So I am at the one year mark on etsy as I previously stated in my last blog. I am so happy as to how far craftsbykj.etsy has come that I wanted to share the story of 'the rickety rackety luckily here on my porch white chair'. This chair has been featured in most of my etsy shots. It all started out with the picture taken by my dearest artistically inclined friend Moonflower who offered to help me get started on Etsy by taking a few pictures of my first postings for my shop. I explained to her I needed some props to place my quilts on and she said 'I have the perfect thing!' On her first photographic jaunt she brought in the back of her truck this fabulous chair!
She explained that this particular chair had such great character she thought it would be a great addition to my work, that it would enhance the photos by adding some shabby chic rustic charm. Boy was she right, so with that off she went clicking away styling quilts artfully hung over the side of the rickety rackety chair, carefully moving this chair as to not have it fall apart. It is not a chair to sit on, or to use to get anything out of the pantry, just a beautiful piece to be in photographs. If you pick it up wrong, the wrungs fall out the spindles shift, but you can tell this chair has seen a lot through all the years!
She explained that this particular chair had such great character she thought it would be a great addition to my work, that it would enhance the photos by adding some shabby chic rustic charm. Boy was she right, so with that off she went clicking away styling quilts artfully hung over the side of the rickety rackety chair, carefully moving this chair as to not have it fall apart. It is not a chair to sit on, or to use to get anything out of the pantry, just a beautiful piece to be in photographs. If you pick it up wrong, the wrungs fall out the spindles shift, but you can tell this chair has seen a lot through all the years!
My first 'made it to front page' item the Addison Quilt was photographed on the cute little white chair in front of my barn (which is just one wind storm away from being a pile of reclaimed wood for sale) a most wondrous building also weather worn and torn but super fascinating. So I thought Hmmmmmmm... if this chair captures the eye, is it because of the perfectly worn off paint spots or that upon first glance you know it is unique with history.So after the 'photo shoot' off went Moonflower with her truck and her trusty rickety chair in the back of her truck to head home and e-mail me the pictures she took. That was in the spring of 2009.
After this first session I became much stronger with my own photography skills, and took many shots of my own for listing. But at my request Moonflower came back again at the end of summer to get me set up for the release of the Autumn line. I mentioned to her how
much I loved the photos of the white chair and she offered to bring it back and to my ABSOLUTE delight, she offered me the chair to keep.(Thank you Moonflower!!!) Wow! you could have told me I won the lottery because this chair has somehow stolen my heart. So for the Fall and Holiday season I continued to use this chair for pictures. I have had a blast trying to use multiple angles and put the chair in many different positions, but continue to come back to its upright spindle back. It photographs the best.
After this first session I became much stronger with my own photography skills, and took many shots of my own for listing. But at my request Moonflower came back again at the end of summer to get me set up for the release of the Autumn line. I mentioned to her how
much I loved the photos of the white chair and she offered to bring it back and to my ABSOLUTE delight, she offered me the chair to keep.(Thank you Moonflower!!!) Wow! you could have told me I won the lottery because this chair has somehow stolen my heart. So for the Fall and Holiday season I continued to use this chair for pictures. I have had a blast trying to use multiple angles and put the chair in many different positions, but continue to come back to its upright spindle back. It photographs the best. My little chair has sat out on my front porch all winter, it has been covered by many inches of snow, battered by Nor'Easters, heavy winds, hail and has seen much sunshine. Our last major rainstorm we were hit with about 4" of rain, our basement flooded, but my biggest horror was my little white chair fell over in the wind and took a pretty big hit, it is even more rickety now. I still love it and I will still use it, even if you are all tired of seeing it, I am smitten with my Rickety Rackety and luckily it is still here on my porch the mysterious White Chair!!
