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Color Your World: 120 Days of Crayola; Orchid

Garden on Savannah Garden Tour

Garden on Savannah Garden Tour

Meduim Violet Red was changed to the color Orchid by Crayola in the 1958 series. I like the name and sound of, Orchid, better than the original color name. Orchid just sounds so dainty!

My photo for Orchid was taken in a garden in Savannah, Georgia. I was there for a visit and as my luck goes the garden club was offering a garden tour of some of their fantastic homes and gardens. It ended with a tea, presented in one of the gardens. Talk about southern charm!  If you would like to learn more about the garden and walking tours held in Savannah at the end of March look Here! Trust me these are events worth seeing!

It is hard to believe I have posted on 60 of the designated colors of the 120 color pack of Crayola crayons! I have had so much fun with this challenge and there are 60 more colors to go! I hope you have enjoyed it as much as I have! I have learned some very interesting facts about Crayola too!

This post is just one of many in the Color Your World: 120 Days of Crayola Challenge! Enjoy!

 

Color Your World: 120 Days of Crayola; Orange

Quebec City, Quebec, Canada in the Fall

Quebec City, Quebec, Canada in the Fall

Orange is another color that has been in the Crayola collection since they were first produced in 1903. It is known as Jack O’Lantern Orange in the “So Big” set and Jack-o-Lantern Orange in the “Halloween Crayons” series. In the “Techno Brite” series it was called Cyber Orange and Jupiter Orange, Shrimp and Solar Flare in the “Discovery” series. In the “Colors of Baltimore” series it was called Go O’s and Orange You Glad You’re in America in the “State Crayon Collection” and finally it was called Freshly Squeezed in the 110th Anniversary set in 2013. I love all the names for Orange in the collections!

I love Quebec City, especially in the Fall! There are colorful displays all around the city! How about this Jack O’Lantern Orange arrangement? For more lovely photos of Quebec City in Fall look HERE!

By 1969 Binney & Smith, owners of Crayola, opened an additional factory in Easton, Pennsylvania, where the crayons were produced. In 1972 they purchased the Cosmic Crayon Company in Bedford, UK and used its facilities for their European operations, calling it Binney & Smith (Europe) Ltd. That same year they also opened their Mexico operations calling it Binney & Smith Mexicol, S.A. Crayola was bursting at the seams!

This post is just one of many in the Color Your World: 120 Days of Crayola Challenge! Enjoy!

 

 

IPhriday Photo Challenge: It’s Spring!

Camellias Blooming in the Garden

Camellias Blooming in the Garden

 

Painted in Waterlogue App

Painted in Waterlogue App

 

#2 Painted in Waterlogue

#2 Painted in Waterlogue

 

I’ve been walking the neighborhood looking for signs of spring. Not to be disappointed, here is what’s blooming in my neck of the woods! Camellias were named after Georg Josef Kamel, a Moravian Jesuit priest. Who knew? Raise your hand!

And then there is the Nest!

The New Nest

The New Nest

 

The Nest Painted in Brushstroke

The New Nest Painted in Brushstroke

As usual I applied the Waterlogue App and Brushstroke App to make my notecards for Spring! I just love these Apps on my phone! I know, I know I say that every week, but it is so true!  I feel so artistic, because in real life, I can’t even draw stick men well! With these Apps just click and choose your look! I especially liked the look of the Brushstroke App on The Nest!  It really gives some character to that nest!

Enjoy the IPhriday Photo Challenge! Post a photo taken with your Phone on Fridays! It is great fun getting outside to see what is going on!

Color Your World: 120 Days of Crayola; Olive Green

 

An Olive Garden in the Das Tyrol Hotel, Vienna, Austria

An Olive Garden in the Das Tyrol Hotel, Vienna, Austria

Olive Green has been in the Crayola collection from the beginning in 1903. In the “State Crayon Collection” it is the color for Puerto Rico and is called Coqui Green!

My photo for Olive Green was taken at the Das Tyrol Hotel in Vienna, Austria. Don’t you just love this color with the orange walls? I did.  I called it my Olive Garden! This 4 star, spa hotel was so relaxing after a day traipsing through the city! For a peek of this beautiful boutique hotel look HERE!

This post is just one of many in the Color Your World: 120 Days of Crayola Challenge! Enjoy!

Color Your World:120 Days of Crayola; Neon Carrot

The Neon Carrot Dancers

The Neon Carrot Dancers

These ladies were showing off their vibrant Neon Carrot colored clothing in the waters of the Japanese Garden in the Montreal Botanical Garden.

The Montreal Botanical Garden, opened in 1931, is a large botanical garden in Montreal, Quebec, Canada comprising 185 acres of themed gardens and greenhouses. It was designated a National Historic Site of Canada in 2008, as it is considered to be one of the most important botanical gardens in the world due to the extent of its collections and facilities.

