playing with color no. 5

We haven’t done a playing with color post in a while, so it seemed appropriate to do one today in honor of St. Patrick’s Day and the color green. The inspirational photo above is a piece of vintage gift wrap from the early 1970s. It is a photo print of different upholstery trims and pom poms in a range of greens and blues. It is pure, over-the-top, fabulous! I love greens and I love this range of colors!

In playing around with these colors, the first thing I wanted to do was make my version of a photo print of real fabric. I just love this technique that was popular on cards and stationery in this era. I previously posted about some vintage greeting cards that used this design element HERE. So I came up with a simple burlap patchwork:

Next I wanted to see what these colors looked like in smaller quantities and with lots of white….totally different:

Now big and bold with a retro Marimekko feel:

Hmmmm….when I said I loved these colors, I guess I meant it. These patterns would work really well in my kitchen:

And of course, just for fun…..Happy St. Patrick’s day!

-Susie