Serving In Style

Tepsi Aşkına

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Bana bu tepsilerle servis yapılsa, yemekleri boşverip tepsilere sarılırım herhalde! İlk 5 tepsi Finlandiya'nın harika kumaşlarıyla ünlü markası Marimekko'ya ait, bu tepsiler de o harika kumaşların kontrplak üzerine basılmasıyla yapılmışlar.

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If anyone served me with these trays I would totally pass the food and fondle the tray, because they are sooo adorable! I can't even choose a favorite, I just loved them all. They would make a great housewarming gift (*hint hint*). The first 5 of them are all by Marimekko, Finnish brand famous for their fabrics. These trays were made by pressing those gorgeous fabrics on plywood, and are available here for a price range between $25-49.

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Kaiku Tray

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Polar Bear Tray
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Bottna Tray

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La Boca Tray

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Fandango Tray

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Sıradaki 3 melamin tepsi Thomas Paul tarafından tasarlanmışlar, biraz daha ucuz bir fiyata satılıyorlar ama güzellikte aşağı kalmıyorlar. Üstelik tepsilere uygun tatlı ve yemek tabağı takımları var ve her tabağın üzerinde birbirine uygun ancak farklı desenler var, gerçekten çok güzeller, buradan bakabilirsiniz.

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The next 3 melamine trays are by Thomas Paul, cheaper then the ones above($14-18), yet equally adorable. They all have matching dessert and dinner plate sets too, and each plate has a different pattern on them, do check them out because they're absolutely beautiful, available here.

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Folk Tray

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Hong Kong Garden Tray

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Artifacts Tray

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Simon Upton: Interior Photography

Simon Upton: İç Mekan Fotoğrafları
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Kendinizi güzel odaların harika resimlerine hazırlayın, çünkü bugün size fotoğrafçı Simon Upton'ı sunuyorum. Bu resimlerde bol bol canlı renk var, birçok rengi bir arada kullanmak riskli olabilir ama ustaca karıştırılmış renkler bu kadar güzel fotoğraflandıklarında bize de bu rehberden faydalanmak düşüyor.
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Prepare yourselves for great photos of pretty rooms, because I'm about to present you photographer Simon Upton. Maybe he's famous, maybe I'm making a fool out of myself for announcing I just found out about him, but no matter what I'm sure none of you will say no to some interior eye candy.
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Cindy Crawford Malibu'da. Bu fotoğraf sanırım hepsi içindeki favorim, koltuğun mavisi ile o güzelim çiçeklerin pembesi tamamen kalbimi çalmış durumda.
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Cindy Crawford in Malibu. This picture is probably my favorite of the bunch because that vibrant blue couch is so cool with those refreshing beautiful flowers. I can definitely picture myself living in those colors. Featured in Elle Decor USA.
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Tamara Mellon kendi evinde. Bilmeyenler için küçük bir not, bu kadın çok güzel olmasının yanı sıra Jimmy Choo markasının da kurucusu ve sahibi. Ne kadar kendine güvenli olduğunu leopar desenli halısından anlayabiliyoruz!
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Tamara Mellon at her home. I'm so jealous of this woman, not because she's drop-dead gorgeous and stinking rich but because she owns every pair of Jimy Choos ever created. You can tell how high her confidence level is by looking at her leopard print carpet! Featured in Elle Decor USA.
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Lacivert, kırmızı, turuncu, azıcık da sarı, işte size capcanlı ama çok tarz bir renk kombinasyonu.
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Navy, red, orange and a hint of yellow, there you have a very vibrant yet stylish color combo.
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Andrew Allfree'nin sarı odası. Pırıl pırıl.

Andrew Allfree's yellow room, featured in House Beautiful USA. Love it, so bright.

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Hindistan'ın Jaipur şehrinden Liza Bruce'un evi. Jaipur aynı zamanda "Pembe Şehir" olarak biliniyormuş. Bu resim herhalde günlük pembe ihtiyacnızı karşılamıştır.

