Soap

i'll take the purple one lool =P

cute asian flower motif.

www.ferrybuildingmarketplace.com/the_gardener.php

The Gardener is a store in the San Francisco Ferry Building that celebrates beautiful and useful things for the home and garden. The Marketplace shop, located in the Nave, offers a refreshing shopping experience for city dwellers seeking uniquely crafted tabletop, cooking, dining, and garden items—from garden tools and baskets, to handmade ceramics and linens, to distinctive furniture. The merchandise changes with the seasons and immediately wins the hearts of those who share a gardener's aesthetic and spirit.

The Ferry Building store is the third The Gardener store in the Bay Area. The first opened in Berkeley in 1984, as the inspired vision of owner Alta Tingle. Alta broke new ground by connecting house to garden with her unique aesthetic for functional objects that serve to enrich the everyday experience. The original store on Fourth Street endures as a nationally-acclaimed and locally-beloved mecca for discerning shoppers. A second store, which opened in 1998, resides in a barn amidst a bountiful garden in the wine country town of Healdsburg—one hour north of San Francisco.

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a bird in the hand says:

what awesome little gifts!
Posted 52 months ago. ( permalink )

karibombari says:

beautiful!
Posted 52 months ago. ( permalink )

(Mo) says:

And I thought only women would get excited about such things ;-)
Posted 52 months ago. ( permalink )

btezra [deleted] says:

~you have been finding interesting aspects to some mundane and random subject matter lately Thomas, I like how you have been able to present an image out of randonmess that grabs my interest and eye~
Posted 52 months ago. ( permalink )

Superchou says:

oh i always loved the packaging for Fresh Soaps. They use Japanese style paper and designs -- always so cute.
Posted 52 months ago. ( permalink )

Ten Directions says:

like these patterns and colours, well done
Posted 52 months ago. ( permalink )

angelferd says:

i like the sandal one
=D
Posted 52 months ago. ( permalink )

♥Rebecca♥ says:

Mmmmm I love soap. I make soap actually.
Posted 52 months ago. ( permalink )

h2okatcher [deleted] says:

I adore soap! I collect soap! I can go broke stocking up soap! Btw... this picture is gorgeous! Love the beautiful colors!
Posted 52 months ago. ( permalink )

Marion (FrauHaselmayer) says:

wonderful!
Posted 52 months ago. ( permalink )

? [deleted] says:

linda!
Posted 52 months ago. ( permalink )

SF buckaroo says:

i love the mix of stores at the ferry building. as an urban planner,i often point to it as a great example of land uses that can be appealing to locals and tourists at the same time.
Posted 52 months ago. ( permalink )

Jeff Clow says:

Very slick image....the bars of soaps with their various colors present an appealing scene....

My compliments...VERY nicely done....!
Posted 52 months ago. ( permalink )

cteresa says:

love those!
Posted 52 months ago. ( permalink )

Mary Hockenbery (reddirtrose) says:

so fun and colorful
Posted 52 months ago. ( permalink )

through the ladies eyes says:

Fantastic Photo ! Angle composition and lighting. Wow !
Posted 50 months ago. ( permalink )

MaureenShaughnessy (aka MontanaRaven) says:

great colors -- tumbled-ly composed. the detail is what grabbed me, though.
Posted 47 months ago. ( permalink )

Amy Pham says:

i bet they smell wonderful!
Posted 41 months ago. ( permalink )

Iweczek says:

WordMingle, a social vocabulary building tool, pulled this picture for the word Aesthetic
Posted 37 months ago. ( permalink )

heatherlynchriza says:

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Soap Suds Inc., and we'd love to have your photo added to the group.

love all of the patterns.
Posted 34 months ago. ( permalink )

dbz885 says:

Please post your lovely soapy photos to the group Soap, we'd love to have them added.
Posted 34 months ago. ( permalink )

heatherlynchriza says:

Thank you 4 posting in Soap Suds Inc.
Posted 34 months ago. ( permalink )

Debbie C.B.'s says:

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called YUPPIES, and we'd love to have your photo added to the group.

this really belongs and would be great in this group
Posted 31 months ago. ( permalink )

ScaryLily says:

Ah! a wonderful collection, well photographed!
Posted 29 months ago. ( permalink )

mobilya says:

good photo thanks.

