Spring Is In The Air

With crocuses popping their tiny heads out of the ground to join the snowdrops and the wild garlic displaying their new leaves, it feels like Spring is ever closer and we're saying goodbye to Winter.

The Play Date Cafe peeps obviously think so too with a zesty and youthful colour combo this week. A luminescent blue & orange are joined by lime green. It's a very bright selection to work with. It's almost a double complimentary scheme but it's missing violet to ping against the green.

The central paper rose is an old favourite that has been around for months but I still love it. This one has been created with card which was first embossed with a cuttlebug folder. The rest is just pieces of chopped up papers in my scraps folder.

I've kept it symmetrical in design. I don't know why, but I tend to veer towards the safety of symmetry. The same goes with art. When I wander around a gallery, my eyes fall instantly on a piece that has strong symmetry. I'm the same when flicking through magazines (There's a poster which has me down to a tee which states..."I don't read the words, I'm too busy looking at the pictures" lol), I go straight for an image with symmetry. It's just so restful for the eye.

Not sure if I'll be posting next week as I'm a very lucky guy who is going to be travelling to Paris again for a few days. We went last year too but you just can't see everything in the space of a few days. There are just so many wonderful galleries to visit and not enough hours. Plus you need to factor in a few non-gallery related trips which preferably don't involve a lot of standing or walking. Believe me, the most essential clothing to wear in Paris is a good pair of comfortable shoes. Oh yes & I gather that it'll be Paris Fashion Week whilst we're there. Better dust off the Gaultier suit then lol.