Flickr Favorites

1. hand dyed color picker, 2. Untitled, 3. pure morning, 4. Bright Pastels 2

The last mosaic of the year 2011 in my series of Flickr Favorites. It's been a fun, moving and colorful year. Searching for images is such an inspirational pasttime & I never look at it as wasted time. I hope you've enjoyed playing along or popping around at Flickr Favorite Tuesday. This will be the last Flickr Favorites too as I want to go 'pressure-less' into 2012 what my blog concerns.
So, I like to thank you for playing along all this time and hope that you'll still make mosaics and enjoy Flickr as much as I do.

Flickr Favorites

1. handrail, 2. permanent waves,
3. reflection *past,future,present, 4. tregua armata

It's been a long time ago since I made a red and white mosaic. And with X-mas being so close, I think it's a quite appropriate color combo. I love red as a color - it's so vibrant and alive.
Do you think that these are the most used X-mas colors because of Santa's costume?

Flickr Favorites

1. The Door, 2. A door and two shadows,
3. 0328 red door (hdr-cross processed), 4. The seldom-used door.

Belgians have some really weird traditions. I'm not sure that the following is a folk tradition though. Birthday's are celebrated different everywhere and here, when you turn a new decade, there is this expression 'getting a new front door'. And this is what's happening to me today.
So quite often you see a real front door in someone's front yard, and if you're friends are even crazier you see perhaps 30 or 40. Thankfully I don't have any crazy friends who would actually gift me a real frontdoor - what a relieve! I'll just celebrate this quietly, go to work today and then afterwards go out for dinner and enjoy the new number. The older we get, the wiser, right?

Flickr Favorites

1. exhibit three, 2. i will find a way, 3. freezer burn, 4. family planning

It's the first Tuesday of the month so we play by theme if you like. And the theme is 'art'.

I find it hard to capture art in only a few pictures but these ones above came all out of my favorites. Art is different for everyone and for me it needs to be accesible for everyone to have the title 'art'. Quite often when you go to a museum or exhibition you see pieces that are celebrated as art in it's highest form but where I feel it's not just because it's not accesible.
I know art critics disagree with me when I say that I love it when a work has a title/name. For me, that's giving me a glimpse into the artists world and makes me understand the piece better. And even though a piece of art should speak for itself, it still makes a world of difference for me to know what the artist intended it to be through a title.
How do you feel about titles?

Flickr Favorites

1. IMG_2443, 2. Untitled,
3. Valencia train station, 4. dipping my toes in Lake Annecy

Don't you love watching the birds migrate to warmer places? Flocks of freedom. I need a heater to warm our place & I think I'd rather escape. Wouldn't mind being at the trainstation in Valencia or with my feet in some lukewarm bluegreen water.
The saying 'every scar I have makes me who I am' is a reminder how daily life has a lot of influences on who you are being it positive or negative. I think it's good to be reminded of that sometimes.

Next week is the first Tuesday of the month so we play by theme. I'd love to see an art inspired mosaic. If you have a nice theme for next month, don't hesitate to let me know.

Flickr Favorites

1. star, 2. MILK, 3. IMGP6589_0, 4. the ingredients

When the weather turns colder, I tend to get baking vibes. I love the smell of freshly baked bread, pie or muffins in the house. And there are so many beautiful food photographers on Flickr. All these pics just make me drool. I came across daitoZen's pictures the other day: glorious food images. I really want to run to the kitchen and start making & baking now...
Do you like to bake?

Flickr Favorites

1. De kleine snoeper, 2. berry smoothie,
3. You're frozen when your heart's not open, 4. Peaceful Dream

When I make mosaics, I usually start out with one picture that I love and start looking for other pics that go with it. This week, it was the little girl on the chair that caught my eye. Not easy to find dusky pinks to go with it but there is always the multicolor search lab of course.
How I love Flickr tools that make life easier.

Flickr Favorites

1. ., 2. ., 3. porcelain spoons, 4. Crabeater Teeth

Just some random favorites today. I've been superbusy in my studio and can do with some cooling down. But still lots to be done I'm afraid but the end is in sight.
On thursday evening I'll pick up Anna from the airport - very exciting. And since I don't want Anna to spend her time with dustbunnies, the house will need a massive clean. Yikes! I hope the house will be like a fresh breeze when I'm done! :)

Flickr Favorites

1. homemade pop tarts, 2. 115/365 oh my! orange! (explored),
3. llet amb galetes, 4. messy shrimps with fresh herbs and feta

It's the first Tuesday of the month so we play by theme if you like. And the theme is 'food'.

I love food. No wait, I LOVE food!
Not only to eat it of course but it's so pretty in many aspects. I drool when I see all the lovely foodblogs like Smitten Kitchen, sweet Paul or Canelle & Vanille. I love to browse markets, watch cooking shows on tv and try out a few recipes myself once in a while.
But lately, it's my partner who is cooking up most of our meals as I'm a bit too busy to be in the kitchen much. I miss it though and I look forward to some quality time at the end of November when things will be a bit less hectic in my studio.
The above images are things that I love: milk and biscuits, our cat waiting patiently to when her foodbowl is filled and 2 recipes I'm dying to try out soon.

Flickr Favorites

1. Day76-may14, 2. day 362 : 365 • yes you are,
3. Packed With Love, 4. Handy Helper

It's exactly one month before the holiday deadline for packages in my shop. I can't garantuee delivery before X-mas for purchases made after that date. The holiday season is super crazy world wide and especially after last year's shipping nightmare I'm totally convinced that I should make sure my customers know this. I would hate for them being dissapointed in a late arrival.
And besides that, all orders that come in before November 25th get this extra special Happy girl included.

