Color is not "in" now, you know. It smacks of poor ethnic types. Rich people live in cocoons of off-white, pale gray and other uncolors.
I painted my kitchen floor blue -- the color of the ocean in a child's picture book. My parlor is ruby-red. My bedroom is a dark sagey green, and I have a maroon quilt.
I'm a textile artist and my mom was an artist and I so get this. (And Woolworths! We had one in my town growing up.)
Now I paint with watercolors and with fabric dye (learning) and with thread.
A couple of days ago I figured out that I can actually fit 6 more half-pans of paint in center of my 24 pan set and on each end of 12 to make it 13. that's 8 more half-pans I can buy. I've been deep in colors even more than usual, trying to select the 8 that are really needed. (It's both fun and hard.)
I totally get it! My house is full of color, and don’t even let me loose in a fabric store or yarn shop. And there’s nothing prettier than the subtle gradations of color in a thread display. Mesmerizing, indeed. 😊
I totally get it: colors. Thanks for the memories, Lois, including Woolworths. Worth a trip down memory lane, particularly at this fraught period of time.
Those candles are beautiful. Your house is wonderfully cozy.
I remember the Pashmina craze very well...but which color to get?
Color is not "in" now, you know. It smacks of poor ethnic types. Rich people live in cocoons of off-white, pale gray and other uncolors.
I painted my kitchen floor blue -- the color of the ocean in a child's picture book. My parlor is ruby-red. My bedroom is a dark sagey green, and I have a maroon quilt.
Color, color, color! Life is too short for beige.
I'm a textile artist and my mom was an artist and I so get this. (And Woolworths! We had one in my town growing up.)
Now I paint with watercolors and with fabric dye (learning) and with thread.
A couple of days ago I figured out that I can actually fit 6 more half-pans of paint in center of my 24 pan set and on each end of 12 to make it 13. that's 8 more half-pans I can buy. I've been deep in colors even more than usual, trying to select the 8 that are really needed. (It's both fun and hard.)
I love color.
I can't believe you finally got the thread. Best end of a story and now I want them!
I totally get it! My house is full of color, and don’t even let me loose in a fabric store or yarn shop. And there’s nothing prettier than the subtle gradations of color in a thread display. Mesmerizing, indeed. 😊
Love this -- and especially the ending, so much! How glorious to have a wish fulfilled.
I totally get it: colors. Thanks for the memories, Lois, including Woolworths. Worth a trip down memory lane, particularly at this fraught period of time.