Color! Colore! Colour!

 It started with the Honolulu Museum of Art https://honolulumuseum.org/  

And a display in the gift shop
 
A lavelave I wore in Tafuna
A bag we bought last month
And new pillowcase from an art show on Friday.
All Tutuvi 
Led to this table cloth I pieced from Mom’s quilt fabrics and coasters I am knitting from Knitpicks Chroma 
 
Then I made small looms from cardboard following the instructions here: https://www.theweavingloom.com/how-to-make-a-cardboard-loom/


And culminated in the ultimate color play, Recycled Crayons!

  

 
Christmas crayons for end of semester goody bags, and colorful gifts for friends
 
School colors for end of the year goody bags and an early start to next year’s Halloween gift bags
Looking forward to 5th grade and the end of the crayons-for-school era to recycle some more.
Orange and black for Halloween, red and green flowers for Christmas, white and light grey snowflakes, blue and gold eagles for elementary school graduation.




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