Next week is the first Tuesday of the month so we play by theme. I'd love to see a food inspired mosaic. Nomnom! :) If you have a nice theme for next month, don't hesitate to let me know.

Flickr Favorites

1. low, yellow, Green, yellow, yellow, yellow, yel..., 2. Escalera,

3. green tile, 4. the colour is yellow

Just because the days are getting darker and the weather is turning colder, it doesn't mean we can't splash some freshness upon us, right?
I love the combination of the lime with the yellow - it bursts of energy.
What is your favorite colorcombination?

Flickr Favorites

1. 3huizen, 2. Bake Sale For A2A: Cookie Assortment, 3. HomeMade-free-printable_finishedjarsgroup, 4. Trader Joe's Bags Continued

With the holiday season in sight, I thought I'd browse Flickr for some packaging inspiration. There is so much fun stuff there that it's hard to include only 4 images. I can easily get lost for an hour or more browsing the packaging groups. :)

Flickr Favorites

1. Colorful Clothes, 2. 253/365 no fear,

3. call for SUMMER!, 4. Colorful Clothes

It's the first Tuesday of the month so we play by theme if you like.
This week I thought it would be fun to do have an explosion of color. The brightness of colors makes me happy! I love it when people wear happy colors and I really should add a bit more color to my wardrobe too. I always feel that colorful clothing draws too much attention so that's why I rather dress neutral which is totally silly of course...
Do you like to dress colorful?

Flickr Favorites

1. Too weird? - Explored!, 2. Untitled, 3. leisure time., 4. Untitled

It looks a bit grey in here today hey? I love the movement in the pictures. It makes 'em very vivid so they don't need color really.
And I often wonder how long is now? Don't you?

Flickr Favorites

1. ❤♡/, 2. Untitled, 3. Nedinsco, 4. jaipur2-152

Hello there! I'm back from an amazing few days at 'hello Etsy' in Berlin. I'll make sure to share some pictures later on and share some of the inspiring live streams. For me it is important to give all the food for thought shape now. So my mosaic is all about form, shape and composition. All the ideas and inspiring moments need to be tailored to my taste. And I feel it won't take that long as I feel fully energized and ready to try doing some things different now.
Hope you all had a great week! Glad to be back! :)

Flickr Favorites

1. Remembrance, 2. The Book Reader,
3. Zulu 13:16 - Incoming Train, 4. Black line

All the above pictures had the word 'Berlin' as tag. That's the place I'll be heading to on Thursday. I'll be attending 'Hello Etsy' in the weekend and will meet up with lots of lovely peeps.
I have a dinnerdate on thursday evening with Vadjutka and Petit Plat. Can't make it too late as Marta will lift me out of bed on early Friday morning since she is coming by night train and will arrive at an ungodly hour. We'll have Friday to gallivant in Berlin together. I've never been there so if you have any 'must-sees' or 'go there's', let me know!
I'll be closing my shop & blog until next week as I'm treating myself to a week vacation. Be good while I'm gone! :)

Flickr Favorites

1. You drive me crazy, 2. I love tiny things, 3. Tiny, 4. Love for tiny things

It's the first Tuesday of the month so we play by theme if you like.
This week I thought it would be fun to do a tiny, little, small, teeny mosaic. Actually, I found it really hard to make a mosaic in this theme and it kind of took me forever. But I found so much pretty pictures on my search and that's what this Flickr Favorites is all about really.
Everytime I browse through Flickr I get inspired by all the images, colors, angles, textures,... and even though I'm often very occupied with life & work, preparing for the Flickr mosaic Tuesday forces me to take some time to enjoy all the beauty.

Flickr Favorites

1. reflection, 2. misty lake, 3. October sky*,
4. "Espera mãe. Acho que não está focando!"

Since we're lacking a lovely blue sky, I thought I'd create one in my weekly mosaic. What sad summer it has been here and I can see autumn already too. I don't mind as I love autumn but after such a crappy summer, I would appreciate if we would get a mild autumn with reasonable temperatures. But hey, we have to take it as it comes so I shouldn't complain.
I love the cat picture - what a great shot that is. Why is our cat not photogenetic like that? She never seems to take the right pose to make a fab picture but she is supersweet and I suppose not all cats can be supermodels, right?

Next week is the first Tuesday of the month so we play by theme. I'd love to see a teeny, tiny, mini, itsy-bitsy and wee mosaic. If you have a nice theme for next month, don't hesitate to let me know.

Flickr Favorites

1. napping, 2. Window (77/365), 3. ...

4. http://www.flickr.com/photos/suricata/4002494852/in/faves-artmind_etcetera/

Wouldn't you love to nap all day long like that baby? I kind of feel like I need a napping day. I've been working lots and lots lately so I think I deserve a day off sometime soon.
And I want to spend it quietly with a book, some scones with tea and perhaps even my crochet hook. I also found the picture of the mammatus clouds very intriguing. I've never seen such weird cloud formation but perhaps it's better that way as they are usually accompagnied by tornadic storms.

Flickr Favorites

1. 324/365: bottle it up, and breathe it back, 2. .,
3. tv on the radio:halfway home, 4. 327/365: for the old of heart and the young of age

I love these shades of blue. So gentle and soft and the images are really strong.
This mosaic was made a few weeks ago and I put it in my concepts. It's not really my mood at the moment but I was too lazy to make another one.
I love the road picture a lot. It reminds me of my favorite poem 'The road not taken' by Robert Frost.