Splash of Colour: November
Firstly, thankyou so much for all the votes and thoughts on my etsy banner. The single bird looking right towards the text (which Sue and I haven’t made yet) has won by a birdy mile. That will be the image at the top of my shop when it opens soon.
As promised, I’ll be photographing and posting colour this week and the first week of every month until February. The images to be found in the Splash of Colour flickr pool are a joy and we’ve only just begun! Thankyou to everyone who has said they’ll join in- I can hardly wait to see. I have a feeling there’ll be some very happy eyes in the next few days.
I’ve noticed that the autumnal trees seem more vivid this year. We haven’t had any strong wind storms in East Anglia so the leaves have clung on for longer. It’s beautiful. When the sun is shining the trees seem to glow. I have to admit that I’m enjoying autumn and the colour is a major part of that.
Pop over to Mrs Speechless - she’s posted some early morning colour too. I never realised before but I know now that I need some Disney princess plasters.
Right. I need to learn how to make mosaics.
(Little P is wearing a pumpkin costume handmade by Gina for her sons when they were small. Those little boys are now men so this is a very precious costume indeed.)
November 1st, 2010 at 10:50 am
Right, I’ve got my thinking hat on! I drove down to Surrey on Saturday, and like you, I was enthralled by how bright the trees all looked - magical.
Go here for mosaic-making: http://bighugelabs.com/mosaic.php
but be warned, it’s addictive!
November 1st, 2010 at 11:01 am
Lovely colours. Like Dragonfly I was in Surrey on Friday and noticed how beautiful the trees are there might it be because they have had less rain that we have in the south west perhaps as our trees though beautiful are not quite so stunning here. I will join in the colour idea as and when I can - seems a great idea to me.
November 1st, 2010 at 11:02 am
Sorry about there being 3 comments from me - don’t know what happened there!
November 1st, 2010 at 11:16 am
Great pics! Little P is adorable.
x
November 1st, 2010 at 11:33 am
Just added some more colour to your flickr pool! Belinda x
November 1st, 2010 at 11:36 am
Lovely photos Emma!! What a cute pumpkin!!
The leaf colours do seem so much brighter this year.
I plan to do my colour post on Wednesday.
Vivienne x
November 1st, 2010 at 11:51 am
Just put a Splash of Colour post on PPPs http://tinyurl.com/2vwr4v6.
This is such a lovely idea
Celia
x
November 1st, 2010 at 12:15 pm
Oh, a little pumpkin in striped tights and those berries! I’ll be posting my Splash of Colour later today. I’ll let you know.
November 1st, 2010 at 12:49 pm
I think the colors seem more vivid this year, too. And I had a pumpkin costume just like that (made by my mum) many moons ago!
K x
November 1st, 2010 at 1:44 pm
I’ve joined your Splash Of Colour, we all need a bit of colour in our lives at the moment!
November 1st, 2010 at 2:07 pm
Love all the colour… and love little P in that costume. I’ll have to dig out the photo of my boys wearing it and link back to you.
November 1st, 2010 at 2:27 pm
Picture mosaics? Try big huge labs mosaic maker - it links to flickr.
Lovely colours.
November 1st, 2010 at 3:17 pm
lovely colours xxxx
November 1st, 2010 at 3:28 pm
That top picture is adorable.
By the way the ‘other post’ has appeared in Google reader(Beware, nothing can ever be deleted from there) but you didn’t post it.?
November 1st, 2010 at 3:45 pm
Here’s my Splash of Colour post
http://restingonabranch.blogspot.com/2010/11/halloween-and-splash-of-colour.html
November 1st, 2010 at 3:50 pm
you have no idea how delighted I am to ‘hear’ everyone talk about the briliance of the coloursthis Autumn. I thought it was just me, and there is no one else around here I can ask about it and expect a sensible answer.
November 1st, 2010 at 4:46 pm
This is such a great idea Emma - I must get snapping!
Congratulations on your new Etsy shop too.
Jeanne
x
November 1st, 2010 at 6:23 pm
I loved the splash of colour idea Emma-and have linked to you from my corner of the internet too.
I’m glad you have chosen the single bird-it will make a great banner.
November 1st, 2010 at 6:27 pm
You’re right, the trees are spectacular this year, and the berries are as plentiful as I remember for a long time. Very photogenic indeed! Little P looks absolutely beautiful in Gina’s costume.
x
November 1st, 2010 at 7:18 pm
I was up in North Lincolnshire at the weekend and the tree colours were spectacular there too (a pic later on my blog) Your Little Miss P looks adorable. Love your gorgeous photos and I shall go and look at a few more Splashes of Colour!
November 1st, 2010 at 7:29 pm
Did you say you wanted us to link the splashofcolour photos to our blogs? Can\’t work out how to do that, I\’m so hopeless with techie stuff - sorry! Bx
November 1st, 2010 at 8:13 pm
I thought just yesterday that autmn seems to have really arrived in earnest over the last week - we’ve returned home to a season in full swing it seems.
What a cute pumpkin - we have lots of choc left over from last night if she wants to pop down and trick or treat us!
November 1st, 2010 at 8:33 pm
Fantastic photos! Cute little pumpkin an I love all the colour! Haven’t managed to take any photos yet, but will get some taken this week and post them on my blog and the flickr group!
x
November 1st, 2010 at 9:14 pm
The colours are amazing this year and I do love your splash of colour - especially the little pumpkin!
Nina xxx
ps. forgot to say - they topped off the outfit perfectly….thank you so much again. N xx
November 1st, 2010 at 10:14 pm
In the third photo the leaves seems to have a pink blush.
November 2nd, 2010 at 9:30 am
Adorable outfit! As I sit and post this comment it is grey and dull out there, so this project is just what is needed!
November 2nd, 2010 at 9:28 pm
That photo of the heart-shaped leaves makes MY heart happy - I keep coming back and looking at it over and over.
November 3rd, 2010 at 10:50 am
Beautiful colours! i agree the trees seem to have a kind of internal light this year which makes them glow, i have taken to driving the long way around just to spend longer looking and watching, i will be sad when they all drop and we are back to grim blandness once again.
Wonderful pumpkin outfit and congrats on the banner, i would definately have chosen the one bird too, less is more as they say!
Happy Wednesday
Gem
x
November 21st, 2010 at 6:47 pm
I just needed to see that lovely splash of colour. It is so dark outside!!