I've recently discovered Instagram (yes, a bit late, eheh) and immediately felt in love! It's my favourite social media and I find myself posting 1-2 photos everyday (only because I hold me to post 3 or 4 or 5).
I like that it's easy to use, quick (for busy people, too!) and with a strong sense of community inside.
You can find my profile under silvia_triv, if you like to interact or take a glance (or click on the black button on your right).
What kind of things I post?
To be honest, I've started to use Instagram to tell something about my job of tourist guide in Sicily.
I write about it in a dedicated blog (mostly in italian with translations in english) and I use other on-line tools to spread the world with my joy and satisfaction about my job (a Pinterest board dedicated to Sicily, for exemple) and also to help tourists in some ways.
I decided to open an Instagram account as a support, but soon I started to post something else, here and there.
I decided to open an Instagram account as a support, but soon I started to post something else, here and there.
Now I use to post photos about:
- me in action (there's also a tag used by me and other tourist guides: #touristguideinaction) and the beautiful places when I work (a big privilege!)
- something about my life in Italy and Sicily: food, landscape, traditions, nature, events...
- my life close to nature and country
- my crafty life: materials, tools, my busy hands at the sewing machine, finished projects, parts of the creative process.
The last one is the best part of my being on Instagram.
As an artisan I think it's very important to tell people about your creative process. My customers are not buying products that are born in lifeless factories; there are very busy hands and a person behind handmade items.
People want to know who you are, how you work, what kind of materials you use, the values hidden in your small business / work ...
And (so much more important)... it's funny!
I can let my followers look at my prewashed fabrics drying on my balcony's cords (always prewash your fabrics!!!):
They can browse into my thread spools, so colorful:
I can show them how I use my handmade paper patterns to draw the cut line on fabrics...
... or my hands during a very hard step of bag making (inner zippers!!!) ...
... the finished items ...
... or even the 100% recycled packages I usually arrange (I do my best for the planet, you know!)...
Isn't it great?
Love it!
I'm a 100% Instagram enthusiast!
If you like, you can click on the images of this post to give them an earth or to follow me or to leave a comment. All these things will be really appreciated!
If you want to join this "creative process posting", take photos of you at work, or of your materials / supplies, don't forget the most interesting steps of your work and add one of the tags I use: #creativeprocess , #behindthescenes , #inthestudio (all of them, or the one you like best).
Do you post on Instagram to tell about your creative/artistic process?
Do you think it's important in some ways?
What are your favourite things to post on Instagram?
Let me know! I'm sure I can improve my Instagram experience thanks to your comments!
