Friday's Photography Gear!

While I enjoy a lovely Vanilla Latte Macchiato, I want to show off my latest piece of handmade stash for my photography gear!


After Gaurav got me a Lensbaby for my birthday, I knew I needed a new pouch to protect it, and as I did with my other lenses, I knew it'd be a MsChrista's lens cozy!






Christa is a real dear, cause she always keeps some of my favourite fabric aside to make my lens cozies all to match!




And this time, she also made me a super cute matching pouch to carry my charger, lenspen, extra cards and spare batteries all together!




Have a great weekend everyone!

Lens cozies by MsChrista!!

Saturday is here!


Though for me, it doesn't mean days off or anything... I'm actually looking forward to Monday & Tuesday, since that'll be my weekend. Yes, nurses do have weird schedules.


I was hoping to sleep in this morning, since I have worked morning shift the last pair of days and today I work 3 to 10 pm, but my neighbors decided not to agree with me, so after vegetating a bit on the sofa and roaming around the net, I've decided to do something productive, and write a blog entry!


My regular readers may remember a blog entry I wrote not too long ago, about a great lens cozy that MsChrista made for me, but that Mr G inherited for his old lens because of my poor measuring skills.


Well, shortly after writing it, I asked Christa to finally make my lenses a pair of lens cozies, and this time I was VERY careful with the measurements, which means that this time, the cozies DO fit my lenses perfectly!




I got a cozy for my 14-42mm kit lens and one for my 50mm macro lens, and of all the fabrics Christa has, I chose one rocking fabric!




So now, my lenses not only can be protected when left outside the bag, but also look as cool as can be!




In these photos you can see the macro lens inside its cozy, and the cozy for my kit lens, cause that's the lens I was using to take the shots!






I'm already planning another pouch for my 40-150mm lens that G kept with him to play around, and of course, any other lens that I may get in the future!


And if you want one (or two, or a dozen!) go and ask Christa on Etsy, she's planning to set up a custom listing for lens cozies, but in the meantime, I'm sure she'll love to work on a custom for anyone, just make sure you measure your lens carefully!

Lens cozy by MsChrista!

Hullo there!


I'm back in Spain, after the usual long transcontinental flight, and the not so unusual running around airports (this time it was the Charles de Gaulle airport, really nice looking airport, of what I managed to see while running around it!).


I've decided to have a nice cappuccino made with my beloved Dolce Gusto and keep myself as busy as possible, so I don't feel too crappy now, missing the bf.


Today, I want to talk about Christa, the wonderful lady behind MsChrista's Rockin' Accessories. She not only make some stunning hair flowers and hair accessories, but she also makes some great bags and can even get out of her comfort zone and make awesome coffee cozies as she did before for me, and her latest success: a lens cozy!




I have been looking for lens cozies on Etsy since I got my beloved Olympus E-620 with its two kit lenses, and even more since I got my 50mm f2 macro lens, but none of the ones I've found seemed the right size or I simply didn't like the style, so I decided to ask on my twitter feed who was interested in trying their hand at it? And Christa offered her sewing skills to the challenge!




I provided the measurements for my 14-42mm kit lens, but somehow I managed to get them wrong, cause once I got the cozy, it was a wee bit small. My failure on measuring properly resulted on a strike of luck for Gaurav, cause he had bought an old used lens on eBay (fantastic lens by the way) and the cozy did fit it perfectly! And since the fabric was oriental but with dragons and the like, it was deemed manly enough to be added to the bf's stock!


The best thing that makes this lens cozy different from all the others is mainly the zipper closure, instead of the usual drawstring closure. It feels more secure in a way, and more easy access to the lens than having to grasp for it inside the cozy.




Other nice feature of this cozy is the fact that is lined in felt fabric for extra padding, but it's also a fabric that doesn't attract too many fibers, which is very good for storing lenses.


I'm actually thinking of asking Christa to make a few more cozies for my lenses, and this time I will be sure to take the proper measurements!!


And don't forget to check Christa's Etsy shop for amazing hair accessories!!