Ruth St. Denis in The Peacock

Ruth St. Denis in The Peacock at the first Denishawn School 1915, originally uploaded by pufferfish_76.

Ruth St. Denis was one of the pioneers of American modern dance. I love the juxtaposition of her body form (including the train) and the real peacock.

Peacocks

Some Peacock inspired art from Etsy.

Rainbow

Yummy Peanut M&Ms - can there be a tastier rainbow?

This is a close up of a cardigan that my in-laws bought me for Christmas before I was their daughter in law - all the information that they knew about me was that I liked stripes. They did a good job and this is much worn and loved.

A Paperchase bookmark.

My Set of mixing bowls, a great housewarming gift from my good friend Jess.

I once saw a complete circle Rainbow from an Airplane, it was so beautiful. Every time I see a rainbow I look for the second one. There is often a fainter rainbow above the first but the colour way is reversed Blue at the top and Red on the inside of the arc. Next time you see a rainbow check and see if you can see another.

Thank you to The Little Red Hen for coming up with Colour Week. It has been a lot of fun and has certainly been inspiring. I will definitely take part again next year. Thanks to everyone who has posted pictures on their blog it has been fun to check them all out.

Violet

The sky is grey after yesterday's bright blue one and the light isn't great for the photographs but Purple is really one of my favourite colours. Here are two large Purple hair clips on my mini dress form.


This is a detail from a kimono quilt that my Mum (Felicity Aston) made for me. Actually she made one for my Brother and his wife for their wedding because they worked and met in Japan. I loved that quilt so much that my mum made one just for me. I am so lucky!

A photo album and note card set from Paperchase


My 18th Birthday present (wow that was a long time ago) from my Mum and Dad it is a beautiful piece of kinetic jewelry from Alan Ardiff. I still love his work and hope to own more pieces one day. While taking this photo I realised my jewelry needs a really good clean.

A shameless bit of self promotion - why not. A lilac flower from a clutch made by me. You can check it out at AshleyAmandaDesigns.Etsy.com or just click on the picture at the top right of this blog!

Blue

It is suddenly warming up here in Michigan and here is a beautiful Blue sky!


My Blue Salt and Pepper Mice that sit in my kitchen


A selection of Blue Air Mail stickers that line the spine of my address book.

I am very fortunate to know some very artistic people, this dish was made for my wedding present by Peter Meanley an extremely talented Potter and a close friend of my family. He works predominantly with Salt glaze and is currently producing a range of pieces inspired by Toby Jugs. He has modeled the characters for these Jugs on himself and my Dad. I saw some of the bisque when I was home at Christmas and can't wait to see the finished pieces. He had an exhibition a year ago in the Ulster Folk and transport Museum.

Green

My Green cleaner

My Green cup of Tea and a tin of mint Green Tea (which is not actually the tea in my cup) in front of my Green Kitchen aid mixer.

Detail of a nice Green bag from Whole Foods.

My Experiments with copper and verdigris. I haven't quite worked out what it is going to be yet but I like it! Detail below.

sneak attack

This is a pretty cool movement. I just participated and I feel all warm and fuzzy inside!
Basically every Monday, Wednesday and Friday the good folks over at handmademovement.com select an etsy store to be the victim of a sneak attack. You then head over to that shop and make a purchase. The "victim" then suddenly finds that they have had an influx of sales. This is to help shops which have not yet established a customer base! So todays shop is beaddamedesigns and I just purchased myself a little ring.