This is Travel and Toile's first birthday!! Hooray!
I never thought this blog would come this far.
Thank you so much for all of your support and patronage through this past year. This means so much to me- I never thought I'd learn to express myself like this, and get such an amazing response from people.
So yay! Happy Birthday to me.
Also.... guess what!
What??!??
My store is open!
I'm so thrilled about this. It's incredible to have so many awesome things land on one day!
Here's a sampling of the current items in my shop. I only have six different things listed at the moment, but I am planning to add many more in the coming days. I apologize sincerely for the lack of posts the past few days. Setting up the store took significantly more time than expected, and my real life has been kind of crazy too!
Anyways, here are the items currently in the store!
Lovely Flower Notecards
Four lovely photographs of flowers taken by Emily Grace Buck. There are eight cards in this collection, with two of each of the four prints. The cards are 4.25"x 5.5" and come with eight envelopes.
The first photograph, "Tagged," is of beautiful white flowers at
Longwood Gardens, the former estate and conservatory of an aristocratic French family in
Kennett Square, Pennsylvania, USA.
The second photograph, "Three Sisters," depicts three pink flowers coming from one plant, taken in the Shakespeare Garden of
Central Park in
New York City, New York, USA.
The third photograph "A Rose Might Smell as Sweet," shows a blossoming pink rose, also taken in the Shakespeare Garden of Central Park, New York City, New York, USA.
The fourth photograph, "And the Living Is Easy," is a ground-level shot of small daisies nestled amongst a bed of grass in
Gordon Square,
London, England, UK.
Super Kitschy Notecards
Fun and hilarious notecards to share with friends, featuring some of the kitschiest photographs I have taken!
Join Yoda, a plush lion, a chill flamingo and mosaic skeletons in this totally awesome collection.
All photographs taken by Emily Grace Buck. There are eight cards in this collection, with two of each of the four prints. The cards are 4.25"x 5.5" and come with eight envelopes.
The first photograph, "These Kids Are So Much Hipper than Me" shows a particularly nifty hipster dude strutting his stuff with his plush lion backpack. He was walking through South Street Seaport in New York City, USA one day, with a lady friend of his who looked way too much like Lady Gaga (in a good way), and I just happened to be lucky enough to have my camera out. I got some photographs of their faces, but this one of the little lion just delighted me for some reason. I hope you like it too!
The second photograph, "Chilling like only a Flamingo Can," features a fanciful statue in Seaworld San Antonio, Texas, USA. Statues like this were all over a playground in the theme park, and they were really fun to photograph.
The third photograph, "My Art is Many Pieces Put Together" is a close-up of part of a mosaic under a bridge in Austin, Texas, USA. This beautiful piece of art was created by Stefanie DiStefano, owner of the FlamingO Ranch. The entire piece was put up without permission of the city, and after it was discovered, it was ordered to be taken down. But, the surrounding residents loved it so much, and recognized the superior artistic value, and this awesome piece of street art remained. Now you can share it with your friends in this card.
The fourth photograph, "May the Gears Be with You," is of a small statue displayed at the Christmas Market in
Bryant Park in New York City, New York, USA. I can't remember the name of the booth or the artist, but there were a bunch of famous movie characters depicted in steampunk style statues, including this lovely one of Yoda.
Graveyard Notecards
Perfect to send to the more morbid friend!
Lovely and serene photographs of an ancient graveyard by Emily Grace Buck. There are eight cards in this collection, with two of each of the four prints. The cards are 4.25"x 5.5" and come with eight envelopes.
All four photographs were taken in the graveyard of Old St. Pancras Church in London on film. This graveyard is not like a normal one- in the mid eighteenth century, it was renovated to turn it into more of a park with only large monuments artfully located, rather than a cemetery cluttered with stones. During this renovation, the bodies remained buried, but all of the gravestones were moved against the walls and around one large tree. Since then, the tree has continued to grow, encompassing the surrounding gravestones.
The first and last photographs "All Together Now" and "Never Alone," depict this tree, named The Hardy Tree.
The second photograph, "Always Best Friends" is of a large memorial in the cemetery. The man memorialized was very close with his pet dogs. The third photograph, "Sleep Serenity," is of another memorial in the graveyard. No one is buried in either one of these structures, they are commemorative only. Though, the chances of unmarked graves lying underneath them are very high.
The entire place just seemed so full of peace and calm. Old St. Pancras Church has been a place of worship since 300AD, before Christianity reached England, and is located along the lay line coming from Wales through Glastonbury. If you ever go to London, I highly recommend giving it a look.
If you aren't planning to go to London, you just got lucky! You can share this magical location with your friends by sending them these notecards.
Tudor Flower Collection Notecards
Four unique photographs of flowers in Elizabethan settings taken by Emily Grace Buck. There are eight cards in this collection, with two of each of the four prints. The cards are 4.25"x 5.5" and come with eight envelopes.
The Tudor era in the United Kingdom is known for many things, including Elizabeth I, Shakespeare, and men in frilly tights. You can experience two of these things with this notecard collection! (Sadly... I wasn't able to include the frilly tights).
The first two photographs, "Neath the Window," and "Magpied" are of a house in Stratford-Upon-Avon, the birthplace of the Bard, William Shakespeare. They show the flower beds and windows of the house, which is presumed to have belonged to Will's uncle.
The other two photographs, "Across the Field" and "Yellow Majesty" depict the grounds of Hampton Court Palace, the great Tudor home not too far outside of London, where Henry VIII and his children after him played and explored.
Overhead 5"x7" Print
This is an original photograph of a bird flying over the Paris skyline. It was taken in front of the Sacre Couer in Montmartre, and you can see many famous Paris locations in the background. I titled the photograph "Overhead," because the bird is at least thirty feet above all of the people on the ground, and with the camera angle, it looks like an even greater distance.
This order is for one 5"x7" unframed print of the photograph. The back will be signed, and it shall be shipped in a padded envelope if ordered alone, or with other prints. If ordered with other items, it will be shipped in a box.
Since this photograph is kind of my classic, most popular one, it will not be limited edition as of yet.
Beach Ninja 5"x7" Print
Beach Ninja is out to serve justice in righteous and sandy kind of way.
Join him in this fun print as he sneaks around a park bench to defeat the mighty seagull Gulcor and his malicious minion T-ruck the truck. He must save New Jersey from their evil schemes!
This is one 5"x7" print of the photograph "Beach Ninja" from the delightfully popular comic-book style post "The Chronicles of Beach Ninja" on my blog, http://travelandtoile.blogspot.com.
Only three of these will be printed, like, ever. So, if you have been wanting to get your hands on some Beach Ninja, order now!
This print comes unframed, and will be shipped in a padded envelope if sold alone or with other prints, and in a box if shipped with other items as well. The print will be signed on the back.
Seriously everyone, thank you so much again. It's been a great ride, and I look forward to all of the excitement in the New Year!!
