Welcome new team members!

Wow! The POE team sure is popular. Each week, we get many inquiries from people who want to be a part of our dynamic community. Let's give a warm welcome to a few of our newest friends and shine a light on their landscape, still and macro work...

1. Treelight - DarrylGlade
2. Lakeview New Orleans - briannolan
3. Day Break on Jeckyll - fotojo
4. The Floor of Heaven - ConstellationPhoto
5. Morning Mist - JulieMagersSoulen
6. Cape St. George Lighthouse - danieldempster

1. The Cupcakes - lesophie
2. Taste of Summer no. 4 - ZenZprint
3. A Pea in a Pod - saranorris

1. SoSewMe - Costellos
2. Apple Time - Pix4Kix
3. Conversational - flashframe

What soulful and vivid additions to our pool of talent!

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The New Members feature is compiled by Gigi Leonard. Gigi is a Chicago-based bon vivant and self-taught photographer whose camera lens automatically turns toward the poetry of the everyday. She is currently working on a black and white landscape series, debating about having another cup of coffee and experimenting with paint. You can see her work here and view her latest finds from the world of art and decor on her blog, the roadside scholar.

Good Taste

It’s the launch of the Photographers of Etsy Team’s new blog, and that means it’s time to celebrate! What better than to open a bottle of something special? Let's pop the cork, clink our glasses together and take a look at some amazing images and creative interpretations of festive beverages from some of our fellow teammates. Here are a few that may entice and surprise you...

The place from where it all starts...

Green by flandersfield

to the place where it is collected, in the sensuous curve of a wine bottle.

Portrait Series I, Wine by uniqueangles

A few sips could make anyone think everyday is a holiday...

Drink Up by jackiespotlight

but proceed with caution!

And after the dancing the world will sleep by jacqleenbleu

Good taste? And tastes good. More to come...

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A world traveler and self-taught photographer, look for Ann wandering around city streets, tromping through woods and hiking trails with her camera. After owning an international transportation business for many years, Ann has found her creative spirit again through the lens. See more at Ann's shop and on her website.

Call for Submissions: Original Artbook

image by bueller

Attention love fanatics!

Gail and Brad Bez aka Etsy sellers fatalattraction are currently having an open call for submissions. They are compiling a collection of short stories, poems, digital montage, photographs and illustrations to be included in an original art book for their own personal collection. The theme is love: passionate, love gone wrong, love letters, myths... and whatever other version or ideas with a love motif you might dream up.

If you are selected, you will win a piece of jewelry from Gail and Brad's shop and have an artist credited within the book! You will also be able to purchase a digital copy of the book for a fee. The original book will remain in the possession of the artists, who may present it in galleries from time to time, and no other monetary renumeration will be offered.

Read more about it on their blog, where you can contact Gail and Brad and get more details about the submission process. The deadline for entries is December 31st, 2008.

Mosaic Monday

It's pretty clear that many of us Etsy Photographers enjoy savoring the looks of beautiful seasonal edibles and ornamentals as much as their flavors. Here's an exuberant tribute to a berry good spring, which in turn marched on to a berry good summer.

1. Red White & Blue Skies – chicalookate.etsy.com
2. Pick Me First – lisajulia.etsy.com
3. Sea of Blue – racergirl1313.etsy.com
4. Berry Berry – MelissaLund.etsy.com
5. Leaves & Berries – kwinkelerphotos.etsy.com
6. White Berries – photofinds.etsy.com
7. Fresh Strawberries – ELBfoto.etsy.com
8. Antenna – flandersfield.etsy.com
9. Berry Close – JudiFitzPatrick.etsy.com
10. Berry Burst – MadrinPhotography.etsy.com
11. Winters Red – SusannahTucker.etsy.com
12. Red Berries Green Leaves – ExquisiteImage.etsy.com

Now, let's all hope for a berry mild winter. Happy clicking!

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Mosaic Mondays are compiled by POE member Patti Meyer. Patti is an award winning graphic artist who resides in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. See her collection at her shop right here.

Open for Business...

image by Simplyliving

Greetings Friends,

Gigi here. I would like to welcome you to the official grand opening of the Photographers of Etsy Street Team blog! The idea for this project came from a member at recent team meeting. Ever since then, we've had a whirlwind of activity behind the scenes, diligently researching and brainstorming to create an inviting place that features engaging content, skillful writers and the most beautiful, intriguing and memorable images from our 400+ strong membership each week. We hope that you will visit frequently, join our community by adding your comments, and support the vibrant community of Etsy photographers by browsing in our shops and creating your own collection.

Photography evokes many different things in people. It's historical, capturing and recording a multitude of fleeting moments. It's allegorical, frequently transporting us to otherworldly places. It's intimate, showing us not only lines and shadows on a portrait subject's face, but also a portion beyond the surface. And above all, let's not forget that it's emotional, illuminating strong memory and sentiment. It's our goal to show you all these sides of our collections, as well as to inspire you to delve more deeply into them. By doing so you may lose yourself in the poetry of a simple plate or glass, the lushness of flower petals or the fantasy of a faraway place. Photography can take you anywhere.

We encourage you to fly with us on that journey, and we welcome you to our richly diverse world of visual delights.

Front Page Treasury: Dream

Welcome to the new Photographers of Etsy Team Blog.

Today we had a treasury of mostly POE members on the front page of Etsy, at 2:30 pm Etsy time. What a great way to start posting to our blog. Congratulations to all of the team members who made it into this wonderful treasury.

This treasury was created by POE Team Member starrybluesky.