LOCAL MILK'S FOOD PHOTOGRAPHY WORKSHOP IN VENICE PART II

AT MARKET

Getting ingredients was a big pleasure. Walking through Venice on it's paved and narrow streets was an experience. You get easily lost there but you might even find something wonderful because of that! Like I found organic shop full of different kind of products from organic wines to gluten free products. Rialto Biocenter in Santa Croce.

At St Mark's Square you can find beautiful details like corridor floor tiles in front of legendary cafe Florian. We were playing with camera there. We had a bit bad luck though. On Monday it's closed.  

We have enjoyed the products from Rialto market everyday. In the mornings the styled breakfast table was waiting for us. Everyday.

I think in Venice everything is in walking distance. You see a lot more if you walk. Of course it's great to see Venice from Grand Canal so take a waterbus and do that too.

Venice is the place of mascarade party. There is plenty of shops that sell masks but we found also a place selling rococo wigs! If you buy a mask be sure it's a handmade one from local artisan. 

When you walk through Venice you see so many nice restaurants and cafes. This place looked tempting but because the lack of time never went back. But through the window it looked very tempting. Maybe next time. Venice is so gorgeous place that there might be a next time :)

Finally we were close to Rialto Market. When you walk slowly and watch all the details it might take awhile before you are there where you were going to. But I don't think it's a bad thing. Vacation is for relaxing and enjoying not so well timetabled time, I think.

Different kind of shapes.

Fresh colors.

There we were. At Rialto market. So many fruits, veggies, berries, fish, sea food, meat - you name it. Expecially I loved the way lemons and other fruits had still a bit of branch with them. In Finland you see more seldom things like that. If only one could go everyday to place like this to buy ingredients. It would be superb! ...I'm also sure I would eat more veggies and fish.

I hope you enjoyed the walk. If you want to see my Local Milk's food photography workshop in Venice Part I, you can find it here. We made pasta. It's my favorite :)

Have a lovely Sunday!

xoxo

Kreetta

 

IT'S HERE - MY BLOG'S NEW DESIGN!

How many times I have said that I will make THE new design in near future? Well, it's here! Done. I did it, yay! There are small things that I will change still but from now on my blog's design looks like this. It's been wonderful and productive days and I'm happy about it!

I got bored with the older one  - I had it for two years like the previous one too. I started blogging in Jan 2012. I have this thing you know - I want to make new things.

I also want to tell you a short story behind the new header. I was in Venice in the beginning of the Jan 2015 and it was a great journey. I took part in Local Milk's Food Photography Workshop and met so many wonderful people and saw the magic happen in front of camera. Everything was so beautiful. Very talented people like Beth Kirby and Ginny Branch - what else you need to get inspiration? 

It was so beautiful place - Venice - you could walk everywhere. I found beautiful old treasures like cardboard letters I've used in my blog's header. It was one very small antique shop were they were in a rusty metal box. There were many of them and I guess they use to be part of some kind of word game like Scrabble (handmade!) but I only collected what I had in my mind. I've been planning my blog's new design for awhile and when I saw those cute and decayed letters...and I'm quite sure they whispered to me...we are coming with you ;) I also decided to make handwriting in old-fashioned way. Don't ask how many times I wrote those link letters and still they aren't perfect because they are handmade :) And who wants perfect? I know I go quite a long way when I'm doing something but it's always good to keep in mind when to stop.

My blog will still be about creative spirit and inspiration but now it also has a real touch of vintage or even antique - literally.

Today I photographed beautiful gifts we got in Local Milk's workshop. You can follow the IG links if you want to know more about makers of these treasures. There will be at least one Venice post still coming up...

snake spoon @_sandwichshop_ 
bath salts @ederleshop 
perfume @naninstudio 
aprons @icemilkaprons 
tea @marbleandmilkweed 
paper recipe cards @signoraemare
Pastiglie Leone @pastiglieleone 
 
How about you - do you like my new design? Have you had thoughts of changing things lately?

Happy weekend!

xo
Kreetta

PS. It would be very cool to hear who made that game and how old those letters are....only if they only could speak ;)