The Venice Collection featured on Photography Blogger

http://www.photographyblogger.net/beautiful-venice-italy-travel-photography-by-mary-serantoni/

Much gratitude to author Stephanie Kay-Kok of Photography Blogger for featuring selections from The Venice Collection on the popular Photography Blogger (05.09.2013).

Beautiful Venice, Italy – Travel Photography by Mary Serantoni

• By: Stephanie Kay-Kok

Mary Serantoni is a fine art travel photographer who’s originally from Chicago and now lives in Phoenix. Her portfolio focuses mainly on European street scenes, especially from Italy and France. She had a vivid style almost like a painting, with soft scenes and blended colors. Her shots of Venice are particularly lovely–showing the city’s ‘streets’ of water at their most beautiful.

To see more of Mary’s photography, visit her website, blog or etsy shop.

I Could Have Danced All Night

Poetic Bridge in Venice

If Walls Could Talk (Campo de L’abazia)

Intermezzo, Venice

Juliet’s Windowscape

Fresco at St. Mark’s Basilica

Men at Work

Walk with Me

Venetian Jewel

Alfresco

Buon Giorno, Venice!

Venetian Fairy Tale

© Mary Serantoni, SERANTONI Designs. All rights reserved.

At Last, Paris

At Last, Paris. We finally made it to the city of literary giants, art icons and culinary wizards.

'Fantasy Eiffel'

'Parisian Steel'

'Paris is Always a Good Idea'




“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines, sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.” 
-Mark Twain

All images available in The Paris Collection at  http://www.SerantoniDesigns.etsy.com
SERANTONI Designs © 2013. All rights reserved.

Happy Earth Day from SERANTONI Designs ...

go green. embrace organic. recycle. renovate. plant a tree. grow a garden. feed the hummingbirds. downsize. streamline. love minimalism. live like a European. live with less. less space. less stuff. less chaos. buy a Prius.

  
'Perfect Morning Wave'
https://www.etsy.com/listing/83961392/perfect-morning-wave-cape-cod-nature?ref=shop_home_active
Signed original Fine Art Photograph of 'Perfect Morning Wave' from the Nature Collection. This little one came to greet me one early morning, as we watched the whales spout with the locals in Cape Cod. Wall art for the seaside nature lover.





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'Boston Skyline I.' featured in BOSTON LOVE on Little Dog Blog

'Boston Skyline I' from SERANTONIdesigns.etsy.com is featured on today's BOSTON LOVE blogpost by Claire. Read this former Bostonian's heartfelt reaction to the Boston Marathon tragedy. Her words honor this incredible city and its inspiring people. "Runners who, after hearing about the attacks, ran another two miles to the hospital to donate blood. Stories from runners who say they will be back next year with more friends than ever to run again." 

http://littledogvintage.blogspot.com/2013/04/weekly-etsy-wish-list-boston-love.html

Wednesday, April 17, 2013

Weekly Etsy Wish List: Boston Love

My heart is breaking for Boston this week with the news of the marathon bombings. I lived in Boston for 11 years before moving to Vermont in September, and even after 8 months away, Boston still feels more like home to me than anywhere else. I watched the marathon countless times from that very block, and the condo I still own in the city is a 20 minute walk from the finish line. Josh's bother in law was running in the race, and his sister Jenna was there to cheer him on. For a little while we didn't know where they were and I couldn't think about much else until I got the call that they were safe. Luckily they were miles away when the bombs went off, and a kind stranger gave them a ride home so they wouldn't be stranded in the mob of people wondering what to do and where to go.

I couldn't help but tear up this morning while listening to stories on the radio of runners who, after hearing about the attacks, ran another two miles to the hospital to donate blood. Stories from runners who say they will be back next year with more friends than ever to run again. And as usual, Steven Colbert summed it up best, saying, "Those maniacs may have tried to make life bad for the people of Boston, but all they can ever do is show just how good those people are." Amen to that!

In honor of my favorite city and one in need of a lot of love and support right now, this week's Etsy Wishlistis a roundup of Boston themed handmade items. Please send some positive thoughts out to the people of Boston this week & enjoy the list!

Hand Stamped Vintage Map, $20	Vintage Boston Tee, $20	Zakim Bridge Print, $20
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Boston Heart Map, $18	Hand Cut Boston Map, $1,200	Boston Marathon Type Art, $90
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Boston Skyline Art Print, $30	Boston Phone Case, $20	Train Token Necklace, $80

Thank you, Claire! ~

https://www.etsy.com/listing/83683335/boston-skyline-i-fine-art-travel?ref=shop_home_active

'Montmartre Patina' featured on today's Swede-Dreams Blogpost

'Montmartre Patina' featured on today's 'Shabby French' blogpost at 
http://www.swede-dreams.com/

Available from the Paris Collection at http://www.SerantoniDesigns.etsy.com. 
© SERANTONI Designs 2013. All rights reserved.

MONDAY, MARCH 18, 2013

Shabby French

Jody and Rebecca from SimplyPosh on Etsy compiled some perfectly shabby but chic french decor over the weekend in their Ooh la Bleu treasury list...I'm smitten with the soft gray blue palette.Thank you, ladies for including my "Forget me Not" photo in your creation! Here you go...

'OOH' Là BLEU' BY SIMPLYPOSH

GRAY BLUE HOME DECOR

sold Robins Egg Blue Fr... aSouthernStor... $215	Pastel Blue French Bead... bethanylorell... $32.5	be'be' d' a... homesteadtrea... $4.9	Pastel Marie Antoinette... gypsyfables $19
Vintage French Blue Dec... ChalkFarmHome $10	French Country Photogra... StudioSwede13 $28	Perfectly Shabby Chic R... tickingandtoi... $60	Vintage French Baby Blu... MonsieurBroca... $14
Gray Druzy Quartz Teard... KattilacGems $52	Romantic Old French Sar... RueDesLouves $60	Paris Photograph - Mont... SerantoniDesi... $30	Vintage French Blue and... LeFadedFleur $164
Paris Photography - Blu... rebeccaplotni... $30	50% OFF EVERYTHING Vint... shabbyfrenchs... $19	antique french enamel k... culturalpolli... $135	Frame grouping ornate v... AnitaSperoDes... $540

Van Cliburn's Testimonial for Arts Education, Music Therapy, Art Therapy

‎"I appreciate more than you will ever know that you are honoring me, but the thing that thrills me the most is that you are honoring classical music, vecause I'm only one of many. I'm only a witness and a messenger. Because I believe so much in the beauty, the construction, the architecture invisible, the importance for all generations, for young people to come that it will help their minds, develop their attitudes and give them values. That is why I'm so grateful that you have honored me in that spirit."

- Van Cliburn, Classical Pianist and Humanitarian
RIP

'Garden of Calla Lilies'  © SERANTONI Designs/2012. All rights reserved.