Next week I will be on time! Seriously! : )
I’ll be happy when I’ve recovered from the holidays and I can get back on a schedule and post this within the correct week… Even though it’s a little late (Friday is when the new photo challenge begins), I have a number of photos for this challenge so I decided to go ahead and post them. I couldn’t decide which ones were the most appropriate, so I have quite a few. Hope you enjoy!
And finally!
This is SO late! : )
Between holiday plans, a computer virus and other assorted ‘schtuff’ it was difficult to get anything up this week, but I wanted to put up a couple of older pictures to at least keep up with the weekly challenges. So – here are a couple of self-portrait photos taken with the holiday season in mind. MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL!!!!! (and to all a good night! lol)
Didn’t quite sneak this one in since it’s technically the same day the new challenge will go up, but I’ve been struggling to find inspiration. I’ve let all the ‘stuff’ in life keep me from doing much in the way of celebration for the last week or so and that translated into not taking photos for this topic. Soooo – I decided to go back to the archives and see what I could dig up. : )
Hope you enjoy!
I had every intention of using this as the photo post for last week. After all, that was the timeframe for the challenge! With everything going on I didn’t even realize I forgot to post something until Saturday or Sunday. Oops! : )
A few words about the two pictures I chose – I have an unusually extended family that I’m close to and having/taking a photo to represent that isn’t something that would be easy for me to do. Since I AM close to my family I really wanted to showcase that in this challenge, but for various reasons it wasn’t possible. So I chose two other representations of it instead. Hope you enjoy!
This may seem like I’m patting myself on the back, but it’s difficult to contain my excitement and so I must share the news. In order to quit talking about it to my husband repeatedly or spamming my Facebook family, I thought I’d post a quick blog and try to get it out of my system… Ready?
ONE OF MY PHOTOS WAS ON THE FRONT PAGE OF ETSY!!!!
Whew! I feel a little better now…
For those of you are not familiar with the site, Etsy is a social ‘market’ website focused on buying/selling handmade and vintage items along with art and craft supplies. One of the nifty and unique features of Etsy is the option to view and create “Treasury” lists. A treasury is like the front window of a store – it’s a gallery of items for sale that a site member has picked out and placed together in a grouping. These curated lists are on a part of the website that can then be searched and viewed by others. Most treasuries contain 12-16 different items and consist of 3-4 rows of pictures that list the seller and link back to that item’s page to view and (hopefully) purchase. Creating treasury lists is a great way to keep track of groups of items you’re interested in, helping to promote other businesses and meet and network with people. I happen to love creating them and enjoy viewing other the treasuries of others.
Sorry for all the detail! I just wanted to provide a bit of background so it would make more sense when I tell you that Etsy uses treasury lists to provide the bulk of the landing page of the website. It’s changed throughout the day to feature different treasuries and lists each seller/price/brief item description below the pictures and credits the creator of the treasury. Here’s a screen shot of the current Etsy front page:
I set up a small ‘shop‘ on Etsy a couple about a month and a half (2 months?) ago and offer a variety of artistic photographs. Since Christmas is coming up I recently added a few pictures that were holiday related. A couple of days ago someone included one of my photos in their Christmas treasury and it was chosen to be on the front page! So, long story not at all short, one of my photos was ‘treasured’ and then featured on the front page of the website! It was thrilling to discover! I never thought one of my listings would be included in a front page group and I’ve already chatted with quite a few sellers that have waited for years to receive that honor. Wow! (I should probably add at this point that unfortunately I didn’t get to actually SEE my photo on the front page because I wasn’t online during the timeframe it was there or I would share a screen shot with you. Doesn’t it figure that I would be honored like that and miss it completely? *sigh* Still – other people saw it and I got a lot of extra traffic in the shop, so it’s still SO exciting!)
Well, enough about me… How are you? lol! Hopefully blogging about this has helped me put it (slightly) behind me and I’ll be able to quit talking about it soon. In the meantime – you should definitely check out Etsy if you haven’t already! There are so many amazing handmade and vintage items that would make perfect holiday gifts… And if you see someone’s listing has a little note that says “This Item was Featured on the Front Page of Etsy”, please understand that they probably had to put that on the listing in an effort to try to diffuse their excitement a little so they’d stop driving people crazy by talking about it everywhere else!
haha!
Wonder. So many ways to interpret that. So many options… unfortunately, nothing about this week fit this challenge, so I’ve gone through some older photos and chosen some that each fulfill the “wonder” category for me. Hope you enjoy!
So many pictures in this post! Sorry about that… I had a hard time narrowing it down! There’s just one left and it’s a kind of self-portrait celebrating the wonder of love. : )
Running late and posting last-minute… again. : ) Oh well! Hope you enjoy the pictures for this week – windows.
As always – thanks for stopping by!
There may be additional pictures for this week’s photo challenge, but I had two already taken and cropped so I wanted to drop by and put ’em up! Enjoy!
Being in the right place at the right time (with the right lighting, right equipment, etc, etc) is a set of circumstances that doesn’t always come along. This week’s photo challenge was about “opportunity” and although I have a picture from this week, the best examples I have for this challenge are actually from two weeks ago. (Please don’t tell!) The first two photos are from Cades Cove in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. My husband Bobby and I went on a drive through the park and on one of our last stops before heading home we saw a six point buck nibbling his way across a field. We were easily within 10 feet of him and I was able to take some pictures before he headed back toward the tree line. It was definitely right place, time, etc!
The next picture was also taken that day at one of the cabins located within Cades Cove. (If you’re not familiar with Cades Cove, it is a valley in the mountains with abundant wildlife, preserved homesteads and buildings from the original settlers, and beautiful landscapes. It’s listed in the national registry of historic places – check it out if you’re in the area!) The first cabin on the “loop” drive has a sign about someone named Bob writing their name inside the historic cabin. It was really amusing to me to see my husband (Bob) standing next to the sign. Well – you’ll understand! 🙂
The last picture is the only one in this post that was actually taken during this challenge week. It’s from an abandoned building in this area and it was the perfect combination of lighting and season. In another week or so the remaining leaves will have fallen or turned brown for the year, so it was great luck that I happened by at sunset and captured some nice photos.
Hope you’ve enjoyed!
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