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  • Another Lovely Bluebirdluxe Giveaway

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    The lovely Eileen over at bluebirdluxe is running a giveaway for this book, which I really want to win so I’m making every effort to check all the entry boxes! My grandmother did beautiful crochet and I know if she were still alive she would be so chuffed to see how much the art of…

  • Colour Me Happy Wednesday :: Beige

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    Who knew that the colour associated with 1970s bland would yield such treasures in my colour search today. To be honest I didn’t hold out much hope with beige… but just look at what I found:TOP: Badbird’s Gold Fish – this one made me smile because the last two weeks the little one has brought…

  • Flickr three :: navy

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    {images via flickr – click image to go to source page}

  • Drumroll please….

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    Using the True Random Number Generator the first person to guess correctly was the lovely Eileen from bluebirdluxe. Congratulations Eileen a $25 gift voucher from your shop of choice is on the way to you. Thanks to all for your comments and Eileen was right, I’m studying Graphic Design!

  • Colour Me Happy Wednesday :: Navy

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    The colour pickers cannot understand these deep colours so once again I have resorted to just a keyword search. Isn’t it funny how a colour can have an instant association? Navy made me think nautical and France… I have also just returned from seeing the Masterpieces from Paris exhibition for the second time so I…

  • Flickr three :: blue

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    {images via flickr – click image to go to source page}

  • A Colour Guide to a Career

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    Have you seen this? This is the Color Career Counsellor! Apparently I’m a  {drum roll please}… Creator… which is a relief. I’m also: Nonconforming, Impulsive, Expressive, Romantic, Intuitive, Sensitive, and EmotionalThese original types place a high value on aesthetic qualities and have a great need for self-expression. They enjoy working independently, being creative, using their…

  • Colour Me Happy Wednesday :: Blue

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    Blue is not a colour that registers with either colour search engines… by the way. I should really have posted some of the results just to prove the point. So here’s what I found by searching for ‘blue’ which returned 14653 results.TOP: Winter Lights Set of 3 prints from T R Mack Studio just made…

  • Colour Me Happy Wednesday :: Lavender

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      You’ll be pleased to know that the Etsy colour search tools did not let me down this week, here’s what I found:TOP: Photoglassworks tree and bird glass pendant. I know it was the background that matched my colour but when this appeared I just couldn’t let it go. Isn’t it gorgeous?MIDDLE: Sick on Sin’s…

  • Flickr three :: indigo

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    {images via flickr – click image to go to source page}