So, I’ve just discovered Polyvore on a friend’s blog when she created this Madeline Set (which I love!). On Polyvore, you can easily create sets of items from stores like Urban Oufitters and Luck Lady Rules (so, many options from big to small!). You can even install a “Clip to Polyvore” button on your browser’s tool bar, so if you ever see something lovely you want to share with the world, you can add it to a set.
You can search for what you want (ie: donuts, sprinkles, candy, circles, and tiered dresses were a few search terms I used to create my Donut Set <–click here and you’ll see my set on the Polyvore page, with all of those products linked to the web-site where they can be purchased). Once you find the items, they are pre-cut out (ie the background disappears, usually successfully, but not always) and the images are easy to make big and small and move and organize. Like a mini, easy to understand photoshop. This is fan-tast-ic.
It takes me along time to make my own sets in photoshop (though I do think mine (Exhibit A, Exhibit B) are more polished looking, less pixelated, and, since they take more time, more well-researched and thought-out).
One big thing that did bother me about polyvore is that the html they give you to post into your blog to show off your set adds a little polyvore.com logo at the bottom of the image,
and it exports smaller than it appears on the polyvore page (though does appear less pixelated at the small size). Anyway, the polyvore stamp bothered me enough that I took a screenshot of mine so I could format it to my liking.
BUT, despite my complaining, Polyvore makes it easy to throw together a quick “online inspiration board” and that, my friends, I LOVE.
One Response for "Polyvore & a Donut Set"
i love the donuts and the madeline set! you are right though, your original sets are much more put together and ready for a magazine! polyvore is great for people like me to try to imitate your awesome design skills. thanks for passing it on :) <3
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