What's your colour?

Ever feel like there is not enough colour in your life. I do! The older I become the more colour I enjoy. Colour makes me happy, makes me feel more alive, more spontaneous, more adventurous.

Enjoy these images below. Hopefully they will inspire you, like they inspire me..

All images via Tumblr.com

Zentangles

Hello Friends

I found these on Joggles.com, if you like doodling like I do, try these for fun instead. According to Joggles.com creating Zentangles is enjoyable and rewarding.  It might seem daunting when you look at what appear to be complex patterns, but each is really just a set of steps.  When you combine tangles is when the magic really happens. They also sell the products you need to help you create these wonderful designs.

More Zentangle Fun!

Cheers Tanya

Crocheted stones

Artist Margaret Oomen has wonderful creations that leave you speechless. These crocheted stones are gorgeous. She also has an Etsy Shop http://www.etsy.com/shop/knitalatte where you can purchase her crocheted stones (if you're quick enough since they go so quickly!) as well as beautiful still life photographs of her crocheted stones

Some words from Margaret Oomen

Currently I am using stones that have been made smooth by the constant energetic forces of nature. I have collected them during my travels and from the kind donations of wonderful people all over the world. I feel the ocean and sea stones connect us in ways difficult for us to fathom. I cover these stones using only repurposed vintage threads worked with vintage crochet hooks. I like the idea that these materials were forming lace patterns long before I used them in my own two hands to cover the stones. The crochet patterns are almost always inspired by things I have observed in nature: lichen, leaves, webs, frost patterns, and snowflakes, to name a few.  Fractal patterns, Fibonacci, and other mathematical sequences are more obvious with some of the crocheted stones than in others.  Most of my patterns are made up as I crochet along using the color, texture, and shape of the stone to guide me.  When I am not crocheting I am arranging my collections and photographing them in arrangements that emphasize their relationships to each other and the natural world

 

See more on Margerets blog http://www.resurrectionfern.typepad.com/   

Margeret Ooman's crocheted orb by day and by night, to see how this orb is made go here http://resurrectionfern.typepad.com/resurrection_fern/2008/07/crochet-a-spher.html

Spring inspiration

I came across this colourful design on bhg.com and had to share it with you, the room is so busy a lot is happening but it all works together

Create a casual living room that sings "spring," brimming with juicy citrus colors. Add brightly colored vases, spunky patterned pillows, a painted jute rug, and flea market finds to your space for a fresh feel without spending a fortune.

Source

 http://www.bhg.com/decorating/seasonal/spring/spring-decorating-ideas/?rb=Y#page=1

Rocking style

I found this cute colourful rocking horse from the Scandinavian Design Center website. Part of the colorful children's room range from the Swedish company Micki. Click on the link below for more info

Rocking Zebra from Micki Leksaker by Elisabeth Årbrandt