IT'S CHRISTMAS WITH A RAINBOW OF COLOUR......

Always the 1st decoration l add to the house at Christmas

Rainbow Colors by Sharon MacDonald

A rainbow of colors,
In the light, after rain.
There are seven of them,
And, each one has a name.

Red is the first
Rainbow color in the sky.
Orange is next
Like jack-o-lantern pie.

Yellow is the third,
Lemons come to mind.
Color four is green,
Think of grassy hills to climb

Blue is color five,
Like the water in a lake
The sixth is indigo
Blue-gray blends that you can make.

Violet is the color
Of the last rainbow band.
Violet is flowery;
Like the pedals in your hand.

So, wave your arms above you
Cast your colors high
And, try to make a rainbow
Across a cloudy sky

Well l've tried my hardest almost worn my snowflake punch out!!....all the colours of the rainbow....Phil was complaining they didn't twinkle like the bedroom snowflakes!!

I'm sure l can get coloured holographic card from Dagfields....oooh another little trip to a favourite card/paper suppliers...then l can make a rainbow of big snowflakes might even look for another new design punch or die.....did l say l love all this Christmas playtime? lol

and more rainbow snowflakes...a riot of colour lol

Splodge sitting on top of the radiator

**CHRISTMAS BALLS**

Balls in every size...l can think of so many uses for these wonderful little crochet

Christmas balls

1st Christmas dinner with friends tonight...Chinese buffet....yummy

New haircut today appointment at 12.30

James will be home again for the weekend fingers crossed he has a party to go too and it looks almost certain he will be home for almost 3 weeks at Christmas....yippppppppeeeeeee

No probs with making the Partridge in a pear tree bigger K

THINK WHITE.........

A favourite colourist.....have almost all of her books...and they never date

No more mess and shoes in the hall all tidied away!! yeeees

Just needs the new crochet rug finished and down

Just a new head board to make and all finished in our bedroom

Splashes of colour in the bedroom too

All the clutter and thing l seem to need by the side of the bed all tidied away..yeeeees

TV Laptops and books.....and the new bed like a mountain!! hehe

New wall lights are brilliant...can actually see the keyboard with out my glasses!!!

Phil going to make a 6' head board so added a splash of STAR colour over the bed for Christmas

not quite finished yet just trying them for colour!! lol

Loved this idea l saw in Supershoppertoo's fabulous home on Flickr.... so simple to add tiny splashes of colour to the storage boxes l love and have every where..satisfies the tidy me! lol

New stripy and spoty bed linen....need taking apart and re-making with spots one side and stripes the other...a little job for the weekend aybe

lanterns and twinkling snowflakes for the Christmas window

beads in jewel coloured glass jars

love these Expedit units....have the 8 section one in the studio

white background and splashes of brights.....my absolute favourite look...tried for the Kath Kidston look but was going to take to much cash to change everything decided to stay with the Ikea look we love

IT GREW OVER NIGHT!!

Had a load of small granny squares...mmmm need to be re made in the heavier weight but l like the idea

Why does a 'use up yarn' project turn in to a l've got to 'buy more yarn' to finish it off project? hehe

loving it's yummy colour and will be a warm welcome into the hallway!

THE JOY OF COLOUR

THE BEGINNINGS ON MY RIPPLE THROW

a work in progress

I love colour and often get asked about colour combo's......l'm not a natural at this and study colour all the time l still often get it wrong and agonise over some combinations

So l went looking for on line sites to help with colour combos found a couple

l thought might be of help...have fun

THE COLOUR BLENDER

if set to auto will give you a selection of colours that 'go' together

HUNCH

Just answer a few questions and a selection of colours will be yours !

Want to do a colour test?..try this one the LOWER the score the better you did

COLOUR CHALLENGE

l got 4 for my 1st score...area of blues was my downfall hehehe

COLOUR GAME

Warning it's addictive

CARINA'S BLOG

Some wonderful colour combo's if you like clear bright colours like l do

I WANT ONE TOO....

The cowl l'm making for Phil....anyone who has a Noo Noo will know the drafts that are part of the fun of the 70's campers and the essential scarves boots and knee blankets needed to travel in one in the colder months hehe...still love ya Noo Noo

Using the new Merino 3 blended strands in Lime, purple,turq and yellow Phil's own choice a 6mm hook 70 chain to start and 2 rows of SC then rows of trebles...8 at the mo but will do about 10 maye 12 more to make it scrunchy and snuggly then finish with 2 rows of SC

Sorry for the bad pic but in a rush this morning....forgot to pick up the dried cat food yesterday when l went to town so got to go pick it up 1st thing then a hair appointment....why as soon as you decide to go do you feel the hair looks better!! hehehe

SORRY Kathryn..really sorry hope you will forgive me for cancelling yesterday hugs x

THE GOOD DAY AFTER ALL

After a damp depressed start to the day.....

