Button Wednesday : Button Photographs

It is Wednesday again, so it's BUTTON DAY on my blog !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Today I show you some fantastic button photographs I found on Flickr. The one above is by Fiona of wild goose chase; I love the soft focus and the text shining through the water drop.


And here the water turned into ice.... This photo is by Sam Turner; isn't it mysterious ?


In the next photo it looks if the buttons float on water; it's by Carlos Porto.


Here the buttons are disappearing in a black hole; photo by Alan of Sunset Sailor.


In this photo, the button itself looks like a black hole; photo by Neal Fowler.


And in this last photo, the buttons seem to stream away.....; photo by Cecilia Esbjornsson of Nifty loves crafting.



Have you seen a lovely, beautiful, stunning, crazy button or button-related thingy, or did you make something with a button / buttons, or did you even make buttons yourself, blog about it on your blog on Wednesday, and give the link here in the comments so that everybody can enjoy it !!

Traditional Costumes : Postage Stamps Holland

This Friday I show you some stamps of The Netherlands that have some connection with traditional Dutch costumes. The stamps above are from the summer stamps of 1974 (of designer J. v.d. Toorn Vrijthoff) and they show the Dutch author Herman Heijermans and the actress Esther de Boer – van Rijk in her star role as Kniertje in the famous 1900 play "Op Hoop Van Zegen" (Dutch for "Trusting Our Fate in the Hands of God") of Herman Heijermans. The play is taking place in a North Sea fishing village, and Kniertje is wearing a typical North Sea traditional Dutch costume.


This stamp is from the local post service in North East Friesland for the winter season in 2000. It shows 3 couples in traditional Friesian costumes glide skating, a typical old Dutch way of skating.


The next stamps do not show traditional costumes as such, but more typical (Dutch) historical costumes. Because I like them too, here some pictures and a short description.
This stamp is of 1996 and commemorates 200 years of the province of Noord-Brabant. In 1796 Noord-Brabant became the ninth province of the Netherlands; this fact was celebrated with roll of drums and flag throwing in historical costumes.


This lovely milkmaid is a historic ornamental stone on a house in Alkmaar. She is in the 1975 Child Welfare Issue together with some other ornamental house-stones. She is wearing a typical 16th century farmer's wife costume of North-Holland. I found this picture of her on Flickr (Sierag):


This lovely set commemorates the 50th Anniversary of Child Welfare Issues in 1974 and shows early photographs. They are from an old photograph album of around 1900 of Gerardus van Bruggen and Cornelia van Nes with their ten children (living on a farm in Haarlemmerliede). The kids pose in their Sunday clothes looking like small adults: Gerrit with a hoop (30 ct), Dora holding hands with her little brother Jo on a chair (35 ct), Sjaan and Ans (6 and 5 years of age) standing beside a chair (45 ct), and Cornelia sitting beside a decorated travelling box (60 ct).

Flickr Favorites : Shiny

Today in the Flickr Favorites we are playing by theme (every first Tuesday in the month), and the theme for this Tuesday is "shiny".

For more flickr favourites see ArtMind's blog.

1. shine, 2. GREEN MOSQUE // GROENE MOSKEE HASSAN II CASABLANCA, 3. yip: 9/365 shiny, 4. So dark and shiny...


And a picture of the Schlei fjord in front of my house shining in the sun.

Monday Moodboard: Photo-drama

A few days ago I started to retake the photo's from my wood jewelry line for the Etsy kraplap shop. Some of my EST friends helped me to find my own style, and finally we had some sun, so it had to be done now. But despite my energy and good will (although I knew better), it was again a desaster :((( Most of the zillion pics I took were too light, too dark, or unsharp. I really start to loose all my hope that I ever will have great pics, sigh .... If you are also struggling with photos, you know what I am talking about. I wish I could take pics like these from some of our excellent European Street Team photographers on Etsy.

For more monday moodboards see fleurfatale's blog.

1. ZenzPhotography
2. MatkirschPhoto
3. matchstickgirl
4. IchaPhotography

Monday Moodboard: "Cold"

We had a very cold night last night; great finds from some of our European Street Team members on Etsy.

For more monday moodboards see fleurfatale's blog.

1. matchstickgirl
2. sunshineartdesign
3. felicitycrew
4. Jkphotography

The first photograph is from Frances Melhop; assist her in trying to reach her goal for a once in a lifetime project: The Ancient Olive Tree !!!!!!!!!!

Tidbits : Monday Moodboard

This Monday's moodboard is called "The Sea".
The weather starts to be nice again, so the beach is calling ! Walking along the sea, finding some lovely shells, hearing the seagulls, seeing Peggy running; life is good !

For more monday moodboards see fleurfatale's blog.

1. TomBjornDesigns
2. emelephotography
3. ikabags
4. Chickslab