New on Pinterest: Vintage Palette: Orange You Glad?

 

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Colors come in and out of fashion all of the time. But some colors have earned their own unique reputation. In our latest board "Vintage Palette: Orange You Glad?" we are exploring vintage shades of the color orange. It's bright and energizing and has adorned everything from lipstick to typewriters. Orange isn't as prevalent today, but it might be time for a comeback. Check out some of our favorite images:
 

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Vintage Design Inspiration Board #15 with Creativity Quote

Life is haphazard and full of beauties which I try to catch as they fly by, for who knows whether any of them will ever return?

~Margot Fonteyn

Inspiration Board #15 features:

vintage millinery glitter stamens (West Germany, wrapped with hand dyed twine)

vintage glass mirror button (US Zone Occupied Germany)

vintage coral glass beads, whole and halves (Japan)

vintage glass pearl drop (Japan)

vintage turquoise glass bead links (Japan)

vintage plastic flower cabochon (Japan)

lace, hand crocheted with antique crochet cotton (USA) and vintage orange lustre glass seed beads (Czech)
kanzashi flower made from Tracie Lynn Huskamp Nature Inspired fabric, embellished with vintage glass pearl button (Japan)

vintage paper  button tag (Austria)

vintage rhinestone earring component

vintage ivory flower buttons

additional scraps of Nature Inspired fabric

antique embroidery floss

vintage linen tea towel

mounted on 4x5 inch gallery wrapped canvas base

Orange. Think Monday - Think ATC

My first ever posting for the challenge blog, Think Monday - Think ATC.  The challenge was "orange".  Layers of dyed papers, stitched, stamped, foiled, drawn, and embellished with vintage white rhinestones.