I do like doing treasuries – its like creating your own little gallery. And they are somehow quite meditative to complete – and very easy to do when you use the poster sketch tool. I think they are a crucial element of Etsy and one of the factors that help to build a strong community.
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Posts Tagged ‘holland’
Treasuries…
Posted in Create, Etsy, Personal, Photography, colour, tagged art, Etsy, flower, holland, Photography, tulip on June 15, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Amsterdam Polaroid and the best Appeltaart ?
Posted in Create, Photography, Travel, tagged amsterdam, Appeltaart, art, bakery, Cafe, cafewinkel, Cake, cities, Europe, holland, Photography, polaroid, sx70, Travel on May 15, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Just a quick post as I am busy working my way through the Amsterdam photos and trying to catch up on some of the other cities before I go off on the next trip. This little set of houses is very typical for Amsterdam, with their decorative gables. I spent an interesting hour or so [...]
Tulips from Amsterdam
Posted in Create, Personal, Travel, tagged amsterdam, art, bloemen, bulbfields, cities, city, Europe, flowers, holland, Photography, Travel, tulips, tulpen on May 13, 2009 | 7 Comments »
Well, not strictly from Amsterdam, but close enough. When I was planning when to visit each city, I did have an idea quite early on to visit Amsterdam in April. And one reason for this was to be able to see the bulb fields. Actually I just scraped in with this by the skin of [...]
A Recipe for a Good Day.
Posted in Inspire, Personal, Photography, Travel, tagged cities, city, Europe, holland, music, Photography, polaroid, sx70, Travel on May 2, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Still in Amsterdam as part of the “12 City Project”.
The first two days were spent doing a lot of walking but not a huge amount of photography. The film I had in my camera was of the “original TZ but very expired” variety. Once in a blue moon this film exposes correctly , has only [...]
Quick update from Amsterdam
Posted in Personal, Travel, tagged cities, Europe, holland, Photography, polaroid, sx70, Travel, tulips on April 30, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Longer update on Amsterdam following soon. For now just a taster of the tulips. Sometimes arriving by plane at this time of year the ground is a brightly coloured patchwork of tulip fields. This time the approach must have been from the other direction as there was only a hint of colour to be seen [...]
If you have Painted your House Red…
Posted in Photography, tagged Add new tag, canal, city, Etsy, holland, leiden, photograph, Photography, polaroid, sx70, Travel on June 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
then there is probably someone somewhere who is really grateful to you ! This is a gorgeous little canal street in the heart of Leiden, the Netherlands. However, it wouldn’t make nearly such a good photograph if this house wasn’t painted red. Every time I visit I go past to check up on it , [...]