1. l got a call from James...always makes me happy hehehe..home for a long weekend

2. A wonderful trip to a yarn store...a feast of colour and fabulous yarns

3. Fabulous price.....wow wow wow!!...one happy bunny

THE WINTER RIPPLE

Very hard to decided on the colours l want to use for the ripple throw......did a couple of samples but love the mixed colour yarns and it was soooo hard to decide on what colours to leave out so.....

l'm going to use (l think) a mixture of 3 colours as one yarn of this gorgeous 100% Merino and an 8mm hook....

love the chunky look and with so many colours l can make up endless combinations of mixed yarn colours and the look is subtle and blended with no clashes

What a fabulous shop...COLOUR MART SHREWSBURY...sooooooooooo helpful and because l bought 38 colours and 200grms of each l got it at an unbelievable price...

Normally this 100% (super soft )Merino yarn is normally £1.50 per 50grms

comes on cones...great machine for winding the amount you want onto cones

SPLASHING THE WINTER COLOUR AROUND!

We moved back into the front sitting room on Monday now it's getting cold in the conservatory after sun down.....decided to move the furniture around yet again and make a throw for the hated sofa in there...not our usual Ikea buy!!!

Decided it needs a throw to match the loved rug......

Tried Attic24's RIPPLE PATTERN OUT....with a few alterations of course hehe

single row of double strand DK...so easy to do...thanks Lucy nice pattern

Used a few experiments with colour in one cushion front...Phil liked it....l like bits of it but not really all together.....

So going to use the Ikea rug as the colour inspiration...we both adore that rug...to make a ripple throw over the winter and going to use pure wool instead of the usual cheap acrylic wool
Although l do love the colours you can find locally in acrylic...not so keen on the feel of it and l hate the way it squeaks when l get hot....my age l'm afraid!! hehe
Spread all the unfinished experiments l've tried out over the last couple of months too.....must do something with them all...eventually!! hehe

Thanks to......

Rose Hip...the beautiful cushion and the wonderful colour combo l saw and just had to use

Colour Creations....Her stripy bag inspiration with flowers that reminded me of the bags l used to make in the 60's and 70's and

Sarah London...monthly patterns and wonderful colour use

Attic24 for her gorgeous colourful blankets and her brilliant photographs and wonderful writting for inspiring me to get hooked again

CUSHION TO BAG OR MAYBE A POOF....lots of lovely colours

It started out as a cushion but it grew and grew....and as you can see l need another wool bag

on route up the sides l thought it may make a poof...another project to add to the list!!!

Inspiration from one of the photos in my many books on colourful things....Tricia guild books my fav's for colourful living.......l can look through them over and over again and find something new to inspire everytime

FROM ORDER TO FLOWER IN 24 HOURS

THANKS ABAKHAN...so fast next day delivery of 10 balls of WAS-FILZ-IT felting wool

I made a flower and its now in the washing machine felting....another hour and l will see how it's felted

Took about half an hour to crochet and l used a 8mm hook and before going in the washing machine on 60E wash it measured 4.5inches (11.5cms)

Like Christmas hehe....cant wait to see what it looks like

WASH-FILZ-IT...easy to crochet/knit use 8-9mm hook/needles


before pics

mmmmm...bottle and top?

will try making a full bottle and top similar to this and stiffen with pva

WOOL SHOPPING AND HYPERBOLIC CROCHET...real fun to do

Closest wool shop in Whitchurch got most of the colours l wanted except a pea green and got asked to add a couple of things into an exhibition they are having..should be fun...loving this HYPERBOLIC CROCHET....real fun to do as it grows and becomes very organic
Made the 'flower' for a knitted jacket l have may add the pink to the edges aswell...watch this space!!

DONE 80 COLLAGE SCRAPBOOKING LO'S ALL TOGETHER

l've caught up with quite a few scrapping important events with these collages

so fast and love the clean simplicity of the LO'S.......and so much fun

Just need to print them all off now......Might be expensive! lol

It doesn't show up for some reason on these but when you print them the added written info does.....may try some 'titles' in photographic form then add as a photo

WORKS ON THESE TWO......

Favourite Pink and Me

April 28th snapshot (reference to Smilebox)

I NEED HELP!!...COMPLETELY ADDICTED TO THESE COLLAGES

stripes in my life
cCollage of the Parents Day Wkend in Catterick April 4th 2009

Mr T loved the collage...lol

Thanx Lynne for the inspiration....l'm hooked

MORE APRIL PHOTO COLLAGES...SO VERY ADDICTIVE