Craving Color

My house tends to be the backdrop for color. Walls, rugs and even furnishings tend to be a touch mono-chromatic. The kitchen is no exception, marble, stainless steel and black tile. My formerly black teakettle, well, it was time for some color. It wasn't intentional, accidental shopping (in that I didn't go out with the plan to buy a teakettle) I was using up some time on my extended birthday weekend in between dropping NanC at the airport and meeting my dear ones for lunch. There is a shop I dearly love on G street in San Diego called Pannikin Coffee and Tea. There are all manners of wonderful dish ware, a passion for me, and there I found color! It was hard to decide between the lime green and bright aqua, but this is the one I got.








I seem to be drawn to bright colors these days, somewhat of a departure from my matte metallics. I'm not sure if I'm at the end of an era or having a temporary exploratory period...








On the stick front, I managed a few rows last night of fish scales. I've also been exploring a new thread path for right angle weave, one where the units are all beaded in the same direction. In the past I've referred to this as 'wrong angle weave' but in this case it works, adding the embellishment bead to move from one unit to the next. It has some intriguing possibilities.

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