Meanwhile ..

.. the final week of Blogging Your Way 2.0 has started. Again, there is still a lot to learn about blogging. I'm taking it step by step. Reading a lot of content and usable advice from the BYW (guest)teachers Holly Becker [Decor8], Jeanette Lunde [By Fryd], Nicole Balch [Making it Lovely] and last but not least Katrina Tan [Pugly Pixel]! 

It encouraged me to make some small changes on my blog. Like the header: I've added a new font, an inspiring quote and some main terms that fit the content of beeldSTEIL. I've borrowed a known quote from the American author, poet and philospher Henry David Thoreau. Apparently Thoreau didn't say this about photography. But it's so true and what my photography is all about.

.. I finished reading a beautiful iPad magazine made by Frida Ramstedt from Trendenser. I'm glad to be the happy owner of an iPad. Now I don't have to miss the Trendenser Magazine with it's inspiring content, photography, product reviews and creative styling and DIY projects. Reading a digital magazine offers a lot of extras. You're only a tab or swipe away from more content, information and extra layers. Trendenser is a monthly magazine dedicated to Scandinavian home and interior design [iTunes].

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.. we celebrated my son's eleventh birthday. After unpacking some gifts the kids started baking brownies and carrot cake. They made a large cozy mess of the kitchen. And after some cleaning we decorated the room with balloons, poms and masking tape garlands. At the end of a long day they were a bit tired yet very happy!

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Meet the Blogger Amsterdam

Conservatorium Hotel Amsterdam

A room full of passionate speakers and bloggers, useful blog tips, lovely photography advice, encounters with new and familiar faces, fresh future [blog] plans, cooperation ideas.. 

In short -> a lot of inspiration for both my blog & photography as my home! 

Can't wait until the next Meet The Blogger Event,

I wonder who I'll meet in Stockholm later this year!?

Coulor Futures by Flexa {also see my earlier post}
iPad magazine by Trendenser
Cup 'heart' by VT Wonen
Bead and ribbon by SOYZ
Salt shaker by Brabantia

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Visual Story: May 2012

While it's raining here {it feels like autumn instead of spring} I think of the warm days of May. We took our old VW~van on a trip to the creative & inspiring city of Berlin. Walking through the sunny streets of Mitte & Kreuzberg. 

A few weeks later my daughter {13} and I went to Pinkpop {a Dutch open air music festival}. It was her first visit to such a big music event. It couldn't be better: great music, relaxed people, sun & lots of ice cream.

I love to see my Visual Story collection grow day by day. I believe by doing this everyday I've taken my iphoneography skills to the next level. Of course a bright day helps to take a good photo, but rainy days make me creative ..

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