Not a lot new.

I seem to be more and 
more attracted to violent color combos.
Magenta and acid green, 
turquoise and golden yellow, orange and purple...or 
all of those together.
I have been starved for color lately.

I also am more..and have always been attracted to glass,
and glassy looks.

I have always loved mosaics, and read that they are
getting to be the new hot item for homes.
That makes me sad.
When I love something it always ends up becoming
a trend.
Then when it goes out of style,
I look dated for several years until the trend is forgotten
or it comes back.

Lord knows there are plenty of trends that
I would love to see gone.
Skulls...am I the only person that is sick to DEATH of..
death...and pirates?
It makes me sad that tattoo art has become such a trend.
I have always loved tattoos.
I have many.
And soon, very soon...
they will be passe.
But you know..

you gotta please yourself, and trends be damned.


 

OK...next

As I said, I took some pics around my house..well..around my bedroom and studio.
I will try to see where there is cohesion...

can you say... ORANGE?

Well..it's no surprise to me that I like orange..and golds..and warm colors in general.
In fact, that knitting with the balls of yarn are a bit on the cool side for me..but the red, knitted yarn is recycled chenille.
I got it for less than two dollars.

The Swatch Book is...

If you look at my profile, you will see I have a few blogs.
I'm an artist...and I am kind of leaning towards design work as of lately..
Hmm..
But the big thing is, that I have a gaggle of interests.
Tons of things appeal to me.
I sometimes get a bit lost in all the colors, prints, styles, ideas,techniques...etc.

I also am the 5 minute inspired...I will see something and am enthralled for 5 minutes..until I see something else, or the phone rings..then I can't recall what it...or even the something else was all about.
So in this blog, I am going to use the swatch idea to give a sampling of what's hot to me in whatever catagory, and make a recording of it!
I am hoping this will help me focus more in my work, narrow down and refine my style, and maybe even serve as a point of inspiration, and ideas for others.
I am pairing this blog with my wists...something I have resisted for awhile, due to concern about hotlinking.
I'm still not clear on it, but the idea of having all these ideas in one place is too much to pass up anymore.
I need cohesion.
I am hoping that this blog, and the wists will help me with that.
I am not completely in the dark about my tastes.
A jumping off point would be:
Orange, gold, reds
elephants
mermaids
turquoise, teals, aquas
certain purples
dots and circles
spheres
natural/nature
birds
hummingbirds
fish
knitting
cables
lace
rainbow
fables
fairy tales
candy
sex
lingere
BDSM


umm..I lost all concentration with the last few...erm...husband has had the flu this week...

ok..well
oh yeah...star trek and sci fi in general

which I am now going to go watch.
I have some pics I have taken as an excesize for this blog.
Maybe that will be a part of the blog...style and creativity excersizes.
First excersize was just to take photos of things I already have and love...or that grab my attention...something about them made me want to take a photo of them.
I'll post the results tomorrow.

Sorry for all the tags...easier to set up a bunch now, yanno.