This is the first in a series of zazzle store reviews. Each review will will be an insight into the wonderful designs and products available at the “Featured Store” of the week from the Quality Design Directory.
PICTURE PIE
There’s more to this gallery than first meets the eye! It contains a wonderful collection of high quality photographic images taken in and around the north east of England. The homepage of the gallery features 12 stunning images ranging from landscapes right down to detailed macro photography, but please use the “product line” menu on the right to browse themes, if you don’t you will miss out on some real gems!
For me the real magic of this store is the atmosphere created by the collection as a whole. Browsing through it I could smell the countryside, feel the rain and even remember scenes from childhood provoked by the image of a tradtional british red phone box!
This gallery is not just a diary of places visited by the photographer, it’s a diary of the life of an English person, or the memory of any visitor to the UK. The images capture slices of England from urban to countryside to the sky, through to the minute intimate detail of a bee on a flower. Add them all together and you’re in the UK. Wonderful! In the United Kingdom we are so lucky to be surrounded by so many beautiful places, but as with people everywhere we are often so busy we don’t notice them any more in our everyday lives. Purchasing an item we can have in our everyday lives, a print, a mousemat, or even a little keychain sometimes serves as a reminder to look and see outside our own little bubble.
My favorite image in the gallery (although it was extremely hard to choose just one!) had to be Hill End. It just reminded me so much of places I’ve visited, childhood family picnics and camping holidays. Great memories and miles away from being all grown up, paying bills and sitting in a traffic jam!
Picture Pie’s photography is available on posters/prints (custom framing available), postcards, greetings cards, postage, mousepads, magnets and keychains.
