Sunday, April 3, 2011

Everything keeps coming up Purple

 Hi my blogger friends, WOW, thank you for all the lovely comments on my Studio, I am loving it !!!
Oh and yes, Cooper does think the chair is his, but he loves it in here and now he stays with me and that is what I wanted.

This past week my DH brought home for me, a bunch of purple tulips and a bunch of pink tulips, and ever since then I keep seeing purple in my photographs, so I thought I would make a couple of mosaics to share with you.

All except the first photo of the the tulips in the jug were taken on the round table in my studio. So this room also serves as a place to shoot photos :)

 I took hundreds of photos last week of the purple tulips and also the pink.

The photo with the Bible is dedicated to my Grandmother, we called her Gran and I have written about here before. She gave me the lovely white Bible when I was young, and when she passed away I was given her little silver cross. The vintage gloves just reminded me of her. She was a creative soul too, I remember her making Easter bonnets for competitions through her social club :)
I even saw a lot of mauve shades in the journal page I painted and sort of finished. No journalling in words yet, and I am not showing you a close up because I am not really happy with my fairy, the face that is. I found her too small to work with, also, I have not painted a face in a very long time.
This was a little worksop run by Monica at Hands and Heart
Monica has some lovely workshops and also lot's of free mixed media workshops, you really should check her site out, you never know what you may find :)

So this photo I am showing you the close up. This is a craft project I came up with for a new page I published, A Handmade Easter on Squidoo. It is a pretty napkin ring, made from a toilet tissue roll, and I whipped this one up in less than 5 mins.

You can find the instructions on my page along with the cone for candy treats in the first mosaic, which is a lovely idea to add to your table for dinner. I have featured some lovely Spring projects, so even if you do not celebrate Easter there is still something their for everyone.

I also received 2 Purple Stars for my pages on Squidoo this past week. This is the best award you can receive so I feel very proud about this and I hope you don't mind me bragging :)

 Now I have 3 Purple Star Awards :)

One of the awards was for A Handmade Easter and then... then... I was nominated for Lens of the Day...WOW.. I feel very special this week and have had so many comments and visits, I am overwhelmed by the wonderful people in the Squidoo community.

I LOVE writing about Handmade on Squidoo, I love the people there, and I have learned so much more about social networking. It is something I enjoy very much. Problem is, I enjoy so many things, I can't do them all at once LOL.


I have had so much fun wit these tulips, this photo is on my wedding dress with a pretty vintage hankie.

I hope the colours of purple and flowers will give you inspiration and make you feel more like Spring is coming. I think it will be here very soon, we have had some beautiful sunshine.

BTW, you should see my studio right now. Disaster, while I work on another project. Yet having a smaller space to work on is great, because I do clean up before I start another project :)

Happy Sunday,
Lynn

I make my mosaics at Big Huge Labs, it is so fast and easy.

17 comments:

Cynthia Schelzig said...

Such a lovely shade of purple at that. Beautiful fotos of beautiful tulips. What is spring without tulips? Mine are all about half way up outside. Everyone calls my garden..."Little Holland"..
congrats on all your awards...wishing you a wonderful Sunday evening.

artistamyjo said...

Congrats on your awards!
love the photos and tulips.may be a while before we see any here,it's snowing again!
Hugs, Amy

Netty said...

Beautiful projects Lynn. Have a great week, Annette x

Marydon said...

Oh, mercy, I need that EXACT shade of purple in my garden ... the tulips are gorgeous. So love the hanky, Mother had one just like it.

Beautiful share ...

Happy pink April ~
TTFN ~
Marydon

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Martina2801 said...

Lynn, I love this purple tulips and I congratulate you on the awards ...... thank you very much for your kind comment and visiting my blog. I wish you a wonderful week. Greetings MARTINA

Sue@MyArtsDesire said...

Lynn, Gorgeous photos! So many wonderful links I'll have to chase down when I'm finished here! Congrat's on the awards!!! Always fun to have your efforts applauded in such a nice way. I can completely relate to the "so many"...and wanting to get to it all...

Love this post today!
Xo, Sue

Robin said...

Love your mosaics in shades of purple. Congrats on the Squidoo award, it's well deserved. Have a wonderful day.

Hugs,
Robin

~*~Patty S said...

gorgeous soft shades of purple...very very pretty especially with your touches dear Lynn

Happy April
Happy Spring
Happy Happy Everything
oxo

Lynn Stevens said...

Like a breath of fresh spring air. Gorgeous spring photos Lynn. Congrats on all your rewards too.
Hugs Lynn

Terri Kahrs said...

What a beautiful post, Lynn!!! You really have an eye for color and composition. Your mosaics are truly lovely. Congrats on winning more Purple Stars!!! Well done and well deserved!!! Love & Hugs, Terri xoxox

debi said...

Lynn, you do such beautiful work! Your photos are stunning, and I love your pretty purple tulips!

Tatkis said...

Beautiful purple pictures! Tulips are so nice and fresh!

Best wishes,
Tatyana

Linda said...

Your blog just gets more and more beautiful Lynn! I love the way you create scenes for your photos :-)
Your Squidoo pages are inspirational.....

Stephanie Mealor Corder said...

Oh I love purple- it's always been my favorite! And what homage you given it These images are so beautiful- I'm in awe:)

Gaby Bee said...

Beautiful spring photos, Lynn!
Congrats on all your awards:))

Have a wonderful day!
Gaby xo

Kiki aka Victoria said...

So gorgeous..inspiring as always..and yay congrats on everything..that is fantastic..and you are fabulous!
Beautiful post..visually stunning!
Victoria

Becca said...

I am loving all the purple here, and that Bible looks just like mine! :)