Mermaids & Peacocks

I’ve just spent a month dwelling in a color I love so much: blue-green, and I have to admit it wasn’t easy to move on!

In this year full of color, as I journey around the color wheel, I’m devoting each month to a single color, and April was all about teal, turquoise and sea-shades of aquamarine. These are the colors of a magical world inhabited by peacocks & mermaids. And me!

At the end of each month I add the fruits of my makings to my Etsy Shop — there are only three of these in existence, so catch ’em while you can!

Mounted on 8 inch square canvas board, these are layered collages of hand dyed paper and cotton & silk fabric intricately detailed with little weeny glass beads and stitching. 

They are ready to hang as soon as they arrive in their new homes. 
Welcome to the underwater realms of my imagination … 

3 of 12

Todays snippings are from the spring to early summer and range from the violet edge of blue through to sunny yellows 😀

12 in 12 update

Unbelievably the first 1/2 of the year is almost through! As is the 12 in 12 book.

It’s a while since last update, so here’s the tail end of May’s (Blue/Green) pages:

Which nicely lead into June’s (Green) pages:

May in progress

There’s a special place in my heart for those indeterminant colors that fall into ‘not quite green’ and ‘not quite blue’. Aqua-tealy-turquoise, if such a beast exists, is the color of May in my 12 in 12 project

We’re only mid way through, but here’s how May is looking so far!