Neon Carrot is the fluorescent color introduced by Crayola in 1990. It is known as Fiery Orange in Europe and On-Line Orange in the “Techno Brite” series.

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Color Your World: 120 Days of Crayola; Navy Blue

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The Angel of Zurich

This is the huge, busty angel that flies in the Zurich train station. You can’t miss her and her Navy Blue body! 

Navy Blue has been included in Crayola assortments since 1958. It is also known as Motown Blues, the color for Michigan in the “State Crayon Collection.”

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Color Your World: 120 Days of Crayola; Mountain Meadow

 

Mountain Meadow in Mürren, Switzerland

Mountain Meadow in Mürren, Switzerland

Here is what you do in a Mountain Meadow in Mürren, Switzerland! You get out there, take a breath of clean, fresh air and blow!!!! Gimmelwald is one of the best villages to hike to in Switzerland! I made a video HERE, in a previous post, if you would like to check out the hike from Mürren to Gimmelwald! What a fantastic view of the world!

The Crayola color Mountain Meadow is a greenish color that was added in 1998.

This post is just one of many in the Color Your World: 120 Days of Crayola Challenge! Enjoy!

 

Color Your World: 120 Days of Crayola; Midnight Blue

Hand Painted Italian Plate

Ceramiche Sberna Handmade Italian Plate

 Prussian Blue has been in the Crayola Collection since 1903, so it was one of the first colors. In 1958 the name was changed to Midnight Blue. In the “Halloween Crayon” series it was known as Midnight Gloom!   Halloween Crayons?  Who knew?

This is my hand made “Dipinto a Mano” plate from Italy. I went to Italian language school in Montepulciano, Italy and walked by a tiny shop filled with exquisite ceramics and pottery at least 4 times a day. Finally, before I left, I went in and with my newly practised Italian, bought several pieces of the ceramics. I had it all shipped home since I was heading elsewhere in Italy and could not have carried it around with me. It would have been Midnight Gloom and more, if the pieces had arrived broken! As it was, they arrived safe and sound and are the pride of my dining room! I love all the colors on it, but especially the very dark blue!

“Dipinto a Mano” ceramics are made in Deruta, a small town in the heart of Umbria, and world known for its production of fine ceramic art and pottery. The craft was established there in the Middle Ages, but was renown during the Renaissance. Today hand crafted ceramics is still the primary work of the citizens of Deruta. Francesco Sberna, a master craftsman opened his workshop in 1959 and is now the most important ceramic producer of the town. The Ceramiche Sberna, which I own, were created with forms and designs inspired by local tradition with detailed research into color and pattern. I have never seen another pattern like mine!

Here are more pictures taken in the town of Montepulciano.

Here is more about the language school, Il Sasso.

This post is just one of many in the Color Your World: 120 Days of Crayola Challenge! Enjoy!

 

 

Color Your World: 120 Days of Color; Melon

Bloomington Bloomsbury

Bloomington Bloomsbury

The color Melon has been in the Crayola lineup since 1958.  It is also known as Sweet Georgia Peach and represents Georgia in the “State Color Collection.”

Isn’t it a cheerful color? I think it says a lot about the owner. They are upbeat, lively, and not afraid of what the world thinks.

My photo was taken in Bloomington, Indiana, home of Indiana University. This is a small neighborhood of pastel, craftsman type houses that is a joy to walk in, due to their quirky colors, artistically decorated yards, and large flower and/or vegetable gardens. In my mind the Bloomington neighborhood would have fit right in with the Bloomsbury Group, a gifted group of men and women, who set out to change the world with their contemporary thinking and love of art. For more on the Bloomsburys’ see my previous post HERE. Just another day in a beautiful neighborhood!

This post is just one of many in the Color Your World: 120 Days of Crayola Challenge! Enjoy!

Color Your World: 120 Days of Crayola; Mauvelous

MY Mauvelous Coneflower

MY Mauvelous Coneflower with a Bee

 

Mauvelous has been in the Crayola Collection since 1993. It is known as Tropical Reef Mauve in the “Discovery” series.

I love my mauvelous coneflowers in my garden!

Something else that I discovered that I think is Mauvelous is, The Crayon Initiative. Have you ever been to a restaurant where the children are given crayons to color with? Do you know that after your child leaves the crayons are thrown out? What about all the broken crayons at school?  What happens to those? Well, The Crayon Initiative gathers up all those unwanted crayons, remelts them, and shapes then into fatter crayons to be given out at hospitals. What a great idea! Please read all about it if you would like to participate in The Crayon Initiative! Here is a Poster  about the life of a restaurant crayon!

This post is just one of many in the Color Your World: 120 Days of Crayola Challenge! Enjoy!

 

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