The Liza Bruce home in Jaipur (also known as Pink City), India. I guess this picture alone will be anough for your daily fix of pink. Featured in Vogue UK.
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Charlotte Moss'un çalışma odasıymış burası. Duvarkağıdı çok şeker olmuş, üstelik halıyla takım gibi olması bile hoş gözüküyor.
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Charlotte Moss' study. Very cute wallpaper. And I like how it's matching the carpet.
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Burası bir banyo! Benim zevkime göre biraz fazla oda gibi, yine de hoşuma gitti.

Randolph Martz's bathroom. A little too furnished for my taste, but I like the photo anyway. Featured in World of Interiors.

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Peter Hone's home.

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Haddon Hall. Eğer bu resimdeki gerçekten oysa, Haddon Hall İngiltere Derbyshire'da 12. Yüzyıldan kalma ortaçağ tarzı bir şato-ev. Keira Knightley'nin oynadığı "Pride and Prejudice" (Aşk ve Gurur) filminin çekimlerinde de kullanılmış.

Haddon Hall. I don't know if it is THE Haddon Hall, but if it is, it is a medieval fortified manor from the 12th century, and was used in the movie "Pride and Prejudice"(the one featuring Keria Knightley).

Aubrey house, featured in World of Interiors UK.

Room featured in World of Interiors.
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Ressam/heykeltraş Anh Duong. Anh Duong'un bazı eserlerini burada görebilirsiniz.

NY artist Anh Duong, featured in Elle Decor USA. Click here to see her artwork.

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Donatella Versace Milano'da. Önünde durduğu duvara bayıldımmm.

Donatella Versace, in Milan. I looovee the wall behind her.

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11'inci Devonshire Dük ve Düşesi. Herhalde arkalarındaki atlı tablo kıymetli bir aile yadigarıdır.
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11th Duke and Duchess of Devonshire. That big painting with the horse in it is so gorgeous, it must be a family heirloom.
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All photographs by Simon Upton.

Tip for Bloggers: How to Build a Light Tent

I guess there isn't much people in our little blogosphere who have not read the highly helpful "Tips for New Bloggers" post series by Felicity from the lovely All Things Bright and Beautiful. She has already done so much, put her heart to it and has totally covered the subject, I learned a lot from those posts as many other new bloggers did too. She tagged me and some other bloggers to contribute to the subject and post a tip. My knowledge is pretty basic so instead of a blogging tip I decided to post a tip about photography and give you some useful links on "How to Build a Light Tent". This tip will be useful for anyone out there who likes to take photographs of objects, the pictures will turn out much more clear and luminous.
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Image from Flickr, idiotking's photostream.

This photo of a radio was taken in a DIY light tent. It looks pretty professional to me! This photo has a white background, but you can have backgrounds in other colors by using colored hard paper as your backdrop, as seen below.

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Now, here are the links:

Super Simple Light Tent at Instructables - The Picture above is from this tutorial, this one is very easy to make, using a cardboard box.

PVC Light Box by Bill Huber - Also good tutorial, this one is made by using PVC tubes. It may be a bit more functional as the cardboard frame may cause unwanted shadows.

Tutorial with sound- This one explains the PVC Light Box above, but click on the " the tippin' " button on the menu, there are some good adjustment tips.

I found about these light tent tutorials via Core 77's "Hack 2 School" Guide, which is a very fun and useful guide for design students. I laughed several times while reading it as it reminded me of my college years a lot!

If you can't bother with making one of your own, you can always buy one here, there are many options in a wide price range.

I hope this tip will be useful for you, enjoy!

