The colors do seem so appropriate for "hush". I find them very gentle, quietening, and calming. Wearing these colors really does make me feel tranquil and at peace.
What do you think? What colors do you wear that are calming?
Showing posts with label lavender. Show all posts
Showing posts with label lavender. Show all posts
Tuesday, July 26, 2011
Leafy Hush
While I was doing my own bangle yesterday, I also made a couple to sell. One was in the same colors as mine - Orchid Hush (soft lavender) and pink, and the other was Orchid Hush and green so I've called that one "Leafy Hush".
The colors do seem so appropriate for "hush". I find them very gentle, quietening, and calming. Wearing these colors really does make me feel tranquil and at peace.
What do you think? What colors do you wear that are calming?
The colors do seem so appropriate for "hush". I find them very gentle, quietening, and calming. Wearing these colors really does make me feel tranquil and at peace.
What do you think? What colors do you wear that are calming?
Monday, July 25, 2011
Orchid Hush
A few months ago, I bought the book "Colorstrology: What your birthday color says about you". It's a fun book and identifies a color for each day of the year, to corrolate with birthdays and then explains what the color indicates about you and how the color can help you.
My birthday color is Orchid Hush and it is, in fact, a color I like a lot and wear quite often. It's a kind of soft lavender but with a little grey in it..... Since I found it's my color, I've been wearing more of it - but sometimes what I wear is a little more lavender than "pure" Orchid Hush, aka Pantone 13-3805.
This morning I put on an "orchid hush" tee shirt and decided, while I had some aluminum earrings in this color, I didn't have a bangle!
Gosh! What is a girl to do, but make a new bangle for herself! And thus, my birthday bangle was born, with a little pink included too!
The Colorstology book says "How this color benefits you: Your personal color helps you vibrate to your highest frequency. Wearing, meditating or surrounding yourself with Orchid Hush helps you stay magical and lighthearted as you build your dreams into visions of glory". Now you can see why I had to make this bangle for myself!!! Visions of glory........just bursting to come out!
My birthday color is Orchid Hush and it is, in fact, a color I like a lot and wear quite often. It's a kind of soft lavender but with a little grey in it..... Since I found it's my color, I've been wearing more of it - but sometimes what I wear is a little more lavender than "pure" Orchid Hush, aka Pantone 13-3805.
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Gosh! What is a girl to do, but make a new bangle for herself! And thus, my birthday bangle was born, with a little pink included too!
The Colorstology book says "How this color benefits you: Your personal color helps you vibrate to your highest frequency. Wearing, meditating or surrounding yourself with Orchid Hush helps you stay magical and lighthearted as you build your dreams into visions of glory". Now you can see why I had to make this bangle for myself!!! Visions of glory........just bursting to come out!
If you are interested in what your birthday color is, let me know your birthday and I'll check it out. It's a fun and interesting book by the way. Worth a browse. By the way, it says that my compatible birthdays are February 28th, March 28th and December 20th. Let me know if any of those dates are your birthday...
Tuesday, July 20, 2010
Fields of Lavender
Our lavender is just perfect right now - and we have a lot of it. It is full of busy bees - lots of different species of bees. Did you know that in California alone there are 1000 species of bees!
We always gather some and dry it for baskets etc, and I've made quite a few lavender wands in the past. While my mum was here - she decided to make a large wand as she'd told some friends in England that I'd made on with 90 stalks of lavender one year so she set about to make her own large one.It's pretty fiddly with that many stalks - especially the first couple of rounds.
And each year I always dry a little of the Provence lavender. We have a few different varieties of lavender but the Provence is the one that is good for cooking and eating. But remember - a little goes a long way! I even have a lavender cookbook - bet you didn't even know such a thing existed! A friend bought it for me a couple of years ago.
The best lavender recipe I have ever made is lavender and honey ice cream. To say this ice cream is rich is an understatement! If I recall - you use 8 eggs in it! But it certainly is yummy and one of those things saved for a special treat. Last time I made it with lavender shortbread.
What is your favorite use for lavender? Is there something new I can make this year with it? I'd love to hear your ideas....
We always gather some and dry it for baskets etc, and I've made quite a few lavender wands in the past. While my mum was here - she decided to make a large wand as she'd told some friends in England that I'd made on with 90 stalks of lavender one year so she set about to make her own large one.It's pretty fiddly with that many stalks - especially the first couple of rounds.
And each year I always dry a little of the Provence lavender. We have a few different varieties of lavender but the Provence is the one that is good for cooking and eating. But remember - a little goes a long way! I even have a lavender cookbook - bet you didn't even know such a thing existed! A friend bought it for me a couple of years ago.
The best lavender recipe I have ever made is lavender and honey ice cream. To say this ice cream is rich is an understatement! If I recall - you use 8 eggs in it! But it certainly is yummy and one of those things saved for a special treat. Last time I made it with lavender shortbread.
What is your favorite use for lavender? Is there something new I can make this year with it? I'd love to hear your ideas....
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Lavender all around
It's getting hot here and the forecast is for it to be even hotter over the next few days. Sadly that means that we'll have to switch off our aga cooker. I love it but as it's warm all the time - it's too much on 90 degree days. And it was always the plan to not use it in the summer when we cook everything on the grill anyhow...
But before it is switched off, I thought I'd try drying some of our lavender. We have many many lavender bushes - and different types of lavender - some good for cooking with, some a little earlier than others...
Anyhow, I thought I'd try drying a bunch in the simmering oven and see how it turned out. The simmering oven is just a gentle temperature so I picked some of the brighter lavender and just put it in on the bottom grid....
Thirty minutes later and not only is the lavender perfectly dried but the whole house smells of lavender! I've now decided that if we ever have a bad smell in the house or it smells of cooking, all we need to do is put some lavender in the simmering oven and the house is transformed! What a great bonus.
Maybe I need to get some more quickly...... Gotta run now but will be back later with my usual Wednesday "business matters" blog post.
But before it is switched off, I thought I'd try drying some of our lavender. We have many many lavender bushes - and different types of lavender - some good for cooking with, some a little earlier than others...
Anyhow, I thought I'd try drying a bunch in the simmering oven and see how it turned out. The simmering oven is just a gentle temperature so I picked some of the brighter lavender and just put it in on the bottom grid....
Thirty minutes later and not only is the lavender perfectly dried but the whole house smells of lavender! I've now decided that if we ever have a bad smell in the house or it smells of cooking, all we need to do is put some lavender in the simmering oven and the house is transformed! What a great bonus.
Maybe I need to get some more quickly...... Gotta run now but will be back later with my usual Wednesday "business matters" blog post.
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