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Showing posts with label yellow. Show all posts
Showing posts with label yellow. Show all posts

Tuesday, June 4, 2013

The Laughing Duck



Well maybe he's quacking and not laughing, but whatever he's doing, he is very cute! I picked him up at a local Flea Market last weekend. This duck planter is from McCoy pottery and was produced around 1951.  He still retains some of the paint which was cold painted over the glaze.

If I had more room I would keep him, instead he and the books below are all going into my shop. Goodbye little ducky, I will enjoy you while you are here!





This book is titled "Somebody Saw ...." by Adriana Saviozzi. Vintage 1962. This book has many cute illustrations throughout. It depicts animals doing the most unusual things!
























Here is another book that also has a nature/botanical theme. It also seems to be similar in color. Maybe I am being drawn to the yellows because we have a string of gloomy days forecast for this week.  At least we will have some sun by Friday (the weatherman promised)!  In the mean time, these happy images will have to do.



The book "Apricot ABC" by Miska Miles and beautifully illustrated by Peter Parnall, depicts the demise and rebirth of an apricot through the view of the animals and insects that encounter it.
















 Once again, my funny, yellow duck!



Sorry, I just can't resist saying this.....

Hope your week is just ducky!

Wednesday, August 15, 2012

Blue and Yellow - You Complete Me

Blues and yellows are a favorite color combination of mine. I went in search of more examples on my favorite site, Pinterest. A few are mine and a few are borrowed from some fellow bloggers. We are having a bit of rain and clouds today and these colors always improve my outlook. I hope you enjoy them also.


Delphiniums in my Shawnee Pottery Vase


The blue just explodes out of the vase.






           Happy!










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Gorgeous!














odd-eyed cutie

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Not sure if this eye color is real or not, but they look really cool!






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I love this, using food for a color scheme! 

I used a soft butter color as the color for our house once. People would stop and ask what color number and brand the paint was!
















rebecca's patchwork and minky




Love this combination of colors and fabrics!






Many people think complementary colors are so called because they look nice together. Complementary colors are often combined to produce a pleasing effect. That's what I always thought until I started doing a little bit more reading up on color wheels. Actually they're called complementary because they complete the color spectrum.


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I came across a very interesting site called The Muser Physics & Physiology of Color.

Here's what was said about how this all works....



The blue we use as an additive primary color contains light from one-third of the spectrum. Yellow contains the light from the remaining two-thirds of the spectrum (red+green). When blue and yellow light are added together, they produce white light. So one pair of complementary colors is blue and yellow. Another pair is green and magenta. Another is red and cyan. (source)



Now I always just knew that these colors worked together and I knew that I loved the combination.  Perhaps it's because our brains are happy when the color spectrum is complete. Kind of gives a new meaning to "You Complete Me" doesn't it?

 

Wednesday, April 13, 2011

Age Old Question Answered!!!

Sad Little Eggs

Soon To Be Happy Little Chicks



What came first, the chicken or the egg? Well, I have the answer, the egg of course! Ok, in this case anyway. These two cute little chicks were made from some sad looking old styrofoam easter eggs. They were found in a box of old ornaments at a garage sale. The best part the box of stuff was almost free! I now look at junk and think, what could I make out of this?

Finished Chicks