Joie de Vivre

Kimberly Applegate is a painter. She paints chairs. No, I do not mean she physically paints chairs but she creates painting with chairs as the theme. The painting above is named "Dream in color (part IV)". I made a color palette from this painting. I loved the greens and blues mixed together.



The next painting is also of part of the "Dream in Color (part III)" series. The bright yellows, blues and greens called out to me.

Country French Antiques

I ran across this wonderful blog filled with photos of France and French antiques. The blog's owner Shawn is an antique dealer but she would prefer the word "guardian" over "dealer". I took the "Guardian" picture off of her blog and made a color palette from it. I love this sculpture very much. The entire blog is a delight, I enjoyed reading and viewing the pictures very much. This blog is a real treat.

Shawn's website inventories include antique furniture, architectural elements and other items from the 17th century through the Brocante of the 20th century.

Saturn Press

Sunflowers- Work from the Arts & Crafts movement syle. From a design by Willian de Morgan 1885, Great Britain.



This design is based from matchcovers, an advertising tool used in the 1920- 1950's.



Vaszary Kittens- Work from the Arts & Crafts movement style. From Janos Vaszary Kittens are based on a tapestry woven by Sarolta Kovalszky in Hungray in 1901.



Work from the Arts & Crafts style movement. Tree & Swallow was designed by CFA Voysey in 1857- 1941 in Great Britain.


Jane Goodrich and James Van Pernis partnered up with their talents to start Saturn Press Printing company. First setting up in Jane's garage they later designed and constructed a larger shop to move into. Saturn Press is located on Swan's Island a remote island located six miles from Bass Harbor Maine. Isolated from the world but not stopped from progress, Jane and James have crafted a line of greeting cards that uses orginally designed artwork published anywhere from 1870 and 1930. They print one color at a time with a letterpress, a method of pressing paper between two metal plates with pressure.

They do not have a website but you can find their greeting cards at Cronin & Company under Saturn Press. For more information on Saturn Press or request a catalog contact: Saturn Press, 463 Atlantic Road, PO Box 368, Swan's Island ME 04685. Phone: 207-526-4000

Marimekko

Marimekko corporation is one of the leading Finnish textile and clothing design companies. Established in 1951 this company has high-quality clothing and interior textiles. I especially liked the designer fabrics.

The fabric pattern I selected is called Fiesta by designer Elina Keltto. I selected this pattern because of the colors and pattern could be used to inspire a jewelry design. There are three color patterns available, I used two of them for my palettes that were similar in colors.

Designed fabric by Elina Keltto

TOFUtsies

Tofutsies Yarn ( Toe-foot-sies ) is the best product that I have come across for knitting socks. I am not a professional sock knitter but from my experience with this yarn I think it is the greatest. 50% Superwash Wool, 25% Soysilk brand fiber, 22.5% cotton, 2.5% Chitin ( made from shrimp and crab shells ) Machine wash and dry.

The color I selected to knit my first pair of socks was called "Off on the Right Foot". For the next pair of socks I used a nice color called "Ten Foot Tall". Here are my color palettes below.

As Time Goes By

I LOVE VALDANI INC. COLORS!!!!!

Valdani Inc. threads come in wonderful colors and the quality is exceptional. Knitting, crocheting, needle point, sewing and so on...

Strawberry Dress

I designed this beaded bag. From time to time I am going to be displaying some of my artwork as examples of inspirations for color palettes.