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Friday, October 21, 2011

Color Time - the 3rd Color Palette Walk.

Hello dear readers,

As I mentioned in previous post, today would be the day of the Color Palette Blog Walk.....hosted by Brandi. This is the third colour palette walk organised by Brandi...and my second.

Come along and join in for a colour feast for your eyes.

As it is Spring here in Australia, my garden is overflowing with colour and perfume. Here is a small
offering of that beauty found there...it definitely brings me so much joy to be out there amongst it all.

Just look at these pretty colours!

Here are the links to the other participants. Have fun!

Francesca at Francesca Watson Designs -- http://www.francescawatson.com

Lori at Pretty Things -- http://www.PrettyThingsBlog.com

Marsha at Marsha Neal Studio Blog -- http://www.marshanealstudio.blogspot.com

Cindy at Sweet Bead Studio -- http://www.sweetbeadstudio.com

Kerry at Kab's Concepts -- http://www.kabsconcepts.blogspot.com

Cynthia at Ornamental Style -- http://www.ornamentalstyle.com/blog

Linda at Linda's Bead Blog & Meanderings -- http://lindalandig.wordpress.com

Emily at Good Things* -- http://jorpins.blogspot.com

Erin at Treasures Found -- http://treasures-found.blogspot.com

Brandi at Brandi Girl Blog -- http://www.brandigirlblog.com

Jenni at Jenni's Beads -- http://jennibead.blogspot.com

Shari at Exploring the Wonders of Life -- http://exploringthewondersoflife.blogspot.com

Enjoy your day,

Thursday, October 13, 2011

Color Palette blog walk - It's Happening again!

Hello dear readers,

I love colour.

I am learning about my likes and dislikes in regard to color. I am learning there are no colours I truly dislike... even the colors that may not be favorites can look great mixed with others that are right for it.

One of my biggest problems with color is that I really like so many different colours!
I confuse myself with color choices at times....so sometimes I find it is good to step back a bit and consciously think about color and color combinations and why they work together (or not) instead of always being reactive with the ones I tend to favour.

So for the above reasons...and because it is fun, too, I have signed up for the Color Palette Blog Walk, round 3 at Brandi's blog.

This time around the topic is "What's the Color of Your Joy?".

It will all be happening on Friday October 21st...so please come back then for a bit of color love!

The list to participate might be closed, ( you can always message Brandi about this..I was a lucky late entrant) but if you are wanting to learn how to make a colour palette regardless of participation to the walk, there is a free template on Brandi's blog...as well as many other wonderful tip share ideas.

This was a photo and palette I did in a previous color palette blog walk ..."What inspires you?"

My garden is a definite source of inspiration, so this was an easy choice.

If you want to learn more about color and the color wheel, another fantastic blog is The Kat Eye View

The link I have included will take you to Kat's Color Wheel article, part 1.

Check it out..there is SO much information there for all you color lovers!

And remember to come back Friday 21st...there will be a list of participants blogs for you to check out and enJOY!

Cheers for now,

Wednesday, March 2, 2011

Color Palette blog walk - My Inspiration.

Hello dear readers,

Well as I mentioned in Monday's post, I am participating in Brandi's color palette blog walk.
(please see previous post for background information.)

I thought about where I drew inspiration from and, like a few others, I would have to say, I do take it from mother nature herself.
My particular source would have to be my own home garden.
Over the years, I have been a passionate gardener - planting nearly all the trees and plants in our garden over a 23 year period.

As I have an old Victorian-era home, a lot of my plants have had a cottage theme; lots of roses, bulbs and perennials. They are constantly changing, always beautiful and often re-seed in unexpected places, providing seasonal surprises.

These days, I do not do the hard work in the garden. However, I still take delight from it and take photos of it throughout the year. I can always find an interesting subject in the garden, even in the depths of winter.

I also like to collect old, sometimes slightly quirky, curios, so I have included a photo collage of a much-loved container in which I store my watch and bracelets.

The process of making a palette from a given photo has made me realise there are actually many more colours in almost any subject than I first registered with my eye.

Thank you, Brandi for organising this wonderful blog walk. I have really enjoyed making my palettes.
Hope you enjoy them, too!

Iris from my garden

Rainswept poppy

The old container on my dresser

Here is the list of all participants in the palette blog walk - for you to visit:

Monday, Feb. 28th
Brandi at Brandi Girl Blog
Erin at Treasures Found
Jen at Jen Judd Rocks
Shari at Exploring the Wonders of Life

Tuesday, March 1st
Karen at Creative Thoughts and Inspirations
Julia at UlvDesign
Jessa at The ReArtingDotNet Blog
Lyn at Lyn Foley Jewelry Blog

Wednesday, March 2nd
Jescalyn at Peach Honey Love
Paige at Paige Maxim Designs
Katrina at Ma Joie Press
Jenni at Jenni's Beads YOU ARE HERE

Thursday, March 3rd
Christie at Displaced Urbanite
Rachel at TatterBeans
Brittany at The Home Ground
Cindy at Sweet Bead Studio

Friday, March 4th
Rachel at Balanced Crafts
Wren at Each Day
Kelly at Mackin Art
Kristy at Simply Shiny Blog

Cheers for now,

Jenni

Monday, February 28, 2011

Color Palette blog walk

Hello dear readers,

WEll, I hope you have all had a wonderful time at the bead soup blog party, my eyes are bleary from looking. There was a totally amazing array of gorgeous pieces, (Please see my previous post to catch up on all the wonderful work of 210 participants.)

If I have time, ( I am off to Venice on Fiday!) I will feature a few of my favourites.

Thank you to all who dropped by to look at my necklace and who kindly left comments, I really appreciate it.

However we are now moving on to the next wonderful event-

The color palette blog walk has started, organised by Brandi

This is the second palette blog walk organised by this successful designer and jewelry maker.
She is obviously also passionate about color in her life!

From Monday feb 28 until Friday March 4th you will be able to view 4 blogs each day that have made a palette or two from their own favorite photos.
If you are interested in color and photography please come along and have a look at all the blogs and their stories connected to their photos. It will be a lot of fun!

There is a group for each day of the week.

I will be showing mine on Wednesday, if you care to come along. Hope to see you then.

The main page back at Brandi's is here: color palette blog walk 2
List of participants-

Monday

Brandi at Brandi Girl Blog - http://www.brandigirlblog.com

Erin at Treasures Found - http://treasures-found.blogspot.com

Jen at Jen Judd Rocks - http://www.jenjuddrocks.com

Shari at Exploring the Wonders of Life - http://exploringthewondersoflife.blogspot.com

Tuesday

Karen at Creative Thoughts and Inspirations - http://karen-creativethoughts.blogspot.com

Julia at UlvDesign - http://www.ulvdesign.com/blog

Jessa at The ReArtingDotNet Blog - http://www.ReARTing.net

Lyn at Lyn Foley Jewelry Blog - http://lynfoleyblog.com/category/lyn-foley-blog-jewelry

Wednesday

Jescalyn at Peach Honey Love - http://peachhoney.blogspot.com