Wednesday, April 2, 2008

Orange

What is it about a particular color or color combination that makes it so enticing at a particular point in one's life?
Lately it seems that every fabric (and even a waste basket!) that I've been attracted to is either that particular shade of '70s vintage orange or has that color in it.

I just made two Caroline bags (one as a bookbag for my son and one for a friend) out of this beautiful orange corduroy (shown at left). Both the orange corduroy and the striped fabric are recycled, which makes them even more appealing.

This combination of the orange with the stripes just makes me feel happy. Would it be too trite to say that orange is the color of joy?

3 comments:

campbellgirl said...

Funny that you should say this about the colour orange: lately I've had the same reaction to it. I bought some luscious orange wool the other week and just looking at it makes me feel good! I have all sorts of plans for using more of it running through my mind. Yay orange!

ZenCrafter said...

Ooh, (what is the emoticon for squeal of delight?), orange wool sounds yummy! Where'd you find it?

Katherine said...

:-D

or

:-O

would be likely emoticons for a squeal of delight...