information.  The show will feature our very own LoveAlison as one of the skate deck artists!

Looking for something fun to do tonight?

One of our very favorite made members, Alison of www.lovealison.com is being featured in a book!  Check it out tonight from 8-10 at Eyedrum!

Atlanta Craft Mafia <3’s ICE

The 7th annual Indie Craft Experience was on Saturday, June 7th.  It was an amazing experience.  Christy Petterson and Shannon Mulkey did a wonderful job putting the show together.  Despite the oppressive heat, hundreds of shoppers came out to peruse our crafty wares.  Along with all three of our founding members, many of our fantastic made members participated in the show, including:

www.abardis.wordpress.com

www.artistikdiva.etsy.com

www.cuylerhoveyking.com

www.funkyquailtoo.etsy.com

www.honeydoux.com

www.jinkywink.com

www.lovealison.com

www.themoddog.com

www.papastudios.etsy.com

www.re-paper.net

www.ilovepatina.com

www.scurvydog.biz

www.studiomarcy.etsy.com

www.teddylux.com

Thanks to all of our members who represented our organization so well, including those associates who volunteered.  A big thank you to Christy and Shannon as well, for providing us all with such a great opportunity!

 

 

 

 

Welcome Back to www.atlcraftmafia.com!

It’s great to see you all again, members and prospective members!  The website is back online and better than ever!  We took a break to change the site up a bit and completely revamp it.  We have to say that we’re very happy with the result.

The founders of the Atlanta Craft Mafia are going to start a section of our blog that is completely focused on you, our members.  Please email us with any of your exciting news and happenings at atlantacraftmafia@yahoo.com. We can’t wait to hear from you and share your crafty goodness with the rest of the community!