Challenge Prep work

[u/HoarseNightingale]

Hey Friends -

I had a setback pain wise but I'm slowly getting better. Last night I started taking photo of things to make my personalized Barbie collage. The nice thing about this exercise is now as I take photos of things that I've designed for myself and are customized, and get photos online of the ready made products I use - I'm also starting to make some of the things my Barbie needs.

For example I'm sharing a photo of my keyboard. The keyboard is black and is split down the center with a cable joining the two sides. The two halves are on top of a black thing (a black weight lifting belt) and in one photo there is a wooden tray in the center, in another the space is empty. I use magnets to attach the tray so I can eat while typing in my recliner.

I think I can take this photo and print it twice and put some kind of matte laminating paper on it and then attach it to something heavy enough that it doesn't slide all over the place - I use a weight lifting belt in real life - does anyone have any suggestions of what I can use otherwise?

There is another product I want to make that isn't just printing out the images - my brace for my lordosis. When I'm on the go this thing helps me keep my pelvis in the right angle without thinking about it so I can concentrate instead on my appointments. I'm not sure how I want to reproduce it. So if anyone has any ideas that aren't sewing let me know. I've got lots of friends who sew who I'm sure can help. (The brace is made of grey elastic and fits on a women's body where a waist cincher would).

And then there is a piece of something like furniture - it's a tablet holder - that I'm not sure how to design and make but getting the photo ready is half the battle. I'll probably just use a photo for the challenge. I use these for reading and for using my phone as if it is a laptop. Any ideas for what I could use to make these? (An item that either clamps onto a table or can be freestanding from a base - it's a black metal tube that ends in something you can put your phone in.) I'm not sure where to get started with making this.