My Tips and Tricks for Perfect Social Media Photos

Hey there! How's it going?  I am getting excited for the Fourth of July that is just around the corner now! Woohoo!

Speaking of red, white and blue, let me show you a tip to make your photos for any social media look better than ever!  Improvise, that's the key word.  Fake it till you make it, right?

You're probably thinking right now, "what in the world is she yammering on about?"  Well, this vintage Campfire Marshmallow tin is one of my favorite treasures.  I looked and looked and looked some more before I found one I could afford.  This one was still really expensive if you compare it to what I am normally willing to pay for my junk, but I had to have it!  Anywhoobs, I photograph it for practically every season and occasion that I can and it always gets lots of attention.

Sooooooo, let me show you how I "filled" my vintage tin with marshmallows.  It's a pretty large tin at about 10" in diameter and about 6" deep.  It would take LOTS of bags of marshmallows to actually fill it up.

I went to the kitchen and found a bowl that would sit down inside the tin, but it was too short, so I raised it up with another bowl, as you see here.

See, the bowl I chose doesn't actually fill up the tin either, so I had to see what else I could come up with.

Old marshmallows from last year, placed inside the filler bowl and some crumpled walmart bags around the edges would do.  The bags took up all the extra space.  See my two bags of fresh marshmallows?  I may or may not have eaten 3 or 4 while creating my photo shoot.  Ok, maybe it was 10.....no it wasn't.  Stop judging me, marshmallows are GOOD!

Next I just placed the marshmallows around the top until it looked full.  It's a whole new meaning to Instagram vs reality.  No one will know that my tin wasn't full of marshmallows, right?  Oh dang it, I just told all of YOU! LOL!

See!  It's a vintage marshmallow tin FULL of marshmallows!  Delicious!  Visit my Instagram page HERE and be sure to check out my Reels section to see this idea in action!

Who's ready for the 4th of July? Me! I am!

You can CLICK HERE to see lots more of my patriotic decor.

If you loved any of these ideas and want to save them for later, be sure to pin it to your favorite Pinterest board.  I have a Pinterest board set up for all kinds of red, white and blue ideas and its called Red, White and Blue.  I'm pinning something new on Pinterest every day. Won't you join me?

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