mosaic monday: wintery tones

you know i love to take the temperature of my flickr faves occasionally and see the big picture of what's catching my eye. maybe because it's been so grey and foggy outside of late, grey tones have made their way into my normally very bright flickr faves. these are so lovely and peaceful, tho', i don't even mind the grey. 

a bit more color here, tho' still far more subdued than my usual. maybe i'm in a peaceful, soft period.

this is a little closer to my usual self, with touches of teal creeping in here and there.

i'm just adoring these softer, more washed out tones. we'll have to see how they manifest in my own surroundings.

and a few that aren't so much about the color as the subject matter...cocktails and iPhones and coffee...what more could a girl want on a monday?

as always, click on each picture to take you to my flickr stream, where you can click on through to the original photos and fave them yourself!

happy monday! if you're in the mood for healthy vegetarian fare today, check out this post. and please do suggest a name for our new tractor.  there's a handmade prize in it for the one who suggests the name we choose!

feeding inspiration

you might have noticed i've been feeling rather inspired on the creative front of late. and while i don't know where it's coming from, i am doing all i can to feed it, as i'm desperately afraid it will leave me again. last night, before i went to sleep, i browsed flickr groups i'd long neglected, in search of eye candy and ideas - ideas for sabin's room, which we're redecorating and of course, for more quilts, since i seem to be on a roll with that.

i love to browse flickr on the iPad - as i can easily sit in a comfy chair or in bed and the screen is just a dream. it's pretty much the perfect size for viewing photos and the colors just pop. ok, this isn't an iPad ad, so let's get back to the inspiration. my favorite group for kids' room inspiration is called go to your room and this is what i found there:

inspiration for sabin's room

clouds, garlands, butterflies and hearts, what more could a girl want?  quilts, that's what. and my go-to group for fresh, bright quilt inspiration is fresh modern quilts.

quilty goodness

this practice of feeding inspiration to my brain before i sleep seems to be having a rather magical effect. i've been waking up every day with fully-formed pictures of what i want to do in my head.  i have to keep my iPhone and/or a notebook by the bedside, so i can scribble them down upon awaking, so as not to lose any of the ideas. it seems that my brain takes the images and synthesizes them into something that's my own. and, it gives me an energy buzz that means i can't wait to get out of bed and get stuck in.

the beauty is that my fabulous bloggy friends send me inspiration/temptations (camera porn, remodeling, weaving, maps) all the time as well, so i don't even have to find all of the beautiful things out there by myself. (a big thank you for that, even if it is, at times, hard on our bank account (ahem, kristina, i currently have the high bid on TWO lots of cameras, thanks to you, tho' there's still a lot of time left).)

what do you do to feed your inspiration, ephemeral beast that it is?

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p.s. click on the mosaics to take you to my flickr, where there are links to all of the original posts!

flickr faves - LOVE

accidental love

1. Poladroid Letter L, 2. Accidental Letter "O", 3. flickr.com/photos/48973657@N00/4037102429/, 4. The letter E

from the postcards to blog camp group

1. 16/365 2010, 2. 16/365*2, 3. 16.365 light and shadow, late afternoon, 4. prater, berlin, 5. Fiore Olives, 6. Encapsulated

blue whimsy

1. 110113 Blue on Blue, 2. In Amaravati, 3. How many layers are we talking about?, 4. Some of My Favourite Things, 5. Snowblind, 6. More blue spools

a dose of cute

1. january 8, 2011 - magic in pink and green, 2. Earthuse Shoot-3, 3. Basket Case Quilt, 4. ooak289, 5. ✽ ᴥ ✽ ✽ ᴥ ✽ ✽ ᴥ ✽, 6. Humphrey, Hubert and Heffle

shades of retro blue

1. Hi - Lo Motel & Cafe - Weed, California, 2. Turquoise Trailer, 3. Joy Of Cooking, 4. Shades of Blue and Green

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don't forget to check out a sustainable life - the conversation is getting very interesting over there.

developing a thing about pink

1. I'm here. :), 2. what is to be is up to me, 3. Circle of Roses, 4. decorating our crib for the season, 5. Work in progress, 6. After Christmas, 7. Squidgum, 8. Best Bunny, 9. peace & love garland

do you think i might be developing an unhealthy interest in pink? or am i just looking for signs of spring?

