Like Joke and I promised last week today another ten great calendars for 2011. Can you believe the number 20-11 ...my goodness I remember so clearly when i was think about the 21st century wold their be ufo's would we be able to travel in time....luckily not I can say and we still appreciate the same things ... paper calendars!
..sugar, spice everything nice..
Hello sweet Bloesem readers! I was so excited when Irene asked me to share with you my 2011 calendar favorites. Not an easy task, as there are so many gorgeous calendars out there, but here are my ten favorites of this year (in no specific order) and next week on Wednesday ten more favorites.
I'll be back in a couple of weeks to share some Holiday cards with all of you!
Enjoy the calendars!
Joke from Tokketok
*Guest post by Silvia Pilger
Did you print your vacation pictures yet? I didn't. There are about 750 photo's from our vacation to Greece still stuck in my camera. How different where the times when our parents took analogue photo's and scrapbooked them in yearly albums?
While looking for a solution and searching for how-to's about creating a nice digital printed album, I've stumbled on the Paislee Press blog written by Liz Tamanaha. She's an amazing photographer and digital artist. She creates simple and nice templates and digital goodies that you can use while creating your digital photo album. For digital dummy she's posted many tutorials and free downloads to help you start.
I'm doing something different with this year's photo's. I'm going to create our Greek album on our dining room wall with the help of her free project plan and templates.
Thank You Silvia!
Yesterday I saw the first try-outs for the new Bloesem Look...and it made me very Happy! We are expecting to need one more week before the new launch of BloesemBlog. With a new look and new lay-out I'm trying to make my Bloesemblog more professional ...looking at other blogs I see an editorial calendar and a list of contributors...all which I'm planning to have for next year in 2011 too...with that in mind I have bought this fantastic agenda from Japan over at Garin's shop. Of course I can use the calander on my computer, but sometimes writing things down makes you better in not forgetting things. And I like the idea of the zipper pouch...I always have a million little notes, business cards and magazine clips that don't have to fall out my agenda any longer.
If you feel like having a more crafty looking planner than I would recommend these lovely embroidered ones...or this fun looking one based on the Japanese masking-tape theme...click here to see the new fall collection from Ginko.
{Greeting card from Temps Perdu by Natascha Boel}
The last three weeks I have spent way to much time behind my computer...so it was fun making some images today...and although I'm totally not a good photographer and sometimes I'm scared I will only do harm to what has been given to me as a review, but I do like to make them, because it makes me understand the artwork that I see so much more interesting for me, you notice the small details much better and understand how much care and passion has gone into each creation...
...for instance these amazing greeting cards from Dutch designer Natascha Boel...they are not just some greetings cards, they are really small pieces of art. Natascha created nine small peek-a-boo-boxes with miniature still lives in it, every box tells it's own story and later she photographed them, and used the images for her new collection of cards...The Wedding, Birth, Moving House, Party, Gett Well are some of the titles. They are printed both sides and are the best greeting cards I have seen in a very long time...Gorgeous!!
Order the whole set of nine cards right here...
I'm working behind the scenes for the new webdesign of Bloesem ..but please enjoy the new Party Invitation post I just posted over at BKids ... I heart Rifle Paper Co. ...
