Wednesday, November 30, 2011

Sweet Orange

My humble offering here for Erin's color challenge. Orange is my color although I think I may have veered a bit from the citrus pallet she chose for me. Actually these earrings are the first that I made, and the only piece I finished. There are felted components unembellished and more crocheted medallions unassembled. And a few ideas still swirling around in my head. Which I think was part of the point of the challenge anyway. I love orange it seems. For some reason it is never the first color I "go" for. I don't know why. There are a zillion shades, tones and mixes of this marvelous color and yet for some reason when I think of orange I think of Home Depot and pylon cones. Ridiculous. Be sure to check out the other designers blogs to see what wonderful pieces they have made. If you click on the title links they will take you to Jessica's pages featuring her spectacular color pallets. Happy Hopping!!
18 Tari Kahrs ~ Orange ~ Citrus Tones
23 Amy Severino ~ Orange ~ Winged Tones
28 Linda Landig ~ Green ~ Cacti Dark
35 CJ Bauschka ~ Teal ~ Teal Air
41 Jenni Connolly ~ Gray ~ Paw Tones

33 comments:

  1. Oh, I love the colors and the crocheting.

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  2. what pretty colours and love the crochet textures

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  3. What sweet earrings! How clever to use felt and crocheted components rather than beads! I like orange, but I look horrible in that color so I tend to shy away from it.

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  4. Very cute! I love the crocheted flowers. Orange is such a fun color.

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  5. These earrings are really fantastic and unique!

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  6. So Sweet and Fun! I like the ombre effect.

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  7. I love orange too! Especially this time of year! Nice job!

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  8. So very cool! And I mean that in a 'warm" way! Here's a mind picture for you. From now on, when you think of orange, think gorgeous sunsets, sitting on the beach, wearing your lovely orange earrings. I have recently renewed my love affair with crochet, and I am thrilled to find new ways to use it. I'll look forward to seeing the other items you played with if you post them later.

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  9. Orange is a tough color nut for most people to crack! My daughter Tiny Dance has now adopted orange as her favorite color and will like it not matter what it is if it is orange! So I am developing a new appreciate for the color. I love what you did. These look very soft and touchable. And very lightweight too! Thank you for taking on the challenge of color with me!
    Enjoy the day.
    Erin

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  10. What beautiful earrings. I love the colors and overall design. Simple, yet fun!

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  11. Beautiful earrings I love the different shades of orange in the thread. Clever idea to use crocheted medallions.
    Therese

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  12. Teri you crack me up! I'm am "orange challenged" too. My brain just doesn't think along those lines. I do like the funky look of these earrings, and I bet they are super light weight too.

    Oranges are good fresh picked from the tree! ;)
    {Hugs!}

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  13. Great job incorporating the orange into your earrings. I love the texture of the crocheted medallions - lovely!

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  14. They turned out really cute. Love the oranges.

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  15. I know! Orange is my all time favorite but I have yet to really pull it off. Nice crocheting!

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  16. Your earrings are just so sweet and pretty! Love them!

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  17. Those earrings are SUCH FUN! Orange is a tough color for me to work with, but you made it sing and dance!

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  18. What a cute pair of earrings, love the shades of orange.

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  19. love the crocheted flowers. wish I could see your palette.

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  20. What a fun pair of earrings. I wish I had your crochet technique.

    Ambra

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  21. I've still not learned to properly crochet and am blown away by the tininess and intricate-ness of these earrings. Super cool!

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  22. What a neat idea to use crochet in earrings - I like!

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  23. those earrings are wonderful - what great fun!

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  24. Lovely, playful earrings! I like that you used ombré/variegated yarn and made the top cicles lighter, which adds interest to the design. The choice of metal colour looks so nice together with the orange. Fab job!

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  25. What gorgeous earrings...I cannot crochet at all...so they look quite difficult to me. I love the colour variation and the fact they are nice and light on the ear and will dangle. Orange is a HARD colour in my eye to work with... you did well.
    jenni

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  26. Those are lovely. Such intricate work and they look like they would be so comfy to wear too. Not a humble offering at all, a glorious one!

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  27. Very cool, and as I'm sure you are so busy, quite an accomplishment!

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  28. Crochet elements into the earring looks very nice and can add more variety to your style and looks.It is also going with the youthful look...vibrant this one in orange ad rust.Charm Bracelets

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  29. Those are REALLY pretty and quite unique!

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