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loving the idea of this.

design philosophy

apartment therapy has an interesting year-end wrap-up on design philosophies. which got me thinking about my own. i believe eclectic comes to mind.  here, a sampling from my flickr faves:

1. Winterizing the kitchen - step one, 2. This morning, 3. sgaminegg, 4. woolly blankie...

1. Castle School, 2. a nice winterday, 3. Work in Progress, 4. KW berlin

1. printed muslin, 2. Come On In, 3. Propsapalooza9, 4. friday morning

1. recently..., 2. finding focus, 3. hot pink house, 4. Pufe Abóbora. Como faz pra ficar com "gominhos"?

and stuff i've actually done myself, in our home, which may be the best indicator:

the old kitchen

1. kitchen - finished, 2. kitchen - finished, 3. kitchen/family room, 4. kitchen

1. tom rossau lamp, 2. from where i sit, 3. upstairs living room, 4. dining room

my beloved blue room

1. new wood-burning stove, 2. studio shots, 3. studio shots, 4. studio shots

eclectic, wouldn't you say? other words that come to mind - colorful, laid-back, turquoise, red, retro, comfortable, vintage. and not really at odds with the inspiration from flickr. i think i've found my style, i'm not sure it has a name, but at least i know what i like.

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also of interest:

being healthy is a revolutionary act

color palettes: what inspires right now

as christmas winds down (they think it's on the 24th here, you know, so tho' today is christmas, we have that post-christmas feeling) a girl's thoughts turn to decorating. we promised sabin we'd swap rooms with her and she wants loads of color in her new room. so i put together some inspiration from amongst my flickr faves.

1. Winter Project, 2. old collage, 3. Good Folks Strip, 4. sticx

1. ｄａｙｓ, 2. miss Evelyn..., 3. O ultimo / The last one, 4. new garlands

looking at my own photos, i am drawn again and again to the blue palette the snow has brought to us.

now to sit down with sabin and get her to choose.

colors of christmas

1. wee mushroom ornament, 2. [keep it simple] christmas, 3. vintage christmas, 4. My Vintage Ornaments Rock!!

merry christmas, one and all! wishing you all a colorful christmas.

that sunday feeling - dreamy

1. new york at home on the kitchen table, 2. Old Time Trike, 3. nov 23, 4. back to brodway

be sure to stop by domestic sensualists for some inspiration for a wintry dinner with seasonal ingredients.

color palettes: what inspires right now

original photo by elisabelle b

original photo by kristina

original photo by kristina

original photo by ethanollie

original photo of taal volcano by me
these blues are really not my usual ones, but i do love this photo.

original photo by kristina (apparently i'm enamored of her color palette at the moment).
greenish-grey seems very classy.

and my own chandelier - because i adore this photo

check in on your color palettes with the color palette generator. it can be quite enlightening. i'm thinking of incorporating some of these tones into a wintery quilt. and settling on something quite stunning for my new laundry room (because when the house is falling down around you, what's the first thing you build? a new laundry room, of course).

inspiration from flickr

it was a glorious fall day today and i spent the late afternoon outdoors with horses and my favorite child. crisp, cool, sunny. glorious. so i'm feeling relaxed and inspired. and this is what's inspiring me right now...

beauty

color

journeys

daydreaming

a big thank you to all who commented and emailed about my last post...it helped. it really did.

happy weekend one and all.

thursday mosaic: flickr faves (because i'm away from the computer)

all of the creative goodness i've loved in the past week:



remember, if you click the mosaic, it will take you to my flickr page, where you'll find links to all of the original photos found in these mosaics.

and the clever photos that are inspiring me right now:

personal trend tracking via flickr faves

i detected the other day while going through my flickr faves, a little obsession with garlands and things garland-y. clicking on the pic above will take you to my photostream where you can find the links to the good folks behind these beauties.

and here's the one i made with a bit of bamboo yarn and some leftover squares from my tanya whelan dolce quilt (which reminds me, i should be working on the binding for that).

oh, and i also discovered that i have a thing about thread:

the last four pics in the mosaic above are my own, so i won't post them separately. have you looked at your flickr faves lately? i'll betcha anything there's a theme (or themes). one more from me, plain spoken quilts:

color palettes from flickr faves

eternally thinking about color. and with my neck so sore, i can't actually sew or really make anything at the moment, so i just dream about doing so. i ran a few of my recent flickr faves through the color palette generator, just to take the temperature of the colors that are speaking to me at the moment.

original photo here.

original photo here.

original photo here. 

original photo here.

original photo here.

what colors are making your blood race?

thursday mosaic: flickr faves

i'll admit i still haven't really done any epic shit, but i have found a whole lot of eye candy and inspiration on flickr in the past week. since it was valentine's day, hearts figured rather heavily. and i suspect there is a plain spoken quilt in my future given the number of those that sneaked into this week's mosaic. as usual, there's a whole lot of color. i blame the snow for that. go away snow.

and then i had to share the photography that's inspired me for the past week as well. there are a number of hearts here too and some photos make appearances both places:

if you click on the mosaic, it will take you to my flickr photostream and all of the credits/links to the lovely people who took these photos.