Istanbul From The Eyes of Juergen Frank

Juergen Frank'in Gözlerinden İstanbul

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Topkapi Palace

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Juergen Frank harika bir fotoğraf sanatçısı. Bizim şansımız ise İstanbul'a gelip Cornucopia dergisi (Türkiye ve Türk kültürü üzerine kalburüstü, ödüllü, uluslararası bir dergi) için şehrin fotoğraflarını çekmesi. İstanbul öyle bir yer ki bazen insanı kendine hayran bırakıyor, bazen nefret ettiriyor. Bu fotoğraflarda İstanbul'un hayranlık uyandıran yanını yakalamış Juergen Frank. Farkına varmadan içinde yaşayıp gittiğim şehre başka gözlerle bakmamı sağladı. Hani yabancı bir diyarın resimlerine bakar da oraya gitmeyi düşleriz ya, aynen öyle...

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My dear dear readers, I have neglected my blog terribly for the past week or so, but that is only because I'm buried up to my throat with projects that have very close deadlines: A school project, and also some other work for a design competition. I will definitely post my competition entry if my partner is OK with it. Anyways, my heart is still here at my blog, and I'm very happy that I came by a great photographer whose work I think might be interesting for my readers outside of Turkey. You know I live in Istanbul, and like any metropol this city is a combination of beautiful and ugly. Juergen Frank is a great photographer who managed to capture the beautiful, historical side of this city. Most of these picture here were taken for Cornucopia, an international magazine on Turkey and Turkish culture. Do take a look at their site, because there are more beautiful pictures where these came from.

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Çukurcuma'daki A La Turca dükkanından bir köşe.

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A corner from a shop called "A La Turca" at Cukurcuma, Istanbul's antiques district.

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A La Turca'dan başka bir köşe.

Again, "A La Turca".

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Sanırım bu resim iç mimar Aslı Tunca'nın showroom'unda çekilmiş.

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I'm not sure where this is, Juergen Frank's site only says "Aslı Tunca, Istanbul". Aslı Tunca is a tasteful Turkish interior designer, so I'm guessing this photo must be taken at her showroom.

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Ortakoy. When I think of Ortakoy I think of baked potatoes and gozleme (Turkish street food, made by folding a very thin sheet of dough and cheese/mince/spinach-whatever you like).

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Beylerbeyi Sarayı / Beylerbeyi Palace
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İstinye'den boğaza bakış.

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The bosphorus, a view from Istinye.

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Kapalıçarşı'ya tepeden bakış. Uzakta seçilen cami de Sultanahmet Camii.

The grand bazaar. I really didn't know it was this big. It is a shame to admit that I haven't been to the grand bazaar many times, and those times I went there I felt like I was in a foreign country. It is amazing, crazy, scary, majestic, magnificent... The mosque you can see in the distance is the Blue Mosque.

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Tünel'den bir görünüş.

This is the "Tunnel Square" at Beyoglu. This paragraph from Cornucopia explains very well what Beyoglu is about, so I will just quote it without touching it:

"Beyoglu is Istanbul’s Latin Quarter. Built by European bankers, diplomats and merchants in the nineteenth century, it has now been recolonised by a new tribe dedicated to urban pleasures. Its imposing embassies and crumbling palazzos make it the ideal setting for the arts, and for a club-and-café scene that never sleeps. Beyoglu’s labyrinthine streets spill down the hill to Cukurcuma, where bargain hunters stalk antiques. At one end of Beyoglu is the medieval Galata Tower; at the other is Taksim Square and the monument to the new Republic which marks the start of modern Istanbul. Beyond is Nisantasi, the super-smart district for fashion, design and expense-account lunches."

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Büyükada.

Buyukada; the largest island of the Princes' Isles. That house probably has 360 degrees of sea view if you're wondering.
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Eyüp'te mezar taşları.

Gravestones at Eyup.

Haliç.

Picture says it, a view from the Golden Horn.

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I hope you enjoy!

Tagged!

Artwork By Jeremiah Ketner

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I've been tagged by All Things Bright and Beautiful! Making lists and talking about myself; what more can a girl want :)

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1- I'm a classic case of ADD, the most annoying symptom being the extremely short attention span.

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2- I'm a movie freak, I have a movie projector in my living room and watch a movie every night. I always have a long list of movies to get and watch.

