colors

I think of all my designs thus far, the flowering rush is my favorite. I originally printed this in a warm ochre color, followed by a spring green – but today I printed it in two new colors: a thistle-y purple and a raspberry pink. Very girly. I guess why I like this design in particular is that it seems so able to take on different colors. Maybe it's a lack of imagination on my part, but a lot of my other designs just seem to have one, maybe two, colors that will work with them. They just seem so grounded in reality. This one, though, the choices are wide open.

The thistle-purple was just what I wanted. It's the color of one of my favorite dresses, though purple isn't actually up there with my favorite colors. But THIS purple I like – it has a hint of the rainy weather that is coming our Portland way soon enough. The raspberry, well, it was a bit tricky. The Pantone guide called for red, just red. I don't have red, though. I have rubine red and warm red, so I made do. It's a bit brighter than I started out planning for, but in this small burst of color, I think it works.

I'm planning to put these up in my etsy shop tomorrow, as soon as I get a chance to take a few more photos. I might even split them up into 3-or-4-packs for a mix and match of the colors: ochre, spring green, thistle, raspberry.