Showing posts with label sky blue. Show all posts
Showing posts with label sky blue. Show all posts

Friday, 5 April 2013

A little bit of Spring

 I forgot to add these photos to my Easter post, so thought I'd give them a post of their own.  Here are some primroses and a solitary pushkinia from my garden (with a couple of daffodils from the ones my colleague gave me), in an egg shell, painted a lovely sky blue.
I saw this idea on Gillian's blog, Tales from a happy house and was inspired to get myself a ceramic egg holder and make an egg shell vessel.  I did strengthen the egg shell with layers of tissue paper and PVA glue, because I knew that the first time I used it, I would break it, if it wasn't strengthened.  Here's how Gillian did it (she made six egg vessels - I only managed one, but I filled the other sections with a variety of egg-based decorations and there were also chocolate eggs, but they are long since eaten).  The crocheted egg was from Thomasina Tittlemouse, won in a giveaway last year) Thank you to Gillian for some great inspiration.
I love primroses and was so pleased to have some flowering for Easter.

Saturday, 1 October 2011

Jewel colours

Owing to my recent felt making, I had to check my stock of lovely merino wool and ordered some more to replace some I'd run out of.  When I opened the box, I was greeted with this selection: turquoise, aqua, sky blue, purple and royal blue.  In gemstone colours they would be: turquoise, amazonite, chalcedony, amethyst and lapis lazuli.  What a gorgeous treasure chest of colours!