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3- I'm also an animal freak, and had a very wide selection of pets to this day(rabbits, turtles, different kinds of birds, fish etc.) including many chicks that were taken care of so well that they all turned into very loyal roosters that would follow me everywhere (I even got one to sign my diary). Now I finally have a dog, which is the ultimate pet, really. I also have no problem petting snakes or mice.

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4- I loovvveee fantasy literature and can read a series in a heartbeat. When I'm done reading a 5 book series I feel sad that it is over. I also love fairy tales, elves, gnomes, witches, princesses, dragons - anything that is from a magical realm.

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5- My boyfriend can perform therapy with bioenergy. Which is actually about him, but him being cool makes me cool too!

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6- I think I'm very indecisive (but my mom suggests that's only because I'm very clear in my head about what I want). Well, it takes time to pick between two exact same pairs of earrings that both have small flaws (I have to decide which one is less flawed), perfectionist or just indecisive, it really annoys the person I'm shopping with.

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7- There's no way you can tell by the way I look but I was such a nerd in college! Sitting always in the front row and taking notes like crazy. I used to distribute my notes to the whole class before the exams.

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As part of the game I'm tagging 3 bloggers (I know I'm supposed to tag more but everybody seem to be already tagged/ or I'm too shy to ask) :

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M.A. Belle - Beautiful beautiful blog I have recently discovered.

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That's Chic - One of my favorite fashion blogs ever, I check this one daily!

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Made by Girl - The gorgeous girl behind the witty, fabulous cards.

A snowy day

Karlı bir gün
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Bütün gece kar yağdı, her yer bembeyaz. Böyle bir günde canlı renkler ve masalsı çizimlerle karşılaşmak şahane, üstelik de bir Türk sanatçının eserleri. Bu soğuk günde sıcacık renkleriyle içimizi ısıtan Meltem Sözer 'e teşekkürler. Meltem Sözer'in diğer çizimlerini "hayat ve sanatgünlüğünü" yazdığı "crebro " adlı blogunda görebilirsiniz. Ayrıca çocuklar için Elif Savaş Felsen'in yazdığı "Gece kraliçesi kuş adama demiş ki..." adlı opera hikayeleri kitabının da çizeri.
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It's snowing here today. Although the view is spectacular, it is quite cold and a good reason to stay at home. It is so lovely to come across these lovely vivid colors and fairy illustrations. Thanks to Meltem Sozer for warming up our hearts with her bright and lively colors.
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Vintage Postcards

Vintage Kartpostallar
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Uzun süredir takip ettiğim, ABD'de yaşayan İsveçli bir tasarımcıya ait Red.House adlı bir blog var. İsveç (ve İskandinav) stiline bayılıyorum; mobilyalarına, estetik anlayışlarına. Ama bir kelime dahi İsveççe bilmediğim için Red.House gibi bloglar onların tasarımla alakalı haberlerine ulaşmak için çok faydalı oluyor. Bir süre önce Red.House blog'unda sevimli bir resim yayınlamıştı, kaynağına tıklayınca o resmin aslında eski İsveç kartpostal müzesinden geldiğini, ve orada onun gibi daha pek çok sevimli eski kartpostallar olduğunu gördüm. İşte birkaçı:
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There is a blog called Red.House, owned by a very tasteful Swedish designer who lives in the USA. I just loovvveee Swedish style, furniture, their sense of estethics, but I don't speak a word of their language so Red.House is a great blog to keep in touch with Swedish design-related things. Anyways, she had posted an adorable picture a while ago, and I checked out the source and found out that it was a vintage Swedish postcard, and there were many other cute cards where it came from! Here is a few:
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Yıl, 1904.

Year, 1904.
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Yıl / Year, 1905

Yıl / Year 1906.

Yıl / Year 1909.

Yıl / Year 1916.

Bütün kartpostal resimleri Postmuseum'dan alınmıştır.

All images of postcards taken from Postmuseum.