Posted 28 months ago. ( permalink )

macsoapy says:

This is one of the soap pictures I like most.
(I am a soapmaker and I adore the packaging.)
Gabi
Posted 26 months ago. ( permalink )

BeccaNelson says:

Beautiful photo! I love their packaging.
Posted 23 months ago. ( permalink )

DK Rising says:

Lovely!
Posted 21 months ago. ( permalink )

diamonds_in_the_soles_of_her_shoes says:

See part of my soap collection here

Posted 19 months ago. ( permalink )

Criativa says:

Oi! Sou administrador de um grupo chamado Artesanato (Crafts): Trabalhos Manuais (Handicrafts) e nós adoraríamos ter isto adicionado ao grupo!
Posted 18 months ago. ( permalink )

t_majic.1006 says:

Such pretty packaging
Posted 17 months ago. ( permalink )

jabberwocky_84 says:

I love soap! wowww!!
Posted 16 months ago. ( permalink )

Kat Eyez Sews [deleted] says:

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Company Identity and Tags, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
Posted 15 months ago. ( permalink )

lemamastone says:

Are these wrapped in paper?
Posted 14 months ago. ( permalink )

elsapone says:

love these!
These are one of the most beautyful soaps I ever saw
Posted 13 months ago. ( permalink )

DLH65 says:

Like it

save
Posted 8 months ago. ( permalink )

Tim McDonald says:

Great colours and patterns.

-Voted 'save2' (by the Delete Me Uncensored Group) using photoratr
Posted 8 months ago. ( permalink )

Snorkelbuddy says:

Very nice picture, it made my allergies act up just looking at them

-Voted "save3" (by the Delete Me Uncensored Group)
Posted 8 months ago. ( permalink )

Ѕhims says:

Common people. Its a pile of soad and the DOF is too shallow.

delete
Posted 8 months ago. ( permalink )

Mo Tabesh says:

as above
delete2
Posted 8 months ago. ( permalink )

jacob mooty says:

the dof is weird given how close all the soaps are.

delete3
Posted 8 months ago. ( permalink )

professoryackle says:

You sound like you swallowed the shop's brochure and are now frothing at the mouth. Whilst the actual soap might enrich me, the picture of the soap does not.

-Voted "delete3" (by the Delete Me Uncensored Group)
Posted 8 months ago. ( permalink )

ruanniemann says:

hey prof yackle, speaking about swallowing, did you swallow your tag adding button!? why don't you enrich us all and add the occasional tag?
Posted 8 months ago. ( permalink )

ruanniemann says:

reminds me of childhood greed. it looks like wrapped Christmas presents under the tree. makes me feel good, and technically its very good.

therefore its a save.
Posted 8 months ago. ( permalink )

skedonk says:

Not sure what is interesting here.

So this is from 2005? Have we progressed so much that this doesn't seem special anymore?

-Voted "delete4" (by the Delete Me Uncensored Group)
Posted 8 months ago. ( permalink )

trinity37 says:

...beautiful colours and patterns!...makes you want to have some and take a bath...;-)...great!!
Posted 8 months ago. ( permalink )

Serena H says:

it would work as a stock photo; sharp and colourful, but not really that interesting. Sorry.

delete5
Posted 8 months ago. ( permalink )

andertho says:

sorry th this one isn't doing it for me

delete
Posted 8 months ago. ( permalink )

daveish182 says:

nothing

delete
Posted 8 months ago. ( permalink )

Clearlight1971 says:

fuck TH, how do you manage 8430 views and 269 favs with this?

-Voted "delete8" (by the Delete Me Uncensored Group)
Posted 8 months ago. ( permalink )

leesure says:

I was thinking the same as Clearlight. Man it was easy in 2005.

delete9
Posted 8 months ago. ( permalink )

• juanete • says:

too busy ;)

delete
Posted 8 months ago. ( permalink )

Flufftail says:

Lovely packaging! :)
Posted 8 months ago. ( permalink )

David Paul Ohmer says:

Don't understand all the views and favs. Something is going on there. The DOF is pretty bad. If your new to close-up work think about the following for DOF...

1.) Aperture
2.) Focal Length
3.) Camera to subject distance

Just trying to help!
Posted 7 months ago. ( permalink )

Thomas Hawk says:

David, EXCELLENT points, all of them. Seriously. thank you.
Posted 7 months ago. ( permalink )

David Paul Ohmer says:

You're welcome Thomas. Awesome work you do, and I appreciate your blog. Very informative!
Posted 7 months ago. ( permalink )

mskogly says:

Love the colors!
Posted 4 months ago. ( permalink )

principonemio says:

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called ***SPETTACOLARE*** Express your Best! Post 1 & Award 3, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
Posted 3 months ago. ( permalink )

Bluish Days says:

so cute
Posted 2 months ago. ( permalink )

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