a week gone by

.. and Etsy has been working hard to improve TEast.
Now we could link our lists using a single address and the
rank of hotness seems to change into a better one, even
if there are sometimes glitches regarding to empty lists.
If they will provide a button or permanent link from our
shop to our lists, TEast would be a great tool for our own
gift guides, wish lists, etc (this is my gift guide for mother's
day ;)).

The new T is coming and the old ones will probably be
gone. While it's great not to wait until the indexing is done
on Flash, I'll be missing seeing this though - I always see
a calm face in this, which always makes me smile.



But not only on the T scene, old ones have to make place
for new things. I've been working in the garden yesterday.
Haven't planted anything new yet, but I've removed dried
plants, cut plants in shape, weeded and collected things to
photograph.


More here.

Hope, you had a great weekend.

wind from the east

Etsy has given the link to the new Treasury East. I've
played around and made four ("happy weekend", "Say
It With Flowers", "night life" and "o*w*ld?")! I've made
all lists that I had in my saved sketches while playing
around with ideas (yes, I'm addicted ;)).

I don't know, when they'll launch TEast officially. I think,
it won't be sooner than the launch time of the "new" Etsy
(the wider Etsy). There are still a lot to be improved and
think over. I think, most of the curators don't like the
idea of having a never-ending treasury and an unlimited
amount of treasuries (although it's really great, not to
wait for opening time, I like the challenge of grabbing a T
or TWest). And one thing I already know now: I'll be missing
the "old" Etsy. I like the slim look better, since my eyes
can catch most things at one glance.

My summary of the TEast experience:
1. limitation supports creativity and boundlessness
makes one dull
2. new doesn't always mean better
Still.. it's a fun thing ;)

I'm wishing you a Happy Weekend!

music

Just wanna drop this link as a reminder for myself ;)



If you could watch arte on TV, One Shot Not is up every
Thursday night. Lisa Hannigan will be there next week
among others. Remember her? She was mentioned in
many blogs last year (or maybe even two years ago?),
because of her lovely, creative videos (and of course great
music too!). I like this song underneath.



You could watch One Shot Not videos up to seven days
after it's on air. They always invited great musicians (e.g.
Sting - one of my all time favorites). So, don't miss it ;)

e-learning

I'm attending a live class about digital photography
at the creativeLIVE at the moment. They are offering
live e-classes for free, but if you'd like to watch the
class at another time, you could buy it as well - that's
how they finance it all.

Come and join us ;)

second

I couldn't resist the second paper yesterday evening.
So, I painted instead of doing my homework first. I did
do the homework afterwards and I'm satisfied with both
results.

easter days

How was your Easter? I hope, you had a good time!

My son and I were in the cinema to watch a 3D-film
yesterday. The film was much better than I've thought
(I want a dragon as pet now :P) and watching it in 3D was
worth it. As per usual before the movie started we had to
watch some ads. One of them was the short version of
this 50m Euros Chamber of Crafts' ad (not sure, either
this budget included the print ads as well).



Today I finally painted again - I've been wanting to do
it the past weeks, but was always too tired. It's done
in watercolor without pre-scribbling, thus the patterns
sometimes go wonky. But I like to put whatever came
up in my mind directly onto paper (I'd stay in the layout
phase forever otherwise - I know me too well ;)).



And now.. off to do my homework (luckily we still had
a day off today :))!

good friday

While my tulips from last week are withering, my son's
friend brought me some fresh ones as a thank.



And then they went together to pick some ramsons in the
wood. Mmm.. ramsons is one of the reasons why I love
spring :)