A week ago I was travelling for the first time after two years. I was just arriving at the airport in Vienna and was waiting for my connection flight to Klagenfurt when I decided to visit the book shop at the gate in hope of finding a lovely magazine until boarding. In front of the shop there was a display with postcards when I remembered that I still need a birthday card for one of my friends. While looking for the right card, a special one in the lower third of the display immediately caught my attention: it was my own!
Although the collaboration with Pickmotion already happened two years ago, it still fills me with joy and happiness whenever I spot my card somewhere in a shop. It is really lovely to see my work out there, waiting for others to get discovered and bringing joy to the recipients.
In case I have ever sent you a card and you were wondering why you get the same motif again and again, that’s because I always buy my own card as an act of gratitude whenever I see it somewhere.
New collaboration
In July Eszter from Pickmotion contacted me for a new collaboration and I was really excited about the offer that my pictures could be part of their new product line, a photo calendar series for 2022.
Although we all might have a digital calendar these days, there is no comparison to a traditional paper calendar. There are two different versions of the calendar available – a wall calendar and a monthly planner – and there are different themes like mountains, coast & sea, magical world, travel, botanicals, city spotlights etc. You can find two of my pictures in the botanical series.
Wall calendar
The wall calendar comes in a great size of 30x40cm and features 12 botanical motifs – one for each month. The motifs represent the diversity and beauty of nature. Pickmotion picked the designs by searching for great, minimalistic photographs on Instagram. The calendar is printed on thick and matte high-quality paper. In case you like the motifs you can cut them out afterwards and frame them or use them as wrapping paper.
The wall calendar makes a great gift and/or is a wonderful decoration item for your home.
My pictures represent the months October and December. We have a huge print of the fern photograph in our living room and I am happy that my pictures will be soon on your walls too and accompany you during two months.
Monthly planner
The monthly planner is a great aid especially for those who like to plan and organize the next year. The pictures are printed in square-format so there is enough space for all your appointments and notes. There are three columns for each month which you can use individually for your needs: you can share the calendar with your family and fill in all important tasks of each person or you can use the calendar just for yourself dividing the columns e.g. in birthdays, self-care and work appointments or travel, friends, and social media postings – as you can see there are unlimited possibilities to make the calendar your own.
The design of the calendar with the square-shaped pictures and motivational quotes on the photographs reminds me of the traditional Pickmotion postcards – so if you like the cards, you will definitely like the calendar too.
The calendars are available in German and designed for Austria and Germany (due to the mentioned holidays on the calendar). You can buy them in selected shops as well as in online shops such as Amazon (wall calendar / planner) or Rivashop (wall calendar / planner).
